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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1924
Page
8
Instructions for shipping eggs describe using new standard thirty dozen cases with new fillers and flats and six excelsior pads. Fillers weigh at least 8 pounds per set, avoid second-hand brown fillers, and use honeycomb fillers with firm sides to withstand train shocks.
H B Landsen of the University of Arkansas extension service warns turkeys cannot be raised in brood ers or backyards with chicks. He notes hens fare better with young turkeys when allowed to forage and need wild feed. He cites black head disease as a major threat and prescribes ipecac as preventive and treatment with specific dosages for young and sick birds.
Poultry expert Prof. L B Card of the University of Illinois urges a complete ration for laying hens. He says a diet should include scratch feed, ground feeds, animal protein, green feed, mineral feed, and water. He notes range feeding helps in warmer months but winter requires careful supplementation.
Practical tips on maintaining clean dry litter and proper feeding to prevent disease. Emphasizes using strong breeders, oyster shell for shell quality, and vinegar in drinking water in cases of soft crop. Warns that damp litter causes soup and common illnesses, and advises avoiding slop and musty straw.
R F Payne advises, trees should be vigorous and true to name with healthy roots. One year old apple and pear trees four to five feet, plums and cherries three to four feet, pecans four to six feet, and June-budded peaches two to three feet yield best results. Cheaper prices come from cooperative ordering. transplant promptly or heel in to prevent drying out.
The article outlines a practical method to produce abundant berries for a typical family. Plant fifty to one hundred canes per plot, set roots in rows three feet apart with two feet between plants, and train canes to stakes early. Manage growth through the summer, prune old canes in year two, and encourage new tips to develop shrubs that yield a large, high quality crop with minimal effort.
Late March or early April is ideal to prune fruit trees. Remove diseased or broken trees and dead wood. Prune bearing trees to improve air and light, control height, and promote lateral growth. Remove water sprouts unless space needs a branch. Eliminate overlapping branches to allow proper development.
A reprint urges farmers to stop delaying and plant an orchard large enough to feed the family. Procrastination is warned as opportunities pass, stressing that now is the time to act and establish a substantial orchard.
A regionally read item urges planting windbreak evergreens around farms to provide shelter and beauty. It notes that clumps of evergreens greatly enhance value and appearance, with shelter belts near feed lots and barns reducing wind impact on buildings and livestock.
Tanlac advertised as benefiting thousands with stomach trouble indigestion rheumatism nervousness and related ailments. The pitch urges buying only from reputable druggists and rejects substitutes noting over forty million bottles sold.
Home lovers can humidify warm rooms with water stored in tin cans hung in registers. Puncture a can, attach a wire bale, and hang it on a wood strip across the furnace pipe below floor level. A two quart can needs refilling twice weekly to prevent drying furniture and aid family health.
An old Bayer advertisement warns shoppers to look for the Bayer logo on aspirin packages or tablets to ensure genuine Bayer Aspirin. It claims safety proven by millions and medical use for headaches lumbago rheumatism and pain. Unbroken 12 tablet packs are cheap. druggists carry 24 and 100 counts.
Dialogue recalls a serious head injury to a man named Dudley after a reported accident. The exchange notes the impact on the head and fear for the injured party, with a brief flourish about poverty and limited clothing.
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