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Newspaper
Panguitch Progress
Location
Panguitch, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1916
Page
3
Astoria New York woman recounts two years of illness ending after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound avoiding surgery and regaining health. Letter describes relief within two weeks and urges others to seek advice from the Pinkham Medicine Co. confidential service.
An excerpted quip heavy with rural life contrasts city ignorance with farm know how. The piece notes a vacationing visitor in Maine who, amid jokes about haycocks and birds, contemplates tying a knot in a cord of wood while others laugh. The item hints at dated humor and cross referenced ads and notices.
Alvin Keser from Colorado Agricultural College explains nonirrigated soils work best when silts and sandy loams reduce wind erosion and retain moisture. He cautions against shallow or obstructed subsoils and notes that deep uniform soils are needed to store rainfall and withstand extended dry spells.
The article lists coverings for strawberry beds including clean straw, slough grass, sorghum, alfalfa, leaves, corn stalks, and manure. Straw is preferred, with wheat or rye straw better than oat straw, ensuring weed seeds are absent to avoid bed fouling. Slough hay is workable but coarser. sorghum and corn serve where straw is scarce. Protection aims to prevent freezing and damage from freeze thaw cycles and winter drought.
In dry western regions there is insufficient rainfall to fully rot manure, risking soil drying and drought damage to crops. To boost drought resistance, grow humus producing crops like grasses, alfalfa and sweet clover, and use barnyard manure as a top dressing. A crop rotation system with grasses alfalfa or peas can accompany this practice.
A veteran turkey farmer shared winter husbandry tips. Turkeys need constant feed of oats and fall wheat, access to gravel or commercial grit, and pure water to prevent sickness from pond water. Separate feeding for hens and gobblers maintains proper weight, and daily range keeps birds active, with roosting protected from prevailing winds.
The Pennsylvania State College School of Agriculture and Experiment Station recommends a ration for laying hens that is economical appetizing and nutritious. Night and morning grain feeds are given with morning lighter than evening. whole grain twice mash grain. Mash is in open hoppers for light breeds and partly closed for heavier breeds. provide grit green feed and calcium sources.
Strong turkeys begin mating and laying at breeding season start while weaker stock merely feeds until spring. Ancestral stock strength, care, and sex ratio affect egg fertility and poult viability, with spring hatch mortality revealing stock quality. Vigorous mothers boost poults survival through the risky post hatch period.
Nebraska Station notes plowing stores more soil moisture than disking and stirs the surface to better catch rainfall. It also helps kill weeds, though disking may sometimes suffice. If soil does not blow after falling, plowing stubble fields may be preferable though often impractical due to dryness. Listing soil has been nearly as effective as plowing.
Poultry advice warns that roup or ropy birds may spread via coops and yards. Tonics and preventives help fight the disease and keep birds healthy. Vermin like lice can explode in numbers, demanding vigilant record keeping to avoid failure.
Fall delivery of fruit trees not advised in the Northwest. If purchased, plant them in winter by removing bundles, placing in a trench with tops and roots covered by earth, then applying a thick straw mulch for protection.
Advice on farm moisture preservation via snow traps to protect soil. Promotes ventilating stables to keep horses dry and disease free, warning that dark damp stalls breed illness and blindgear.
Tips on winter poultry management emphasize avoiding crowding, selecting healthy hens, providing ample ventilation with protection from drafts, and keeping fitness and air flow while feeding a simple grain ration to sustain production during cold months.
Mr. Riverside proposes cutting costs by sealing the opera box to save money as his business falters. His wife objects, arguing that without revenues they cannot buy gowns or pay rent for a display window, highlighting financial strain and marital tension.
A 1912 testimonial from Walter Shiver of Hope Arkansas swears Swamp Root eased his kidney disease after doctors failed. The letter, notarized by A W Ware, urges readers to send ten cents for a sample and booklet, noting bottles are sold widely in stores.
A speaker says they will save money next year while another notes this year was spent quickly. The exchange highlights not having enough funds to reserve a New Year’s Eve table.
Consumers urged to inspect Castoria labels for the signature of LY and note the product’s long history. A joke exchange about preserves and a reference to Fletcher's Castoria accompany mentions of Pai Ointment and rising cotton imports into China with an $8,750,000 value increase last year.
The exchange features a heated banter about free speech with phrases about equality of privilege and public rights. A speaker asserts personal entitlement to speak freely, while another questions public accountability and access. The dialogue underscores tensions in political discourse.
Quip battles between a moralist and a cynic highlight art’s longevity versus artist reach. A playful line two artists, one praising art’s endurance, the other mocking artist stature, underscores public perception and talent.
Advertises Dr. Pierce at Buffalo N Y offering large trial package of Anuric to address kidney weakness and uric acid buildup. Describes symptoms like low mood pains heaviness irritability headaches and bladder disorders and notes uric acid forms stones and causes rheumatism gout or sciatica.
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