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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1907
Page
5
The piece notes spring arrival with croaking bullfrogs as a sure sign. It discusses a hardy Russian clover variety that yields dustless hay and matures earlier than red clover. It offers remedies for rosebush pests using white hellebore and hand dusters, and suggests transplanting sunflowers in hen yards for shade and fall seed.
The piece argues salt for stock is cheaper by the barrel than buying packaged stock foods. It asserts tests disprove that cow milk quality is altered by feed. It states butter fat increases with higher milk production, not by changing feed quality.
The essay argues that a home should transcend mere shelter for eating and sleeping. By expanding its purpose, a home can uplift individuals and strengthen the community, state, and nation as larger issues hinge on how homes are used.
The annual per capita meat consumption in the United States is 177 pounds. Only Australia exceeds this level, likely because meats are very cheap there. Some European nations average only fifty to sixty pounds.
The current cotton crop including seed is worth about 700 million dollars, roughly 300 million more than total world gold production. Over the past six years cotton profits exceeded the prior six years by 1.25 billion, nearly all profit as earlier earnings barely covered expenses.
A Plymouth Rock hen owned by an eastern fancier laid 251 eggs in a year. Its diet featured hot mash of ground wheat oats and barley with meat meal cracklings in the morning and wheat in the evening. notably no corn was used. The text notes many hens are kept too fat to lay well.
Federal Agriculture investigations label the skunk a friend to humans as it eats grasshoppers crickets and other insects. Extermination is discouraged and protection is recommended, suggesting good may come from even odorous reputations.
A prominent eastern veterinarian advises a rounding tablespoonful dose of a tonic toing up horses out of condition. Ground feed morning and night should include one pound granulated soda hyposulphite, four ounces ginger, three ounces gentian, two ounces powdered charcoal. Local druggists can prepare this tonic.
The passage explains that in northern states two crops cannot usually be harvested from the same plot in one season, but certain crop combinations allow multiple harvests. Navy beans among early potatoes, celery after peas, and turning up strawberry beds for turnips or rutabagas maximize ground utility through careful planning.
A terse remark notes the advisability of keeping distance from a man who never laughs, implying caution in dealing with dour personalities. The line frames social judgment and personal conduct without additional context.
Thorough cultivation not only solves weed problems but also disturbs various insects that establish headquarters in the soil. The practice targets soil dwellers and can reduce pest populations by disrupting habitat and food sources.
The article discusses the historic knock-out aimed at vulnerable spots such as the jaw and stomach and argues the stomach is a central vulnerable area. It promotes Dr. R V Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and related remedies for digestive and catarrhal diseases, offering free booklets and medical guides via Buffalo New York.
A quotation reflects on life's worth not being wealth but the quantity and quality of friends left behind at death, emphasizing human connections over material riches.
The article discusses delicious vegetables suitable for home gardens, timing planting after frost danger, and using rich mellow soil. It notes forcing some crops with a trench of well rotted manure and planting eye down in a ridge, and cautions lima beans require warmth and a mellow soil to prevent cotyledon breakage as they emerge.
The article explains potato planting in a clover meadow with early September disking and filthy soil. After planting, harrow in warm weather to kill weeds, then cultivate when potato rows appear, covering weeds with soil. Repeat harrowing and light dirt throwing weekly to manage weeds and support plant growth.
Slips intended for winter house plants should be started during the month of June when the soil is moist and conditions favorable for their getting a good root.
A speaker notes systemic trouble as a man sells various tobacco products and cheap plugs but cannot secure grain for his work horses. The remark implies ongoing shortages and unequal access to essential supplies during difficult times.
The piece argues many farmers underestimate that raising thoroughbred poultry costs no more than scrubs after starting, and the satisfaction from handling the birds justifies the effort for worthwhile results.
When birds spend long in confinement it signals deficient food: lack of green or animal matter, lime, or grit. Improve ration by supplying these items in abundance and observe results.
The author advises planning for a corn crop to substitute as pasture, notes limited help against flies on dairy herds, and urges using fertilizers only from state experiment-station recommended firms. If a firm lacks recommendation, choose another supplier to ensure quality.
Mulch leaves litter or straw around roots of pole beans and peas to keep soil moist and support growth during dry spells in July and August. The same mulch aids raspberry and currant bushes, reduces weeds, and preserves soil moisture. avoid burning litter in spring and reuse it as mulch.
The passage contrasts the ideal family room with the dust free but empty space. It argues the best room is where relatives share pleasant hours with games or books, enriching family life, rather than a sterile room closed to air and sunlight.
The robin, bluebird and wren are noted as attractive birds that can nest on home premises. The wren benefits from a small tin can or cigar box with a rounded hole to exclude sparrows. The bluebird may reuse an empty woodpecker nest or a bleached skull of a horse or cow.
A farm near Edinburg NL faces heavy milkweed and morning glory infestations. The author advises crop rotation, careful cultivation, and targeted plowing for large patches, plus sorghum or corn fodder and future grazing to suppress regrowth, with landlord support for eradication costs.
A recent Indiana incident reports a farmer stubbed his toe while crawling over a barbed wire fence with dynamite to blast a stump. He suffered fatal injuries leaving his body insufficient for funeral arrangements. The piece contrasts grim danger with traditional grubbing methods, noting mortgage risks and labor realities.
A writer reflects on ethics of taking eggs laid by neighbors hens. He admits past raid when caught, but now argues eggs in his barn are his meat. He cites practical and theoretical rights and notes children bring eggs in gratitude. He claims possession equals rights, consumption adds to it.
A sharp knife and a pliable slender twig cut from the tree above a fellow's head are the best tools to deter the apple tree borer. The twig beats wire and should be used to kill borers before June 1, especially two year borers that transform into beetles in June and lay eggs.
Farmer James Man of Elmont Long Island fed malt to his hens and pullets causing ten thousand aged birds and chicks to stagger about the yard. After the malt was cleaned up the hennery grew quiet then a chorus of crowing roosters signaled the birds were recovering. The farmer found them intoxicated rather than dead and deemed it better than loss.
A historical recipe describes making harness oil by combining two quarts of fish oil two pounds of mutton tallow one pint of castor oil one quarter pound of ivory black one half pound of beeswax four ounces of resin and one ounce of Burgundy pitch Boil simmer and settle then pour off sediment and use cold After oiling the harness wipe with a dry rag Neatsfoot oil as substitute if fish oil is unavailable
The article praises Iowa's vast arable land of over 35 million acres across about 210000 farms with a 158 acre average. It notes 65 percent owner occupied and 35 percent rented, all focusing on crops and livestock with strong soil fertility. It highlights limited use of commercial fertilizers and a climate with rainfall concentrated from April to September totaling 22.48 inches over six months.
The record shows a May to September average statewide rainfall of 16.28 inches or 51 percent. Despite fluctuations in the crop season, over the past fifty years there has never been a crop failure and fairly good crops have been produced in both dryest and wettest seasons.
The Cedar Rapids Republican argues that paying ministers who lead legislative prayers is proper and customary, noting ministers deserve pay while questioning only the fee amounts. The piece contends prayers open sessions and ministers and even janitors deserve compensation for their services.
The Louisville Courier Journal quotes William T. Stead arguing Americans ignore reform aside from money, urging balance between the clinking dollar and reformist voices to ease Stead's peevishness.
In Towa a woman captured a burglar by hanging on to him and handed him to police, while in Nebraska a woman married the burglar she captured. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the contrast and quips that Nebraska’s burglar may envy the Towa’s capture.
A group of six wild ostriches was seen on the Commonage on Saturday afternoon. The birds lounged near an ant heap close to the road and appear to have made the east end of the Commonage and the government reserve their home. They are so tame that approaching people cause them to rise and walk a short distance onto the veldt while calmly watching passers by.
Notice announces a last will and testament of Nancy J. Young on file with the Jefferson County District Court. A proof and final hearing is scheduled for September 23, 1907, at 2 o'clock p.m. in the September Term 1907. Clerk W. A. Smith signs the notice.
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