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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1919
Page
2
North Bronson residents report men at work in their fields. Happle’s mother visited, and many locals shopped in Sidney. Charles Gross arrived for summer with his brothers. Families of Glen Bales, Walter Wassum, Elmer Larson, and John Engle hosted or visited relatives this weekend.
Splendid half section 150 acres in East half of 22-15-51 improved and cultivable with possession offered March 1. Quick sale bargains include a Bethlehem truck with box, Moon auto 1918 six cylinder five passenger, Moor City tractor, eight bottom Avery plows, drills, discs, packer, oil tank, wagons and shack all for sale or trade.
The Watkins region saw movement as Aron and Gene Pierce assisted Walter Wissnm in relocating, while Mr. Smith moved onto the vacated Wassants tract. The Maley half section buyer arrived to start crops and his wife will join in the fall for harvest. Moisture has been irregular, with several contributing factors breaking monotony. Wim Gross attended an assessors meeting in Sidney, Louie Schulenberg and Homer Haskins did business at Wassums, Little Della Happle remains ill, Mrs. Fae arrived to visit her husband on his Bronson farm, and Joe Morfeld hauled and excavated for the Bronson store building.
The telegraph announces it is equipped to handle job printing in a neat up to date manner and invites readers to give a trial.
The University of Nebraska Agronomy Department explains that rolling or harrowing wheat fills ground cracks and saves roots exposed by drying. A corrugated roller is preferred to prevent pulverizing soil, while a smooth roller may blow away soil. If unavailable, a 20 harrow with sloping teeth yields good results, as sharply cracked ground can kill shallowly rooted wheat.
Sheep shearing is underway at the University Farm with wool beginning to slip around necks and bellies. Power machines are noted for efficiency, saving wool, while hand shearing follows, and dipping after shearing is advised, especially for lambs to remove ticks.
A report notes that a mix of rape and rye yields year round pasture. Rye sown in September feeds hogs and sheep in fall and early spring. cattle may graze too. Spring lambs graze as well. April plowing follows for new crops. Sweet clover also provides good pasture for various stock.
Maj Cushman A Rice lauds the British Fifth Army for heroic endurance at the Somme. He notes they were outranged and outnumbered yet held, with officers and Canadian units fighting to the last man. Despite heavy losses they stopped the German advance until French aid arrived at Abbeville.
The Nebraska College of Agriculture advises clearing beds of dead stems and remaining foliage to aid planting of annuals. Peonies phlox iris poppy and aster benefit from cleanup and early spring cultivation. Plantable annuals now include salvia catspin zinnia and coxcomb.
University of Nebraska home economics workers urge women to sew at home as dressmakers grow scarce and ready made styles rise in price. They recommend a well equipped home sewing area and advise making a personalized dress form from simple materials or plaster of paris, with further directions from Extension Service at University Farm, Lincoln.
When money becomes scarce many firms raise interest but Bentley Land Company offers unlimited farm loans at the old rate of seven percent. Subscribe for The Telegraph.
The copy explains how to judge tobacco by scent and promotes TUXEDO Tobacco as using chocolate flavoring. It claims a pure Burley base with a dash of chocolate, inviting readers to try and compare the fragrance to other tobaccos.
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