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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
7
Dr N W Sanborn warns sore-head is common in southern states and spreads in damp weather. It incubates 7 to 13 days, spreads via blood, scabs, and insect carriers. Treatment includes flour of sulphur in mash for five days, then rest periods, plus cautious use of Epsom salts and bowels cleansing. Avoid dark damp dirty houses and promote prevention.
Mrs. Perry recounts clearing a seaside summer home of rats after opening last May. She used RAT-SNAP cake bait, noting no mixing and easy cleanup. Available in three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00, sold and guaranteed by Badger Pharmacy and Archibald Hardware.
A practical guide to summer citrus planting by E. H. Harlebaus. It cautions against drying out trees during nursery to grove transfers and recommends rehydrating dry stock, protecting roots from direct sun, damping branches, and forming a water basin around the roots after planting to ensure good establishment.
Fifty three girls prize winners from a 5000 member club attended a five day course at Florida State College for Women in Tallahassee May 17 to 29. The event covered home demonstration work with canning poultry and cooking classes led by state agents and a health lecture series by a Red Cross instructor.
Fifteen state agriculture and horticulture bodies met the State Board of Control in Gainesville on June 14 to craft a budget for the next legislature. The meeting focused on expanding the Agricultural College program with teaching, research, and field work, and a Florida Educational Committee was formed with officers from Jacksonville and Tampa. P H Rolfs, Dean, notes Florida's growth potential and its reliance on agriculture, urging higher state support to move the state from the bottom tier in the South.
An advertisement touts 666 as a cure for malaria chills fever bilious fever colds and la grippe. It asserts the tonic kills germs causing fever and promotes itself as a fine remedy.
Ants invade homes and groves. experiment station entomologist J R Watson offers a poison syrup method. Mix 16 pounds sugar with 3 gallons water, add 1 ounce arsenate or arsenic, 2 ounces sal soda, 1 ounce sodium hydroxide dissolved in 8 ounces water, then sweeten to 3 gallons. Use cans with holes to apply.
A simple device uses covered cans with small entries to expose ants to poison while blocking larger insects. Ants reach the poison, weaken, and cannot return to nests, leading to the death of the colony.
J M Scott from the experiment station advises timely land prep for hay crops. Sorghum sown broad cast with cow peas can be planted in June and yield a satisfactory hay crop. Spanish peanuts also suit this season and may yield hay and nuts, with soy bean on fertile soils.
An advertisement asserts Re-Cu-Ma helps older people and children feel well and strong, cleanse kidneys and bowels, improve eyes and skin, and provide pep. It markets as a physician's prescription tonic, mildly liver acting and body builder, selling for $1.20 plus tax at Walpole’s Pharmacy and other drug stores.
On ordinary pine lands cowpeas often outyield these crops. The Mammoth Yellow is viewed as the best soy bean variety, while Brabham or Iron are identified as the top cowpea varieties for such soils.
In the Sixth Judicial Circuit Florida Manatee County Chancery case Tahn Andarcan Wvesusaucscwssy v F T Caughey and M L Wread the court orders publication of the foreclosure of lien. F T Caughey residing in Detroit Michigan is to appear by July 5 1920 or the bill will be confessed and a decree pro confesso entered. Publication weekly for four weeks in the Sarasota Times Bradenton Florida.
Notice announces a special master's sale under a final decree by Judge O. K. Reeves of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Florida. Details of the property, sale date, and bidding procedures follow in the official notice.
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