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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1921
Page
3
The USDA urges farmers to select seed corn now to boost next year’s yields. Choose seed well adapted to local conditions, high yielding, well preserved, disease free, and from stalks with strong competition. Dry seed over winter and consult Farmers Bulletin 1176 for germination methods.
The cowpea thrives on diverse soils and resists drought though frost harms leaves. It prefers warm weather, excels in southern states and is grown in Ohio Illinois Indiana New Jersey Michigan. It tolerates shade, yields vary with soil richness, and best results occur on well drained moderately rich soil with inoculation.
Proper sealing of the silo is essential to cut waste silage. Husk the ears from the last three or four loads, run only stalks and leaves through the cutter, then tramp and soak with 20 to 30 barrels of water to form a well sealed top with only a thin layer of waste. No car corn remains in the waste.
The article advocates applying lime to the soil surface and harrowing it in, preferably in fall, but notes timing is less crucial than method. Do not plow it under as it moves downward quickly, wasting much of its neutralizing effect. A lime spreader ensures even distribution rather than hand spreading.
In this view, the value of careful seed stock is highlighted as crucial for potatoes. The text argues that unlike corn, potato selection has been overlooked, noting that choosing the biggest and finest seed potatoes at harvest could improve future yields.
United States Department of Agriculture experts advise backyard poultry keepers to aim for at least ten dozen eggs per hen per year, with two hens per family member. They suggest 183 eggs yearly for an everyday egg a day per person, and note that better than thirteen dozen per hen can be reached with mature birds and good care, while farm averages should hit 100 eggs per hen and backyard averages 120 as minimums.
Poultry specialists report a flock of 992 hens laid 3576 eggs in a week before culling. After culling, 913 hens produced 3520 eggs while 79 culls laid only 85 eggs. Egg value and feed costs show the financial benefit of keeping only the best layers.
Geese should be mated months before breeding season and breeding stock bought in fall. Matings are rarely changed. if they are, previously mated geese must be kept apart so they cannot hear each other.
Provide lime gravel and a dry dust bath, feed growing stock generously, separate males and females for heat tolerance and egg preservation, ensure constant fresh water, and save choicest clover for winter egg feeds.
A testimonial letter from Mrs E Haydock of Chicago and a Vermont resident praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing female ailments and avoiding surgery. The ad notes doctors once recommended operations but the product helped them regain health and urged readers to request the private text book.
An elderly angler guides a novice who asks about the price of the float. The exchange turns on a sinking float and a 2d debt. The piece closes with a moral on parenting, urging study of a child’s nature over remodeling.
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