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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1924
Page
2
A gardening note suggests using Zanzibar castor beans to hide unsightly features like chicken coops or fences. Plant 5 feet apart, 6 to 10 feet tall, with 2 to 4 foot leaves, flowering tobaccos and spider plants as companions. Seeds cost 5 cents per packet and germinate quickly.
The piece urges civic tidiness through education provision of waste receptacles and enforcement of existing cleanliness ordinances. It promotes personal responsibility starting at the doorstep to curb litter and public nuisance.
Locate with care as space and soil govern selection. The American Tree Association advises considering future development and the tree’s目的, and suggests studying local varieties to fit needs. For a two cent stamp, planting suggestions are available.
A discussion notes that solid concrete roadside mail boxes, shaped like a tree trunk with two log-like boxes, can inflict greater harm on a colliding vehicle yet encourage safer driving. The design is noted as ornamental and from western states.
United States Department of Agriculture urges poultry buyers to choose hatcheries carefully and require quality guarantees. Emphasizes pure bred stock, eggs from good flocks with trap-nest records, and diversified feed. suggests using grinders and incubators to improve hatch success and chick strength.
A new one reel film from the U S Department of Agriculture shows diseases in seed potatoes and how to prevent yield losses. It contrasts two farmers one using diseased tubers and the other selecting disease free seed and stresses crop protection through proper seed selection.
Iowa State College Ames trials show the ordinary disk is effective for cleaning alfalfa fields of blue grass after each cutting. Thorough disk work tears up the blue grass, delaying its spread. After several years, consider turning the field to blue grass pasture or planting corn before reseeding alfalfa.
An article urges farmers to apply balanced feeding principles to work horses, noting higher investment in horses yet less attention to their diet. It argues 70 percent of farm power cost comes from feed and calls for careful study of horse nutrition alongside cattle and hogs.
Julia Bottomley surveys spring coats emphasizing distinction and simplicity, with summer furs limited to occasional utility and sports models. She details trims, fabrics, and sheer undergarments in pastel and vivid shades, noting a restrained yet varied palette and the enduring straightline gown and Teddy silhouette.
A report describes a small group orchestrating a large scale poison campaign against boll weevil infestations. It urges calcium arsenate dusting at late-season and pre-square stages, with mixtures including molasses and syrup as alternatives, backed by agricultural authorities and the Association of Southern Agricultural Workers.
Data from the U S Department of Agriculture show more than 85 percent of the nation's corn is fed to livestock with about 10 percent for human food. Hogs consume 40 percent on farms, followed by horses at 20 percent and cattle at 15 percent. Exports of corn as grain have historically been small.
Good start for lambs means a dry lambing area and vigilant attendants to dry and ensure immediate suckling after birth. Castration and docking on the first sunny warm day after two weeks, liberal feeding, and marketing at about 70 pounds before June 15 yield higher returns.
A doctor informs a patient he must remove the appendix while the patient delivers a door key from the bathroom medicine closet. The scene unfolds with medical urgency and a touch of humor as the exchange reveals a domestic setting.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness roughness or itching followed by Cuticura Soap and hot water rinse then dry skin and dust Cuticura Talcum for a pleasant fragrance. It notes 25c price each. Also a stray quip about rabbits and a saying on talkative men.
Mothers are urged to give California Fig Syrup for children of all ages for gentle relief from feverish bilious, constipation, and cold symptoms. The bottle carries printed directions for babies and all ages and warns to buy genuine California Fig Syrup to avoid imitation products.
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