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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1905
Page
8
The piece urges diversifying crops like melons peaches Bermuda onions to protect soil and support farmers. It discusses mortgage burdens on farms with fine buildings and stock, notes corn planting efficiency and ear quality, highlights old versus young orchards, moisture conservation, dust mulch, hand rake irrigation, and praises corn based diets for health and teeth.
Iowa corn testing tours aim to boost yields and farm profits as mutton and wool prices rise. Sheep farming offers high returns with minimal dairy labor, while land value hinges on productive output. Department stores threaten local merchants, prompting proposed country town store chains to cut costs and prices.
The severest winter in the semiarid plains killed many quail coveys across the north central United States and threatens peach crops in Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma. Peach trees damaged may be saved by pruning in May to spur new growth and recovery in two to three years.
In a floodplain pasture a water elm stands a hundred years as a landmark. Its roots drink perpetual moisture while its trunk shelters robins, orioles, and woodchucks. Withstood wind, storm, and man, it promises another century of shade.
The roadmaster reports pocket gophers honeycomb soil along railroad rights of way, including steep slopes and even under the roadbed. Their burrowing beneath ties causes track settlement and maintenance challenges for a main trunk line in a western state.
The passage notes that vegetation along railway rights of way consists of large root weeds that provide abundant food for a pest, allowing it to thrive beyond the cultivated fields. Railway workers seek methods to control or exterminate the pests.
C B & Q schedules list trains going west and east including the Denver Express Omaha Express Fast Mail Des Moines Passenger Local Passenger and Freight service with daily operation noted for multiple routes.
A fragment lists multiple Chicago area routes with daily and weekly timings. Services include Chicago Express trains at various late night and early morning hours, Chicago Passenger, Fast Mail, Burlington and Peoria, Local Passenger, and Freight, with notes on daily operation and Sunday exceptions.
Train timetable listings show multiple daily and weekly schedules for the Golden State Limited and related services. No. 3 4 9:50 a with stops for El Paso and westbound passengers. No. 11 3:19 p No. 43 1:37 a. No. 71 Freight daily except Sunday 4:40 p. No. 72 Freight daily except Sunday 8:40 a. m.
Dental Surgery and care offered at Fairfield clinic with guarantees on all procedures. First National Bank located on side square referenced for financing options.
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