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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1904
Page
5
A damaged archival note from the New Orleans Picayune presents poetic lines describing a figure and landscapes with weathered language. The passage emphasizes light and breathlike imagery across southern valleys and winds.
An excerpted poem describes April showers and budding life on a hillside, with imagery of wind and dawn, blossoms and birds. It blends nature’s renewal with a fairylike, lyrical mood and interwoven lines about spring’s gentle arrival.
A jumble of poems and prose fragments recounts distant shores, sea sounds, and reflective verses by James Barton Adams, Clarence Ousley, and Helen Chisholm. It includes literary lines on the overland trail, Brittany, and a countryside auction scene with practical farming notes on winter cabbage storage.
A discussion on farmers as master tradesmen versus industrial workers, the conservative farmer's role in social changes, and the arid West beef and pork production challenge. It notes Colorado's efforts, corn alternatives, and the need for hardy feed, plus potato storage losses and the value of earth-covered pits for storage.
The rural enthusiast J. W. Ingram lauds fairs and exhibits for fostering the agricultural spirit among farmers. He credits Farmers Institutes for greater impact, granges for surpassing institutes, and the agricultural press for tenfold influence over all agencies combined.
Botanists affirm lupine toxicity yet praise its forage value when safe. German authority Hagemann ranks corn first for dairy cattle feed, then wheat, bran, and cotton seed mess. Oregon station discusses steamed silage future. Kansas promises strong crop contributions for 1903. Manure sale and use improves with good roads. Montana favors native and introduced poplars as shade and ornamental trees.
A farmer grows alfalfa directly in the poultry yard under wire, creating beds 4 by 12 feet and 15 inches high. The hens self-serve as the alfalfa matures, reducing the need for manual cutting and feeding.
Field notes describe lime and phosphorus applications with manure or legumes raising wheat profits from 2.73 to 7.00 per acre and 3.39 to 8.30 respectively. Potassium with legumes and phosphorus further increases value. caveats note nitrogen balance and data needs.
The state experiment station urges southern Illinois farmers to apply at least 200 pounds of bone meal on half an acre for two to three years and notes bone meal and potassium chloride as phosphorus and potassium sources. Kansas rises as a honey state. Iowa Homestead comments on hog markets. El Paso selected as site for next year’s meeting.
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