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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1900
Page
9
In this column the author shares up to date advice on soil cultivation, planting, and care for crops. It covers practical tips for horticulture, viticulture, and floriculture to help readers improve yields and garden quality.
Illinois horticulturists celebrate a first prize for the state apple exhibit at the Paris exposition. Varieties included Ben Davis, Grimes Golden, Jonathan, Salome, Stark, Willow Twig, and Winesap. Principal exhibitors listed. fourth straight Paris first for the Illinois State Horticultural Society. Also notes on forest conservation, strawberry markets, and wool sorting and grading practices.
Bulletin 178 from Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station notes ongoing demand for fine wool and praises the Merino for Michigan conditions. It details Merino's early introduction around 1828, global recognition, and the assured future of successful wool production, while noting the prevalence of cross bred wool in U.S. markets.
Gama grass Tripsacum dactyloides grows across the southern states up to Connecticut and Kansas. Once common in the South it declined due to heavy grazing. It forms large clumps, yielding coarse stalks and broad leaves. Hay can be nutritious if cut before flowering, with three to four cuttings per season, but it is not ideal for pastures due to grazing sensitivity. Planting starts with two foot spacing. seeds are unreliable.
The passage extols grass as a fundamental, life-sustaining element alongside water, light, and air. It discusses how tropical heat magnifies grasses like sugar cane while polar cold hardens them, and notes maize, rice, wheat and other cereals along with pasture grasses as widespread in temperate zones, highlighting grass as the most ubiquitous plant.
Broom-Corn Millets are derived from Panicum milaceum a European common millet. Not widely grown in the U S but sold as Broom-corn Millet and Hog Millet. Seeds range white to yellow and dark red with a flat one side convex other shape resembling Barnyard Millet in size and lack of wrinkles.
A claim states that carrots possess properties acting directly on the skin to make it smooth and soft. The text presents carrot benefits as a skin improvement attribute without citing studies or authorities.
A Vermont Experiment Station bulletin explains kale weeds arise from seeds not spontaneous growth. The piece details a 20 year study of dormant seeds, tests with various plants, and notes copper sulfate spray as a potential control method for young kale plants in grain fields.
S. Garinger of Fayette County Ohio advises farmers to keep two to six pure bred cows and breed to a registered bull. Calves drink two thirds of their mother’s milk until five or six months, then pasture and dry periods. Cows are fed fodder in boxes by day and clover hay and corn at night, with a corn patch sown for late summer feed. aim for ten to eleven months of milking and never let cows go hungry.
The Mark Lane Express lists average wheat yields for major nations. United Kingdom 32.75 bushels, Germany 22, Canada 18, Roumania 14, Austria Hungary 13.3, United States 12.20, Russia 10, India 9.30, Australasia 7.30.
Hoboken New Jersey health board approves a new ordinance requiring owners of crowing cocks kept in backyards to obtain a license costing one dollar per bird. The measure aims to regulate poultry noise and public nuisance.
A reflective line notes that people feel bilious at times yet hold a thread of romance. The quip captures a wry view on mood and affection amid ordinary life.
A satirical scene portrays a clergyman selling ready made sermons and notes in a shop. Clergy and consumers discuss lengths, weights, and prices while an orderly orders material for March 11 and a Friday gathering. The dialogue mocks syndicate backed sermon shops and bureau copy firms.
Rev. Arthur H. Smith notes ferries in China rely on heavy carts and animal labor. Teams must unhitched at the edge, animals often resist, are restrained and beaten to board, then cart and beasts cram the boat. On the far bank, chaos continues as passengers rush to unload, risking injury.
The Rome session of the Congress for Christian Archaeology urged opening Vatican crypts for study. Beneath St. Peter’s Basilica lie galleries and a subterranean church with imperial tombs, bishops statues, and Italian works by Ghiberti and Mino da Fiesole inaccessible to the public and scholars.
An editorial urging women to balance home life and education for children emphasizes dignity and service. It argues a weary world needs vigor and positions Peruna as the sustaining tonic for renewed energy and health.
An advertisement touts Pe-ru-na as the sole medicine women can rely on, claiming it cures catarrh and related mucous membrane inflammations in any organ. It asserts Pe-ru-na addresses congestion and failure of other remedies.
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