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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1906
Page
12
An essay on seed corn quality and germination rates. It notes that 15,000,000 bushels will be planted nationally with 2 to 3 million failing to sprout due to low vitality. It argues early spring seed testing can discard poor ears and boost stands to 95 percent, reducing replanting losses and increasing profits.
The article argues that U S corn yields in 1905 averaged 28 8 bushels per acre with room to improve. It explains germination testing of seed ears, outlines simple germinating boxes using canton flannel, and details rack methods to test many ears.
The text explains selecting seed from ears with all kernels germinating and vigorous, discarding dead or weak sprouts. It advises sorting ears by kernel size or screening into grades and notes a Department of Agriculture study of 3 322 ears showing 1 906 unfit for seed. The average germination of poor ears was 77.7 percent, versus 86.3 percent overall after discarding low vitality ears.
The passage argues that three schools and home life devalue manual labor, and that farm life becomes monotonous when farms lack modernization. It notes rural mail delivery, telephones, and railroads linking farmers to the world, yet many farms stay unimproved as owners cling to old methods and discourage their children.
Samples tested reflect seed corn supply and every ear tested with poor ears rejected would raise stand by 13.7 percent and yield by 298,140,65 bushels worth about 100,739,912 91 dollars. A full testing guide appears in Farmers Bulletin No. 253 by J. W. T. Duvel, available from Congress members or the Agriculture Secretary.
Miss Urmey, an Iowa hospital specialist, argues many inmates of cistern insane asylums are offspring of farmer families. She says monotony and lack of diversified work lead to mental derangement, while wealthy rural upbringing and overindulgence foster idleness. Farmers should teach fundamental life principles at home.
The piece surveys Shanghai and Hong Kong press scenes with details on foreign and Chinese dailies and weeklies, prices, and linguistic divides. It notes foreign papers priced around 4 4 cents gold, subscriptions near 15 gold annually, and a growing shift toward local dialect publications. It cautions that dialect papers educate yet deepen regional divides, risking fragmentation of a common Chinese language.
The piece recalls the era of New Bedford whaling fleets with ships like the Annie B and Mary Jane and the perilous three to four year voyages. It notes the decline of Greenland and sperm whales and praises the racing rorqual as the last great prize that spurred modern whaling.
Ralph D Blumenfeld formerly of Milwaukee has become editor of the London Express. The report notes an artificial pumice stone made from sand and clay. It also states about one billion feet of timber in the Black Hill forest reserve has been killed by the Black Hills beetle.
Census Bureau figures reveal a sharp drop in bicycle manufacturing from 1900 to 1905. Establishments fall from 312 to 97 and salaried staff from 2,034 to 360, with wage earners down 81 percent. Capital invested plunges from 29.8 million to 5.8 million dollars as production drops from about 32 million to just over 5 million.
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