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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1900
Page
7
The article argues old farming books are impractical when applied literally. It stresses understanding why to till and the soil conditions, not just how, and urges farmers to adapt guidance from experiments to their own fields using broad principles rather than exact steps.
Essex Spurrier notes a practical method for storing sweet potatoes. Build ventilated slat boxes, sort gently in the field, use a sled on rough ground, and store in a cool cellar or potato house. Boxes are moved to market as needed. initial cost is justified by long storage life.
A guide from Orange Judd Farmer outlining cow conformation indicators of good milking ability. It emphasizes a strong muzzle with wide nostrils, bright eyes, brain power, a long head, thin neck, large backbone, lean body, high pelvic arch, and a full barrel. Proper care, clean housing, ample air, and wholesome food are essential to realize potential.
J S Trigg of Iowa extols the value of wet farm land and urges study of economical drainage. He cites European reclaimed peat bogs and Minnesota boglands as model fertile districts, claiming drained Northwest marshes now surpass historic Nile delta lands in productivity.
L A Stockwell recounts a thrifty approach to smoking pork using a dry goods box, ash kettle, and cob coals. He notes wetlands as good grass lands for stock and claims his method cuts smoking time to about two days, replacing high smoke houses with a tight setup.
A government report details a method to shield winter potatoes from rot and disease. Potatoes are laid in a sunny area without touching, turned morning and night until green, then stored in a cellar for winter. They sproutless in cellar yet retain vitality, then are moved to a partly warmed room in February before planting, with stronger sprouting and larger yields expected.
Farmers discuss mixing cob meal with corn meal for livestock. Opinions vary on nutrition and cost, with some saying cob provides digestible fines when ground fine and mixed with hay or straw, while others prefer meal alone or with bran. Suggestion favors lighter digestion when cob meal aids separation of particles.
Thirty nine calves are under experiment at the Kansas college barn. Seven calves were fed on whey and straw with alfalfa during the dairy school. Another lot of seven received skim milk grain and alfalfa. After the dairy school closed whey lot switched to grain and alfalfa hay while skim milk continued. Results favor the skim milk group. A second test feeds calves on hay tea with grain and hay. Sixteen pounds of mixed hay is combined with 320 pounds hot water and boiled to 165 pounds. Plans call for a new lot on alfalfa tea.
Remavne all nests roosts and every thing portable. Put a pound of sulphur in an iron pan with burning coats. Place the pan in the middle of the house and close all openings for two to three hours. Then paint roosts and nest boxes with coal tar and whitewash the house inside and out. A spraying pump helps reach crevices. Add carbolic acid to the lime wash. Regular whitewashing keeps vermin away.
The article notes that geese kept for feathers are rarer due to urban feather bed demand and fur scarcity. Feather-filled travel mattresses are valued as durable, albeit costly, substitutes for fur robes. Geese yield feathers roughly every six weeks with good feeding, and one third of two pounds per picking is considered a solid yield.
A Washington correspondent links Empress Dowager to the Boxer rising with Russian backing. Britain Germany and Japan unite to curb Russia if Pekin is seized. Diplomats doubt full-scale war but fear Russian aims to extend influence. The boxers are said to be encouraged to violence as Russia hopes to land troops in Beijing.
A caption describes the main entrance to the capital of China with the great wall surrounding the city, highlighting the historic fortifications around Beijing.
The text argues Russia faces united resistance from Germany, Japan and Britain, with Britain at peak military power and ready to deploy 250,000 soldiers to Asia if needed. It notes Japan is nearby, the United States would face a dilemma between non intervention and protecting Pacific interests, given the Philippines and open-door policy.
Report from Oneida reservation Wisconsin describes a brutal incident where a woman kills a chicken in view of children then an older girl seizes a child and beheads him. A derrick crew raises timbers, the father releases a rope, and eight workers die as timbers crash down.
Figures show mail loss at one thousandth of one percent and ordinary letters loss at seven ten thousandths of one percent in the United States. The Nordeutscher Lloyd Company orders a steamer claimed to be the largest afloat, 706 feet long. A steel mill in Coatsville, Pennsylvania cuts a four by two foot slab of iron in a single stroke.
Report from Chinese sources says about 4,000 boxers surrounded 1,500 Chinese troops between Lofa and Yong-Tsun with 500 boxers killed. no Chinese casualty figure given. Gen Nien’s forces found a body of boxers near Tien-Tsin and killed 21. Pao-Ting-Fu news is missing and believed critical.
London dispatches report ongoing Boxer disturbances in China with no end in sight. US moral appeals urge Marines to protect missionaries but officials fear landing forces inland could appear hostile. Washington notes neutrality risks and limited options for aiding missionaries without legation protection at Peking.
President Kruger rejects generous land offer and vows to fight for independence. Reports describe Boer resistance around Laing’s Nek and Bethlehem as British forces suffer setbacks. Boers capture 54 British prisoners near Lindley, with 6,000 Boer troops between Ficksburg and Bethlehem. Milner warns miners not to return to Johannesburg as two months pass before mines can reopen.
Senator Quay seeks re election to the Senate while London agents in New York recruit house servants. Grant Rogers of Richmond nominated by Maine Prohibitionists for Governor. Southern Presbyterians in Atlanta decline to back woman suffrage. G W Tubbs 18 of Poplar Bluff gets ten years for shooting his father's head. The Prince of Wales suspends use of tobacco on medical advice. Brooklyn N Y charged with running a moonshine distillery. Aged William Bowers dies in Yonkers from starvation worth 100000 dollars. Pittsburgh and Lake Erie train runs from Pittsburg to New Castle in one mile 37 seconds.
A massive mob clash in central St Louis saw four fatally wounded and eleven seriously hurt as a band of 500 strikers and deputies battled along Washington Avenue near Sixth Street. Dynmite damage derailed four street cars, two car lines were dismantled, and gunfire and buckshot shattered storefronts as police and National Guard engaged. Sixty deputies and fifty mounted officers joined the pursuit, capturing sixteen rioters while crowds looked on.
The American Ice Company raised ice prices to 60 cents per hundred pounds in May, sparking a court battle over the city’s right to do business with a monopoly. Mayor Van Wyck faced scrutiny for stock holdings and dock deals tied to the ice trust, with a later price cut to 40 cents. The probe centers on his holdings of about 4,200 shares worth 420,000 dollars. The Boston Transcript notes escorpillars ravaged trees show early budding this year.
Philadelphia prepares for the Republican National Convention with delegates housed across the Walton Bellevue Lafayette Continental Stenton Stratford and Bingham venues. The convention hall on the Schuylkill river holds about 16 000 seats and major party figures will set up headquarters in key hotels nearby.
A Presbyterian board of foreign missions lists missionaries stationed in China’s danger belt with home addresses. Names include Rev Dr Wherry of Pekin, Rev J L Whiting and Mrs Whiting of New York City, Rev C H Fenn and Mrs Fenn of Clyde NY, Rev C A Killien and Mrs Killien of Marshall, IL, and others in Kossuth IA and Paoting Fu.
Manila reports the capture of rebel Gen. Pio del Pilar at San Pedro Macati. Known as a top insurgent leader, he opposed American forces and excelled in guerrilla warfare. Del Pilar, second only to Aguinaldo in influence, led troops along the Pasig and near Manila.
The Republican national platform was outlined at a Washington dinner hosted by Senator Hanna on Saturday night. It calls for stamping out the Philippine insurrection except guerrilla warfare, establishing civil government, congratulating Puerto Rico on territorial government and Hawaii on annexation, commending McKinley's administration as American and prosperous, backing the gold standard, reducing war taxes, reaffirming the Monroe doctrine, urging vigorous foreign policy and a Nicaragua canal, condemning trusts, endorsing House-passed legislation, reaffirming protection and reciprocity, and promising Cuba freedom soon.
Kansas starts twenty carloads of corn for India. British garrison at Esquimautt to be strengthened. William A R Mahon of New York dies from a revolver incident. Helen Kane of St. Clair Pennsylvania killed saving her dog on a railroad. Immigrant agents lure many Japanese to Victoria British Columbia, becoming destitute. Ruth Johnson of Chicago dies burned at a bonfire. James Wyner of New York elopes with a 16 year old and is with his bride in Jacksonville Florida. Clark Howell and Annie Con Savannah Georgia will marry in Savannah.
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