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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1901
Page
6
Poem reflects a parent’s devotion and a child’s growth with verses about dependence on guidance. The speaker contrasts reliance on God with personal pride, admitting weakness and renewed trust in divine support during challenging times. The passage notes the cycle of seeking strength from a higher source.
The narrator recalls factory chimneys glowing like thousand tongues of flame at sunset and pities the workers while pondering leisure and luxury. He reflects on gold hunger altering the sky and his own comforts as he returns home to dinner amid news of a booming silver business and a large spoon order from Chicago.
A diarist vows to embrace contentment, marveling at a seaside sunset near Orton and contrasting it with Cambridge prestige. She reflects on family ties to a practical brother and the pull of commerce, deciding to wear an unseen crown of calm on her heart.
The Japan Times reports a new island discovered between Ul-song-do and the Oki Archipelago about 30 miles from each. The unnamed landmass spans roughly two miles by two miles and was first seen by a Kyushu fisherman a year or two ago after noticing many sea horses in the area.
Harper’s Weekly notes 700000 acres under tobacco in the United States with 1000 acres in New England. National yield about 500 million pounds, New England contributing 19 million. Average national yield 700 pounds per acre vs 1700 in New England. All U.S. tobacco from a few species, yet over sixty commercial varieties exist.
A government publication notes the cocoa bean best comes from Venezuela. Central and South American regions also grow and export large quantities. Two crops are harvested yearly, beans are ground to meal, mixed with sugar and arrowroot, flavored with vanilla or cinnamon, moistened, and molded into shapes.
French aeronaut Teisserene de Bort reports a balloon ascent to 38,000 feet setting a new record for lowest recorded temperature at 72 degrees Celsius or 97.6 degrees Fahrenheit as measured on a thermograph during the test flight.
The Duchess of Cornwall has eight Christian names. Should she one day ascend the throne she may choose Augustine Louise Olga Pauline Claudine or Agnes as her regnal name.
The composer Reginald de Koven finishes the score for The Daughters Delightful with libretto by George V. Hobart. The collaboration marks a principal step in the operetta project as audiences await its premiere.
Michigan fruit grower R M Kellogg outlines selling strategies from his catalogue. Emphasizes producing high quality fruit to build demand, creating neat circulars and labels, securing reliable dealers, and maintaining professional image. Advises direct sales to families, fair pricing, courteous conduct, regular customers, and orderly packing. Also discusses silage corn planting density and yields across four plots with thicker planting lowering ears and increasing moisture use but suggesting profitability of dense corn stands.
An agricultural note reports on thickness of corn planting for ensilage. At the New Jersey Experiment Station one acre was split into four quarter plots planted with Southern White corn on June 8. Drills three feet six inches apart. plots varied by seed rate and stalk spacing to compare yields.
The Broad Windsor bean is described as a historic cultivated crop with thick pods and bulging seeds, best eaten when unripe, less hardy in the United States than Europe. The goat industry is urged as a viable farm enterprise, highlighting milk, mohair, meat, and eco-friendly land clearing, with strong demand in the West and California exports feeding other states.
A new defrosting technique by A. H. Chapman of Kurow wraps thawing meat in waterproof airtight canvas to preserve freshness. The method aims to prevent the washed-out look of thawed meat, with Edinburgh consuming about thirty tons weekly, signaling large future potential for improved meat importation.
Australians press fruit pulp into bricks and wrap in moisture proof paper or similar material. The system aims to replace glass and tin containers for preserves especially in California where fruit is abundant. Success in preserving fresh fruit flavor remains incomplete.
The zircon is described as the heaviest precious stone, weighing four and a half times as much as water. The opal is noted as the lightest, weighing twice as much as water.
The Illinois Seed Corn Breeders Association cites a decade of effort to improve seed corn quality and yield. Since the first meeting the group has educated farmers through Farmers' Institute and Live Stock meetings, stressing breeding for seed and feed. Secretary Treasurer F A Warner notes land already cultivated and rising corn product exports, urging higher per acre output to keep pace with progress.
The article explains that soil fertility depends on the available plant food in the soil. It notes that high total plant food does not guarantee fertility if that food is not in an available form for crops, while a soil with little plant food can be fertile if the content is readily available.
A traditional method applies wood ashes as a top dressing on mowing or pasture lands. It promotes clover growth and improves the best grasses while tending to crowd out inferior grasses weeds and moss.
Australian kangaroo skins worth over a million dollars annually are imported into the United States, highlighting a sizable trade in exotic hides. The market data points to steady demand for these skins among U S buyers and fur processors.
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