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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1909
Page
7
Government specialists and notable writers discuss farming methods, crop prospects, livestock care, and market trends. The page presents diverse viewpoints on improving yields, soil health, and farm management with practical guidance and policy context.
Detailed instruction on preparing Bordeaux mixture using blue vitriol and lime for potato spraying. Includes quantities, mixing steps, equipment setup, safety cautions about acids corroding metal, and procedural tips for large scale spraying across fields. Emphasizes stock solution preparation, filtration, and testing for foliage safety.
An old botanist explains turning poor weed patches into revenue through medicinal plants like foxglove digitalis lobelia and burdock. Swamp ponds can yield $200 000 yearly from frogs while alligators bred in Florida Arkansas and California farms fetch high prices. Crossbreeds like burro zebra are being developed for farming novelty.
The dairy division outlines practical dairy building plans built and supervised in multiple regions. Key features include 10 by 10 foot bull pens, a central feed room, wash room with boiler, milk area, water and silo arrangements, ventilation ideas, and a 36 ft 4 in wide by 84 ft 9 in long barn design adaptable to location and cow numbers.
The article warns of apple scab and grape scab fungi and highlights a new pest, the tripeta fly, as the worst threat to apples. It notes that larvae tunnel the fruit, often undetected until customers claim rotten apples, and advises removing dropped fruit and avoiding shading with berry bushes. Spraying is ineffective against this pest.
Red Cloud cattleman Charles Gurney promotes cement for farm buildings and alfalfa as a luxury for western farmers. He says concrete floors and walls deter vermin, equalize stock temperatures, and cut losses. He notes alfalfa sales and 500 tons remaining, and urges crop rotation to reduce pests, boost crops, and enrich soil.
An aeronaut asks what place is shown and identifies Louisville by a quirky clue about a mint bed in every backyard. A physician’s social tale follows with flirtatious banter and a jab about honesty and a man named Cholly Lofted.
Barley serves as a nurse crop for grasses by providing light shade without excessive height or duration. It does not shade as long or as densely as some cereals, allowing more sunlight during the barley's maturing period.
While traveling in the Orient George Ade met a passenger arguing with an old Arab TheIndiana school teacher had learned Arabic yet could not understand the native Ade offered a punchline He is talking gum Arabic as he has no tooth in his head The joke hinges on a play on words and gum Arabic the language and the missing tooth joke
W. E. Gilmour of Henderson County reports an illustrated method for a self feeder for hogs. The device attaches to the lower side of the corn crib and is said to function satisfactorily while keeping hog feed clean. The correspondent notes his crib is 1¢.
A design describes a self-feeder for a very large hog crib. The trough runs 16 feet using two boards 12 inches wide, one for the top and one for the bottom, with a slanted board from C to B. Holes at E allow hogs to insert noses, spaced eight inches apart.
In a brisk drawing room exchange a physician urges the woman to inhale deeply for health. She retorts with a sneer about her wardrobe and exits in a fit of malice.
A reflection on how appearance of wisdom without speech or deeds fails to lead to success. The saying notes that many who claim nothing nevertheless cannot achieve results.
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