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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
5
A Rockford Iowa correspondence discusses broad farm concerns including apple breeding for longer storage, smutting losses in corn, Navy beans yields, Angora goats for brush control, and economic pressures from fixed prices. It notes dairy pricing, milk costs, and the need for practical farming over prayer amid drought and soil drainage observations.
The piece notes how a widow supports herself by selling garden produce, earning $75 in a season from a small town lot. It praises early apples like Telefotsky and Duchess, suggesting July demand for fresh fruit and forecasting good sales for the year. It mentions a boy who might win a first grandson and hints at market timing for pie timber and sauce.
Beef producers focus on a $1.50 per hundredweight gap between the best and second best grades. On that same day a fairly well finished steer may bring about $5.50 while the top finished animal reaches $7.00, prompting many in the industry to question why and seek answers.
A Michigan farmer who mourned a failed winter wheat crop due to Hessian fly learned beans paid off, bringing twice what his best wheat ever earned. The note highlights middlemen by citing a Chicago firm buying 19,425 hogs in one day, questioning whether farmers could reach consumers without intermediaries.
The text notes a time of expensive staple crops such as corn oats and potatoes causing stock feeding difficulties for nine months. It praises agricultural experiment stations for studying protein needs and suggests on farm protein production may avoid costly purchases like oil cottonseed meal or bran.
The article discusses a hereditary instinct for roosting in elevated places among fowl and turkeys. It suggests changing breeds to curb roaming and perched behavior, noting Asiatic fowls and related breeds tend to settle in high roosts, while less domesticated stock shows stronger roosting instincts.
The article suggests practical steps for impoverished women to improve income. It advises turning a small plot into a productive garden and raising purebred poultry such as Houdan Wyandotte Black Spanish and Leghorn. Incubators can boost chick numbers, but selling fresh eggs yields steady profit.
The piece compares sparrows to rats in prolificacy and shrewdness, notes cats as natural enemies mainly in Europe, and describes methods to reduce sparrow numbers such as nest destruction, egg rewards for boys, and even winter hunting with a double barreled gun. It warns poison feeding fails due to the birds’ wiles and urges nest destruction and persistent shooting to mitigate the nuisance.
Miles and Martha confront altered fortunes and deepen their bond as Martha reveals she will give Miles the support he needs. She prepares a wedding-wardrobe detail and plans a double scarfpin gift for Bob and Crancer, with Crancer as a possible best man.
The article recounts Vitruvius story of Kallimachos discovering the Corinthian capital when an acanthus sprouted around a grave basket. It notes the legend origins in antiquity and ends with a quip about Hobson’s romance being stifled by naval troubles.
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