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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
6
This article urges farmers to conserve manure nutrients amid rising fertilizer costs. It warns that half of nitrogen from cattle excrement is lost when manure is mishandled and exposed to air and rain. Emphasizes saving liquids rich in ammonia and preventing drying out to protect farm profits.
Mr. John McDonald and S. T. Wilkinson of Branch County report on orchard practices. Deeply cultivated soils may resist frost better, though exceptionally severe winters degrade outcomes. Observations from 1898 99 show cultivated peach and apple blocks yielding higher crops but note annual variability and cautious cultivation amid harsh winters.
The Connecticut Experiment Station compared muriate and sulphate of potash on starch content and tuber yield. On poor soil, with nitrate soda and acid phosphate, yields rose from 43 to 228 bushels per acre. Doubling the potash further increased outputs.
Data show 240 pounds per acre raised yield by twelve bushels over 120 pounds. Muriate slightly outyielded sulphate, but tubers held more water and less starch with muriate. Evidence on sulphate versus muriate remains mixed with some German studies noting impurities reduce starch while pure muriate may be harmless.
Disease in sheep caused by taenia coenurus cysts in brain or spinal cord after exposure to eggs shed by infected dogs. Symptoms include stupor, fixed pupil, loss of appetite, weight loss, head turning, circling, jerky movements, and possible breathing difficulty. Cyst location dictates signs. craniotomy possible for removal. Ironically, infected brains must be buried or burned to prevent spread to dogs. wolves coyotes and foxes can spread it.
Branch ivy or leucothoe is a poisonous evergreen shrub two to four feet high with thick sharply edged leaves. It bears small white tubular flowers in April or May and forms dense thickets along stream banks from West Virginia to northern Georgia in the Allegheny mountains.
Farmers in Kansas and Nebraska use windmills to irrigate small garden plots, sometimes ten to twelve acres, with good results on strawberries and vegetables. Experiment stations show irrigation of quar ters of an acre is feasible, especially where soil puddles easily. Surplus wind-water is inexpensive, and near Great Lakes rainfall supports moisture if soil water is shallow.
The essay argues well bred cattle save feed, yield more milk and beef, and fetch higher prices. A Milwaukee sale example shows buyers pay more per pound for good beef stock. It urges farmers to keep the best stock, as they cost no more or less to keep and produce more value.
Bulletin 165 from the New York Experiment Station shows pure copper aceto arsenite has 1.87 pounds arsenious oxide per pound copper oxide. Across 14 samples the arsenious oxide to copper oxide ratio averaged 1.88, with some samples up to 2.17. One sample exceeded 60 percent arsenious oxide while copper was under 28 percent, indicating deliberate or careless addition of white arsenic to Paris green.
Silage benefits sheep as well as other farm stock and may be provided for summer use soon. Sheep must be taught to eat silage, as dairy cows are, but failures result from giving up too quickly rather than from the feed itself.
Weather notes say the peach crop remains manageably sound though threats persist from pests drought and late freezes. Growers express cautious optimism about yields if conditions stay steady through harvest.
The article surveys military figures who declined or regretted presidential bids. It highlights Generals Taylor Sherman Jackson Harrison Grant Scott McClellan Hancock and others, noting their war laurels did not guarantee fit or success in the presidency and that many soldiers who ran damaged their prestige.
A London News correspondent describes the Boer laager's wrecked state with filth and stench, 40 dead horses and several oxen, and wounded left untreated. He notes Canadian assault as decisive, Boer prisoners' fatalistic attitude, and Cronje's sullen resolve despite defeat.
Two famed pearl divers Opu and Taipu visited San Francisco to purchase air pumps diving suits and related sea paraphernalia. Taipu is a leading native pearl merchant with a dredger and ship engaged in southwestern waters, while the pair discuss pearl hunting risks and profits in the dangerous trade from the Paumotu islands.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt shows Georgie teased for staring at Mr Crumley as he drinks water, with a remark that he "drinks like a fish." His mother admonishes politeness while Cleveland life frames the scene.
In a humorous dialogue from Puck, Isaacs Sr. chides his son for a plan to invest one thousand dollars at four percent. The exchange mocks the idea of easy gains and reflects a mid 19th century caution about speculation.
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