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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
7
Scattered lines describe limited supper for two, downtown dining plans, and odd questions about nightly routines. The dialogue shifts to concerns over meals, wrist placement, and a cryptic mention of a male with a loose hind leg and a lit Hymen's torch, suggesting damaged or garbled material.
The article outlines wireworm control for new corn stands, stressing deep soil cultivation after planting and thorough seedbed preparation. It cites U.S. Department guidance and practical lines for avoiding root injury, recommending preventative soil work and seedbed care.
The text discusses how horses shoulders and withers affect work performance and health. It notes issues with harness fit and weight distribution and suggests that improper gear or build can hinder endurance and efficiency in draught tasks.
The Department of Farm Crops at the X Art College of Agriculture urges broader sorghum use as forage. It notes sorghum rivals corn in silage and grain under favorable conditions, resists drought, and offers reliable feed. It divides sorghums into saccharine and non saccharine types with sweet types used for forage and grain types for grain.
Advice notes that wireworms attack corn in poorly drained or sour soils and that deep cultivation after harvest is essential. Preventive practices include fallowing, thorough soil work, and interposing a crop not prone to wireworms such as beld pens and buckwheat to reduce, though not eliminate, soil pests even after tile drainage.
Plan from the United States Department of Agriculture explains sorrel control by short crop rotation and seasonal cultivation. It recommends intertilled crops such as corn and buckwheat or millet to shade and kill sorrel planted in checkrows. Harrow grain fields after harvest and during the season to prevent regrowth.
Fertilizers should be chosen to provide a balanced ration with nitrogen and potash. Nitrogen promotes leaf growth and is supplied by rich compost or rotting manure, nitrate of soda, and sulphate of ammonia. Potash speeds maturity and improves fruiting, but experts warn it can counteract nitrogen. safer options include sulphate of potash or hardwood ashes when potash use is uncertain.
The article outlines farm methods to combat soil erosion. It warns against continuous cultivation, bare winter fields, and neglect of gullies. It promotes crop rotations, deep plowing avoidance, winter cover crops like rye, contour farming, terracing, and proper use of barnyard and green manures.
Celery seed may be disinfected by soaking in a solution of one part corrosive sublimate to 1000 parts of water for thirty minutes. Treat seeds the same as cabbage. note that seed treatment does not remove disease from infected soil or machinery used in tillage.
Varied producers face losses yearly as storage facilities fade. Every home should have cellar, storage, and refrigerator to save surplus foods for later use. Inadequate facilities give speculators an edge in markets.
A blurred fragment shows a mother urging a child as a changing voice and sadness color a domestic moment. The lines hint at miscommunication and emotional strain in a household dialogue.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment for fiery pimples and eczemas with claims of rapid relief. Includes offer for free samples by mail and a Boston department address. A brief household joke ends the fragment.
A vintage ad copy claims farmers work harder and use their feet more, popularizing Allen's Foot Bene powder to shake into shoes and sprinkle in the foot-limth to ease friction, refresh feet, and prevent tiredness. It touts wide use by women and urges readers to buy from local sellers.
A lawyer campaigning for municipal office visits a Cetlaxe door and faces a woman who says her husband was arrested for stealing a ham last week. The exchange escalates with the lawyer denying the charge while the homeowner mocks the accusation and offers a sandwich.
A fragmented exchange shows a person asked about reform affiliation and training, with a terse affirmative response and follow up question. The readable lines imply a tense, informal interview moment.
A Cincinnati man introduces freezone a compound claimed to relieve corn and callus soreness instantly. The ad promises quick loosening shrinking of the lesion with no pain or skin irritation urging druggists to stock small bottles. It closes noting Maine lumbermen allegedly make whisky from prunes.
A judge quips about a rich and brainy woman’s marriage proposal, joking that only a penniless fool would not marry her. The remark implies people often end bad partnerships by waking up and reassessing choices.
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