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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
4
A description of rafts carrying coconuts in the Philippine islands, constructed from buoyant outs, tied with fiber, paddled by locals, and floated downstream to markets where the coconuts are sold after the raft is broken up. The piece mirrors old magazine style and includes mentions of period remedies and notices.
Fragmentary OCR reads a real estate style notice with scattered phrases like addresses and names. content is incomplete and unreadable, offering no clear agency, location, dates, or actions to summarize.
Kansas Agriculture College gardeners advise crop rotation to prevent soil exhaustion and boost yields. By alternating plant families over multi year plans, land remains fertile, weeds are suppressed, and nitrogen becomes more available. Fields should keep similar plot sizes, with mapped rotation cycles.
An article discusses the cost of maintaining good cows with varying estimates per cow and urges farmers to invest in quality stock and registered bulls. It notes the impact of proper manure management for early crops, and offers methods to protect flocks from dogs and to avoid over crowding sheep in winter. It also highlights the dangers of underestimating livestock expenses and the need for better enterprise.
A local note describes burning corn cobs to produce charcoal by filling a five foot deep pit with dry cobs and burning from the bottom until they rise to the top, then sealing and cooling. It also mentions feeding chicks with dry foods like seeds and cracked grains for healthy growth.
An fragment recalls W. Wilson performing with Edwin Booth in Boston. In a scene Booth asks where Wilson should stand and names Barrett as the usual stand. Booth replies I will find you wherever you are and tells Wilson to suit himself.
Ralph Rust of Willis Michigan writes that Hood's Sarsaparilla has long been a household remedy in his family for cleansing the blood and expelling humors from winter, helping him as a farmer exposed to bad weather. He recommends Hood's Sarsaparilla in liquid or Sarsatabs form.
Professor James Dryden of Oregon Agricultural College says a statewide shift to keeping more hens would boost wealth by 4 to 5 million annually and stave off an egg famine. The poultry demonstration car promotes increasing flocks, careful feeding, housing, and breeding, with colony houses featured as effective for egg records.
Oregon Agricultural College professor H D Scudder promotes dry farming alfalfa seed production in cultivated rows. Eastern Oregon farmers, including Arlington and Gilliam County wheat growers, plan to plant hundreds to thousands of acres this spring, signaling a major shift in dry farming methods.
The fifteenth century royal collection of Philip the Good in Burgundy rivaled all European libraries. It housed nearly 10,000 vellum volumes with damask bindings, gold clasps, and jewel incrusted details. Bruges, seat of the ducal court, thrived with literary crafts and produces still found in the Belgian royal library.
The article explains that well built woven wire fences raise land value by about ten dollars per acre. It covers fence material choices, post spacing, bracing methods including corner, stray, and dead man anchors, and precise steps for stretching and securing wire. It also details gate construction, stretcher types, and timing for setting posts and stretching, plus a note to feed fowl with haymow chaff.
A Manchester inventor introduces a new oilable silo and tying machine that can convert to a two story storage unit. The silo stores corn from harvest, reducing evaporation and spoilage and saving about 40 percent of crop value versus traditional shucking. It allows feeding of stored corn any time without loan or loss, cutting overall storage costs in half.
A fragmented note mentions Woes to the UluD and Parke in a cryptic exchange about play and consent. It references a wife, a cart, and a disputed ear, leaving the full meaning unclear.
A man with a silo enjoys independence from wet and dry weather, poor pasture, and late springs. He will have an abundance of food, succulent feed for the entire year.
Poultry farmers face costly grain yet large producers may still profit. Specialized farms and individual operations endure, with big producers likely to study the issue further to see if profits hold under current production costs.
Advice on keeping pullets productive by balancing comfort and feed. Warns against overfeeding, notes pullets refuse to lay when overfed more than when underfed. Recommends two regular feeds daily, hot mash in the morning, grain for the day, and scratching at noon.
A man writes to a friend begging him to buy books but fears offense and says he never received the letter about the books, creating a tale of negligence or avarice and an awkward confession when they meet.
A mixed court in North China Daily News reports arson charges against a Woosung road shopkeeper who was discharged after evidence. His assistant received six weeks for carelessness related to the outbreak. Also noted are short items on blueing products and a Budapest hare incident, plus quips and a church trustee joke.
An appeal from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co of Lynn Massachusetts invites women with female ailments to write for confidential advice. A team of women will read and respond, never sharing letters, and no testimonials are published without consent. The firm claims vast experience and offers a free 80 page text book by mail to interested readers.
Fragmentary text recounts a mock dialogue about medical charges and a bold claim that four red soldiers and sixteen horses sufficed for Cortes to conquer an empire in the sixteenth century. The passage blends medical dialogue with a historical reference.
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