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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1913
Page
3
A formal notice requests correspondence on an unspecified matter and states that reprinting requires special permission. No further specifics are provided.
A roundup of gardening and rural notes cites copperas for poultry health, a French aviator’s altitude record, sun shielding nests, heat effects on workers, a dyspepsia remedy via sand, banana crops, cheap potatoes, livestock diet ideas, sowing and mulching tips, water purification with saltpeter and charcoal, tankage sterilization caveats, crime reports of thieves, road material guidance, and a celery growing method detailing trenching, manuring, spacing, weeding, watering, hilling, and harvest timing.
Professor Larson from South Dakota Agricultural College is highlighted in a brief item noting his work or address within the college community. The readable text emphasizes his role and affiliation with the institution.
The plan describes digging a sixteen foot deep pit in clay soil to hold silage. A pit eighteen to twenty feet in diameter is proposed with a derrick and bucket to lift silage, and the cost reflects labor. The design aims to prevent cave-ins from weather and moisture and suits farmers facing crop failures and money shortages.
Western states report severe grasshopper outbreaks in recent weeks. Entomologists from multiple midwestern agricultural colleges caution farmers about potential crop damage and advise monitoring fields for infestations.
A local guide outlines pest control options for grasshoppers in the coming weeks. A lead arsenate based spray uses one pound of arsenate to two quarts of molasses in sixty gallons of water for roadside vegetation. A bait combines one pound of greens with forty pounds of bran and is moistened to a sticky mass to scatter near hopper concentrations. An alternate is to use fresh horse manure instead of bran with added salt.
A level headed farmer argues that county agricultural experiments are too limited for average farms. He says the expert should manage a full estate to prove practical guidance. A Kansas farmer echoes the call for probation with 160 acres and a five year test before county backing.
Professor Rice of the State College of Agriculture at Cornell reports two hens, Cornell Supreme and Cornell Surprise, achieving record egg lays. Supreme produced 660 eggs in three years weighing 86.19 pounds, while Surprise laid 562 eggs with yearly gains of 180 186 and 196 across the same period.
Fragmentary lines indicate a discussion on factors behind success in agriculture. The readable bits suggest emphasis on methods, efficiency, and practices that boost yields or profitability across farming lines. No named individuals or organizations are identifiable in the readable text.
The article argues that steady persistence and attention to detail yield success more than rare talent or favorable conditions. It warns against abandoning ventures after partial progress and notes many people repeatedly abandon enterprises mid development. Pediatric ivy poisoning treatments from Farm Journal are described briefly.
A New York Sun description explains a map of the Panama Canal Zone drawn in profile. It shows the canal running west to east from Colon to Panama with the Pacific on the east and the Atlantic and Caribbean on the west. It notes many readers will be surprised that ships will travel eastward through the canal.
A 1827 French interior ministerial appointment kept an oil lamp extinguishing officer on duty two evenings weekly, a practice long obsolete yet still held in 1879. A new book on mysticism notes pantheism among Mohammedans, citing Bayazid Bestemi on adoring Allah as Allah adoring himself, with a nod to Emerson's Brahman reflections.
Subscribers who do not receive the Herald on Tuesday or Friday by 6 p m should call City Messenger Co at phone 72 for immediate delivery. Christian Science Church on First Street near Broadway announces Sunday school at 10 o'clock and church service at 11 o'clock with a Wednesday evening service at 8. The Reading Room in Finch Building is open daily from 1 30 to 6 o'clock except Sundays.
A compact guide to cucumber preparations for warm weather includes serving ideas with cucumber and radish relish with French dressing, cucumber bechamel cubes on toast, cucumber salad in white jelly, cucumber fritters from grated cucumber, and roasted cucumbers stuffed with forcemeat and gravy. Includes a humorous housewife joke from Chicago News.
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