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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1922
Page
3
The text estimates tax department costs at about 0.87 dollars per hundred dollars collected, noting total 1921 collections of 4,595,000,765.74 and expenditures of 40,203,716.74. It argues that many duties beyond tax collection inflate costs, making the 0.45 to 0.87 range liberal.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports shell color does not indicate egg content quality yet public preference varies by region. Brown eggs suit New England markets while New York and Philadelphia favor white eggs. Lamona, a new breed, lays white eggs despite a red ear lobe.
War and Navy Department officials report a flood of requests from treasure seekers aiming to salvage gold and other valuables from sunk steamers. Estimates place wartime haul at about five million dollars, with Lusitania and other wrecks drawing interest as diving technology advances.
An opossum in Middleport along the Eastern Pennsylvania railroad lay across the track as a trolley car approached. Despite efforts to spare it, the animal was struck and killed, proving to be unusually large and fat.
In Brooklyn a crippled boy and an armless man testified against John Stefan who admitted employing four disabled men to beg for him for $3 a day plus board and liquor when they desired it. The case highlights alleged coercive exploitation and wages behind the scheme.
In breeding Rhode Island Red for color to secure exhibition quality, use a sire with 4 toe tips and a rich red breast, free from shafting or lacing and without wing bow tack ticking. Mate to hens with dark red hackles and little or no black ticking, red undercolor on the back to produce exhibition cockerels.
The Ames animal husbandry guidance urges liberal feeding of milking sows with protein and minerals to supply piglets. A suggested slop mixes three parts wheat middlings to one part 60 percent tapkage with lime and salt, self feeding, pasture when possible, and avoiding sudden ration changes.
Milk is nutritious and plentiful on farms and should be given to growing stock and old fowls in moderate amounts every day or two. Offer only what can be consumed in minutes to avoid contamination and spoilage.
After farrowing the sow should receive no feed for twenty four hours and plenty of clean water. Begin with a thin slop of bran oats and barley with a little tankage, gradually increasing over about ten days to full feed. After ten days to two weeks give all the grain she will clean up two or three times daily.
The article explains estimating skim milk as pig feed value. It notes a rule of thumb: value of 100 pounds fed alone equals five times the market price of five hogs in cents per pound. when fed with corn or barley, multiply by six.
A Farm Bureau style note says cows that freshen in fall and early winter yield the most milk and butterfat, delivering higher income per feed unit. It advises growing good greens, planting turnips thickly then thinning, saving manure by spreading evenly, and employing efficient field practices.
A Lebanon Indiana testimonial promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a natural restorative for women’s ailments. Mrs Emma Baxey claims it helped her when she was run down with stomach trouble and fatigue. The letter urges others to try the product and endorses its benefits for women’s health.
An old advertising copy touts Stearns Hedric Paste as a standard exterminator for over 43 years. It claims to kill rats mice cockroaches waterbugs and ants in a single night with a ready to use formula not blown by wind. Directions in 15 languages and a money back guarantee.
A Birmingham Age-Herald wit remarks how a college ad should read with bold lines for a 75 professor faculty and 10 million in equipment. It notes a stadium and a top football team as centerpiece, with other advantages relegated to small print at the bottom.
Dialogue shows a mother prompting Dorothy about paying attention at a party, with the girl replying she listened to one person throughout the evening. The anecdote centers on a simple domestic exchange and the speaker in question.
An advertisement extols Bayer Tablets of Aspirin for colds headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia and general pain with safety directions on the package and the Bayer Cross pledge. A later humor line ponders the first requisite of a good husband and a quip about love being blind and intuitive.
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