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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1924
Page
3
Mrs. B. F. Brannon of 404 Travis Ave Mart Texas reports the remedy restored her health after nervous exhaustion aches and crying spells. She says she regained energy sleep appetite and can sew and work again, urging others to try the product.
Still Useful Judge Lindsey, a friend of youth, supports prison reform and vocational systems. His theory allows a prisoner to pursue the same line of work that interested him before commitment, with a quip about a dancing teacher able to teach new lock step.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a pure non stimulant herbal medicine for kidney liver and bladder issues. It claims safety and purity with every bottle and offers a sample by mail for ten cents. Available in medium and large bottle sizes at drug stores.
The piece described as the oriental amethyst is likely the most valuable stone, a sapphire colored quartz. True amethysts emeralds rubies and sapphires are corundum and share the same composition. Only a few of these oriental amethysts exist and they are guarded by Indian rajahs.
An advertisement touts Cuti cura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic fragrant economical powder for face skin baby and dusting use. It claims to render other perfumes superfluous and notes it as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio with Soap Ointment and Talcum.
Sagebrush Charfey is depicted as a subdued figure who never draws a gun or answers back. Cactus Joe recalls him as the Gulch’s once dominant figure, noting he lost his nerve after a cameraman admonished him for not registering well.
The USDA reports wide cost differences in potato production across Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan New York and Maine based on yield per acre. Lower yields raise cost per bushel while fertilizer dominates costs in Aroostook Maine. Costs per acre range from 78.09 in Clay County Minnesota to 219.80 in Aroostook Maine with yields from 103 to 278 bushels per acre.
More than 45 percent of 10 160 farmers' business organizations report to the USDA through April 1, with seven west North Central states Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Iowa Missouri Nebraska and Kansas leading. Minnesota tops with 1 330 associations followed by Iowa 1 089 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 various counts.
The USDA reports an exhibit showing tick eradication on swampy free range land. Dipping cattle kills ticks before reproduction and ticks not on cattle die within months, making eradication achievable in one season with thorough dipping programs.
Officials of the Bureau of Chemistry warn that eggs shipped interstate must be carefully candled to remove bad or spoilage prone eggs. Violations include yolks stuck to shells, mold, black spots, addled or filthy eggs. Inspections focus on spring and summer shipments to keep commerce free from noncompliant eggs. violators may be seized and prosecuted. The USDA Bulletin 565 explains methods and equipment for candling, available free from Washington.
Prof. P. J. Parrott of the Geneva experiment station notes the past summer saw heavy codling moth damage and apple scab, with wormy apples even in well sprayed orchards, indicating past methods were less effective. He emphasizes that worm prevention sprays serve dual purposes by killing worms and curbing pest carry-over for next year’s infestation.
Fertilizer demonstrations by the Middlesex County extension service in Massachusetts show increased hay yields on six farms. Plots with nitrate of soda or 8-6-6 fertilizer averaged 2.4 tons per acre, while check plots averaged 1.3 tons. The overall gain from fertilization is 1.1 tons per acre.
Plan a large acreage of feed crops and garden care. Destroy all breeding places of fires, mow weeds biweekly, spray or dust Irish potatoes with arsenate of lead, plant soil building crops like velvet beans and soybeans, mulch tomatoes heavily, apply nitrate of soda, spray apples to control moths, and urge every family to plant a year round vegetable garden.
Practical tips on incubating turkey eggs covering collection, storage at 50 to 60 degrees, 28 day incubation, and methods using turkey or chicken hens or incubators. Emphasizes egg fertility, handling, nest setup, feeding, exercise, and preventative dusting with sodium fluoride to control lice for stronger poults.
Serious loss of poultry often results from using moldy straw for scratching litter. D C Kennard of the Ohio Experiment Station notes birds breathe hard and wheeze, with symptoms like a cold or bronchitis. Dust from moldy straw is especially injurious, and heavy losses can occur within hours from a single bale.
Instructional note from O. G. Krum of Colorado Agricultural College urges poultry keepers to introduce a healthy vigor roosters every two years to prevent inbreeding. Select stock with egg production traits, strong physique, and mate with top hens to yield better pullets.
A note on inspecting hen houses after birds depart roosting time. It suggests fanning air to replace stale air, echoing old practice when windows were nailed shut. It warns about overcrowding lice mites and poor air as common poultry pests.
A Minneapolis Daily student editorial notes some classes feel lifeless and urges students to smile at instructors jokes. The piece suggests professors deserve respect as martyrs for teaching and argues student attitude could revive classroom energy and the instructor's personality.
An acquaintance asks about the children as Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge explains the status of mumps. Some have already mumped, others remain mumping, and the rest are set to mump soon in a playful regional exchange.
United States Forest Service experiments aim to extend eucalyptus culture in this country. A scout found the Snow Gum, a species from Australia, can survive 16 degrees below zero and is being grown at the Asheville, North Carolina station. If it survives winter, other trees of the same species could be planted on arid Southwest slopes where native trees struggle to establish.
Albert Cornish, a Bath Maine lineman, chased and freed a runaway horse trapped in a sleigh on a trestle. He placed the sleigh across the track with runners on the rails, completing an electrical signal that would have halted an approaching train, averting disaster.
The New Zealand government starts a radio service to provide weather reports to vessels in the South Pacific. The initiative aims to improve safety and navigation for maritime travel in the region.
An advertisement argues age 31 marks decline, citing life tables and health factors. It urges readers to abandon caffeine and stimulants, promoting Postum as a nourishing alternative. Readers are offered a free week’s supply and guidance from Carrie Blanchard to start a thirty day trial.
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