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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1948
Page
7
Agricultural tests show electric warming of livestock water is economical, with 70 kilowatt hours per month costing about $1.40 at two cents per kWh. Advice emphasizes small tanks under 150 gallons, proper insulation, and secure installation to heat water safely inside barns, boosting drinking rates and production.
A Department of Agriculture survey of 15 000 farms shows men and boys ages 14 to 65 suffer about four times as many accidents as women and girls. Falls cause most injuries, especially on stairs and from vehicles, with 58 percent tied to farm work and 8 percent to housework. Ages 25 to 45 are most at risk.
Disease and injury from poor stable conditions can cripple horses. Focus on feet during stabled periods. Common hoof problems include brittle and spongy hoofs thrush and foot canker. Clean dry floors and regular trimming at least once a month are advised.
A Thanksgiving table guide offers a hearty, well planned feast. Includes first course soups baked oysters roast turkey with apple sausage stuffing cranberry salad baked stuffed sweet potatoes broccoli au gratin squash with peas and pumpkin pie. Also gives bread rolls and dessert ideas with practical timing and kitchen prep notes.
Honolulu reports Navy doctor Millar volunteers for two year assignment on Tinian to lead leprosy control. He and two corpsmen will staff a temporary leprosarium with capacity for about 100 patients among Marianas, Marshalls, Carolines, Palaus and Yap. He foresees 500 to 1,000 cases across the islands, with training for native practitioners and frequent follow ups after treatment.
In Chicago a surgeon revived Mrs Julian Brittan after her heart stopped during anesthesia for an appendectomy. Dr Max Thorek at American Hospital quickly opened the chest, pierced the diaphragm, cut the pericardium and massaged the heart until it beat again, then completed the operation successfully.
In South Bend Indiana Michael Infalt camps at a Michigan lake fishing hole at dawn. He anchors near rivals and fires up a gasoline burner to cook bacon and eggs. The tempting aroma drives other fishermen away, leaving his spot free.
Fire flies use light signals from a luminous organ under the abdomen to attract mates. The nervous system controls the intermittent flashes, enabling the beetles to signal at will to attract a mate.
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