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Newspaper
Carlisle News
Location
Carlisle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1906
Page
3
The weather prophet who warned of a harsh winter based on muskrat houses has fallen silent. A ditching crew works daily on a large contract south of Rutland in Humboldt County and South Carolina remains the nation’s strawberry center with 2,700 carloads produced and ten thousand pickers.
A reader recalls a case where a cow provided utility until age twenty two before being fattened on pumpkins for the family winter meat supply. The piece also notes growing use of wide tired wagons to cut road taxes for wagon owners as a practical reform gaining traction in several states.
The advisory notes that manure should be cleared from around the barn this winter and spread on meadow pasture knolls. It says removing now preserves substance the ground would wash away later, making spring and summer rains less damaging.
An eastern farmer kept his Jersey bull calm by using it as tread power for a cream separator and by training it to drive. The bull pulled a two wheeled cart while the farmer’s children rode to town on occasion. The lesson: bulls, like people, need tasks to prevent mischief.
To prevent early blooming and frost damage the bed should not be uncovered too soon. Pull most straw from the crown into the row spaces so a thin layer covers the plants, keeping berries off dirt and mulch between rows, leaving the ground clean underfoot.
A farmer observes an enduring implement left in an open meadow. The hay loader remains in place after the meadow plow, corn planting, and harvesting steps, suggesting it will stay until reseeding. The item’s accessibility on the ground offers ongoing utility.
The article argues every farmer should own a small flock of sheep to prune weed growth. It cites an eighty acre timber lot cleared and overrun with hard to eradicate thistles, which were eliminated after a flock grazed there, showing sheep control many weeds and improve pasture health.
As spring arrives, discussion centers on good roads and the King road drag. The implement is hailed as simple and effective for smoothing and hardening roads. Iowa counties have bought up to 200 drags, with incentives to expand use by road supervisors and property owners.
The article notes more drought tile laid in northern town this season than in any prior years. It cites a poor corn stand from early deep planting and poor seed, and says a big corn crop depends mainly on good seed and intelligent handling and care.
A remark notes that no timber left in the yard for a year failed to grow in value by at least five dollars per thousand, indicating steady appreciation of lumber stock.
A farmers column endorses flag tea made from Timothy hay steeped in hot water with a small ration of oilmeal as a milk substitute for calves. It urges testing seed corn rather than wasting days and cribs, advising to test every ear of corn used for seed and eliminate waste in farming practices.
The passage extols a boy unafraid of manual labor as the best builder of character and future success. It praises plodding industry, moral and physical qualities, and notes singing while working as a plus.
The writer recalls lettuce from self sown seed given an early sunlit start beside an arborvitae hedge. Plants were transplanted eight inches apart and formed regular cabbage head like heads with branched centers, praised as delicious. Best results come from transplanting.
If rabbits gnaw the young apple trees but leave some bark, the damage can be largely repaired. Apply several coats of grafting wax for small wounds or wrap the wound with cotton cloth soaked in hot grafting wax spirally to protect it from air and sun. Some trees have been practically restored by this method.
A long piece blends farm notes on cement and hay with a fictional story about Evalyn and Allen who co author a tale. They clash over realism of characters then realize their own feelings, ending with Evalyn revealing she authored the heroine and hero themselves.
James McParland earned fame for securing Harry Orchard's confession which described more than thirty killings and failed murder attempts. He drew attention during the Molly Maguire outrages in Pennsylvania, joined the Mollies, then exposed secrets leading to nine hangings and many imprisonments. Orchard's claim then implicated Western Federation of Miners officials in Governor Steunenberg's assassination.
Mrs. Hitchcock widow of a U S Navy commander organizes an expedition to find a $15,000,000 treasure buried on Cocos Island during a Chile Peru war. A survivor’s deathbed chart guides the hunt shared by a Klondike miner friend and the expedition team.
Mlle Octavie La Tour from Paris performs a midair automobile somersault called the limit. She rockets down a runway, clears an obstacle, rises about twenty five feet, completes a forward flip, and lands safely on a second cushion.
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