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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1906
Page
2
A reflective poem describes dawn along a traveler’s path from a gate toward memory and city life. The speaker recalls long days, passing shadows, and the pull toward home as familiar voices linger and the journey nears its end.
Miss Salina Davis receives a St Louis letter foretelling an orphaned niece who will join her in an elegant spring, breaking her solitude after forty years. The teen daughter resembling Salina reappears, rekindling past youth and a quiet romance with Bob Tyrrell as they grow closer.
In a dreamy mood Miss Salina reflects on youth as her rosy face returns to earlier days. She notes the family improvement while tending red geraniums, then Bob and another smile down on her and she kisses the flower petals.
In a Paris apartment, Mrs. Leigh guides Louise Andrews a bristling American student to soften her sharp opinions. A dinner with Arthur Leigh and Adelaide reveals Louise needs gentler tact, prompting a motherly correction that ends with mutual understanding and encouragement.
An English prospector in British Columbia notes persistent rain as a new standard of measurement. The party describes traveling along river hills under heavy rain, mosquitos and sand-flies, then asks Pat about longer wet weather. Pat replies rains can last a week or more with drops as large as a shilling.
Des Moines News reports farmer John Rukke awoke to two men claiming a lost hog but he aided in catching a hog that turned out to be his own. The incident occurred at night near his barnyard with the men seeking help to recover the animal.
A Washington Star editorial reflects on ambition and reward, arguing true patriotism seeks higher aims but often faces costs. It notes the first reproach as a barrier to friendship and suggests persistence leads to improved paths, even if pay is not readily waived.
The article describes a simple home built milk cooling device for small dairies. A box with sawdust at the bottom holds a cut down barrel so a milk can fits inside, creating an economical cooling method for those with limited milk quantities.
The article describes a low cost milk cooler using a barrel, sawdust, cold water and ice with four faucets. It reports Ohio station experiments comparing silage versus grain in dairy rations, noting milk yield, butter fat, feed costs, and monthly net profit per cow. It also covers passage of the Adams bill increasing federal support for state agricultural experiment stations to 30,000 dollars annually after five years.
A Rhode Island Experiment Station test finds salt brine and lime water preserve eggs well beyond a year, second only to water glass. Eggs show fresh shells, normal whites and yolks, slight saline taste in whites, and good condition overall despite surface crust and sediment.
Agricultural chemists note that a two ton crop of timothy hay removes fifty pounds of nitrogen per acre while a similar clover crop removes over eighty pounds. Clover also uses more potash but less phosphoric acid than Timothy. The legume’s air-derived nitrogen reduces need for fertilizer. Also mentions a quicker method of trimming a horse’s hoof.
A Pennsylvanian advocate says he never uses commercial fertilizers in apples and prefers barnyard manure as mulch and soil enricher. He advises yearly farming for about ten years to condition ground, then seeding down and occasional farming to sustain fertility. For poultry, summer feeding requires grain beyond range, with June onward use of wheat buckwheat and cottonseed instead of mashes and corn.
The article describes a double knife hoof cutter invented in Canada to pare a hoof evenly in one stroke. It features two pivoted knives on a central bar with a clamp hook on the hoof, allowing uniform trimming from heel to toe.
The article argues adding potash to stable manure improves ammonia retention. It favors crude sulphate of potash, noting its high salt content and usefulness for land even if pests like grubs are present. It is cheap and should be used more widely where manure is saved.
Experiments show separated milk fed directly from the machine can raise calves nearly as well as whole milk. Replacing lost butterfat with linseed meal, corn meal, flour, or molasses preserves calf growth and health.
Kansas hosts the world’s largest continuous alfalfa field owned by Colonel J. W. Robinson of Eldorado. The expansive tract spans more than 2,500 acres and yields a modest annual income for its owner.
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