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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1905
Page
10
J. S. Trigg notes farming clashes between clover cutting and corn plowing, yet government aid aids seed supply and rural mail. Muliate of potash improves peaty soils. pumpkins flourish with corn. Gophers slash yields. pay a boy to trap them. Colorful garden blooms include canvas salvias geraniums and asters.
A veterinary note advises calm swimming lessons for boys as safer than risk later, a writer for an agricultural paper recommends scratching nervous dairy heifers on the fore leg when breaking to milk, and Kansas plans another import of Russian seed wheat to build on past beneficial results.
A claim by an electrical science authority that lightning will never strike a steel windmill tower or a building with a metal roof or a streetcar is questioned with skepticism. The writer doubts the statement’s accuracy despite the authority's claim.
The article argues smooth dirt roads prevent water pooling and mud holes, urging willow removal to aid winter and summer travel. It links better road maintenance to farmer pride and weed control, then shifts to economics of farm rents, suggesting farming shifts to dairy and poultry for stable profits, with regional egg export trends noted.
The passage discusses how price competition drives beer import choices and retail seating, listing seed quality soil and culture as key crop factors. It warns borrowing tools creates repayment gaps and notes sorrel in pasture signals soil acidification and declining fertility.
Montana sheep men report good times with wool contracts around 25 cents a pound. Tariff laws aid the industry. A buyer who ordered apricot trees in northern Iowa faced disappointment when trees died after being mislabeled, as the seller sent soft maples instead.
A speaker asserts that in the United States the only leisure class consists of tramps while European nobles enjoy titles funded by taxed commoners. The comparison turns to death and funerals, noting that dehorned bulls and horned bulls can both have fits, but the hawkish point is the ease of preparing remains for burial.
A historical note praises clover as an effective subsoiler its roots reach deep and when they rot after two years they leave the soil finely perforated it is described as the cheapest subsoiler and soil fertilizer a farmer can obtain
A farmer suggests growing winter wheat farther north by planting corn five feet apart and sowing wheat among the corn in fall. Standing stalks catch snow for insulation. Early and frequent cultivation eases later work and keeps fields clean. Fences reflect farm business discipline. The rise of autos shifts farm shopping to mail orders.
The speaker argues that when a farmer faces a wet field likely to fail two years out of five, he should sell half the land and tile drain the rest. Eighty acres of well drained bottom land yield more than 160 acres undrained, at lower cost and with greater comfort.
High wages for farm help and rising land values push substitution by machinery. The trend tends to enlarge average farm size and reduce rural population, leading to the closure of country schools.
The passage notes that only in the Far East could a great war between Japan and Russia occur without significantly changing cereal crop prices. It observes Russians eat rye bread made locally while Japanese rely on rice and fish, implying wheat and corn values remain largely unaffected.
Coyotes rise in numbers across the Tange country with the prairie wolf, a coyote cousin, more common in settled Iowa and Minnesota. Abundant food, especially poultry and lambs, drives the increase and Some Town counties report bounties on as many as fifty wolves this spring.
The article argues against cultivating river bottom lands prone to overflow. It favors keeping such land in blue grass, which benefits from periodic flooding. When used for pasture with cows or steers, it can yield about a 6 percent net return on over $100 per acre, unlike cropping the land.
The article explains how sheep lose flesh and waste away with little other symptoms, suggesting intestinal tuberculosis. It notes bright eyes with pale skin, yellow skin or eyes indicating liver involvement, fetid dung signaling digestive issues, and abnormal urine suggesting kidney or liver disease.
The passage warns that manure losses rise in summer due to rain washing away nutrients and heat driving ammonia loss. It advises sheltering manure, keeping bedding dry, absorbing liquids, and cooling overheated heaps by piercing with a crowbar and applying cold water, while packing more tightly reduces overheating risk.
John Robinson, an elderly Reinbeck resident, died from injuries after a runaway team struck him, knocking him down and fracturing his skull. The incident occurred in Reinbeck Iowa, with the death announced on June 29.
A verse ridicules arming a child with a toy gun and fireworks of violence. It warns of risk to family members and suggests grim outcomes if a youth is left unchecked with weapons. The piece critiques parental encouragement of rough play and the fantasy of lethal escalation.
The page lists C B & Q railroad times with westbound and eastbound trains. It includes Denver Express, Omaha Express, Fast Mail, Des Moines Passenger Local and Freight, Chicago Express, Chicago Passenger, and Burlington and Peoria services with daily, Sunday, and varying departure times across multiple stations and routes.
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