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Newspaper
Panguitch Progress
Location
Panguitch, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1915
Page
3
A Plover Iowa mother recounts how her 18 year old daughter suffered female weakness, consulted three doctors, and improved after five bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The advertisement touts widespread letters praising the remedy and invites readers to write for confidential advice.
A courtroom exchange features a defendant claiming he acted under the law while the magistrate questions the propriety of a heavy fine for blocking a man’s eye. The defendant asserts he was merely dimming his lights in accordance with legal duty.
The notice touts Cuticura for skin and hair care with a free sample offer from Boston. It reports a new Minnesota iron mine with an estimated 40,000,000 tons of ore to be opened by open pit mining. It notes 20 percent of agricultural workers belong to industrial and economic groups. It also cites Japan’s war cost at 60 million dollars with 26 million more planned.
Dry farming explained as conserving water through deep tillage, fall plowing, and mulch soil. Emphasizes drought resistant crops, crop rotation, forage use, and livestock to consume roughage. Recommends bulletins from Utah, New Mexico, Montana stations and the U S Department of Agriculture for further guidance.
The Denver congress set for September reveals broad adoption of dry farming across the West. Thirteen states outside Colorado have appropriated funds or shown strong interest, with Wisconsin Missouri Arkansas Louisiana and Minnesota among others. Dry farming emphasizes crop choices suited to limited rainfall and cultivation methods to maximize yields, already expanding western productive land and crop value.
Professor E H Bailey of the University of Kansas reports a hitherto worthless weed yields edible oil from its seed. Laboratory tests show the plant grows on waste lands across western Kansas and neighboring states. The press cake offers high protein for stock feed, suggesting a valuable oil and protein source for semiarid regions.
A market gardener claims bone dust or bone meal around melon plants drives away striped melon bugs after high previous costs. He notes it fertilizes the plants whether or not it repels the pests and suggests bone meal is available from fertilizer dealers at about 3 dollars per hundred pounds.
Cause of Bad Habits notes feather eating and plucking arise from confinement and idleness. Improve by providing green food and meat scraps, plus exercise by making birds work for their food. Keep them busy. plucked fowls may need carbo lated vaseline and weed control with clean cultivation to kill weeds.
The alfalfa weevil, introduced near Salt Lake City over a decade ago, has spread through northern Utah and adjacent Idaho and Wyoming, destroying about half the annual yield. It overwinters in roots, lays eggs in stems, and larvae peak by June. Dust mulch with baked soil and sun exposure kills weevils. heat from sun is essential. Spraying with arsenate of lead, using two-hose set ups, also proposed for large fields. Pasturing hogs after egg-laying protects first crop with no labor, leaving fields ready for a second cut.
Oregon Experiment advises cutting hay in the morning after dew and raking into windrows as leaves wilt. Legumes lose leaves quickly and should be cured in windrows and cocks, not swaths, to preserve nutritive value. For grains cut in late milk to early dough, wilt and cure, then place in windrows and finally in solid cocks. grasses follow similar method.
More Milk stresses farmers should feed poultry with skim milk and buttermilk to boost production. The guidance claims these feeds are unmatched and easily supplied using the ordinary tarp method.
The hardiest fall cover crop is winter vetch, superior to crimson clover for wintering and spring growth. Native to Russia, it is a deep rooted pea family plant with purple blossoms and sweet scent. Due to seed cost, farmers sow six pecks of rye with half a bushel of vetch per acre, followed by deep plowing, harrowing, rolling, and careful drilling with manure and seed placement for early green seed.
Market surplus male chicks common as producers cull heavier birds to balance flocks. Fesch weight targets reflect high cost of keeping excess cockerels, with producers weighing options for disposal or sale to reduce feed and housing requirements.
Many campers have faced damp matches miles from a store. Dip matches in hot paraffin, let cool, and they become waterproof without affecting regular use. The coating protects against dampness so they work reliably.
An advertisement extols Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap for stopping itch and clearing eczema and rashes. Doctors reportedly endorse the bland formula for delicate skin, sold by druggists. The piece aside includes a London Sketch gag about a nervous curate and a single wife.
A playful dialogue captures a father and son discussing rhymes for difficult words. The boy Willie asks for a war poem rhyme for Przemysl and the father jokes about jitney, noting there may be no rhyme and suggesting a guess that people wouldn’t notice.
Cadler jokes about a photograph in Bobby’s sister’s frame on the mantel. Bobby notes she hurried to fit it before Tom’s, and they discuss spelling ability affecting job prospects.
Patrolman Helmuth charged Mrs Mre Frost of Philadelphia with a Jericho auto horn offense at 110 South Doreet avenue Chelsea. Recorder Gaskill issued a five dollar fine and warned to quiet the horn, recalling Jericho walls and Old Testament echoes.
An aged observer quips that the sharpest contest he knows is when two chronic dyspeptics meet and compare symptoms. The judge frames the remark as a wry bystander observation on human contention and health.
A playful exchange about icy manners and melting glances notes how fur coats alter appearance. The dialogue frames weather and style as a light social quip, reflecting Detroit Free Press tone of casual wit.
A humorous exchange unfolds as Murphy bets he can swallow an egg without breaking the shell. He wins the bet but fears the egg will hatch, while Pat asks why. An Irish bent joke follows with Mrs Jiggs and a quip about a mean woman and an insurance policy converted to cash.
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