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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1902
Page
4
A broad survey of agricultural topics notes strong prospects for grass fed Texas cattle with high Chicago prices, soil enrichment from river overflows, rising farm rents, macaroni wheat as a new semi arid staple, and hog growth in Minnesota. It discusses corn’s soil impact, egg weights, birch windbreaks, potato soil influence, and the South Dakota cow as a creaming force in local agriculture.
The article notes wildflowers like goldenrod and the daisy as ornamental yet problematic weeds for farmers, outlines weather impacts on Corn Belt relocation, June frosts and wet conditions, and predicts strong Western crops. It also predicts hog prospects if prices stay high and cholera stays away, plus a model farm example showing efficient, low-labor cultivation and family-scale productivity.
Over the past year grain traders on boards of trade have influenced cash markets and futures, benefiting farmers to a degree. Government irrigation projects promise agricultural opportunities, converting arid plains into prosperous farming regions with water, soil, and sun ready to yield high crops.
The piece notes dairy regions suffer less hog cholera due to skimmilk rations for pigs, contrasts with corn fed hogs, and criticizes daily baking and use of baking powder. It argues for less frequent baking, suggesting bread and pastries baked weekly or biweekly to ease housewife workload.
The text notes that across much of the country excessive moisture this year favored lazy, shirtless farmers who did not invest in crops. Their poorer lands, left fallow, produced better crops than those of forehanded neighbors whose fields were burdened by excessive straw and heavy cultivation.
The poorer foreign born face cheaper living costs and subsistence here. They accept less expensive foods and save little, preferring to sell goods rather than consume the best foods they can produce. American workers seek top market goods, often spending earnings on stomach and clothing, preventing timely financial advancement.
An emergency crew of railway workers attempted to load a 1700 pound Percheron into an express car. After a 45 degree gangway failed to coax the stubborn horse, a man grasped the halter and backed the animal into the car in two minutes, illustrating the method of backing up to guide others.
The narrator muses that weather and moon phase seem to shape birth outcomes, suggesting some are born under ill luck or misaligned conditions. They imply a stubborn cycle of harsh beginnings and perpetual struggle, lingering as souls seek favorable fate at life’s end.
A 16 acre trial fed 125 grade Shropshire lambs on rape for one and a half weeks, averaging 3.5 pounds gain per head per week. The experiment yielded a total selling-value gain of $181 from the 16 acres in that period.
The article argues that great hopes for reclaiming millions of acres through irrigation are misguided. It contends that irrigation potential is limited to a few favorable areas with reliable reservoirs, flood water, and suitable land contours for proper water distribution.
A farmer’s wife wins cooperation from a hired man by sharing chores and setting equal terms. She teaches him to make his bed, keep his room, fetch wood and water, and operate the washing setup. Her husband initially objects but the wife proposes one meal a day for harmony, a solution not universal with all hired men.
A mother should teach boys homemaking tasks and a father should teach girls practical skills. Both should learn basic chores and self reliance to handle emergencies, including mending, washing, cooking, milking, harnessing, and garden care. A practical, self sufficient household education benefits both genders.
A well known Little Rock businessman famed for hunting misses a fox in a long chase. He trails the fox on horseback until hogs join, when the fox leaps onto a fast hog and rides away. The unlikely duo vanishes into brush, leaving Martin astonished and sharing the tale with friends.
On the Atlantic voyage of the Lucania Henry C. Frick is approached by a passerby who greets Pittsburg and New York. Frick replies with wit noting accents and the stranger’s stogie and manner reveal their origins. The brief exchange ends with a sharp quip about gall.
The Kaiser is described as the star performer who, after a polite warning from Polish subjects not to visit Posen, orders about 80 000 troops to be ready to escort him to that city. The measure is depicted as a costly way to declare fear and assert presence.
A Brooklyn Life item quotes a dramatic exchange about choosing between two suitors each valued at a million. The dialogue hints at strategic marriage decisions and social expectations of wealth, status, and personal independence in contemporary society.
A West Side resident displays the biggest hat in New York outside his home. The straw hat, nearly 15 feet across the brim and a five foot dome crown, rises about two feet above the brim. It has never been worn and serves as a decorative storefront display rather than functional headwear.
Naturalists describe a rare long tailed quetzal captured from Central American interiors. It stands 6,600 to 9,000 feet up, with a body size similar to a dove and tail plumes three to five feet long in golden green, scarlet, with black and white speckles.
Native customs preserved the rare quetzal as a sacred prize before conquest. Killing the bird was forbidden. only feathers could be taken for chiefs' headdresses. The bird inhabits high forest canopies, with a long tail and a head tuft, feeding on berries and insects.
A snippet from the Ohio State Journal recalls a mother praising her son Johnnie for bringing home the first crullers she baked while the father warns him to be careful not to drop them on his toes, illustrating a family scene amid union discourse.
Thirty years ago Berlin had few trained nurses. Now there are many but finding one on short notice remains hard. A proposal suggests a canvas office to inform the public and medical staff when nurses are temporarily unemployed.
The piece describes the black swallower, a fish that swallows prey much larger than its body. It details how the fish engulfs prey up to eight times its size, stretches its stomach to a balloon like state, and can be lifted to the surface by trapped gas before dying or being cast ashore.
A dialogue between a tramp and a kind lady highlights delays in German ordinances banning boric acid preserved meats. The first provision starts April 1, 1903, the second on October 4, 1904, giving American packers time to adapt and avoid prohibition.
Professor Homitz, a Scandinavian expert, described last year successful experiments using a freezing process with liquid carbonic acid to combat external cancer. He now believes that in non desperate cases the freezing method may at least temporarily stop total progression while improving overall health.
A historical note states there are 48 beet sugar plants in the United States, up from earlier figures in 1890. By 1898 production reached 82,000 tons and in 1904 rose to 185,000 tons, marking a 460 percent increase over three years.
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