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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1937
Page
3
A Sarnia Observer item notes a teacher and student exchange about economy and a joke on smoking. Separate quips include Johnny explaining the nose’s function and a joke about success with girls through using the waist, reflecting light humor in the period.
Farm Topics outlines selecting pullets for the laying house. Cull and market nonvigorous birds. Small pullets tend to lay smaller eggs and may have lower livability. avoid small body size in breeding pens to improve flock vigor.
Milo grain offers substantial savings over corn for most livestock classes, with exceptions for hogs where it’s worth about 91 percent of corn. Grinding boosts value for cattle and dairy rations, while milo matches corn for fattening lambs but grinding is not beneficial for sheep.
The shell of a hen's egg is normally hard when laid as minerals secreted in the reproductive system form the exterior. The egg needs several hours to harden and about twenty-four to twenty-six hours pass between yolk release and laying. Soft shells occur only with physiological upset in the reproductive organs.
The article summarizes sugar cane’s 18 percent sugar content, wheat as a major world food source for one third of the population, and an expert claim that farmers recycle only about one third of phosphate. It notes turkey egg-laying can be advanced with lighting, and places plant breeding ages in context. It reports Texas 4H club growth in 1936, egg consumption figures, daily grain needs for 100 hens, and pullet molt prevention through weight gain.
Instructions for creating a tailored valance board with straight 1 by 2 inch wood, finishing nails, and screw eyes to hang side drapes and valance together. Describes cleaning ease, pleat fullness, and fabric choices like glazed chintz. Promotes Mrs. Spears sewing book with 48 pages and sample list, asking readers to mail 25 cents for a copy.
Practical household hints cover brassware care, mirror safety, banana ripening, glove mending with a thimble, kidney with apple rings recipe, a robust omelet trick, and a vegetable water sauce. Each item offers concise steps suited for daily domestic use.
A vintage advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as aiding women through life transitions from girlhood to womanhood, motherhood, and middle age. It warns against nagging husbands and touts the product as a remedy for functional disorders, urging women to take the tonic.
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