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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1920
Page
3
The piece argues for boy and girl cow clubs under USDA initiative to teach practical arithmetic and business through dairy work. It cites calf banks, loans for calves, and using cows to connect math to daily life while noting teacher workload and local opportunities.
A 1919 overview shows a large share of major crops produced by a limited set of states. Iowa, Illinois, Texas, Nebraska, and Indiana dominate corn. Kansas leads winter wheat. North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota supply spring wheat and flax. Louisiana and others contribute rice. California and Texas account for most barley and rye. Tobacco, cotton, oats, clover seed, and potatoes are concentrated in select states like Kentucky, North Carolina, Texas, Georgia, New York, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
A Florida farmer sold two purebred sires and 20 scrub female livestock after judging their quality unsatisfactory. He also discarded nine scrub sows and incubates 50 eyes of standard bred poultry to replace scrubs, signaling a trend among progressive livestock owners to upgrade female stock alongside sires.
Experienced sheep men state old ewes cannot be fattened profitably for market. A good rape pasture should carry 20 pigs per acre for the season. Horses and mules respond to silage. Western merino ewes crossed with Shropshire buck yield quality. Dipping is the practical tick and parasite control. Pigs fed corn on good pasture need about half as much skim milk per pound of corn. Weaning pigs at six or seven weeks is too early according to farmers.
An advertisement touts Bayer aspirin as genuine and safe for millions of users. It urges buyers to accept an unbroken Bayer package with directions for headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. It notes tablets sold in 12 count tins and larger packages by druggists and identifies aspirin as a monacetico ester of salicylic acid.
An advertisement touts Vacher Balm as a harmless cooling remedy for 99 ailments including catarrh sunburn itching and soreness. It urges readers to send 80 cents in stamps to E W Vacher Inc New Orleans La for a tube if locally unavailable and seeks agents. It ends with a moral quip about wasting money.
A vintage advertisement promotes Danderine promising a few cents buys a bottle that prevents dandruff and hair loss. It asserts hair appears lively and thicker with new vigor and brightness after use.
An advertisement promotes lemon juice and Orchard White to create a homemade skin bleach for the face neck arms and hands. It claims celebrities use lemon mixtures to whiten skin and freckle sunburn and tan removal. A final joke notes a husband’s complaint about paying his wife's board when she visits friends.
An old advertisement urges avoiding influenza and colds by keeping bowels and liver active with Bond's Liver Pills. It claims pills act on the liver and purge poisons from the bowels and advises taking one at bedtime at first signs of a cold. The piece ends with a cynical aside about men who pose or sell out.
A cosmetic remedy promises to remove freckles with Othine double strength. Apply nightly and morning, with many cases clearing in a short time. The ad claims money back guarantee if no results, noting most need only one ounce.
A bird study highlights the crow as a unique robber of eggs. Crows exhibit relentless appetite for eggs with broad appeal across species.
A brief note urges kindness toward the candidate who feels nervous despite bright prospects. The message promotes supportive behavior to ease campaign tensions and reassure supporters and staff.
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