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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1931
Page
6
A 1921 piece discusses future innovations including crystal wireless lighting in walls, magnetic coil lights, and portable crystal globes. It notes robots reading newspapers at two miles, gold extraction from fumes, railcar robots detecting breaks, and early television ideas, predicting rapid progress in home automation and communication.
The text discusses woods for chessmen with boxwood noted as scarce and costly. It suggests American holly as a common, affordable alternative for small pieces and claims East European woods may be less suitable. The description implies boxwood rarity drives use of other woods like holly.
A New York writer notes that in parts of China people claim to tell time by three cats eyes while a Spanish study explores similar feline timing. The piece mentions a man watching nine cat eyes on a fence at eight and volatile dollar time references, highlighting the unusual claim as the last word on accuracy.
United States Department of Agriculture urges vaccinating spring pigs to guard against hog cholera. Even without local cases, infection can spread from nearby areas. Immunity from maternal sources fades as piglets are weaned, so treatment before weaning offers better protection and lower costs.
Advice from the United States Department of Agriculture urges corn growers to select ears with long tight husks to reduce worm injury. Long tight husks lessen damage compared with short loose husks and also offer protection from other pests like necks. Farmers are advised to choose seed ears with these husk characteristics in the field.
Beetle injury to young asparagus shoots can be prevented by cutting the crop every three to five days so eggs on shoots are removed. Destroy volunteer plants and use uncut rows as traps. Apply calcium arsenate or lead arsenate dust after cutting. poultry deterrence is used in some areas.
Iowa State College stresses weed control as vital in flax cultivation. Wilt resistant, large seeded varieties like Bison and Elsan show strong performance in Iowa trials, with Bison outperforming others and Elsan excelling in early planting with April 10 seeding.
The article argues for quality farm products and efficient feeding to support a strong American market. It notes corn and wheat similarity in composition, wheat shorts having higher protein, and spring wheat states earning profits by cleaning dockage during threshing. It stresses knowing protein sources in poultry feeding and the link to disease control.
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