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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1928
Page
7
A playful exchange between Master Philip Potato and Miss Phoebe Potato explores style and blossoms in early and second crops. The potatoes imagine their fate, discussing buttered meals and cooking dreams while the farmer’s family prepares a feast.
A curious survey of natural facts notes that convolvulus stems twine to the right while wild hop stems twist left. It explains deep sea color as a reflection of blue light, and green water as a shallow tint from yellow sand remains. It also remarks that horses lack eyebrows and many fishes lack eyelids.
A short, humorous scene recalls a six year old named Bettey attending a mati nee with her mother. Two tall girls sat ahead, one slipped down, and Betty whispered she was glad the girl had shrunk, sharing relief with her mother.
In a light exchange with Bennie about his sister a caregiver notes the child’s remark that she is “a regular snapshot of me.” The playful moment captures a family vignette and the child’s witty reply.
University of Missouri expert E C Elting explains how bluegrass pasture forms the base for spring and summer feed and outlines grain rations matched to milk output for Jerseys Guernseys and other milk types. The plan uses home grown energy feeds with pasture protein, and adds protein supplements as pasture quality or season changes.
The chief function of roots in cattle feeding is to supply succulent feed. Root crops yield little nutrient per acre but store well for winter use, making them suitable for small herds. Mangel-wurzels give the best per acre yield, with beets, turnips, and carrots also usable. Turnips should be fed after milking to avoid flavor effects. Carrots color milk desirably.
Three essentials govern dairy farming success good cows capable of converting farm feed into milk and butterfat economically. Provide cows with proper feed and care to enable economical production and secure a market for dairy products. Hogs and poultry add profit when butterfat is sold and skim milk feeds them.
Soy beans offer dairymen a path to higher profits as cattle management stresses proper calving intervals, adequate but not excessive feeding, and rich roughage. An emphasis on quality heifer growth, nutrition specifics like silage and hay intake, and the impact of dairy sterility on losses rounds out the guidance.
Dad Drizzle recounts a chaotic moment as ten children allegedly provoke a shootout with a heifer. An alarming yell erupts when arrows are found in the animal, prompting him to fetch a gun and shout warnings about “Injuns,” though the town later notes there were no Indians.
Omaha pushes rapid progress in its smokeless city program by enforcing a new smoke ordinance.
The prince of Wales, residing at EP ranch near Calgary Alberta, has largely shed his Oxford tones for an American Northwest drawl after seven years among cowhands and nearby ranchers. He starts the day at 8:30 with breakfast then inspects cattle and barns, even hauling manure in a wheelbarrow.
A discussion of Stanley Africa and the term Dark Continent. Henry M. Stanley explored Africa’s unknown regions and wrote In Darkest Africa. Aide accounts by Parke and Benny are noted, with claims about Trader Horn disputed. Leopold II funded Emin Pasha relief and Congo exploration. Belgian flag linked. Literary Digest cites Egyptian superstition and omens.
Senator Sorglum remarks on music and bias, saying no brass band or orchestra ever plays impartially. The Washington Star notes that popularity draws new acquaintances but can cost old friends.
In Edinburgh racial discrimination by restaurants sparked a color war reaching the house of commons. The Scottish secretary said he lacks power to intervene and rejects legislation. A delegation from the Edinburgh Indian association protested to the lord provost and refused to join a charity pageant.
In a New Bedford Standard item, Mrs Pryor and Mrs Guyer clash over what constitutes modernity. They discuss income and living styles, with sharp exchanges about wealth and social expectations.
A sprightly item recalls a young woman eager to reach her horseman friend by phone. Believing he rode a horse named Molly, she checks academies until a stable man confirms the horse and offers to bring it to the phone. The quip ends with the unexpected practicality of the stable hand.
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