Clover Cultivation Expands in Southwest Farms
The Southwest increases clover use to feed livestock and improve soil. Sweet clover tops adaptable lists with March seeding, inoculation advised, nurse crops aid growth, and cautions about root rot with cotton. Biennial and hedges like hubam and lespedera suit varied soils, with newer strains Tennessee 76 and Kobelespedera showing promise but underexplored impact in the region.
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Texas Blacklands
Speaking of Clover by T C Richardson Secretary Breeder Feeder Association
Adaptability yields higher than common lespedera and Kobe grows well in deep East Texas and Arkansas. Alfalfa, the king of legume forages, should be sown in fall or with like sweet clover on weed-free ground. Plan now to sow alfalfa or other clovers in September or October. In clover is a phrase for good living for man and beast. let's cloverize for livestock and owners alike.
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Kobe
Texas
Arkansas
Address Change Notice to The Sun Readers
The Sun asks readers to promptly inform of any address changes to avoid misdelivered copies. If a move is planned within a week, notify in advance to prevent losing a paper and to reduce costs from Uncle Sam returning wrong-address mail at 2c per copy.
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Sun
Uncle Sam
Hints From The Housewife And Carpenter Almanac
Scorch marks on white silk can be lifted with a bicarbonate of soda paste made with cold water and allowed to dry. For hands after lemons use, wipe with lemon skins to remove vegetable stain and soften skin. Evaporated milk should be whipped by boiling a can, cooling, then beating in a cold bowl. For carpenters, drive nails into hard wood after rubbing nail ends with lard or tallow to ease entry.
Care and care tips for aluminum and blankets
Aluminum warps if cold water is poured on hot metal. Let it cool briefly before soaking or use boiling water for soaking. A blanket note suggests binding blanket tops with cheese cloth about 16 inches wide to keep edges clean, tintable to match and removable when soiled.
Pumice Stone Aids Stain Removal On Fingers
A simple method uses a wet pumice stone rubbed on cigarette and ink stains to remove marks from fingers. The note suggests a practical cleanliness tip for everyday stains.
The Spice of Life Quip Turns on Politician’s Reply
A humorous political exchange features a lieutenant cautioning about dissent and a politician retorting to turn around and agree once a reliable majority forms. The cartoonish dialogue highlights how disagreement is managed in a legislative setting.
Married Woman Rivalry Sparks Local Retort
Strategy Peebles quips about avoiding married women. reply about wife’s arrival home prompts a sharp retort involving a copied local newspaper clipping. The banter hints at ongoing domestic tension and humor in a community setting.
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Peebles
Was McTavish's New Friend Attractiveness
A witty dialogue features a schoolmaster scolding a doctor's son and a humorous exchange about visits and charges. The doctor mentions five dollars per visit, while a daughter reveals the suitor claims affection despite past meetings with the father.
Razor pitch meets yearly shave quip at the house
A salesman asks a lady to interest her husband in an electric razor. She jokes he shaves only once a year, then recalls once he shaved twice a year when they had lady lodgers, delivering a sharp tongue in a small domestic scene.
Walter Hines Page and the egg test as editorial wisdom
Walter Hines Page, editor of World's Work, received a writer's accusation that pages 18, 19, and 20 were pasted, implying unread stories. Page replied with a sharp analogy about not needing to eat the whole egg to know it is bad, signaling discerning judgment in editorial work.
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Walter Hines Page
World
Mr. Page
Father Delivers Subtle Exit Hint With Breakfast Box
A father tips off his daughter's boyfriend that it is time to go by casually wandering through the room carrying a box of breakfast foods. The small gesture signals a boundary while preserving courtesy and warmth.
Farmer and wife at country fair exchange load
A farmer and his wife walk to the country fair. On arrival he offers to carry her heavy lunch basket to prevent them getting separated in the crowd.
Visitor from open spaces debates world railways
A traveler from vast open lands argues with an English friend about rail safety and collisions claiming his homeland cannot have a railway collision, contrasting safety with Britain’s system.
Train Mystery Sparks Quiet Exchange in Conversation
In a brief exchange, the Englishman expresses astonishment while the visitor notes that only a single train is available. The dialogue hints at a distant, perhaps strategic, travel constraint shaping their discussion.
Old Car Quits at Ohio River Toll Gate
A small, stubborn car stalls at a toll bridge over the Ohio River. The attendant asks for fifty cents, the owner pays, and then announces he will walk from now on. A brief, quirky note from a local crossing.
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Soft-Hearted Mr. D and the collector’s dilemma
A debt collector pressures Mr Dedbete for payment. He responds with surprise and a defense that he would not deprive him of employment, revealing a humorous misunderstanding about financial responsibility and kindness. The exchange highlights a comic clash between demand and mercy.
Greatest cataract roar silences crowd as dam speech opens
A speaker extols a mighty cataract calling it the country’s greatest and invites quiet to hear the roaring waters. The line emphasizes spectacle and public interest in the landmark feature. The crowd remains engaged as the moment is presented with theatrical flair.
The Greatest Miracle of Ordinary Beef Bones
Quote exchanges humorously claim ordinary beef bones yield piano keys teeth knife and fork handles and even soup while a second speaker expresses amused skepticism about soup making by the landlady. The brief dialogue playful banter contrasts imagination with practical use.
Political Race Stirs Voter Appraisal
In a quoted exchange, one observer notes that as thoughts deepen, only one candidate should win, signaling a decisive preference amid a crowded field. The remark underscores a belief in clear election outcomes despite multiple contenders.
Your communism is stupid divide again
A terse exchange questions communal sharing and feasibility. The speaker argues conflicts over distribution would erode any equal division, prompting a call to redivide. The zinger highlights skepticism about sustained fairness in a divided system.
Didn't Fisticuffs Start Out As A Trainer
A dialogue heavy item recounts a boxer's early career as a trainer and his later self-run ventures. A cinema outing prompts a crunching joke about a noisy baby, while a salesman’s loud voice at a New York firm yields a pun about using the telephone.
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New York
Hill
Chicago
Chemistry professor tests acid dissolving a coin
A chemistry professor asks whether a silver coin would dissolve in bubbling acid. The student answers that it would not dissolve, and the professor challenges the explanation. The exchange hinges on the logic of placing a coin in acid.
Kangaroos With Rumble Seats Upstage In Verse
A playful verse catalogs odd animal traits from four-wheel brakes to balloon-tired feet. It humorously concludes that kangaroos with rumble seats surpass all others in whimsy and charm.
What He Must Know
A farmer explains that rising costs demand knowledge of the botanical name of his crop, the entomological name of the pests, and the pharmaceutical name of the chemicals used to control them. The dialogue highlights increased technical literacy as essential to modern farming profitability.
Have you left anything at the hotel sign
A visitor notices a sign at a stylish hotel and tells the manager the wording should be inverted to read Have you anything left, turning a mundane prompt into a quick pun about his large bill and departure.
Persuasive chest chairman asks CASIUS CHEX to preside
The community chest chairman asks Cas sius Chex to preside at a forthcoming meeting and inquires about the deficit his subscription is expected to cover. The exchange shows the pressure to secure funds and the respondent’s puzzled reaction.
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Community Chest
Cassius Chex
Soldier camp tale explains tattoo and stampede remark
An army officer guides a guest at camp as a bugle sounds the tattoo. The guest learns its meaning and recalls tattoos on soldiers arms. She then notes how cowboy songs on the radio make range cattle stampedes seem understandable.
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Tatoo
Cordin to Law I Plantin My Cotton and Crops
A first person rural verse detailing farming by law and rhyme. The speaker describes planting cotton and diverse vegetables, contending with crooked rows, rotating crops, and hoping for a clear farm bill. He references Roosevelt and Uncle Sam, implying political context and farm policy.
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