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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
3
A farm focused feature surveys advice from government specialists and noted authors on crop methods soil health and farm economics. It highlights common challenges faced by growers and contrasts official guidance with expert commentary from academics and industry voices.
The Ohio station reports a long term trial from 1907 comparing corn and oats as grain rations for six mature Percheron geldings. Both grains supported hard work with mixed hay, data showing corn often cheaper since 1866 and effective when paired with timothy or clover hay, though no conclusive proof that corn alone suits brood mares or young horses.
The article discusses three methods to improve potatoes: crossing, selecting extreme plant variants, and isolating mutations. It notes the physiological basis of quality, including anatomical structure, dry matter content, and maturity, and analyzes heredity versus environmental effects, seed use, and the questionable impact of selecting within a variety. It also covers fat hens as an analogy to caution against overfat tubers and warns against relying on degeneration through bud propagation.
Pocket gophers infest states west of the Mississippi and parts of Illinois, Wisconsin, Florida, Georgia, and Alabama, plus southwestern Canada and much of Mexico. They damage orchards, fields, and meadows by eating roots and tops, piling up harmful mounds, and breaking equipment. Control methods include trapping, poisoning with strychnine, sugar syrup mixes, and carbon bisulphid, with cooperative regional efforts urged to prevent reinfestation.
A quirky exchange features suffragette leaders and locals debating razor use and gender roles. A visitor asks who Sim Piffle is, as the candidate for reeve is introduced amid comic banter and political theater.
The passage notes poultry are shipped in crowded coops and dressed fowls look unappealing on market days. It argues for improved market presentation and more inviting condition of dressed birds to boost appetite and sales.
An elderly admiral brags at supper about a Pacific voyage to a red island full of lobsters. A guest notes lobsters are red only when boiled, and the admiral replies the island had boiling springs. In another short item, Mrs Talkative Mrs Chatter is called dreadful gossip as Mrs Eager seeks gossip.
A witty exchange unfolds as a ring master witticism asks Miss Mabel if there is room for one more, hinting at social flirtation and lingering tensions among a circle of acquaintances.
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