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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1929
Page
8
A. G. Oliver of North Carolina State College explains how to select and preserve infertile eggs for long storage. Use only fresh clean sound eggs, candied shells to test porosity, and store in a water glass solution in a cool covered jar. add fresh eggs daily ensuring top eggs stay submerged.
Pennsylvania State College extension poultry specialist John Vandervort urges broad houses have ample ventilation during hot months. Keep rear ventilators open and front side windows for air flow. Summer cleaning prevents flies and maintains air quality. course wire netting around roosts protects pallets from manure and helps deter tapeworm infestation.
Poultry guidance advises plenty of water for hens and easy culling of pullets. Home grown seeds suit turkeys, ducklings brood like chicks with clean eggs. feed includes milk cod liver oil corn and greens. Gather eggs twice daily in extreme weather. Turkey hens nest in prepared spots. boxes or barrels work well. As poults age heat is gradually reduced. keep chicks warm for higher hatch percentages and profits. A reliable hatchery chick is a sound investment and turkeys and chickens should range on fresh ground unused by poultry in the prior year.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the article argues that effective rat control requires addressing underlying conditions rather than merely killing rats. It urges rat proofing in new buildings, stricter sanitation, proper garbage disposal, and coordinated city, county, state, and national efforts to prevent reinfestation and reduce disease and damage.
Growers find it profitable to discard long or misshapen seed tubers as they carry spindle tuber virus and yield little. When buying seed, avoid lots with many run-out potatoes. Seed potatoes are an investment in crop profitability and returns.
Seed buyers should verify source quality and variety. If a good source is found, obtain seed of identical parentage for this year. Request catalogs from several seedsmen but avoid excessive shopping. Ignore vague variety claims while trusting authentic data from reputable catalogs.
Agricultural notes advise oil to prolong harness life and to watch costs markets and profits. Early and late vegetables often profit more than mid season crops. Farm buildings should be repainted every three and a half years per agricultural college figures. Legume hays and oil meals supply minerals. There are several cut worm species with similar damage and life history.
United States Department of Agriculture entomologists report husker shredders effectively kill 98 to 100 percent of corn borers by shredding stalks into half inch or shorter pieces. The method also aids storage and feeding, with field data from Ohio Michigan Indiana and Illinois helping form Farmers Bulletin 1589-F. A copy is available from USDA Washington DC.
Bud grafting or budding is the transfer of a bud or eye to another plant. Success hinges on bark sliding freely, a condition remembered from willow bark peeling. August suits bud grafting of peaches cherries plums roses and ornamentals. Quick operation before sap oxidizes and practice makes perfect drive better results.
A practical brooder cleaning method uses heavy paper on the floor covered by litter or straw. When soiled, remove the paper and litter and burn or bury them. This keeps the brooders dry and easier to replace materials than scrubbing. Damp floors risk roup in young chicks, a deadly threat to survival.
Everbearing strawberries require frequent soil working and hoeing. Do not rely on weed control. keep the ground loose and stirred to maintain a mulch around the plants. They add variety to the fall menu and embody the spice of life from the sage quote.
Cutting forests with no immediate regrowth causes widespread economic decline touching many sectors. Industries relocate, wages fall, bank deposits shrink, farmers lose markets, rail revenues drop, schools deteriorate, roads weaken, taxes rise, and abandoned farms increase.
The text notes cutworms as major spring pests that sever young plants near ground level. It states they are not difficult to control and suggests using bran mash poisoned bait as the most practical method. The tone is instructional and practical for gardeners and farmers.
William Mclee commented on a famous case before the California legislature smiling that liars are born not made. He claimed a good liar is rarer than an honest man and that it takes more talent to lie than to tell the truth. He added a good liar must have a good memory.
Radium prices may fall as Portuguese mines come online. Current supply comes mainly from Kuntaga in the Belgian Congo, run by a Belgian company. The present quotation stands near 60 thousand dollars per gram, about 1.7 million dollars per ounce.
Australia tops foreign markets for American motor cars and trucks with one car per ten residents, while New Zealand follows closely at one car per eleven people, according to Gas Logic.
A fragment quotes the St Louis Globe advocating frugal living as a route to lasting security by ensuring spending never exceeds income. The brief offers a timeless caution about budgeting and financial prudence.
A light editorial note proclaims the nation’s abundance with a claim that spring chickens are produced all year. The statement emphasizes national pride and agricultural prowess without citing data or sources.
The Cairo museum shows reconstructed fragments of Queen Hatshepsut’s statue. Destroyed at Thothmes III’s order after her death in 1480 B C, pieces were dumped in a quarry near Luxor. The Deir el Bahari excavations recovered thousands of tons of debris and now assemble notable fragments for display.
A London Tit-Bits joke recalls a man who died and, upon reaching the underworld, begins issuing orders to rearrange the furnaces. Satan questions his authority and the man claims ownership because his wife gave him the realm while he lived on earth.
A playful exchange asks if someone has a film face and replies that it is best seen in the dark. The quip leans into cinema humor about appearance and presentation.
A playful local column invites residents to introduce themselves by saying their name once or twice. The playful prompt encourages brief self introductions at a community gathering to spark friendly conversation.
The dialogue touches on bachelor life with lines about marriage and a vegetarian, while noting occasional shifts in a single man's choices. It also chronicles the first chrysanthemums imported from China to England in 1790 and their spread to other regions.
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