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Newspaper
Blackfoot News
Location
Blackfoot, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1900
Page
7
Practical notes on soil conservation and boosting yields across horticulture viticulture and floriculture. Highlights include moisture retention, crop rotation, mulching and weed control. Advises long term soil health for better product quality and farm sustainability.
The article warns farmers about rising fertilizer chemical prices and urges saving nitrogen from manure. Exposed piles lose liquids rich in ammonia through weather and air, cutting value. It calls for proper containment to prevent leaching and drying, saving hundreds of dollars per farm.
Mr John McDonald of Michigan argues deep roots from cultivation aid frost resistance while noting exceptional winters can upset this. Field reports from Branch county suggest cultivated and sprayed orchards yield better crops than uncultivated ones, with peaches showing higher quality and survival in cultivated plots through recent winters. Recommendations include judicious cultivation, sowing cover crops, and heeling in young trees to improve winter resilience.
Connecticut Experiment Station tested muriate and sulphate of potash on potatoes grown on poor soil with nitrate soda and phosphate. Yield rose from 4% to 228 bushels per acre. doubling potash added only 12 bushels more. Muriate edged yield, but tubers were whiter with less starch than sulphate. Results vary. sulphate often yields drier, slightly starchier tubers.
Pfeiffer and colleagues report results showing pure muriate harms tubers not, but impurities such as chloride of magnesia reduce starch proportion.
Description of a tapeworm related disease in sheep caused by Taenia multiceps variety where dogs ingest infected sheep brains. Symptoms include stupor head tilt circling and impaired senses with possible medulla breathing issues. Cysts may be treated by craniotomy and carcasses must be buried burned. Wolves coyotes and foxes can spread it.
Describes Branch Ivy or Leucothoe as a poisonous evergreen shrub two to four feet high with thick saw-edged leaves and white tubular flowers. Notes flowering in April to May and its abundance along stream banks in the Alleghany mountains from West Virginia to northern Georgia.
Farmers in Kansas and Nebraska use windmills to irrigate home garden plots, sometimes ten to twelve acres, with experiment stations reporting positive results on strawberries and vegetables. Small, clayey soils puddle easily and require little cost since surplus water would otherwise go unused, while Great Lakes states benefit from regular rainfall and shallow soil moisture.
In a Farmers' Review discussion, H. B. Gurier says he has achieved milk so clean it requires no pasteurization. His Chicago trade pays 12 cents a quart, while other milk sells for 6 to 7 cents. He argues cleanliness surpasses pasteurization though harder to achieve.
A historical note explains pistachio coloring for ice cream and frosting is spinach based and harmless. It also mentions red coloring from beets and yellow from carrots, with a few drops of red creating a pink shade.
The piece discusses dairy science basics and regional prospects, noting milk weight estimates and cream content. It urges sowing green feed for cows, extending the soiling period, and choosing crops by trial. It critiques process butter laws and cites a Chicago to Oregon shipment case as an example.
Farmers should not expect stellar profits from poultry nor rely on luck. After investing around fifty dollars in a hen house and hens, a fair goal is modest returns covering costs and a legal interest. Most flocks pay for care even when poorly managed, but lack of records hides their true value.
The article discusses in-breeding and out-breeding, stressing careful selection of breeders, space, and exercise. It notes fertile eggs run warmer, suggesting thermometer placement on fertile eggs. It concludes that poultry health must be the priority and receive ongoing attention.
Dairy workers face a challenge in preventing bacterial growth in milk from udder to can. Bacteria enter milk through the udder, pail seams, and milker’s hands, and must be washed away and kept from contamination. Cleanliness in udders, pails, and handling is essential to produce milk that passes through relatively bacteria-free air.
The division of forestry prepared a novel Paris Exposition display to illustrate American forest conditions. A hall shaped pagoda will feature double walls of large transparencies lit from inside, showing forests, maps, and timber resources with sections of twenty important woods.
A fragmented excerpt lists works in a Civil War era song suite with titles like Just Before the Battle and Farewell mother. The text references patriotic themes, battlefield imagery, and a traditional old favorite series linked to Mothon and the G A BR. The passage evokes marching troops and a rally to the standard with lines about courage and home.
A Paris ball spill and a butter scented quarrel sparked wars across centuries. A romantic marriage in Dayton pairs William H. Post, 52, a Home Drum Corps member, with Elizabeth McWilliams, 61, who ran away to wed. she owns Dayton property and Post enlisted as a drummer at 11, with three brothers killed in conflict.
Marsite, the invention of Mr. Hathaway of Wellsboro Pennsylvania, is claimed as the safest high explosive. The U S Navy Ordnance Bureau is testing it with favorable early results. Marsite resembles dark clay, resists concussion, and sizzles when burned, but a percussion or electric trigger yields a powerful blast shattering steel, ice, and shells in demonstrations.
A report notes a claim that a shell could be safely fired from a gun at an initial velocity of 2000 feet per second, with emphasis on the high altitude and potential safety considerations.
Reverend William J Rutledge aged 86 of Jacksonville Illinois, credited with first suggesting the Grand Army of the Republic later organized by Dr Ben Stevenson. He was Virginia born, married Louise Stratton of Pike County in 1843, father of twelve with seven surviving. He served as chaplain to the Fourteenth Illinois infantry, Joliet penitentiary, Illinois Soldiers Home and chaired Northwestern University trustees.
Adjutant General Corbin releases figures for April one showing total forces in the Philippines at 63 585 officers and men. Regulars total 30 402 with 968 officers. volunteers 32 183 with 1 856 officers. Cavalry 3 507 split 2 411 regulars and 1 096 volunteers. Artillery 2 228 regulars. Infantry 65 120 with 24 183 regulars and 30 987 volunteers. Total regulars 31 882. total volunteers 32 203.
Moscow sources claim on Easter Sunday the czar will issue a manifesto demanding peace with the Boers and threaten to occupy Cabul and Herat if Britain refuses. The report links reservist leave limits to this plan and notes summer maneuvers in central provinces involving 200,000 troops with Emperor William perhaps in attendance.
In Cromwell times gunpowder was weak so pistoleers were told to fire only when the muzzle could be placed close to the enemy under the cuirass to avoid waste. The passage notes the limited explosive power of early gunpowder and its impact on combat technique.
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