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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1923
Page
6
Silage provides a succulent grasslike feed that stimulates digestion and thrift in dairy stock. Properly fed silage supports milking stock by improving appetite and reducing health risks from overfeeding. The note emphasizes the global use of silage in dairy farming and its role in herd productivity.
Farmers note that root crops such as beets carrots mangels and turnips provide essential feed for hens. Mangels yield the most usable feed per acre and support digestion and egg production, with roots storing well in winter storage.
The board of directors of The Merchial and Savings Bank Chester Virginia declares a regular semi annual dividend of 8 percent. Payable January 39 24. Checks will be mailed. John I. Sloat cashier signs notice.
An advertisement touts Miracle Salve claiming relief for tired aching feet with odd misspellings and brand references to Elkton Virginia and related product names, typical of early 20th century classified style.
Jersey City dispatch reports Mr and Mrs Burton Tucker remarried yesterday in Carthage North Carolina and will return to face a perjury indictment tied to their first Union Hill marriage dated October 2. Tucker is 17 and his wife 46. Officials expect arrival within days.
Miss Annie Hollingsworth of a Frederick county family fell on Germain street last evening and suffered severe cuts and bruises to face and head. She has lived with her nieces the Misses Hollingsworth on South Main street for several years.
In England early efforts to promote potatoes faced suspicion as political and religious heresy. Some warned peasants against potato farming, linking the crop to moral decay. By 1725 attempts to introduce potatoes differed, with sermons claiming they were not biblically endorsed and could bring calamities like leprosy and fever.
The narrative depicts a dentist preparing a patient for a tooth extraction. The patient, impatient and witty, reacts with tension and humor while the procedure proceeds, including a tense moment about threatening to bring a marble shooter. The scene focuses on the interaction and the careful handling of the extraction.
The appellate division of the Supreme Court upheld Harry Winitsky’s 1920 conviction for criminal anarchism and affirmed a ten year sentence. Identified with revolutionary activities against the government, he faced charges tied to spreading communist doctrine after World War I alongside Gitlow Ferguson and Ruthenbur.
A major bootlegging syndicate distributing liquor to prominent city figures was disrupted. Police located the stock in a central office and detected telephone orders routed to automotive runners. Authorities reported the goods were claimed for diplomatic use to claim immunity.
OCR fragment mentions casual phrases and inconclusive wording with no clear names or events. Content is too garbled to identify persons places organizations or a headline outcome.
A Department of Agriculture visual display shows a cow model illustrating how feed proteins are digested into amino acids and transported to the udder. The exhibit argues for proper amino acid balance and protein mix in feeds to maximize milk production and minimize waste.
Direct to consumer is described as the most profitable way to dispose of high grade goods by cutting middlemen and building a local retail trade. Producers ship fresh eggs and dressed poultry to nearby cities or neighborhoods, delivering weekly or more often, and can contract with hotels, restaurants, and clubs.
United States Department of Agriculture reports based on Cornell supervised trials in New York indicate pure-strain potato selections outperform farmers’ own stock. Two-year tests across several farms show an average gain of 48 bushels per acre for pure strains with identical soil and cultural conditions.
Observers note roaming turkeys devour harmful insects and may cause minor crop damage. Turkeys avoid standing grain and seem to spare ripening crops, though complaints from neighbors could arise as their foraging spreads. The insect-eating benefit reportedly outweighs grain loss.
The article notes caponizing a small number of cockerels for holiday use. Birds are kept on free range at little cost until they weigh eight to ten pounds, then they are ideal for roasting compared with other poultry.
A stock keeper argues a silo is essential for competitive farming. Without a silo he loses 25 to 35 percent of profits, while a silo investment yields about 75 percent return for the farmer.
Missouri State Crop notes a cold emulsion formula to control scale and aphids on apples. It details advantages, ingredients including engine oil Kayso and water, plus steps to prepare a 200 gallon spray stock and final mixing with hard water.
The Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia orders publication to creditors and heirs of Thomas Padgett and James A Padgett. The suit seeks sale of land on Martinsburg Turnpike near Winchester and reinvestment of proceeds. Nonresident defendants will be notified by publication and mail by January 7, 1924.
A fragment describes a spray emulsion with four gallons of oil and a small amount of Kayso, noting it contains no soap and should mix with lime sulfur. It mentions application timing around the pink spray and late wig sprays, with a reference to the Missouri expert Ester and a December 31, 1923 date.
Christmas exercises took place at the John Kerr School in Winchester with grades 1 to 3 in the Kerr Building and junior senior high singing at the Handley auditorium. Students exchanged season greetings, displayed trees, and performed cantata and glee club numbers under Miss Wien and Mrs Solenberger. Gift giving was discouraged. fruit and dolls will be shared by Red Cross and Salvation Army, and junior Red Cross funds purchased a Victrola for a Ward of the Colony for Feeble Minded and Epileptics in Lynchburg.
The Sunday school of the First Christian Church presents The Shepherds Vision this evening at 8 oclock. The program promotes giving over receiving and offerings will be collected for the service of the King. Committee members include Mrs. B R Richards Mrs J F Morgan and Mrs Lester Kerlin with many others contributing to an attractive display and program.
Mrs Violet Blair Hannin of Washington donates 50000 dollars to the National Cathedral Foundation for a library wing of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral. The project aims to house 300000 volumes and become a leading theological library in the country.
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