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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1913
Page
6
A survey notes forest receipts near 2.5 million, with about 5.1 million allocated for forest service work. Timber sale contracts totaling 4 million extend over future years, while 35 percent of gross receipts go to states for schools and roads.
Mrs. Isaac L. Rice travels to Battle Abbey London Paris Rome and St Peters burg promoting America’s anti noise crusade. She plans return mid October and will meet European groups working on the cause. The movement expands with Germany and Holland active.
A Dry Goods Reporter writer argues that selling to satisfy customers is essential, yet questions whether retailers truly do. The piece urges honesty after sale, warns against steering buyers to ill suited garments, and compares retail planning to an architect’s careful design.
A nineteenth century agricultural note explains hogs feeding in cornfields as a practical plan. It recommends fencing sections for market hogs, delaying to improve corn maturity, and rotating patches to maximize weight gain while noting pigs learn to ride down stalks.
A bulletin sent to storekeepers warns against mail order baiting and cut pricing, noting big stores often display one loss leader while other items yield 50 to 100 percent profits. It cites five and ten cent stores as inspiration for strategies that draw customers with bargain offers.
W C Palmer of North Dakota Agricultural College urges farmers to plow early and disk the land two to three weeks before plowing. Disking creates a better seed bed, buries weed seed, and prompts weed germination, which the plowing then kills. He argues early fall plowing generally yields better crops than spring plowing, especially if land is disked first.
Liquid manure offers one of the best means to keep up the garden during a dry sun and growth seems to slow. It is made by filling a cheesecloth bag with fresh manure and suspending it in a tub or cask of water.
At a Burlington House conversazione Sir John Thornycroft demonstrated a moving rods and disks arrangement described as a model to illustrate how a compound cross sea affects vessels with different rolling periods. He predicted rolling could be eliminated on the best passenger ships and noted movable ballast is now used in modern liners.
Prince Jaime of Bourbon, a cousin of King Alfonso, declares his plan to spend time on American plains living as a ranchman. He is wealthy with mining and agricultural interests and admires U S agriculture while noting limited development in the Unsalted Blates. The passage also includes a domestic subplot about Cecilia and her aunt discussing loyalty, love, and social expectations.
Describes outdoor poultry troughs with slatted sides and broad detachable roofs to keep feed clean and dry. Troughs measure six to ten feet long with five inch high sides and sixteen inch high roofs. Roofs slide off easily for filling and then return to keep rain out and reduce feed waste.
Agricultural notes urging winter cover crops like winter vetch or crimson clover and lime trials. Advises sowing cover crops during last corn cultivation, avoiding rot in stored potatoes, removing wild carrots, mowing weeds off meadows before seeding, and testing lime on a trial acre to determine field needs.
Grass along the fence rows will fill in naturally if other growth is cut two or three times during summer. It will not grow under dense shade or brush and weeds.
Farm and Fireside explains the double row celery system used by South Lima growers. Two rows six inches apart, sets three feet apart, with boards used for blanching and cultivation. A thousand feet of boards covers about 1,000 plants, blanching 4,000 to 7,000 stalks, yielding acre returns around $1,000 and a long lasting investment.
The note stresses the need for warm soil with rich Leamy characteristics to grow Pele beans, emphasizing soil temperature and quality as crucial.
The article reflects on a religious study quarter focusing on God’s nature as pardoning and merciful. It links biblical lessons from Moses, Pharaoh, and Israel to themes of preparation, obedience, and divine guidance as central to spiritual formation.
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