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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1930
Page
5
Editor notes a two part series by renowned poultry expert Dr. L D LeGear of St. Louis. The articles will run in thin paper editions and readers are advised to study and clip for future reference.
An agricultural note explains continuous culling to boost profits in poultry. It cites a University of Illinois survey showing best flocks average $7.28 per hen versus 86 cents overall, and details practical criteria for selecting productive layers including age, body traits, vent size, pelvic spread, and eye color, urging consistent evaluation and patient effort.
The article traces glaze as an ancient art likely imported, noting Egyptian discovery before the pyramids and its spread through Babylon, Assyria, Persia, Seleucids, and Islamic eras. It contrasts invention and importation and mentions a Curly Maple note on tree identification and bark patterns.
The stream fed by the Waputik glacial field rises atop the Great Divide and winds down to Tekakkaw Falls. It plunges 150 feet then 1,000 feet and 600 feet in successive drops, finally joining the Yoho River in Yoho Valley.
A Tuesday morning blaze at Kienry Orton's Garfield County farm burned the chicken brooder, grain store, lucern seed, flour, and tools. About 300 young chicks perished and the family saved the coop after the fire spread. The city marshal notes over seventy head of livestock impounded from streets this month.
The New Albany Tribune notes that those who achieve real success tend to devote themselves to their own ventures rather than meddling in others affairs. It argues practical business leaders rarely have time to advise or manage other peoples enterprises.
A vintage notice from 1771 publicizes a twenty one year old woman seeking a noble or well placed husband. It lists her modest dowry about 15/80 silver dollars plus a possible legacy from her grandmother and notes skills in cooking washing and baking. Only serious suitors should inquire at the printing office. gallants are discouraged.
Charles Pawne Smith explains in Typographt ex Journal the origin of 60 as a newsroom symbol. During Civil War era press associations, the first message contained 30 words and ended with Good night and the sender’s signature, becoming a byword among printers for the end of a page.
The text describes sponges beginning life when a particle attaches to rock and forms a colony. It notes their independent existence, how they feed from yolk cells in infancy, and later need for more solid nourishment carried by currents.
The article traces how Great Britain as a name evolved from a distinction of the main island to a formal title after England and Scotland united in 1707. It notes the lack of parliamentary sanction for James II's use of the title and mentions the later Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after Ireland joined.
The U S Department of Agriculture explains several poultry diseases such as cholera coccidiosis fowl cholera chicken pox gapes and blackhead and warns nostrums claim to cure them are false. Proper precautions including isolation sanitation and careful feeding help prevent disease spread and control outbreaks.
Farmers are advised that chicks grow faster when their ration includes sour milk satin milk or buttermilk to drink in addition to grain feeds and greens. If wet mash feeding is preferred milk should be mixed with mash.
People prefer boned lamb leg for smooth carving. The cavity can be stuffed with a savory bread crumb dressing for flavor and juiciness.
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