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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1897
Page
5
A Washington Post excerpt quotes a Representative from Indiana criticizing interior department maps issued this year. He notes distributing 25 copies each creates broad awareness and drives voters toward or away from opponents, arguing the maps are widely branded free while implying cost to recipients.
A horned colt owned by Thomas Jackson of Stepney Connecticut astonishes observers. Foaled recently, it shows two horn-like excrescences on the frontal skull between the ears and hoofs like a standard horse though with a crescent crease at the toe. As it grows its calf like movements become more evident, yet it is restive when provoked, using its sharp horns against obstacles. The New York Telegram notes the remarkable bovine resemblance.
A brief Philadelphia Press report describes two cowboys from a traveling circus and four black bears staging an impromptu wild beast performance near New Milton Pennsylvania. The bears clashed with the riders on the highway as one bear strangled, another fought, and the cowboys struggled to control the scene before two bears escaped into the mountains.
Henry Thiel of First Avenue Minneapolis reported a man on a bicycle delivering an apparent intrusion. The intruder dismounted, fled after briefly entering Thiel's home, and neighbors observed the actions. Thiel later found diamonds and jewelry valued at 250 dollars missing.
Eighty potato varieties were tested at the New Hampshire station. Top performers include Reeve's Rose, White Rose, Rural New Yorker No. 2, American Wonder, and Sir William. Variability year to year noted. muriate and sulphate of potash similar in effect. corrosive sublimate reduced scale by about 25 bushels per acre. Countries Gentile, Early Thoroughbred, Rose No. 9, Uncle Sam among illustrated prospects. Sir William praised as vigorous and prolific. Reeve's Rose widely grown by Jersey and Long Island truckers.
Economical hints on choosing binders headers and reapers for wheat and oats. J M Rice of Oklahoma cautions against driving machinery through grain and stresses field layout, timing of thrashing, and marketing decisions based on crop conditions. He notes strips of grass around fields, safe stowage during rain, and weighing when to sell versus hold.
Experiments show Wisconsin yields best on clay and sandy loams. South Dakota favors dark sandy loam and clay loam. Nebraska on sandy loam. Kansas on loam. Iowa on dark loam. Indiana on moderately sandy loam. The ideal sugar beet soil: moderately fertile, fairly porous, deep, sandy loam with a porous subsoil.
Professor Bennett of Arkansas Station notes that rescue efforts may not begin significant growth due to soil conditions or seasonal factors, predicting slow progress until late winter or early spring.
Farm Field and Fireside presents a floodgate plan from a Wyandotte county farmer. Directions cover timber size, mortises for slats, beam weight, frame construction, post bracing, sill sinking and leveling across the ditch.
Alfalfa provides premier pasture for hogs cattle and horses and hay rivaling other grasses. It supports milk production and stores fertility by not exhausting soil and even acts as a valuable green manure when plowed under. It is a versatile crop suited to the western region and expected to be widely grown.
A Farm Journal writer explains nine bundles of grain form a dozen, with a cross of four, then four more placed between the first four, and a top secured with a tom. The resulting shock is designed to withstand a stiff wind storm and three days of rain without collapse.
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