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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1924
Page
2
Mrs. B. F. Brannon of Mart Texas writes she suffered nervous exhaustion aches and bed rest until Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound uplifted her mood sleep appetite and energy. She claims she can sew work and perform daily tasks again with improved health and cheer. She offers her letter to help others seek the remedy.
U S Department of Agriculture officials urge candling eggs before interstate shipment to remove bad eggs and prevent violations of federal and state food laws. Emphasis on spring and summer shipments, potential seizures or prosecutions, and availability of Bulletin 565 How to Candle Eggs.
Prof P J Parrott of the Geneva experiment station notes the past summer saw heavy codling moth damage and serious apple scab. Even well sprayed orchards yielded wormy apples, showing past methods underperformed. He emphasizes that preventive treatments protect apples from worms and reduce carry-over pest levels for next year.
Fertilizer demonstrations by the Middelsex Massachusetts extension service over the past year show higher hay yields with nitrate of soda or 8 6 6 fertilizer. Six farms compared fertilized plots to checks, averaging 24 tons per acre on fertilized plots and 1.8 tons per acre on checks, a net gain of 1.1 tons per acre.
Plan a large acreage of feed crops and soil building plants such as velvet beans cow peas and soybeans. Destroy fly breeding places in garbage pails and manure piles. Spray or dust potatoes with arsenate or lead to control potato bag. Mulch tomatoes and spray trees for pests. Encourage gardens to provide year round vegetables.
A New York Times fashion writer notes the season’s Rainbow palette with soft textures and vivid contrasts. Gowns range from tubular chiffon and Cheruit designs to frou-frou tutus and bias-cut chiffon. French models and Lanvin’s coral chiffon frock highlight color contrasts, floral garnitures, lace trims, and ostrich feather accents shaping spring and summer garments.
The USDA report analyzes 1919 costs in Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan New York and Maine showing yield per acre as the main driver of cost. Farmers with high yields used about 72 cents per bushel versus 1.49 for low yields, with costs ranging 80 cents to 2.45 per bushel across 461 farms.
More than 45 percent of the 10 160 farmers business organizations reporting to the U S Department of Agriculture by April 1 are in seven west North Central states led by Minnesota with 1 880 cooperatives The five east North Central states total over 25 percent with Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin well represented and more than 8 percent in three Pacific Coast states Minnesota tops the list with 1 880 followed by Iowa 1 039 Wisconsin 879 Illinois 640 and Nebraska 477 Seven hundred seventeen co operatives engage in retailing mostly stores concentrated in Minnesota Nebraska Iowa Kansas Wisconsin with counts 86 86 84 68 and 49 respectively.
An exhibit by the United States Department of Agriculture argues that cattle-fever ticks can be eradicated even on swampy free range land. It shows a land example where ticks have been eliminated and reveals dipping cattle as the key method to prevent reproduction, ending the tick problem in a single season with thorough, systematic dipping.
Since its US introduction Black and White Ointment and Soap reduce pimples blotches and rashes with quick effects. Dealers report fast turnover due to low prices and reliability. The 50c size contains three times as much as the 25c.
An advertisement promotes Bond's Pills for liver and bowels with a 25 cent dose and urges refusing substitutes. It also touts Dr Peery's Dead Shot as a superior worm cleanse with a single dose option. A lumber company uses nine foot saws for giant logs, and a brief quip on misfortunes ends the excerpt.
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