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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
8
Landscape plan begun for the Jackson County Home grounds includes about fifty hard maple and elm trees, six hundred shrubs, one hundred climbing roses and clematis vines, forty one hundred hedge plants, and beds of peonies and hydrangeas. Planting to start in spring with cost under $1,000.
Washington Florist Club offered prizes to boost school garden ornamentation. The effort encourages children and parents to engage in gardening at home and school, aiming to raise interest and improve overall school grounds. Limited funds and unpropitious school conditions hinder progress in several buildings.
C Dwight Marsh outlines purple and white loco weeds in the Great Plains. The purple loco is a perennial patchy on adobe soil, found from South Dakota to Mexico, while white loco spreads widely from Minnesota to Utah and Arizona. Both cause loco disease in horses cattle and sheep. elimination in fenced pastures is possible by cutting buds and limiting access during short feed periods.
Article compares orchard layouts including rectangular, quin cunx, and hexagonal planting. It notes rectangular allows bidirectional cultivation but uneven spacing and irrigation. quin cunx increases tree density with middle removals. hexagonal ensures equal spacing but complicates cultivation and irrigation. fillers favor quin cunx for close planting.
Luther Burbank has invented a thornless cactus that can be ground to feed cattle while cactus remains a cheap food source. Early reports from milch cows show milk quality possibly improved with cactus diet. The plan could transform cactus from waste to a valuable feed, though thornless plants will take years to bloom.
The report notes most irrigated farms are under eight acres, with many farms at forty acres and others around ten acres. The data highlights the prevalence of small to mid sized plots in western irrigation schemes.
A fragmented OCR line appears to reference a fruit growing topic with unclear wording and numbers. The readable bits include names and partial terms suggesting a horticulture-related item or notice.
The article notes cattle food invented from cactus, with milk output improving after a cactus diet. It highlights the plant, once seen as waste, becoming a cheap efficient feed and valuable forage for rangers and livestock.
The writer recalls feeding a flock for a dollar per head in the past. As feed prices rose the cost rose to ten cents a month. Current careful accounts show fifteen cents per month or $1.80 per year to feed a hen.
The article offers practical poultry guidance including breeding lines, feed choices, litter management, and care for fowls. It discusses using plaster near the hennery, charcoal from charred oats, flaxseed in meals, damp litter risks, kerosene in water for colds, kafir seed for chicks, and dosing of geese with male to female ratios.
In a Kansas City Star excerpt a faithful servant Harry, known as M'Sam, drinks heavily at intervals. After a day in town his wagon with mules is left at the plantation shed and he is dragged under cover by the planter when he wakes confused and fears judgment for drunkenness. Job, his son, explains the mishap.
A barroom quip features a moon faced laborer being teased about marriage. The wit presses about wedlock and jokes that the laborer married a woman, then admits his sister did. The fragment hints at humor about marriage norms in a social setting.
Mrs Murphy recalls her son Dennis fell from an airplane during a lesson. Oz notes he was learning to fly via correspondence school and stopped mid lesson. Mrs Casey confirms the stop occurred during instruction.
A historical ad touts Allen's Foot-Scent antiseptic powder with over five million free samples annually. It pledges genuine merit from free samples and invites readers to request samples from Allen & Co at Le Roy New York. It closes with Goethe quotation about daily art and conversation.
Advertisement notes Paxtine as a mouth rinse to remove nicotine from teeth and purify breath after smoking. It claims disinfection benefits and offers price 25c per bottle, available at druggists or by mail from The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston. Also includes assorted sensational tips and products.
A popular household laxative, Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, combines simple herbs with pepsin and offers a gentle yet reliable effect. A nightly dose provides relief by morning and supports digestive organs, with 50c and 1.00 bottles widely sold. sample requests offered from Dr W B Caldwell, 201 Washington St, Monticello, IL.
A Baltimore American exchange features a witty line about travel by train with humorous deflection. The remark touches on rail travel expectations and the role of the engineer in operating a fast westbound service.
A fragmented note compares Red Cross Bag Blue to a liquid blue beverage and suggests obtaining it from an unspecified source. The text lacks clear context, dates, or named entities to identify a concrete event or announcement.
A garbled line references a Stein potent laxative and Garfield in a road to success theme with unclear context or attribution. The readable fragment suggests a metaphor about timing and changes, but lacks concrete events, people, or locations to anchor a full news item.
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