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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
7
The article compares Klein Waenzelben and Imperial sugar beets as valuable winter feed for cows due to high sugar content. It notes long-standing cultivation and growing Africa markets, urging improved production methods to reduce costs. It also discusses the new meat packing laws spurring farmers to expand herds for more pork, beef and mutton, forecasting better times if managed sensibly.
The article notes high yielding beet varieties that are affordable to plant, urging readers with stock to cultivate a small field. It also summarizes Prof Troop’s guidance on recognizing scale insects, describing tiny female and male forms, their shapes, bark color match, and reddish ring around the scale for easy detection with a pocket magnifier.
A simple two strip apparatus 20 inches by 80 inches with end holes allows using old broom handles as a carriage. A wall through the square timber fastens the round stick, one end left loose to thread through the wire reel, enabling the spool to be enrolled by drawing it along the ground.
Growers in peach orchards use cow peas as a cover crop. The vines shade soil and can be plowed under near maturity or left as winter mulch. While fodder for cattle is profitable, the mulch also serves when a legume aids soil fertility with lime or wood ashes as fertilizer. the orchard benefits if the crop is plowed under.
Farmers and their wives resist modern agricultural methods urging traditional churning remains laborious. They reject book farming and miss quicker gains from using thermometers and science in farming.
The essay argues farmers should raise the wheat yield through improved cultivation rather than expanding cultivated area. It warns that other nations with cheap labor and large wheat areas threaten competition, noting Europe and Russia, Roumania, and India as dense populations and strong rivals.
The article advises deep shallow cultivation to kill weeds in young corn, as shallow work may fail. Once corn is advanced, avoid deep cultivation to prevent root damage. Root cutting harms plants. after weeds die, keep surface soil loose to conserve moisture and deter early weed regrowth.
The article cautions against overreliance on the disc harrow as a substitute for plowing. It states the disc harrow is best for cutting sod and refining soil after plowing, but farmers often skip plowing for stubble land. Proper plowing retains moisture, absorbs warmth, and supports plant growth.
Joseph Zuch of Marietta Pa developed a salt flavored onion variety that requires no additional seasoning whether eaten raw or stewed. The invention promises a novel culinary aid from a local gardener.
An Irish project during the 1847 famine aimed to connect Galway to Ballina via Lough Corrib and Lough Maer with a canal to Lough Mask. The work provided work but failed to hold water due to highly porous rock, exposing overlooked risks in official planning.
U.S. Judge Peter G. Pritchard in Asheville voids the penalty clause of North Carolina's new rate bill. The ruling halts fines on ticket sales and warns the state against incarcerating railroad workers, citing potential constitutional clashes and interstate commerce disruption. Governor Glenn will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Dispatches from Memphis report a federal grand jury targeting the Standard 607 Company with 1 524 counts in an organized indictment.
Seven chambers of commerce meeting in Tokyo sent an address to the Principal chambers of Commerce in America and to President Roosevelt. They warned that if the California attacks on Japanese residents are not halted soon the growing sentiment among Japanese could threaten the development of relations between the United States and Japan.
Pension Commissioner Vespasian Warner accuses his stepmother Isabella Warner and two half sisters of Negro blood as part of a long running fight over his father's will. Mrs. Warner and her daughters deny the charges and threaten libel suits amid the $1.65 million estate dispute.
Bureau of Labor statistics show overall 25 year strike results with 48 percent total success and 37 percent failure. Organized labor won 49 percent of strikes, unorganized 34 percent. wage demands drove 41 percent of actions. 33,303 strikes and lockouts affected 7,444,279 workers.
Herr Guillery of the Prussian railway archive compares rail death and injury rates across nations. He finds the United States has the highest death rate per 10 000 employees, with England Switzerland Russia and others following. Travel injuries show the United States far above several countries, with France lowest for injuries.
Steamship lines report a record half year with 43 102 more passengers to Europe than the same period last year. Third class shows the largest rise in travel.
Secretary of State Yoder releases the enacted laws with a note that spelling and punctuation are not guaranteed. Lawyers say Montana’s statute book contains numerous errors from careless enrolling clerks, yielding laws like diseased meat and misworded hay measures.
The Indian Bureau plans a uniform Christian form for government schools to avoid sectarian influence. By autumn terms the policy will eliminate denominational competition while permitting individuals to pursue their chosen faith under non sectarian instruction. The piece recalls early missionary efforts among tribes and a Spanish priest's fatal clash with Pawnee people.
A compact list of notable dates and events from 1242 to 1905 including battles, executions, treaties, sovereign successions, political acts, explorations, and notable deaths. It cites names such as Taillebourg Henry III Basel Napoleon Pius VII Gladstone Victoria Maud Irving and others across Europe and America.
A collage of witty newspaper quips discusses pie fillings, price shifts, and public controversies. References include Dr. Wiley on pies, Boston pie prices, the Meat and Shoe Trust, and a Jamestown Exposition fine for kissing a Norfolk girl.
Distinguished scientist famed for Mont Pelee eruption studies in Martinique dies suddenly in New York City on July 17. He gained wide recognition for his investigations and contributions to science.
In Brussels the Foreign Minister confirmed Caracas will not pay the $2,000,000 debt claimed by Belgian creditors. The government pledged to protect creditor interests despite the Hague Conference finding. The report traces a widening dispute over international debt and policy.
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