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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1909
Page
2
An illustrated device from Washington speeds sack filling by a single worker. A hopper and bag-support frames streamline operation, replacing a second helper. The article also notes transplanting tips for seedlings, with stages from indoor to outdoor hardening and alternate methods using cold frames or potting stages to harden plants before planting.
Readable excerpts describe grain being bagged by a gravity hopper and shaken at intervals, the packed bags filled faster, and a note on moisture and venting in cold weather. It also covers vaccination to render hogs immune and extended protection, plus Leghorn breeding and winter housing tips for profitable poultry farming.
The article mixes farming notes praising disk and harrow use for alfalfa, veterinary advice on horse chest founder myths, and a long feature on the Turkish constitutional movement beginning in Macedonia. It also surveys New York living costs, urging frugal, disciplined living and cautioning against overindulgence.
A New York analysis highlights that a basic diet and housing costs push a working family toward poverty. A standard breakfast at 80 cents, lunch skipped, and dinner at a dollar illustrate harsh expenses. The study notes a family with two adults and three children living on about 700 dollars a year, underscoring severe economic strain.
English geologist Prof Garwood argues that many lakes and mountain tarns form by gradual dolomite dissolution rather than glacial action. A model of Lake Mitoon near Alto, Italy, illustrates his theory, noting dolomites’ mineral details and uses from building stone to cement and Epsom salts.
A compact pairing of verses recounts Roy of Aldivalloch lamenting a betrayed love and a distant past where a faithful beloved fades into memory. The second piece recalls a doomed romance beside a lake and willow, with tender memories and tears dedicated to a lost beloved.
An Oklahoma inventor offers a simple animal catcher using pivoted curved jaws and foldable arms. The device, described as valuable for farmers and butchers, enables easier capture of pigs and other small animals in tight spaces by a tongs mechanism that grips and lifts with a pole attachment.
A reader recalls the lengthy British address style past and present. The piece contrasts concise New York addresses with the elaborate title rich format once common in London areas and other cities. It notes historic cards listing professions and locations in detail for identification.
A rope loop and ring device with a catcher grabs a fugitive animal by the leg, allowing the pursuer to avoid stooping. An Oregon inventor showcases an improved garden hose reel that feeds water without unravelling the hose and includes a flow regulating axle.
A garbled chronology lists events from 1000 Henry Hudson’s voyage to 1908, covering explorations, laws, fires, battles, and political acts. It notes port closures, abolition efforts, embargoes, territorial annexations, disasters, infrastructure, and notable political figures, with many dates and places scrambled.
Prairie dogs are to be poisoned in a planned campaign across Arizona and New Mexico. The program uses poisoned wheat coated with strychnine cyanide and molasses to kill the pest that harms crops and grasslands, reducing land erasing capacity.
Census figures show a declining birth rate in the United States with the average family size shrinking from 8 to 4.6 persons since 1780. The ratio of children to women over 15 has halved, reaching about one child per woman, similar to Britain and far from France or Germany.
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