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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1907
Page
6
A poem praising a summer in a shirt sleeve town contrasts heat with city life. It envisions a place where leading citizens stroll coatless, bankers and preachers mingle openly, and neighbors mock less while everyone wears what suits them.
A village weigher Thomas Gordon inspires a library plan after a public entertainment. He gains support from Richard Andrews and Robert Cameron, who fund a 600-seat hall, a lecture fund, and Gordon as manager. The plan includes a donated lot, city architect, and a salary upgrade.
In a London interview Marie Corelli dismisses woman suffrage while asserting a hypothetical ability to influence fifty men's votes. She argues women hold natural sway but should not vote, criticizing fashion press depictions and urging that many women are not ready for the franchise.
In experiments with a small smokehouse a smoker describes relocating the heat source to a nearby stove with underground piping. The cooled smoke vents near ground level, preventing heat transfer to the meat while keeping the fire under control. The method reduces effort and yields satisfactory results, recorded in Kansas Farmer.
An economical farming scheme by Prof Erf of Kansas State Agricultural College converts milk from dairy cows into a dried buttermilk powder. The product, rich in protein, can be made for about one and a half cents per pound and fed back to cows, potentially saving 844000 annually in Kansas by utilizing dairy waste.
The steamer basket is praised as an exciting institution like the Christmas stocking. It overflows with fruit, confections, and flowers for departing passengers, including special lime mints and candied ginger to ease seasickness. A motor traveler recalls baskets lasting a whole voyage, with playful pretend shipwrecks and a final twist ending in an Ivory rabbit.
The Colorado bishop addressed Denver children on Christmas Day urging them to enjoy turkey, cranberry sauce, and plum pudding without gloating. He told a tale of siblings debating feeding a cold to illustrate prudent, kind behavior during the holidays.
A comic quip from the Cleveland Plain Dealer shows a mother guiding her daughter to sing only when guests are agreeable. The banter hints at social expectations and family humor in targeted readings.
A girl seen with a music roll at hand appears to rely on the device to guide singing while strolling. The scene captures a curious mix of music aid and everyday movement in a public setting.
Prof W L Carlyle reports progress on the American carriage horse project at Colorado Agricultural College and Experiment Station. Twenty two brood mares are on the farm with nineteen expected to foal this year, fourteen high class yearling colts by Carmen showcase the effort, seven foals have arrived this year and show promise. The station, college and government plan to raise brood mares to thirty five head this summer, selecting only the very highest class.
Twenty years ago North Dakota farmers relied on a single crop, buying staples at village stores. James J. Hill urged diversification to feed his railroad, warning distress when one crop failed. Today experiment stations continue the educational drive, strengthening the state's multiple crops to match other Northern states.
Abraham Rosenheim of the Louisiana crop pest commission arranges shipments of large ferocious American wasps from Cameron parish Louisiana to be sent to Algeria for exterminating horse flies in Africa. The wasps will be shipped from New Orleans via Havre aboard the steamship Louisiana on July 12 in refrigerated baskets with the pupae.
Deep cultivation of crops is compared to pruning roots. Corn roots spread near the surface, and experiments cutting roots 2 4 and 6 inches deep show shallow cultivation yields greatest gains. deep cultivation harms plants most during late growth stages.
Dr. S. B. Partridge of East Bloomfield New York grows celery on reclaimed swamp beds. He planted 125000 plants last year and yields 1500 to 1800 dozen branches per acre at 20 to 80 cents per dozen. He stores winter celery in crib trenches moved along beds with earth banks and straw cover.
The passage argues farm labor management is a science requiring planning to optimize work, reduce wasted time, and save money. It emphasizes minimizing idle intervals, avoiding forgot items, and applying logical thinking to supervise workers efficiently. It likens poor planning to unnecessary extra trips.
The note lists items A to D with measurements: A a oak 2x4x33 inches, B a 2x4x14 inch block, C a 12 inch piece, and lever D five feet long with a one foot short end. The drawing accompanies with self explanatory details.
The article notes strawberry yields of up to 10,000 quarts per acre and that a 50 by 50 feet plot can produce over 600 quarts, stressing that not all growers reach 1,0000 quarts per acre but garden plots can exceed proportional field yields.
A farmer's guide lists practical rules for cows including kindness, clean water, salt access, and avoiding rough handling. It warns against feeding rotten corn, long nails, and pests around milking, and advises not milking at dusk in hot months to prevent stress.
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