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Newspaper
Paoli Republican
Location
Paoli, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1920
Page
15
Breeders confirm hens of standard quality are not essential for egg production in backyard flocks. Choice utility hens in medium breeds can lay well and cost little more than ordinary mongrels. Look for vigorous birds with bright red combs and eyes. avoid pale, yellow, or blue cast combs and check legs feet and sole condition.
The article advises regular dust baths to control lice in hens and mites in the house. It suggests a dry dirt area in the yard with a two square box filled with ordinary road dust for the hens to dust in, aiding comfort and pest control. If hens cannot dust themselves, other measures may follow.
The guide lists criteria for choosing hens as layers and breeders. It emphasizes keeping top fayers from the past year, retaining nonmolting hens, and selecting birds with bright red combs and wattles, bright eyes, well spread pelvic bones, and soft pliable vents. It warns against pale shanks beaks and vents in yellow-skinned breeds and advises using all feet to assess quality.
The text notes ground shade for chicks poults ducklings and goslings during summer with browned grassland from sun heat. It emphasizes daily tender green feed to sustain birds in hot weather.
The article warns striped cucumber beetles and 12 spotted beetles spread bacterial wilt in cucurbits. It recommends spraying with Bordeaux mixture and lead arsenate, early trap crops like squash, and removal of wilted vines. Greenhouse measures include excluding beetles, avoiding cucumber refuse near houses, and hand picking if entry occurs. It notes soil or seed do not transmit the disease and stresses disinfecting pruning tools with mercuric chloride.
The Johnson grass can be kept short in early to mid summer to weaken the plants. An oat or wheat crop helps. August plowing further weakens and kills many roots. Clean cultivation then kills remaining plants, with winter freeze finishing others. If much grass remains, plow into late fall to expose roots to freezing.
An analysis argues that adequate farm transport boosts profits by allowing producers to sell when and where most advantageous. It highlights a Maine potato example where a 160 acre farm used a motor truck to haul 24,000 barrels yearly, reducing loads from 20 barrels per trip with 20 teams to 45 barrels per load with a truck, paying for itself quickly.
The article notes soybeans as a strong substitute for regular perennial legume hays, needing two to three years to restore normal hay land. If cured in time, soybeans produce a palatable hay with a solid return, averaging about two and a half tons per acre.
Farmers report rising pod rot in velvet beans and call for support measures. Local grower groups warn of reduced yields if conditions persist and urge timely assistance to protect the crop this season.
A Belleville woman Mary Fricke shares years of stomach cramps and illness relieved by Pe-ru-Na. She credits twelve bottles with restoring strength and vows to never be without it, urging others with catarrh to try Pe-ru-Na for improved appetite digestion and vitality. Sold everywhere, in tablet or liquid form.
Cortlandt Bleeker at Piping Rock recites a cautionary tale about a modern girl who dies and faces St Peter. She boasts of countless lovers and spotless virtue, skating on thin ice, but is condemned to a fiery fate for her flirting.
An East Side gentleman asks a neighbor if his chickens “er you any.” The neighbor misreads the joke, thinking of the three daughters as the subject. The exchange, reported by the Columbus Dispatch, ends with the punchline about the daughters’ daily trips downtown.
Debate centers on which contender will win the prize fight. A participant asserts Lefthook should edge Plexus in argument strength, while another shifts focus to the bout itself and outcomes.
In a small-town vignette an old-fashioned mother champions family welfare. She sews up fashionable lisle stockings Bob bought for $8 a pair, despite the high cost and the need to balance personal comfort with appearances.
Sir Harry Johnston advocates using Africa grass resources for paper as bamboo rapidly renews. William Baitt of the British government notes challenges with grasses but says bamboo has no such difficulties due to its annual renewal.
A clipped passage centers on Sage Tradition with lines about Gowers and daisies. The text hints at a grievance or performance cue but remains fragmentary and elusive in meaning. The read reads as a staged or workshop exchange lacking clear context or outcome.
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