This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1923
Page
8
A survey of early fall fashion for girls highlights simple tube frocks in gingham and linen with embroidery, draped gowns, and plain lines. Styles favor dainty dinner gowns in black with machine embroidery, dotted Swiss party wear, and knitted sweaters paired with knickers or blouses.
The U S Department of Agriculture issues Farmers Bulletin 1882 outlining five improvement methods to raise potato yields. Mass selection and field roguing suit average growers, while tuber-unit, hill section, maize selection and strain testing target seed quality for higher, uniform crops. Field roguing removes diseased or off type plants during growth. seed is saved in bulk for storage.
Minnesota Experiment Station reports that for sweet clover used as hay the first cutting should occur just before buds appear, at 6 to 8 inches height, to reserve buds for the next crop. Cutting after blooming or below 6 to 8 inches damages plants. trials test delaying the first cut to coincide with late June or early July hay dates.
Grasses with hollow stems and fine texture cure more easily than legume hays. Timothy cut at full bloom is harder to cure than when cut with seed in the dough stage. Early cut hay risks rain damage if left in swath, so growers often cut and haul the same day.
Observation keys sow diet to piglet birth weight. Pigs from sows on corn rations weighed 1.74 pounds at birth, while those from sows fed abundant alfalfa reached 20 pounds at birth.
A reader advises letting horses go barefoot after heavy fall work to ease hoof strain. With ice and snow approaching, re-shoeing for rough ground is suggested to protect hooves. sympathetic note on costs and sprains cites a fifty cent hoe as a mis-spent expense.
The United States Department of Agriculture report notes June testing of crimson clover seed quality. One-fifth of samples had less than 26 percent live seed and two-fifths under 5 percent pure live seed, risking rejection under seed importation rules. The 1923 crop will improve quality, but older seed remains sold for seeding purposes.
Robert Ellis of Oklahoma describes scoffers who doubted pure bred cattle. He recalls selling a pure bred heifer for 240 and later earning 460 for a single animal, contrasting scrub prices of about 10 with pure breds often at 150 and up.
Lice on chickens reproduce rapidly with a single pair producing many descendants in months. Dusting proves practical to control infestations, while dipping risks cold and disease. A home made powder from dip or carbolic acid mixed with plaster is moistened and dusted onto the fowls.
Experiments show corn fodder is a reliable dry feed but wasteful unless cut for silage at the same time. Shocking and field drying preserves value best, with Colorado experiments noting losses from weather and handling.
Pastures that are sour hinder clover growth while blue grass and other grasses may fare well. A blue grass pasture that includes clover yields more feed because clover adds fertility through atmospheric nitrogen fixed by legumes, benefiting grasses.
The article emphasizes the importance of green crops for hogs noting that no hog breeder can succeed without green pastures. Pasture crops are most valuable when young and succulent and saving two or three pastures for intermittent use is advisable.
The article notes dire coal scarcity after the Ruhr invasion pushing Germany to explore tidal power. It explains the northern coast's flat geography reduces available headwater, hindering practical tidal generation despite the concept's promise.
A British Chemical Society report describes synthetic marble created by heating hydrated sodium carbonate and calcium chloride or paste of precipitated chalk with salt solution for eight hours at 800 degrees Celsius and 24 atmospheres.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.