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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1914
Page
5
A mixed feature collection describes a humorous Riley inquiry in Greenfield Indiana, a brave Chicago patrolman Patrick J Conway who saved a stranger at a rail crossing and died, a miner’s wife described with tact, and a detailed report on profitable pop corn farming in Iowa's Bac and Ida counties with yields and net profits per acre.
Growers agree best returns come from fertile clean soil and proper seed bed prep. Plant seed corn in mellow soil a week or two later than ordinary corn and avoid planting near field or sweet corn to prevent mixing. Use drills with six to eight inch spacing in three and a half foot rows. seven pounds per acre. Four to six kernels per hill may be planted with a special dropping plate. Harvesting costs are high. many use corn pickers though some hand-pick and husk. Remove husk and silk to avoid mold. dry thoroughly in well ventilated cribs for ten months to a year. Seed corn should be selected by ear size and shape. medium length ears with full upper half yield best. Ears with blunt ends and deep creases expand better in popping. avoid sharply pointed ears. Large smooth kernels from large ears yield more but may pop less uniformly.
The assignee of William F. Johnson under a District Court order will sell at public auction the real estate in Big Horn county Wyoming. Properties include parts of lots 81 and 61 and SE portions totalling about 123.29 acres west of the Big Horn River. Sale on March 2, 1914 at 10 a.m. at Fraternity hall Basin. Robert H. Ewart, Assignee.
Final figures show New York spent 300000 to nail Governor Sulzer while Willian stays on payroll. Ellsworth Borough Pennsylvania with 2200 residents has one Democrat Henry Bourne rewarded by the Cullom estate valued at 40000. Boston’s Million Dollar Boost fund sees Curley’s demand to fund papers met with refusals. Michigan suitors Henry Ford for governor are rebuffed as campaign deals grow. Chicago sees vote persuaders and 1000 boxes of sweets aimed at women voters as alderman hopefuls push turnout.
Forest Notes shows Minnesota with the largest forested area east of the Rockies at 28 million acres and New Hampshire timberlands totaling about four million acres with about half in farmer’s woodlots. It notes U S forest fires causing about 70 deaths and 26 million dollars in losses yearly, mentions juniper from Indian reservations as potential pencil material, and cites Canada and Wisconsin labs linked to pencil wood research. Tree planting on national forests follows spring and fall intervals aligned with snowmelt and rains.
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