Fertile soil and reliable rainfall boost crop prospects
The report notes very fertile, durable soil with sufficient rainfall ensuring crop certainty. Access to excellent water at depths of fifteen to twenty feet supports farming plans.
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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1907
Page
8
Dodge County Farms Offer Rich Soil and Strong Markets
The county features black loam topsoil two to four feet deep with a porous yellow subsoil and abundant pure water at 25 to 50 feet. Creeks and a small river run through the area, hardwood timber along streams, and heavy yields of Kentucky bluegrass timothy red and white clover. Dodge Center links to major railways. markets are nearby with rural routes and schools. land values reach high levels in Indiana and Illinois.
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Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Dodge County
Dodge Center
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago & Great Western
Minneapolis
St. Paul
West Point Cadet Stripped Room Inspires Buell Laughter
A hot cadet room at West Point led two yearling cadets to strip and smoke a pipe. Lieutenant Colonel Lazelle and General Don Carlos Buell arrived for inspection. Buell roared with laughter, sparing the pair three months' confinement.
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Buell
Shiloh
Grant
West Point
Hudson
Board of Visitors
Academy
Henry M. Lazelle
Don Carlos Buell
United States Army
Lazelle
Chicago
Vaccination of land boosts crops says farmer and Dr Moore
A farmer claims soil vaccination using a germ from Dr. G. T. Moore increases yields dramatically, citing 50 percent more potatoes and up to 400 percent for rye. The tale links air nitrogen to fertilization and labels the process a revolutionary soil vaccine. The excerpt ends with a literary aside about beauty from Emerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Moore
Department of Agriculture
Rockefeller
Father's Fond Hopes Dashed in a Washington Tale
A Washington anecdote features Mark Twain’s quip on integrity and a lawyer who breaks a meerschaum pipe. His 11 year old son confesses the mishap, provoking the father to reflect on his own professional ambitions and fate.
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Washington
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