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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1912
Page
6
An old advertisement column touts Oxidine as a summer tonic that builds the system and reportedly prevents malaria with regular use. It also promotes Chest Ointment for quick relief from chest and throat ailments and includes other period ad chatter and humor from local papers.
Mrs. D. W. McClellan of Muskogee Oklahoma describes a yearlong scalp disease with heavy flaking itching and hair loss. After four weeks using Cuticura Soap and Ointment her scalp healed and hair thickened.
Mr J E Millett of Hudson South Dakota shares a sketch of a road drag using two eight foot bridge planks and three four foot 2x8s. Heavy spikes bind the cross pieces to the top, braces from the upper to lower planks. a wagon tire cuts the ground, and a chain adjusts the drag angle via a clevis and link system. The Dakota Farmer calls it an improvement for leaving space underneath and suggests extending the cross pieces beyond six inches.
A Michigan man invented a corn husking device featuring pivoting curved jaws with dual handles and strap fastenings. The article riffs humorously on a husking bee where such a tool would let a user outpace all competitors, as if possessing extra hands.
The device grips the husk of an ear of corn with serrated jaws and strips it quickly. One motion suffices, and with practice a user can husk as fast as collecting ears, rolling the husk back in a single swift action.
Farm guidance urges digging silos deeper to ensure tight silage compression. Deeper silos reduce air pockets, improve fermentation, and enhance feed storage efficiency for cattle operations.
Deputy Commissioner of Michigan Frank F P Rogers outlines practical highway construction tips. He covers drainage, grading, and open drains, plus costs for regrading and the use of planks and floats. Gravel roads are praised for durability cost and local labor benefits, with guidance on timing of road work and state rewards.
A simple homemade tool for breaking winter stalks. A plank about 3 by 8 inches serves as a break-branch implement, long enough to work five rows per use.
The Practical Farmer describes a simple hitching method using a plank and an old wagon tire. Bolt the red components about four feet from the ends to prevent movement, placing the tire edge down so the sharp edge faces the plank. Use when stalks are frozen.
Buy your clover seed early. Good roads cost money but they are worth it. It’s a wise farmer that knows his seed corn. Shooting quail ought to be made a penitentiary offense. Deep plowed land stores moisture. weeds impair clover and hay value. A clover sod foundation helps corn. ground for sweet clover seed mirrors alfalfa. Hay stored in open loses 20 percent. long pasture hay is costly. Rotation aids soil repair and weed control. Lime-heavy crops include alfalfa clover peas beans vetches. Fall plowing helps cut worms. The silo stores feed in small space. grass drought relief. Crops used for silo: corn sorghum clover alfalfa soybeans oats rye kaffir corn milo maize. Farm-grown protein beats purchased concentrate in palatability and cost.
The author reflects that humanity’s past is well known while future events remain guesses. War’s causes and prevention, arbitration, and their effects on national and private disputes are weighed. The piece notes ongoing warlike conditions as a pervasive reality from the Creator, complicating any straightforward answers.
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