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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1901
Page
5
Farmers should cut and burn barberry bushes near fields to combat red rust on rye and wheat, states The American Cultivator. The rust may also appear on oats and other grains, turning black as it matures, though usually not harming kernels unless very early.
A historical note describes a poison bait for cutworms made from one pound of juris green mixed with seven pounds bran moistened with water, with possible sugar or molasses. The mixture is placed near worm-heavy rows at night to attract worms, but warns birds and poultry must not access it and instructs burying after use.
A reader recommends soaking corn for horses in a clean pail with ants at each feed, adding cold water, and refreshing for the next meal to avoid sore mouth or teeth from hard corn. It also suggests cracking corn when mixing with oats or ground feed and moistened hay for better digestion, noting soaking longer than six hours if possible.
Barley is touted as a superior feed for sheep and poultry and as a bacon base for Canadian and English markets. Beards are poisonous to some, but beardless barley, growing about four feet high, yields 30 to 40 bushels per acre and is gaining favor with western farmers and eastern growers urged to try it.
Professor A Ch Girard of the Agronomical Institute of France reports furze or gorse as a valuable hay substitute. He finds that 250 pounds of furze equal 100 pounds of hay, with the therry portion most nourishing. The whole plant should be crushed before feeding horses cattle or sheep.
Observations show cows eat bean straw when pods are bright and clean, offering more digestible protein than corn stover and timothy hay though not as good as high quality hay. Sheep readily consume bean straw, with raw beans possibly useful rough fodder. Best cow for milk production ate them greedily.
Fattening beef animals and lambs younger than before yields leaner, better balanced meat. Early fattening shortens time to market, increasing profitability for growers and buyers alike, as lean portions improve market appeal and reducing trimming waste.
The article advises dipping sheep after shearing to remove both lice and ticks at low cost. It notes dipping is most effective with less injurious effects as sheep dry quickly, and suggests delaying dipping if only ticks are present for three to four days so they move to lambs before dipping.
Corrie E Shane daughter of George W and Amanda E Shane was born in Ripley county Indiana in April 1878 and died May 29 1901 aged 22 years 1 month 28 days. She leaves a husband a ten month old son Difford Greath a father mother four brothers and four sisters and many friends. She married Joseph Beeson October 29 1861. She joined Centenary M E Church under J W Maxwell during a revival three years ago last winter. Sister Beeson endured sickness bed sixteen weeks with patience and desired to die for her husband and child but was resigned to death. May their lives rest in God.
A promotional notice touts Seve ni enlivens the body improves vigor and self control and promises recovery of health. It urges mailing an address to Fern Bank Chemieal Co in Fern Bank Ohio to test its merit for free, with Talbott & Migg as agents.
The author notes the dardbouka or Turkish drives resembling a long vase with parchment at the bottom. It cites an Egyptian papyrus dating about 2200 years before Christ as an earliest mention of shoes.
Tom O Rourke proposes a finish contest between James J Jeffries and Gus Rublin with a $10000 purse. He plans to hold the bout along Long Island Sound near New York City, offering $2000 more than the San Francisco National Athletic Club bid.
President Dreyfuss of Pittsburg denounces the new foul strike rule. He predicts it will reduce fouling and pitching time and warns it may be scrapped early in the season. He argues the rule will be unpopular with the public and affect batting and the game’s flow.
Hugh Jennings announces he will join the Brooklyn club on June 1 to play first base. He says he received strong offers from American League teams but pledged to play for Brooklyn after finishing the season at Cornell.
President James OConnell of the Machinists International Association leads a nine hour workday strike that mobilized about a quarter of a million workers. He prepared the union for years, helping build a record setting labor organization. OConnell, around 45, learned machinist trade young and serves as a vice president of the American Federation of Labor.
Evelyn B Baldwin, head of the Baldwin Zeigler polar expedition, was honored at a Marlborough hotel dinner in New York by the Arctic club. The gathering included Prof William H Brewer, John C Higgins, F A Cooke, Russell W Porter, and others from Peary and Kane expeditions. Brewer presented Baldwin with a small American silk flag, hoping it would fly at the north pole.
The piece notes how Knight hood Was In Flower was found by a friend waiting in Mr Major's office. Reading material on lawbooks led to a manuscript discovery. The author initially used the name Charlie Brandon and faced rejection from at least one publisher.
West Point faced a disputes with Colonel Albert L. Mills as Secretary Root and the department side with him. The confrontation ends with Mills prevailing and no reversal planned.
Colonel Albert L. Mill reports findings of a court martial that dismissed five cadets, suspended several, and punished others. He believes hazing at the academy will be far milder or possibly discontinued going forward.
William H Butler has been chosen as president of the newly formed Universal Tobacco company. Other officers are not yet named. Butler helped organize the American Tobacco company and later led the Union Tobacco company, which sold to the American.
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