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Newspaper
Waynetown Despatch
Location
Waynetown, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1922
Page
3
140 acres under plough priced at 10 dollars per acre. Equipped farms from 1500 dollars. Pennsylvania offers 124 acres with 30000 dollars in improvements, equipped at 13500. Free list available from George Ott, Titusville, Pennsylvania.
Government positions open to men and women 18 and over with good salaries and free application lists. Vacancies announced yearly by W Robbins in Washington DC. Also ads for Victrola record cleaner renew tone solution, agents wanted with profits. Welch and Shaver Detroit selling records. Tree nursery sales rep positions in Rochester NY. Home seekers subdivision offer in Lake Monroe FL. Medical cure offer for piles and related issues in Auburn MD. 30 day special on spark plugs from Pilot Products Cleveland OH. Agents wanted across multiple listings.
A playful exchange centers on a shop clerk and a judge about selling lipstick alongside classics. The judge implies customers may be distracted absent minded gents who might walk off with change, blending humor with a courtly tone.
The Ukraine, long called the sugar bowl and flour bin of Europe, is nearly empty and may lack enough grain to feed its people until the next harvest. Last year the wheat crop suffered from scant snows, which failed to cover and protect the seed from freezing in the ground.
A man failed to swallow a coffee mixture and told a waitress it tasted like cocoa. The waitress confirmed by tasting and admitted she had served tea instead of coffee, prompting a cautious apology.
The article reports that hot water cleaning is the best method for milking machines. It details a cleaning routine including rinsing, hot soda solution, brushing, and vacuum system flushing, with parts sterilized by immersion in 160 to 170 degrees water between milkings, and weekly disassembly for thorough scrubbing.
The United States Department of Agriculture identifies wild cucumber vine and common milkweed as principal wild hosts of cucumber mosaic or white pickle disease. Insects such as striped cucumber beetles and melonaphis spread the virus, with wild hosts helping winter over the disease. Eradication of these hosts is urged, as field trials show reduced disease and delayed onset by two to four weeks, aiding harvest.
A USDA three year study of 906 farms across Iowa Indiana Illinois Nebraska and Missouri finds that farmers who feed cattle and recycle manure tend to earn returns aligned with average feed prices. Feeding cows costs are dominated by feed at 69 percent of annual maintenance with 31 percent for interest labor and incidentals.
In the north an early planting of well matured seed of a large corn variety often yields the best profits when the crop is for silage. For grain, pick a variety with strong grain potential. for silage, maturity timing is flexible and a longer season crop may reach the desired stage around the same time. This gives northern silo owners an edge over neighbors.
A Rhode Island experiment compares 15 years of lime rich manure practice at ten loads per acre with other fertilizers. Results show initial good yields followed by failure. Dr Hartwell warns against non green manured continuous rotation and says soil acidity danger exists, especially for spinach. If litmus shows no pink, no more lime is needed.
Do not waste any wood ashes from the grate. Strew them over the garden. They are rich in potash fertilizer and will leach into the ground while remaining suspended for plant uptake. Especially valuable for daffodil and tulip beds. throwing away wood ashes wastes money.
Members of the Dekalb county livestock shipping association arrange hog shipments to market when ready for market and later buy back desired hogs on the regular shipping day. The plan, endorsed by the USDA, helps farmers align slaughter timing with hog condition and feeding schedules.
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture reports that 12 groups of 81 Utah lambs fed sugar beet pulp over 100 days earned a $3.80 profit per head, versus $1.883 for corn and alfalfa. The results indicate beet pulp can rival corn as a feed, with both corn and beet pulp needed for a finished lamb.
J M Byvard of Iowa Station notes alfalfa pasture can be worth 25 to 35 dollars per acre while feeding 20 pigs per acre that gain 200 pounds each in the season. Without pasture the pigs require 1500 pounds more corn and 800 pounds tankage. mowing adds hay of one to two tons per acre and still yields better grazing than ungrazed land.
Farrowing time in hog farming determines profits with live pigs boosting cash flow while dead pigs worsen the ledger. The piece underscores the link between breeding success and financial results in the hog industry.
Clipping is recommended for work horses emerging from winter idle to handle spring loads. The practice keeps horses fit and ready for heavier workloads as the season begins.
An Assyrian inscription identifies the Jerusalem site’s ancient locale as Urusalem meaning city of peace and notes a former city called Salem on the same site. The discovery links historic names to the capital’s long history.
A touring car struck a mule team on Main Street near Johnson's hardware in Laurel killing a mule and seriously injuring the driver Lester Briscoe of 1303 Myrtle Avenue. A bystander urged punishment for not protecting against such accidents and promoted a Baltimore See-Thru windshield ad, urging drivers to buy a dollar box to keep glass clear in rain.
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