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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1925
Page
8
The article argues many car accessories once seen as unnecessary now boost efficiency, safety, and value. Front and rear bumpers, signaling devices, anti skid chains, spotlights, radiator covers, fuel pre carburetor devices, shock absorbers, and even cut outs can improve performance and reduce repair costs, potentially paying for themselves and increasing resale value.
Good advice urges a spring overhauls to keep a car in top form. Timely replacements save money, preserve performance, and enhance pride, comfort, and resale potential, while neglect leads to bigger repair costs and downtime on the road.
Windshield glass loosens in the frame causing rattling and hard closing. A remedy is to pack the frame with shellac, applied slowly with a sharp stick or brush to fill the opening and tighten the grip without breaking the glass. If the glass is not too loose, this method eliminates the rattle.
An old automobile maintenance piece explains that minimal water exposure, such as a car passing through a stream, hardly harms tires. Humidity and moisture attack cotton fabric tires by rotting layers, making dry storage essential, and sunlight worsens the damage.
An old editorial urges proper tire care and condemns dilapidated tires and cheap patches. It argues that running worn tires costs more than new ones and that repairing severely worn casings risks blowouts, urging motorists to invest in maintenance and new tires for reliability.
The article explains how to repair a spring by tying leaves to prevent spreading. It describes gripping the bolt head in a vise and stacking leaves, using crosswise placement and an umbrella rib to start the nut, then tightening. clamps must be removed until the spring is assembled.
A driver, parked downhill on the right, was startled to see a motor truck supposedly at rest actually moving uphill in reverse gear. The truck, hauling a heavy load, tested the driver’s control as he struggled to understand the unexpected behavior.
The US Department of Agriculture scientists measured honeybee activity to estimate how many trips a bee makes and the nectar carried per trip. Data show 2,484,800 bees left hives, 3.16 percent did not return, and May 22 yielded the highest average load of 25.3 milligrams per bee.
USDA veterinary specialists warn that improperly disposed animal carcasses spread disease on farms. A farmer admitted losing 80 to 100 chickens to disease after dumping dead fowls into hog pens and field piles. Tuberculin testing showed about 25 percent infection among fowls and a tuberculous sow, indicating avian TB transmission.
Estimate from the United States Department of Agriculture shows a 66 million dollar drop in 1924 farm dairy product values from 1923, totaling 2.58 billion. Lower prices across most dairy products drive the decline, with on farm milk, butterfat, and butter values provided and annual price averages cited for milk.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports rapid progress toward eradicating bovine tuberculosis. About 485 counties, 16 percent of all counties, participate in area work, with 11 million cattle involved. Some counties have cut infection to under 0.5 percent and tested all cattle. California’s banished foot and mouth disease preceding renewed TB effort. In Freeborn County Minnesota, 64 000 cattle on 000 farms were tested by 42 veterinarians under extreme cold, yielding 3 100 reactors. officials deem this a good piece of work.
Results from two year demonstrations led by H. B. Musser show that mixing barley with oats increases digestible feeding material per acre versus either crop alone. In Luzerne County, Alpha barley with local oats produced 1,727.7 pounds per acre, beating Keystone oats and other pairings. similar gains were seen in 1023 trials with Cornelian oats.
Good potato yields favor following corn if the corn grows on well manured clover or alfalfa. Avoid manure just before planting potatoes to prevent scab. Planting on good soil can invite white grub attacks. A year of cultivated crops like corn ahead reduces grubs, decays residues, and creates ideal conditions for potatoes.
A 1920s style column urges New Jersey farmers to improve home gardens with diverse vegetables and to manage pests with spray. It links farm profits to crop yields and production costs, notes the farmer as a manufacturer, and emphasizes keeping a farm family productive by ensuring crops are salable and priced profitably.
Jerry Bristol in Belknap & Bristol becomes entranced by a cigarette vision of a stenographer Miss Brooks and, after a long chase through a transom reflection, marries her the tale ends with a caution about smoking’s pull.
A dialogue hints at a plan to stroll the pier and chance upon Billy. The line reveals intent and anticipation without revealing broader context.
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