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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
3
Chicago reports railroading as the nation’s largest business, earning 2.6 billion a year and delivering 60 cents of every dollar to wages. A breakdown shows 1.7 million workers and 350,000 shopmen, with $300 million going to shareholders and $210 million to shop wages.
A missionary's prank in a Korean village near Seoul to crow at night backfired as roosters and villagers woke early, misunderstanding the dawn. The tale notes Koreans timing sunrise by birds and recalls the enduring myth of the hermit nation. Funds for grain rise in India cited with 40 percent food price increases and rents up 50 to 60 percent, per Consul-General William Michael.
Simple method uses a two inch square upright on a solid base with a drilled hole. Four inch spikes fixed at six inch intervals hold corn ears by the cob butt. Number spikes to record each ear. Place rack in a dry ratsproof room and store seed corn until planting time.
A Rock County Nebraska correspondent argues fall plowing harms light sandy soil in windy, low rainfall areas. He cites wind erosion, loss of humus, and better yields from fields left with stubble or hay protection. He warns against exposing soil to sun and wind and stresses preserving soil cover over winter.
Prof L R Taft of Michigan praises a sulphur lime mix as safe cheap and effective against San Jose scale. For 50 gallons use 20 25 lb lime and 15 lb sulphur boil 45 minutes with hot water, use stone lime, cook in iron kettles or steamed, dilute with 20 26 gallons water. Apply just before buds open. spraying after pink color causes no harm and Bordeaux mixture can wait.
In 1906 at the Arizona experiment station 25 630 pounds of new mown hay cut from April 19 to November 9 stayed in the stack until February 11 1907 when shrinkage reached 2 825 pounds or 11 percent. The next season the third crop of hay about 23 tons 1 796 pounds was stacked about July 20 and by December 14 shrinkage reached five tons 971 pounds or 23 percent.
The article surveys methods for harvesting and storing corn fodder to preserve brightness, sweetness, and nutrition. It highlights J. J. Furlong of Austin Minnesota who stacks shocks into larger stacks and then into stacks with about a 15 foot diameter to protect from snow and weather, noting extra labor but greater value. It also covers variations by climate, such as stacking limits in early winters and different stack designs, and ends with a note on the value of good corn fodder and a brief aside on symmetry in a separate column.
A simple cheap anvil craft uses old railroad rail turned upside down with timber A A C C to form the working surface. Bolts through B and the rail create a sturdy block. place on a solid base like oak. The setup lets farmers perform many odd jobs locally and save trips to town.
A compact guide notes crop rotation to reduce pests, gentle cows ideal for dairy farms, and the need for clean water. It praises the 200 egg year hen as attainable but rare, cites ten dozen eggs per four years as a good yield, and urges respect for a well regarded low-down wagon.
Ontario Agricultural College tested 295 oat varieties in 19 years and compared 69 each of the last five years. Yellow Russian, Wick American Banner and New Zealand led grain production with five year averages of 102, 101.9 and 99.4 bushels per acre. Hulless ranked lowest at 66.2 bushels. 31 of 59 varieties yielded over 90 bushels. In 1907 the stiffest awns were in Liberty Daubeney Banner Eberson Early Champion and Liberian.
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