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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1907
Page
5
The excerpt discusses amber as fossil on Santo Domingo and Konigsberg as a European source. It notes dairy rations favor corn, alfalfa, and silage with alfalfa ideal. red clover as substitute where alfalfa is unavailable. It ends with a social observation about frugal hog and cattle keepers and neighborly expectations.
A reader recommends weekly soapsuds for rose beds to deter spiders and conserve water. A hog raiser notes January farrowing yields healthier piglets due to lower dampness compared with March farrowing.
Several state legislatures have enacted laws making it a crime to leave patent medicines on front yards or doorsteps. Reports say some children have died from overdoses after obtaining these medicines. The piece urges swift action against those distributing such substances.
The author reflects on medicine as a vocation offering noble service and, at times, opportunities for graft. He notes there are both virtuous and corrupt practitioners, but believes the world more often benefits from principled doctors than from those who misuse their positions.
The article argues leveling roadside land for clover and timothy or weed control, notes government recruitment struggles due to farm wages, and suggests starting cucumber vines in sod or hotbeds to outpace pests like the striped squash bug with rapid transplant growth.
Agricultural experts focus on a recently discovered South American plant resembling hemp. It matures in five months, requires no special handling, and yields three fiber grades for textiles while the remainder can be made into fine writing paper. Early indications suggest potential impact on agricultural economics.
Professor P G Holden of Iowa Agricultural College urges testing six kernels from every planting seed as the single key to boosting yields. He says if Iowa fields obeyed this, the nation could gain hundreds of millions of bushels next year. He notes the national average is about thirty two bushels per acre, far below potential.
The article asserts that more individuals fail at debt collection due to shortcomings in pursuing owed money than from the amount of business they do. It discusses factors affecting recovery and suggests diligence as key to success.
The statement asserts that consistent sucker fishing and baseball are needed for proper American youth development and that boys will support this effort.
Sentence fragment notes farmers stay linked to new ag ideas via state experiment stations illustrating practical farm progress and adoption of research findings.
The text discusses arousing a boy's interest in livestock by letting him own a pig and use the proceeds. It contrasts personal ownership with others pocketing profits, noting how money drives the business. A wife yearns for a spring dress but acknowledges the chore load from buying steers and hiring help.
The passage argues expectations differ by nationality, noting the English and American receive better rations of beef pork wheat bread and oatmeal while the Chinese man is implied to subsist on rats and mice. It suggests workload capacity correlates to diet.
Colorado reports a serious alfalfa blight damaging large areas and undermining future cultivation. Investigations continue to identify the cause and seek a cure, with officials and researchers monitoring affected regions across the state.
Linoleum is praised as durable easy to clean and versatile for kitchens and barns. The piece notes its benefits over hardwoods and jokes about installing it before a manure spreader. It mentions agriculture at Washington arranging two experimental farms in western South Dakota under irrigation and a testing program for a known concept.
Promoters consider practical aid for settlers on government irrigated lands in the semiarid region. They urge simple devices to reduce heavy labor, noting intelligence shows in saving strength rather than strenuous backbreaking work.
A Pawnee City resident planted twenty acres deemed worthless. After twenty years the soil produced catalpa trees whose tops sold for firewood and trunks for fence posts. Net profit \(157.17 per acre or 6.24 per acre per year\) suggests owners of similar land should reconsider potential value.
Professor H P Baker explains black locust growing in the northern states. With good drainage, rapid growth and timely cutting minimize borers. seed sowing, soaking, and spring planting foster rapid establishment. spacing four by four feet aids straight trunks. companion species deter sprouting. posts reach three to six inches in six to ten years with stump sprouts providing quick regrowth.
James J. Hill urges a national program of model farms of 35 to 40 acres in every county. He says the farms, run by trained hands with expert supervision, would show that smaller, well tended farms can be more productive than larger ones with less care.
Observation of a model farm shows the farmer would gain more from practical insight than from book data or pamphlets. Mr Hill's broad view and knowledge of agricultural conditions across the northwest make his suggestions deserve serious attention.
Mr I P Haviland of Pleasant IA died in a Galesburg hospital Saturday after a weeklong transfer from a fall from a high Rio IL bridge. He fell about twenty four feet and never regained consciousness. His wife and family were with him at death. He was noted as an industrious citizen.
Iowa State case in Jefferson County Chancery 1907 involves M. S. Welsh and Mary E. Welsh seeking to quiet title to multiple parcels in Township 73 North Range 9 West. It names John Kyle deceased heirs and unknown claimants and requests mortgage satisfactions and removal of clouds on the record. The notice sets April 24 1907 as filing deadline and cites Fairfield Iowa publication.
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