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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1928
Page
3
Fashion notes from 1928 describe fur coats styled like fabrics with supple pelts such as shaved lamb and caracal. Modern coats feature bows, draping, scarf collars, and contrasting fur trims, with tweed and rayon blends dominating sports and schoolgirl designs.
Purdue University expert L H Schwartz advises culling nonproducers as fall begins to improve living conditions and reduce feed costs. Identify nonlaying birds by dry or drying combs and pelvic deposits, and mark potential breeders for next year. A high protein ration is suggested to support remaining layers.
A vintage guide explains whitewashing poultry houses to brighten interiors and improve winter light. It details lime preparation, mixing with salt rice whitening blue alum molasses and soap, and how to apply hot for best adhesion and durability.
The article warns against pulling wing feathers on White Leghorns to stop flying the fences, noting the quill juices aid growth. It advises cutting feathers instead and suggests buying ready mixed pallet mash from reputable feed firms to save labor and ensure quality.
The article explains two mash recipes for chickens. If skim milk is plentiful use a gallon daily for 80 hens with wheat middlings ground oats wheat bran and corn meal plus meat scraps or tankage to tempt appetite. Without skim milk use 15 to 20 percent meat scraps or tankage.
The article discusses choosing hens with strong feed capacity and appetite to maximize egg production. It notes small dumpy hens eat less feed and are less profitable, and if hens consume much feed yet stop producing, ration adjustments are needed. It also warns many feeders err by underfeeding rather than overfeeding.
Ad copy touts Atwater Kent radios for clear reception of political speeches and broadcasts. It markets two forms of sets, electric and battery, highlighting nationwide reach and affordable pricing.
The copy promotes using house current powered radio kits with Atwater Kent battery sets. It notes operation costs under a cent per hour comparable to reading by a 40 watt lamp. It asserts strong reception for speech or music and cites nearly 2,000,000 owners as proof.
Sacha Guitry, the French playwright and actor, criticizes the movies during an American visit. At a New York supper, he notes a movie star who kept calling drama the speaker, saying it was the worst thing he had heard.
A terse exchange reveals tension over a guest tossed from a home. One speaker questions the other about his motives while the other cites a distant cousin relation. The fragment hints at family dynamics and lingering resentments.
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