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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1920
Page
7
Poultry experts outline a dipping method using sodium fluoride solution to kill lice. The process suits southern states and summer use in the North, requires warm sunny days, tepid water, and a tub. Two handlers dip birds quickly so feathers dry within hours, with minimal skin irritation and lower material costs than dusting.
A poultry breeder in Yates County New York reported to the U S department of agriculture he culled a cockerel of pure breeding and enrolled his flock of more than 250 fowls in the nationwide Better Sires Better Stock campaign aimed at improving livestock quality through wider use of good purebred sires.
Farm management studies from the United States Department of Agriculture show labor requirements for crops. One man and one horse work ten hours to cut cure and harvest an acre of hay. Oats wheat barley rye buckwheat and millet need a man for two days and a horse for three days per acre. Corn for silo needs three days of man labor and five and a half of horse work. Tobacco in Kentucky uses eighty five days of man labor versus eight for the horse. Onions top the list with 149 man days per acre and ten horse days. Beets and carrots require 82 man days and eight horse days. A horse in eastern states costs about 12 ten hour days yearly to the farmer and contributes only three quarters of a day to its upkeep. Dairy cows need 18 man days and two horse days per year. These figures appear in Farmers Bulletin No 1139 to aid farmers in budgeting labor for the next season.
Market guidance from USDA experts on washing cleaning and grading squabs by size and quality. Small dark birds reduce shipment value. Squabs are killed either by neck pressure or cutting back roof of mouth, then bled and plucked. After sticking, pluck head feathers remove crop wash and chill with ice between layers in vented containers.
Marketing experts from the USDA Bureau of Markets say stuffing barrels or bags with under ripe fruit and vegetables loses buyers' trust. Honest growers who fill packages with uniform quality can rely on steady demand as buyers closely inspect the package tops for fairness.
The text advises using shaded cornfield edges for young stock in fall and suggests exhibiting best birds. It stresses building pigeon houses resistant to rat infestation and notes a laying hen shows a large bright red comb full of wood when ready to lay.
Sound waves from a submerged energized cable laid in Ambrose channel are picked up by audiophones on ships guiding them through harbor entry. The NY device augments radio compass and bell markers, letting vessels steer by varying sound strength, even in fog or storm.
Doorn Netherlands former German emperor William is alarmed by the weak mark. He priced houses near Doorn to house staff but converted prices to marks and called them preposterous.
Report on Rapa also called Oparo in the South Pacific describes its isolated location south of Tahiti. The piece notes scant clothing before a Tahiti missionary gathered old garments, mentions coal deposits and a possible canal era coaling station, and highlights rugged mountains and a rare harbor.
Bernard A. Rosenblatt, head of the American Zion Commonwealth, in Palestine advocates 10000 volunteers for an 18 month term to build houses and prepare land for settlement under a three man general staff in a Jewish labor army. The program aims to develop irrigation afforestation sanitation and industry on lands held by the Jewish national fund and Balfouria colony.
After the war free Germans in Antwerp faced a local backlash led by war‑sufferer Belgians. A large parade preceded a string of German merchant property attacks and display of Herous les Boches placards signaling demand for German expulsion.
A white doe frequents the woods near Trappers Lake in Birch Lake country and has been sighted by several people. Thursday afternoon a party including J Frank Clarke Davenport Ia Dr A P Andrus and G M Burnham Ashland Wis met the animal on the road. The specimen appears to be entirely white and is considered a fine example of its kind.
In Barcelona Matador Correa who had been wounded earlier turned his sword and was tossed onto the bull’s horns. He received a deep wound. Matador Arequipeno also suffered severe horn injuries in the same event.
John Green aged 102 years seven months died in West Chester Pennsylvania after falling from a step ladder while hanging a picture at his home. The incident occurred at his residence with no further details provided.
For the first time a divorce has been granted in the name of the king of Italy by a court at Fiume. The ruling relied on Austrian law in place of a nonexistent Italian divorce statute, invoking the Italian crown.
Smithsonian notes many colonial flags used before the 1777 Continental Congress act that created the 13 stripes and 18 stars on blue. The first Stars and Stripes display may be August 6 1777 at Fort Schuyler and John Paul Jones hoisted them at sea in November 1777.
Roy Chapman Andrews describes an 80 foot gilded Buddha statue in The Lama City temple reserved for Mongolian priests. Worshippers receive holy water from a dirty jug and bathe, prostrate, kiss silken draperies, and gather temple dirt amid hundreds of tiny Buddhas. The scene is called intoxicating barbaric splendor.
Mrs. Ritchie recounts visits to Sir Edwin Landseer by William Makepeace Thackeray’s daughter. The animal painter entertained children with stories as he painted large canvases. She recalls an anecdote of his dog waiting by his feet and bringing back the painter’s hat at five o clock.
The Bavarian state railways ban kissing at stations and on trains amid social trend concerns. France previously restricted kissing on trains with a similar order issued two years earlier.
California hosts the widest variety of Indian languages in America yet most are vanishing. Some are known by only five to thirty speakers, and many dialects disappear each year with the death of the last speaker. Efforts aim to record them to illuminate Pacific coast history.
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