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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1909
Page
7
The Homestead notes Canada whistles thistles resist standard cultivation and regrow after cutting. Cutting three to four times leaves fall growth to strengthen roots for next year. Sheep grazing is likely the cheapest method, as sheep will eat thistles when pastures dry in July and August, reducing the pest.
A Maine farmer writes in the New England Homestead praising swine on the farm and Berkshire hogs as most profitable. He details farrowing care including separate pens two weeks before birth, swill fed with bran flour hot water salt and linseed oil, full feeding, light feed the first week after birth, and weaning at four to six weeks.
Draining soil lengthens the season by drying and warming ground earlier. It lowers production costs by allowing timely work, reduces weed growth, prevents trampling injuries to wet fields, and protects crops from frost heave and drying cracks. It removes agricultural uncertainties, letting farmers rely on predictable returns from labor and capital.
The Agricultural Department Bulletin stresses constant cleanliness for dairy workers. It recommends clean cows and clothes, frequent washing of special milking suits, and using a small topped pail to reduce dirt in milk. Utensils must be washed, sterilized, and kept at 212 degrees Fahrenheit, ideally by steam rather than repeated boiling transfers.
Rhode Island Experiment Station reports that applying 400 to 500 pounds per acre of super phosphate and 800 to 850 pounds per acre of muriate of potash and nitrate of soda as a spring top dressing from April 15 to 25 maintains timothy yield without stable manure. The method avoids coarse unmixed manure and possible weed introduction while preventing rank growth.
Quack grass spreads rapidly in the northwest alarm ing farmers. The Minnesota experiment station plans to test several methods on a farm noted for growing only quack, including close pasturing and root digging, to kill the weed.
The text discusses proper sheep care boosting profit while poor methods hurt owners. It notes it is easy to sell a well bred horse. It mentions Sneha animal advertising itself on the road and a man feeling ashamed in company. A house section comes from a neglected hogpen.
The article urges covering cold cement cow floors with boards to prevent udder and rheumatic troubles, praises hog efficiency in packing, notes a sow shortage amid high feed prices, and cites state funds for hog cholera control including Ohio 25000, Iowa 15000, Missouri 10000, and Texas 1000.
A Breeder's Gazette writer asserts no breed more profitable on farms than a good sow, noting pork feeds the world and swine losses of 50 percent or more in fancy farrowings are largely preventable with better methods. The piece urges swine growers to reduce avoidable losses to protect profits.
The article argues alfalfa is the best roughage for sheep, delivering superior winter nutrition. It notes widespread use in the West and growing adoption by Eastern farmers after decades of Western leadership.
A photograph shows a six room cottage with a crown of a bit and a hipped roof. The house features colonial columns on brick piers, clapboard first story, shingled second story and roof, beveled plate glass front doors, a wide front hall seat, coat closet, a projecting parlor, a large dining bay window, oak vestibule and dining room trim, whitewood parka, ash kitchen and pantry, syenmere second story, open dining room fireplace, mantels in parlor and upstairs bedroom, and a plate rack six and a half feet high. There is a three pane pantry between kitchen and pantry and hot water heating facade.
In Chehalis County Washington the Superior Court sets a hearing for the estate of Dora Foster deceased. Henry Foster seeking letters of administration. The hearing is scheduled for October 9 1909 at 10 o clock a m. A notice will be published in the Aberdeen Tr Daniel weekly for four weeks and heirs and interested parties will be served in person. Dated September 28 1909 Superior Judge THA BEN SITERES. Attorneys for Petitioner Sept 8 1909 to Oct 21 1909
Notice to creditors to file claims against John Morarity deceased within one year with vouchers at 406 East Wishkah Street Aberdeen Washington. Claims not thus filed will be barred. Fr. W. Loomis attorney for administrator. dates Sept 13 1909 to Oct 4 1909.
In the Superior Court of Washington state the estate of Wilhelm Siems deceased requires creditors to present vouchers within one year at 406 East Wishkah Street Aberdeen WA or be forever barred. Administrator A Randolph and attorney W Loomis noted. first publication Sept 13, 1909.
Washington state summons in Chena lis County against the estate of M Goldsmith and Gertrude C Goldsmith executrix. Required appearance within 60 days after September 9 1909 to answer for $166 plus interest from November 1 1906 and costs for medical and hospital services. Attorneys J C Robs and A Emerson Cross Aberdeen Washington. First publication September 9 1909 last October 21 1909.
Public notice of a sheriff sale in Montesano Chehalis County Washington under a 1909 judgment against Joseph Bernard for 1727.85 with 892.28 remaining and 6 percent interest. Description covers West half of Southeast Quarter and Northeast Quarter of Southeast Quarter in section 21 Township 15 N Range 10 W Willamette Meridian. Sale on October 29 at 11 AM at courthouse front door.
The notice states the sale will proceed to satisfy judgment interest and costs at the highest bid for cash in lawful U S dollars. Ed Payette Sheriff Chehalis County and Deputy Schelle Mathiews sign the document with first publication Sept 20 and last publication Oct 18.
Public auction scheduled for October 28 1909 at 10 am at the Montesano courthouse to settle a judgment against Humptulips Driving Company and O P Burrows and Alice Burrows. Property includes two Splash dams on the Humptulips River in sections 29 and 24 township 22 and 21 north range 9 west Willamette Meridian. Proceeds to satisfy attorney lien costs and increased costs.
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