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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1907
Page
15
The text discusses how organic matter in dark, humus rich soils helps remove poisonous organic substances produced by crops. It notes that some soils with high organic content are more productive and that methods like barnyard manure and crop rotation improve soil health by degrading harmful compounds and preventing buildup.
A rural note describes a simple horse elevator to lift ice into a barn. Two upright posts form a frame with grooves guiding an elevator carriage. A rope and pulley system, assisted by trips and auto-hold irons, allows raising and lowering. the device can be built by handy workers with basic tools and blacksmithing.
The note instructs farmers to scrape bark to detect borers, inject bisulphate of carbon into the bark, seal holes with putty or grafting wax, and cover large openings. It advises performing the work in mild weather, saving grafts for spring use, and storing grafts in damp moss or peat with names written on them.
In Indianapolis area reports indicate spread and surface manure applied over orchards as snow remains light. Officials caution about potential runoff and environmental effects while farmers assess soil impact and timing for future applications.
The German studies on cooked and uncooked stock foods show no clear evidence favoring farmers. Steam methods to convert dry materials into succulent foods have not gained popularity among English practical farmers. Some prefer that too much value is placed on fat formation for milk, and succulent food may help butter-fat but evidence remains doubtful.
Pyrethum is praised as a cheap insect powder that kills bugs and worms. At Amherst experiment station a tablespoon in a pail of water and buttermilk is sprayed on currants potatoes and other infested plants. Insects curl and die in about thirty minutes. If effective against rose bugs on grapevines it could bless garden growers.
Some fruits are overlooked and may profit growers. Currants and gooseberries sell quickly in markets with abundant strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries. A little extra care yields profit on labor for these small fruits despite their smaller lots.
The article argues farmers should use a top cow as the standard to judge the herd. Sell inferior cows quickly and let calves from the superior cow replace them. Do not rely on buying sires from outside to improve pure bred stock.
The article notes maggots or lice injuring young pear and plum trees at the roots. It advises exposing roots, saturating soil with soapsuds, and scattering a pound of air with soap before reburial to destroy parasites without harming the trees.
An old farming note recommends an oblong garden shape about one quarter of an acre per family to maximize crop value. It argues long rows save time turning the horse and that disciplined, well manured plots produce more and better vegetables than larger but poorly tended ones.
A shipment of hay to market is found to be full of weeds. The weed filled hay sells for the lowest price and signals farmers are careless and ignorant of proper farming methods.
The article recalls 18th century discipline in Parliament with kneeling for censure and a notable defiance by Mr Murray in 1760. It cites instances in Westminster politics, including Lord Trentham versus Sir George Vandeport and a Speaker commanded kneeling in a Mall Mall Gazette report. It also mentions Hans Zuzel and the invention of a long lasting incandescent lamp by an American chemist.
The new pension service bill has passed both branches and awaits the President's signature. It raises monthly pensions for veterans aged 62 to 75 from 6 to 20 dollars, with no disability examination required, and expands eligibility to older non disabled veterans.
The article argues the new law adds to veterans' age benefits while sparing orphans and disabled soldiers, praising protections for those with prior entitlements. It also notes President's refusal to call an extra tariff session, urging a regular session for measured reform and stressing protection's historic role and benefits to U.S. industry.
A devotional exhortation on how beauty enhances life through noble thoughts, holy peace, and virtue. The essay urges choosing pure reading, thankful mornings, patient responses to annoyances, and treating religion as the supreme beautifier shaping face, soul, and daily existence. It cites Moses and Wordsworth to illustrate beauty through faith.
Bishop Samuel Fallows notes the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor has global reach, uniting evangelical Christendom. He foresees a powerful, unified Christian undercurrent shaping nations including China and Japan, with emancipation of women a key, though contested, goal in England.
The text references Awertex and mentions continents including India China Japan and Russia. It condemns restrictions on women and foot binding while urging Christianity to guide movements toward swordpoint business. The tone suggests a critique of imposed duties and privileges.
A sermon urging repentance to all social ranks. It calls the rich stewarding wealth, the poor and workers seeking mutual brotherhood, teachers, preachers, and officials to reject complacency and stand for justice and duty under God.
Rabbi Tobias Schanfarber argues that religion grows and concep tions evolve while the essence of God stays fixed. He compares shifts in astronomy to religious change, noting that new theories do not erase established truths and warns against prophecies of religion’s demise.
A collection of aphoristic lines on virtue, greed, love, and self discipline. The notes urge forgiveness, restraint, and inner light, warning that happiness comes from gentleness and not from harsh judgment or cleverness. The voice emphasizes humility and self denial as path to truth.
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