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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1902
Page
8
A collection of agricultural musings by Je Bl. Trieg from Rockford covering crops like winter wheat barley corn and oats. farming advice on fruit trees, grafting, manure management, and animal husbandry. reflections on plows horse trade and irrigation disputes.
The column surveys crop prices and farming practices, noting 48 inch plots, potato planting shifts due to price swings, and the impact of hog cholera trends on pig production. It also covers sugar costs in Germany, fencing demand in Australia, and monkey-ran Brazil nut gathering. Chrysanthemums are praised as a profitable flower, with detailed autumn to spring care and pruning guidance for robust blooms.
A Western farmer sowed rape seed at three pounds per acre on an 80 acre oats field. He harvested 45 bushels of oats in July and grazed 800 Chicago sheep on the field, ten sheep per acre, feeding them only rape. By October 20 the sheep were shipped back to Chicago and sold for 800 dollars more than their purchase price.
The piece urges using a horse to replace human labor on farms to save strength and costs. It argues a $40 extra horse, used wisely, could be worth about a third of an extra hired man over the season, and people may mock but should hoof it.
The land skinning process proceeds across the fer tile Mississippi valley as rains erode hillsides and weeds strip nutrients. Tenants and farmers face soil exhaustion, a warning that continued removal without replenishment will degrade the territory beyond recovery.
A historical note recalls a dry year when a swamp used by millions of blackbirds was set ablaze, later drained and now yielding 75 bushels of corn per acre. It extols the water elm as a hardy, ornamental shade tree with few pests and high resilience to pollution. It also notes New Zealand’s tax policy allowing government purchase at 20 percent above self valuation.
Notes on plum suitability in the Northwest describe which varieties thrive in Pacific states. Recommendations include Wyant, De Lots, Hawk Eye, Stoddard, Hammer, Rockford as hardy, productive options. Advice covers lightning casualty stats and Arbor Day emphasis, plus turf and soil care techniques.
Carnegie argues that starting new ventures is harder today but gaining stakes in existing firms is easier. He emphasizes ownership and partnership, noting that large firms prosper when practical, profit-sharing partners lead operations rather than salaried staff. He urges co operation across industries, citing dry goods, hotels, and manufacturing as examples where worker ownership improves performance.
In Britain the Marconi company could not run an overland system due to government telegraphic monopoly. The House of Lords heard that the Admiralty is conducting wireless experiments and fear of interference with Marconi’s system is acknowledged.
A humorous poem from the Alton Telegraph spins Mary from meat to a vegetarian plan after a hefty bill from the Meat Trust. It playfully contrasts a litle lamp with a porterhouse and fashion costs, ending with Mary vowing a ladylike vegetarian path.
Uncle Bill recalls a Shake Rag neighborhood meeting to plan Independence Day celebrations. Square Greenwood chairs, debates read the Declaration, boxing match proposals spark lively talk from O’Fallon to Chinese boxer Sam Match Was, with varied jokes and a plan to report back next Friday.
A garbled overheard exchange during a meeting leads to accusations of threats and a suggestion of a boxing incident. Ofallon reportedly called the speaker a liar and claimed no knowledge of a boxing matter.
A New York Sun report cites Medical News figures: at least 10,000 Americans suffer from morphine use, with 10 percent of physicians enslaved to opium in some form. Experts warn of morphine as both pain relief and intoxicant, urging tighter law enforcement and institutional treatment with long, supervised withdrawal and open-air rehabilitation to prevent relapses.
Julian Ralph recounts how Wade Hampton kept his loyal slave Sam as a body servant through the Civil War. Sam refused to leave his master when told to travel to Columbia, saying he would stay to care for Hampton. Sam died while Hampton served in the U.S. Senate, and Hampton returned home to Columbia for the funeral.
A dinner amusement explains shaping bread into a tiny marble and, with fingers closed, rolling it to appear as a second bullet. The illusion fools even deft hands, as one ball seems to become two when rolled on the table. The performer should avoid watching his fingers.
New York Evening Fest notes M Huges le Roux claimed as author of La Belle Nivernatle, a work popular in American schools. Daudet faced deadline pressure and used Le Roux to draft a story, illustrating literary courtesy. William Black aided Charles Gibbon by finishing his novel when ill, then returned to his own work.
A London Telegraph Macedonia correspondent reports on interaction between Turks and Bulgarians. A Turk notes the habit of greeting strangers with good day while Bulgarians often withhold. A Bulgarian teacher criticizes Turks, saying they would strike if not saluted. The Bulgarian Christian insists on not bowing to Turks and cites Bible verses to justify complaints about taxes.
A Scots aunt recounts three life stages in a playful dialogue with her niece. The elderly woman recalls thoughts on youth marriage, securing a husband, and later life, mentioning a birth accident and a cart incident as memory anchors in a humorous monologue.
An army officer recounts General Nelson A Miles brushing off retirement talk with a sardonic quip about beheading a figurehead. The exchange, noted in a New York Times article, reflects tension over authority as Miles faced rumors of involuntary retirement.
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