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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1923
Page
3
A long handwritten jumble from a reader column shows letters to Miss Brooks about questions on morality, poetry requests, and personal conduct. It includes poems like Grandfather's Clock, notes on etiquette for girls and boys, and reader thanks with requests for song lyrics or guidance.
A long, confused letter from a teen in Tempest, Arizona complaining about attention, popularity, and guidance from Miss Brooks. It discusses petting, kissing, and female virtue with questions about social norms, while mentioning beauty contests and various local names. The piece resembles a reader’s column from a small early 20th century paper.
The U S Department of Agriculture notes six month old pigs reaching 200 pounds in top litters show the value of breeding and feeding guidance. In Indiana last year 555 farmers enrolled and 83 produced 84 hogs over 2000 pounds at 180 days, all from clean quarters and purebred sires. States run similar contests to promote better hog and farm management.
August brings botfly annoyance to horses as bee sized larvae deposit eggs in the mouth and stomach, feeding on nutrients. Development completes in manure soils by late spring, with prevention via regular clipping to remove bot fly eyes and reduce infestations.
In hog tests by W E Robison of the Obie experiment station pigs weighing 36 pounds received a corn 19 ten tage 1 mix with tankage on rape pasture for 18 weeks, ending at 171 pounds. A similar group fed corn alone on rape pasture for 13 weeks finished at 146 pounds. Average daily gains were 1.1 pounds with tankage and 0.9 pounds for corn only, showing rape pasture is variable and cannot fully supplement a complete corn ration for swine.
Missouri College of Agriculture researchers at the University of Missouri test feeders for swine fattening to cut labor and material costs. The project compares feeder formats and assortments to show that specific designs reduce waste, improve feeding efficiency, and boost daily weight gains for pigs under practical farming conditions.
A fragmented item notes a discussion or claim about shade provision as profitable. It lacks clear facts, dates, or named entities but hints at business interest in shading services or products. Further readable details are needed to identify involved parties or outcomes.
Horticultural hints advise keeping blackberries cultivated through summer to suppress mid row sprouts and to pinch tops at two and a half to three feet. Regular pinching promotes branching and stockiness, aiding wind resistance and increasing next year's fruiting wood. Remove old canes after harvest unless wind exposure protects young shoots. author D C Mooring of Oklahoma Agricultural College notes exceptions.
Colorado State Entomologist O P Gillette notes that cherry and plum slug larvae lay eggs beneath leaf epidermis and form purple pinhead sized spots. Spraying with arsenate of lead or white hellebore destroys them early. late season use risks cherry fruit irritation. White hellebore dust or spray also works without poisoning fruit. Black Leaf 40 at recommended dilution provides another control option.
Mackintosh of the Minnesota university exten sion division urges a fourth spray for apple maggot control around July 20 as adults emerge at different times. He notes to leave some trees unsprayed to check results but advises spraying all trees if arsenate of lead is available. Minnesota orchardists prefer stench and liquid lime sulfur. one grower used liquid last year while neighbors used dry, but losses from scab prompted the switch. Michigan orchards reportedly need five or six pounds of dry per 50 gallons to match liquid effectiveness.
Proper thinning reduces fruit count to boost size and market value. Remove all apples at branch ends and only keep the best on each spur, spacing fruit six to eight inches apart to improve quality and return.
Fragmentary OCR text lists Mrs Hickey as weak and unable to stand with scattered words about a book and teas, lacking clear context or events to summarize into a coherent news item.
A garbled line hints at a man chasing certain goals and his true interests. The readable fragment suggests intent or values guiding a person, though specifics remain unclear in the damaged text.
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