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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
2
A jumble of torn phrases and scattered items covers topics from rail notes, color currency ideas, and color-blind testing to radium rumors and a Swiss tunnel study. The piece mentions Farmington, oblique references to newspapers, and assorted global curiosities with no clear single narrative.
The article notes late predictions of turbine–engine night draft boats reaching 100 miles an hour and questions probable speeds for locomotives and electric trains. It says motorists wreck themselves in the name of sport and urges more prudent behavior.
A new sorting table designed for in orchard packing is shown. The wheeled table holds at least four barrels and can be sized as needed. It aims to save time by allowing packing directly in the orchard and can be assembled from readily available discarded wagon parts.
Article describes making a two packer sorting table for orchards with a 3x4 ft top, burlap cover, hinged bevelled legs, and hose edge protection to handle fruit gently. It explains table height, leg bracing, and shelving to hold fruit boxes for efficient packing in the Blood River district, Oregon. It also notes a kerosene fly trap method used in Australia and a humorous quip from a Chicago News item.
A writer recalls Tohoto the last of the hungas or Maori magicians near Lake Rotorua. The aged priest resisted Christianity while his followers clung to tapu. A bishop failed to convert him. a cabbage tree leaf trick convinced a sceptical Englishman. The piece also notes German women taking up band and orchestra conducting.
An American boys school brass band toured by wagonette to a village. The driver refused tunes while driving stating horses could not run away. He warned the boys the run away days were over and insisted no tunes on the trip. The journey proceeded with no tunes aboard.
The article argues that regulating soil water is essential as climate remains constant and corn requires large water input. Keeping soil moist through tillage improves capillary water, cools plants, and ensures slower, steady nutrient release, preventing drought stress and hunger during peak growth.
The proper method for winter onion storage is to lay bulbs in layers not exceeding six inches to allow ventilation. When tops are dry they can be removed and the bulbs stored in layers two feet deep or in crates. Two common methods exist: dry loft storage with little freezing, or freezing the bulbs and storing them frozen with hay or straw cover for use in spring.
An illustration shows a convenient ladder for use in fairly level orchards. Widely used in California it is easy to move and avoids tipping. Built cheaply, it saves labor. Mounted on buggy wheels, with a platform at the front that enhances usefulness for fruit picking.
The Japanese lady bug imported by the Department of Agriculture rapidly multiplied and proved a deadly enemy to the San Jose scale. It survived winter in southern Michigan and is expected to endure climates where fruit is grown, promising great value to fruit interests.
The guide lists essential qualities for marketable apples: bright color whether yellow or red, good shape with uniform quality, uniform size with all fruit the same if possible, richness, smooth thin skin small core and few seeds, and good keeping qualities.
A surreal, fragmented dialogue unfolds at a candy counter about parenting, cleanliness, and stale remarks. A shop clerk, a salesperson, and a customer exchange quirky lines reflecting humor and confusion in a busy store setting.
A jumble of dialogue about con jobs and romance blends with 19th century ads for dental products and beauty tonics. The page mixes a fake lovers quarrel, a Philadelphia inmate, and a five year old named Walter with advertisements for tooth care and complexion remedies.
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