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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1913
Page
8
The article explains soil fertility as more than nutrient content. It covers plant food availability, water supply, aeration, climate, drainage, and texture, noting laboratory limits and the role of farmer experience. It discusses available vs unavailable nutrients, and methods like citric acid extraction to gauge phosphate and potash availability.
The document warns that wheat thrashed while wet becomes musty with a persistent odor. It advises thorough drying and running through a fanning mill to remove dust and damaged grain. For smut, use one pint of 40 percent formaldehyde per forty gallons of water, moisten the grain, cover with burlap for 24 hours, then spread and dry.
Old men and women feel the need of a laxative more than young folks but it must be safe and harmless and one which will not cause pain. Dr Kings New Life Pills are especially good for the aged for they act promptly and easily. Price 25 cents. Recommended by all dealers. Adv.
Judge Thomas Maxwell near Creston shares a proven alfalfa method combining work, limestone, and inoculation. He prepared five acres from old wheat stubble with manure, repeated disking, soil from sweet clover beds, and 20 pounds of high grade seed per acre, yielding a vigorous green stand that withstood frost and fed young roots through winter.
Frank Hoskins in Wallaces' Farmer suggests on farm seed plots to avoid inbreeding. Plant one seed plot with home grown ears and alternate rows with purchased seed from another grower, detassel and select. If two farmers cooperate and exchange seed rows, inbred corn can be minimized and yields improved.
The guidance notes meat flavor improves with age up to maturity and outlines optimal slaughter ages for cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep. Cattle peak at 30 to 40 months, calves for veal at 6 to 10 weeks, hogs 8 to 12 months, and sheep best before two years, typically 2 to 12 months.
The article notes pasture raises milk output by about a quart daily per cow, with some cases up to two or three quarts, while butter-fat increases and milk color improve. However weight loss during early pasture can reach forty to ninety pounds, so careful feeding with grain, hay, or silage is advised to preserve body reserves and maintain future production.
A Missouri Ruralist report from a government cattle census shows 320 herds fed silage totaling 6689 cows produced $1.39 per dollar of feed, versus $1.20 for 21,758 cows not listed. Profitable to unprofitable herd ratio among silage feeders is 2.8 to 1, nearly three to one higher than non silage herds.
Sedentary habits lack of outdoor exercise insufficient mastication of food constipation a torpid liver worry and anxiety overeating partaking of food and drink not suited to your age and occupation Correct habits and use Chamberlains Tablets then you will be well again For sale by Eng bretsons Pharmacy A few drops of turpentine will exterminate cockroaches and drive away red and black ants
The Kansas Supreme Court rules a county fair association cannot violate gambling laws. The Kansas Agricultural College president experiments with calf feeding to compare growth outcomes. Advice covers silage disposal, egg laying stock, sorrel weed control with lime, soap sprays for pests, formaldehyde seed treatment, and cane sorghum smut losses.
E P Snyder of Huron County Utah describes renewing a berry patch for corn sowing after last picking. He contrasts intensive hand work on the renewed bed with minimal effort on a similar earlier bed, noting better stands from the former and questioning renewal advisability. He mentions Utah offering ten dollars for the first child and seven dollars for each additional.
Cresco Iowa resident Mrs. M Askelaon reports back and kidney relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She says they reduced sharp back pains, restored ambition, and that she keeps them on hand. Sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents.
The piece argues that rising farm prices push farmers toward long term tenancy over ownership. With capital better spent on stock and improvements, leases of fifteen to twenty years promote genuine cultivation. It praises tenants like the Oley Valley farmer who, with a cooperative ground owner, sustains fertilizer, drainage, and modern equipment for steady earnings.
Mrs. G Stengle of Plainfield New Jersey reports relief from stomach upset and constipation after using Chamberlains Tablets. She took nearly three quarters of a package and can now eat almost anything. Engbretsons Pharmacy offers the product.
When cabbage heads near completion crack after heavy rain, loosen the soil around the stem to break some fine roots. Grasp the head, twist, and pull slightly to halt growth for about 10 days, then resume use. A second note warns against shirking hustle for a nickel and distractions from pursuing African game.
Mrs. William Orvis of Claire Michigan reports that chamberlain's cholera and diarrhoea remedy cured her daughter’s dysentery when she feared death. The ad states the product is for sale at Engbretson's Pharmacy.
Bertha Falck seeks divorce from George Falck in Winneshiek County Iowa alleging habitual drunkenness and cruel inhuman treatment endangering life. She requests custody of children Alvin and Arlan and to resume her name Bertha Bender with costs and relief as law allows. If defendant fails to appear by Sept 22 1913, default will be entered.
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle notes dynamite used to break hardpan and improve drainage, enabling deeper rooting and subsoil moisture uptake. Its use expands from Northwest timber clearings to Southern swamp reclamation, with claims of revived abandoned farms in New England.
An agricultural note promotes rape as a viable emergency crop for hog pasture, compares it to medium red clover, and outlines sowing rates five pounds per acre for Dwarf Essex, rotation for June to November grazing, grazing height, and the necessity of ear corn and meat meal in the ration for best results. It also covers soil suitability and stock management during cold weather.
An advertisement touts Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment as a permanent cure for eczema and related skin conditions. A Bath Michigan man credits twenty five years of suffering resolved by the ointment. The Pfeiffer Chemical Co. markets it for 50 cents via druggists or mail from Philadelphia and St. Louis.
Notice of incorporation forms Glenwood Farmers Telephone Company with base in Nas set Iowa and Deborrah postal address to build and maintain lines in Winneshiek and nearby counties. Capital stock ten thousand dollars in thirty five dollar shares. Officers and directors named with a June 15 1913 start and twenty year term, debt limit one thousand dollars.
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