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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
3
A fragmentary verse scene traces a young woman's flirtation with marriage as she recalls a promise of wedlock at sixteen and contemplates a future with a suitor while friends chatter and expectations rise. The cryptic speech hints at a pivotal aging moment and social pressures.
A colonel recalls fleeing a Dharraupore siege in 1967 with his wife and three children. Amidst looting and fire, their servants Ondaga and Blanche aid survival as the family escapes toward Mouraindore. Blanche is found hidden safe in a stable. sister Bisnehe and faithful Ondaga reveal devotion amid danger.
A survivor recounts a brutal attack by the Sepays om fine decates and the death of Ondaga who sacrificed herself to save others. Blanche grieves beside the burned ruins, while the group mourns, buries the fallen, and wanders toward Maurandere seeking safety. A Presbyterian narrator honors Ondieta’s heroic sacrifice.
A curious piece on the value of trifles notes a railway employee who saved twine from packages and earned promotion due to frugality. It also recalls an 18th century case where a glove duel was ordered to proceed but later abandoned, leading to Parliament abolishing such appeals.
A booster in search of redemption volunteers for local outreach, aiming to repay past missteps by aiding youth programs and neighborhood projects. He pledges time, funds, and leadership to boost community cohesion and opportunities.
The article explains humus as decaying vegetable matter in soil, storing nitrogen and feeding plants. It notes its role in decomposing mineral nutrients, improving water retention, soil structure, and aeration, reducing erosion, and linking humus to higher crop yields versus concentrated fertilizers.
The article notes farmers applying wood ashes to fields and gardens to improve soil, citing benefits for grass lands, orchards, and clover. Ashes may be broadcast in substantial quantities, with reports of up to 100 bushels per acre on some soils, and are valued for keeping livestock healthy and preventing bowel trouble from overdrinking.
A reader describes a self made harrow built from oak timber 215 by 314 inches with a middle section and two foldable wings joined by bolts. Teeth spread 9 inches apart yet cut every 3 inches, set on a 20 to 25 degree slope for easy cutting and less strain on handler. It passes between trees three feet apart and uses heddies with ropes to lift wings for quick operation.
The article argues that ration fed farms should use either alfalfa or clover to balance corn. It notes corn depletes soil nutrients, while alfalfa or clover fixes nitrogen from the air and returns it to the soil, helping restore soil fertility.
A traditional remedy suggests mixing two parts sweet oil one part guin camphor one part turpentine. Then add ten grains menthol and one teaspoon Listerine per ounce of mixture. Use a small drop syringe to apply the solution to the roof of the mouth and nostrils twice daily.
A bright eye, brilliant coat, high spirit and mettle indicate perfect condition in the horse. Adequate flesh should round him out without impeding natural action in any way.
In pruning trees the wound from cutting a limb close to the trunk heals quickly. If the cut is two to three inches from the trunk the wound tends to decay and can lead to the tree’s decline or loss.
A horse raiser recounts counting swallows as horses drink from a trough during travels. He notes variation in swallow size but uses the count to gauge how long the horse will take to finish a pailful and quench its thirst.
In tests at the Woburn experimental fruit farm, cutting back apple trees at planting led to larger wood formation in year one and higher yields. Trees not cut back until the end of the first year produced less fruit, with ten year crops only one third of those that were pruned.
Apple growers use a grading board made from a common pasteboard hung before the grading area. The figure shows the improvised tool allowing quick visual assessment of fruit quality by handlers.
A report describes a wiper system cutting holes to create three, three and a half, and four tiered apple layers. Packers grade fruit as it is wiped, boosting daily output. Also notes a 24.25 mile drainage ditch in Monona and Carrison Counties Iowa to reclaim 5000 acres, costing about 750000 dollars and draining into the Missouri River near Little Sioux.
The article states formalin as equal to corrosive sublimate for potato scab and smut control with the advantage of being nonpoisonous. It recommends one pint of formalin to fifty gallons of water as the proper mixing ratio and notes it is a commercial article likely to see wide use.
Experiments show that proper milking practices in a stable reduce bacterial content and improve keeping quality. Wiping the udder with a damp cloth and scalding utensils with live steam from boiling water are cited as effective measures.
The milking machine is here to stay and, if properly used, will yield better and more wholesome milk with far less contamination from filthy stables and unclean milkers. In Germany sawdust is converted into transportable fuel by heating under high steam pressure and pressing the sticky resinous bricks.
Hemp fetches about 100 dollars per ton with annual use near eighteen million pounds. Domestic cultivation yields 8 to 9 million pounds, producing a fine quality fiber from the crop.
Farmers are urged to avoid deep tree planting and to finish hogging before heavy snows. Warmth for hens is only needed to prevent combs from freezing while cutting off drift is vital. A stray dog should be killed where hog cholera is common. Testing each ear of seed corn helps discard poor seed. even one imperfect ear per bushel justifies testing.
The Chicago weekly trade review notes weather aiding activity with improves in production and distribution. It cites larger movements of breadstuffs and livestock, stronger bank deposits, easier discount rates, rising construction, lake traffic revival, and brighter factory outlook though iron and steel contracts grow slowly.
New York reports firmer tone in general distributive trade and higher booked volume by jobbers yet buying remains conservative. Collections lag, staple prices fall, wages shrink, coal talks threaten plant suspensions. iron steel demand stagnant with some lines rising. Cotton goods cutbacks persist with wage reductions. weekly US business failures total 276 vs 287 prior week. Canada shows 31 failures this week.
The report lists cattle hogs sheep and grain quotes from Chicago Detroit Milwaukee Cincinnati Buffalo New York and Toledo. Prices span beef and pork ranges, wheat No 2 and red varieties, corn oats rye barley and seeds with multiple per-unit figures.
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