Social Security Plan Looms For Scandia Firms Start Jan One
Two Scandia firms Reece Construction and Sanborn Lumber began paying into the new social security plan on January 1 under the federal program. The scheme taxes employers at 1 percent of payroll with eventual increases to 3 percent and requires quarterly returns by January 31, 1937. Benefits start after 1942, with pensions to retired workers and dependent payments for the disabled, mothers, and needy children, funded by employer and employee contributions.
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Scandia
Pathfinder
Egg protection during cold weather farming notes
Poultry expert D. C. Warren warns that hatching eggs suffer more damage from high temperatures than from extreme cold in winter. He advises avoiding heat sources, gathering eggs frequently, and storing them at 50 to 60 degrees to prevent frost damage.
Oat Smut Prevention Seed Treatment Plan
E H Leker Extension plant pathologist notes seed treatment costing 2 to 4 cents per bushel can prevent oat crop losses from smut, which consume 10 to 20 percent of yield yearly. He urges planning with formaldehyde mist spray or mercury dust for prevention. One-year leases mentioned.
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E.H. Leker
Stop Getting Up At Night 25c Test For Bladder Relief
This ad promotes a 25 cent test using juniper oil and Buchu leaves to flush acids and waste and relieve bladder irritation causing night awakenings. It mentions Bukets green tablets as a bladder laxative and offers a four day trial at 250 to restore sleep and energy, from Haggman & Wires, Druggists.
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Haggman & Wires
Castle Rock Chalk Formation Offers Ancient Kansas Clues
A Kansas article notes Castle Rock in Trego County rising above the plain where the Cretaceous ocean once lay. Fossil bones appear across the state with specimens described as large prehistoric reptiles, including one 10 ton animal and a 35 foot length, amid colorful, opinionated commentary.
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Castle Rock
Trego County
Kansas Cretaceous
Pasture Clearance Tips From Agronomy Text
A. E Aldous notes winter months aid clearing pastures of brush to improve summer mowing. Heavy drag can break sumac near ground in freezing weather, with ton growth then burned in early spring after grasses dry. Mrs Myrtie Sanderson and Dale visited Alfred Walker the previous Sunday. Trade in Scandia.
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A. E Aldous
Agronomy
Orchard work prune brush removal by wire fencing method
The wood pruned from fruit plants should be removed and burned. The most convenient implement is a 14 ft long piece of 6 ft wave wire fencing with ends fastened to light strong poles. The rear pole should extend two feet beyond the wire to ease dumping the brush load.
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R. J. Barnett
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Johnson Ave
Larned
Kinsley
Rachel Dittemore
Quaint Kaniane
AcOw
George Tuttle
Tonganoxie V
COOPE
Peru
Willard
Biggman and Wires
Coleman Mantles
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Tery
Home Oil and Supply CO
Geo
Rene
Eric
Lipton’s
Moore’s Market
Oxydol
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