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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1925
Page
8
Article by William A. Radford describes a new low cost poultry house ventilator design tested in Wisconsin. It uses a straw packed false ceiling over roosts, end ventilating doors, long windows for sunlight, and lath bafflers to admit fresh air with minimal drafts. The 20 by 20 foot model houses 126 hens and can be extended to suit.
Houses shift to interior insulation as fuel costs rise. Prof Willard of the University of Illinois notes walls ceilings and windows require specialized materials to minimize heat loss. Modern homes will be better insulated with weather strips metal weathers and double thickness ceilings, reducing heating costs and plant size.
The article explains onion thrips biology and damage causing white blast and silver tops. It notes small pale yellow to brown adults, leaf-axil habitat, and rapid life cycle with eggs hatching in 2 to 7 days. Control tips include nicotine dust or spray, timing of sprays, and sanitation to prevent infestation.
Sweet clover silage benefits dairy herds and gains popularity each year. Kemptville Agricultural School in eastern Ontario endorses it after years of experience, noting it as an economical milk producer. Proper cut timing is crucial to avoid mold and spoilage.
Four sprays may control the striped cucumber beetle on young cucumber plants. Calcium arsenate dust mixed 1 to 20 with gypsum, lead arsenate dust, lead arsenate spray 2 pounds per 50 gallons, or nicotine sulphate dust or solution at 24 percent in 50 gallons. Apply as seedlings break ground and repeat two to three times weekly, early morning dew, after rain, covering the entire plant until first harvest.
Experiments by the animal husbandry department at South Dakota State College show that adding alfalfa hay to a fattening hog ration materially reduces the corn needed to produce 100 pounds of pork. Whole alfalfa hay is nearly as effective as chopped alfalfa, and hay can be fed in a rack.
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva urges growers to pick seed from a dedicated seed plot rather than bin stock. Harvest select vigorous hills free from leaf roll or mosaic and keep seed tubers separate to boost next year’s yield.
A review of soybean varieties tested by the Kansas agricultural experiment station identifies Mancha Haberlandt Midwest Morse Manchu Wil son Virginia Sabre and Haberlandt as strong seed or hay options for seed and pasture use. It notes Morse suitability for seed and hay and stresses inoculation with soybean bacteria to ensure good growth on poor soils.
Forty two percent of farmers say financial hardship stems from low prices for farm products, according to a Department of Agriculture survey. Seventeen percent credit high labor costs, ten percent blame freight rates and interest rates, six percent cite reckless spending in the boom, and four percent point to excessive credit.
Advanced registry testing frequent ly yields registering advanced profits. Leaving good enough alone may lead to missing improvements. Young alfalfa plantings suffer when a three crop is left to grain. Ground pumice stone mixed into a thick paste polishes horns and hoofs. Rhubarb has a limit to its productive ability. After eight weeks of harvesting, give it a rest until next season. The successful pig producer plans to maximize litter outputs by using nature's tonics. Attractive roadside market signs should be placed on both sides to cue motorists to slow and stop for produce and eggs.
The tale recounts Jones waiting 16 minutes for his wife and mistaking her for a tall brunette. His blush shows he confused her with a blonde mistress, prompting a sharp correction from the woman and a nearby observer. The mishap ends as he considers the mix up on the way to the station.
A frightened wife whispers to her husband that burglars are downstairs, but a cheap burglar peeks in and reveals they are actually upstairs. The exchange ends with a calm dismissal as the intruders wish good night. An advertisement for Cuticura Talcum follows.
The first electric street railway ran in Richmond Virginia in 1888. Now 87 years later America has about 45 000 miles of electric street railway track and 400 companies operating systems carrying roughly 16 billion passengers last year, nearly 160 times the U S population.
A northern guest reports hearing a voice shouting Yo ho under his window. The southern host asks if a wandering sailor is present. The guest clarifies it was a colored neighbor returning a garden implement.
African gold production jumped to 17.54 million dollars in a recent month, up 1.59 million from before. Authorities and mining firms are pursuing expense reductions to curb rising costs while sustaining output.
In Suburbia a cook threatens to leave while another departs yesterday as the Louisville Courier Journal notes the press faces a recurring task. The question asks which new bank must be exploded today, a recurring media prompt in each issue.
A Ellensburg woman describes severe uterine and menstrual pain before using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes marked improvement after six bottles, continues use after her first child, and plans to answer letters about the medicine's effects. She credits the remedy for keeping her healthy.
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