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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
3
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The article argues college worth considering for boys facing choice. It notes education yields higher pay and broader opportunities across professions and agriculture, with returns long term. It warns time and work balance can challenge students, but stresses non monetary values like influence and citizenship.
The article warns of serious injuries to ten year old girls aiding farm work. It cites feet severed by a mower, an arm mangled by a manure spreader, and a fatal hayfork rope incident. It urges parents to limit child involvement in dangerous machinery while allowing able but safe participation.
A Waterford Connecticut reader recommends a strong copper sulfate solution to treat ivy poisoning and itching from mosquito bites. She warns it stains and must be kept away from children. A Maine vet’s paste made from moist wood ashes is another inexpensive remedy.
The article argues that domestic animals' temperament and tractability largely reflect everyday care by handlers. It notes exceptions but asserts general truth and adds an observation about apples turning redder when trees receive steam during growth, though the cause remains unknown.
The passage highlights a farmer's reliance on divine Providence and the frustration that follows crop ruin, floods, or drought. It notes a tendency to take blessings for granted and to whine when misfortune strikes, despite prior gratitude for favorable conditions.
The Wealthy apple, widely known in northern states, grows in popularity as a top fall apple alongside Jonathan. It stores well in cold storage and sells well at Christmas markets when packed carefully. Many Pacific coast growers pack in bushel boxes for extra profit, a common practice.
The Apple buyer asks if the grower sprays his crop. Most buyers insist on spraying as essential. Without spraying an orchard may not be profitable, and removing trees could be better than bearing unprofitable crops.
The article discusses state enforcement of wholesome food laws targeting rotten or adulterated eggs and other products. It also covers farm practices from pest control for Hessian fly and melon lice to lightning rod use and farm building protections, with guidance on planting, plowing, burning stubble, and rod installation.
The piece urges turning workhorses out for two to three weeks in pasture between seasons for health benefits. It notes August egg prices at seventeen cents as a sign of hens laying 80 to 35 eggs remaining before winter. It suggests thrifty housewives stock water glass solution as a preservative.
The piece argues that too many young men expect the world to provide without effort. It contrasts two groups the sick and disabled with those who refuse to work and rely on others. The message urges self-reliance and hard work.
A farmer notes that weeds mature and draw soil fertility as much as corn oats or tomatoes and compares them to social parasites whose upkeep burdens the community without providing value. The piece argues weeds deserve attention and control.
A collage of short items mentions Professor Trombetti’s Bologna chair and past barber ties, Senator Fulton as a leading legal rights figure, and Missouri’s Folk as NY banquet guest on March 16. Also noted are Hasty Mitchell’s 68th stage anniversary, Blackford’s death, Roosevelt gifting Guachos outfit to the National Museum, Boyd’s San Rafael grounds gift, Ware’s pension office note, Jewell county man Jones's fatal nail incident, Judge Jackson’s long service, and miscellaneous scientific and practical notes.
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