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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1910
Page
3
The article urges farmers to create a small experimental plot with heavy fertilization, superior seed, and thorough cultivation to realize higher yields. It also describes making bran mash for livestock and discusses Alaska wheat, noting repeated fraud warnings and government fraud orders against Idaho promoters.
In Farm and Home notes a tip describes placing feed in a hopper outside the manger so it streams into the manger box. A sliding regulator controls the stream, limiting how much feed a horse can take at once and reducing gulping behavior.
The high wheat prices have spurred extensive cultivation in Chile. Last year Chile yielded 19,000,000 bushels and, encouraged by strong results, plans to sow more acres this season. Experimental stations of the Chilean government are distributing top seed varieties nationwide.
A California Cultivator snippet describes using warm slop and salt to comfort a sick animal, noting that cool or moist food is best. A New York Press item claims a new method to fasten mallet handles, suggesting improvements for farmers and criticizing price-stoking production.
A new technique eliminates head fly off risk by boring a hole through the head and inserting a handle wedge. The wedge, driven in, expands the handle split and tightens the joint, ensuring the tool stays intact as shown in the diagram from Popular Mechanics.
Text notes rapid growth in farmer car ownership. It cites 5000 of 10000 autos in Iowa owned by farmers, Kansas farmer spending 3.2 million dollars in 1909 and 2.75 million in 1908, 40 autos sold to farmers in a Nebraska town of 800, and an estimated 76,000 autos owned by farmers nationwide.
Experiments at the Kansas station show deep plowing to 10 inches raises the number of soil bacteria in both sandy and silt soils and boosts bacterial activity and ammonia production. It tends to decrease denitrification and the liberation of free nitrogen.
Poultry raisers in Petaluma California gathered cash receipts over two million dollars for hen products in the previous year. The yearly total averaged more than a penny per day for each bird across the industry.
Guidance on creating high quality butter by using cream collected at similar times, keeping skimmings separate, churn separately when possible, and stirring cream during ripening to ensure even texture and flavor. It advises skimming milk before coagulation for best results.
Straw in manure can absorb moisture better if ground fine with a feed cutter before use. Fine straw aids manure handling and reduces ammonia loss, improving value. Timothy and bluegrass are discussed with regional yields and harvest timing. Diversified farming is praised as restoring western agriculture through crop rotation and combined stock raising.
The cultivation of soil serves as a moisture conservator and helps roots penetrate for food. It not only kills weeds but also improves soil percolation and resilience. During protracted droughts the cultivator should continue regardless of weed presence.
Collectors pay high prices for rare American gold coins with prices jumping since 1895. The two unique $50 pieces sold for $10,000 each, while $5 Dubosq & Co items from 1850 rarely surface and once sold for $6.40. The market shift shows gold coin rarities now valued far above their bullion worth.
The Kaiser, owner and managing director of Cadmen imperial potteries, pushes majolica sales among friends and wealthy clients. His visit to a Danzig house spurs Berlin builders to use imperial majolica, creating a boom with rising orders and growing reputation.
The London Chronicle recalls historic levies from George II era when coffins and births were taxed. A graduated system taxed a duke 20 pounds while a cottage birth paid 2 shillings. Hair powder and beards also faced levies under Henry VII and Elizabeth I with varied sums for different statuses.
A quoted exchange discusses guiding a son toward studies in electrical engineering chemistry physics and law plus physical culture to endure exposure and strain. The Washington Star notes the value of kindness and warns against imposing on others, suggesting happiness and shiftlessness are not always linked.
A devotional poem expresses faith in angels guarding a person through danger and darkness. It references strength, protection, and divine care, ending with a calm affirmation of trust in God and a named author Alice Freeman Palmer.
In a lawyer’s office Gladys Kennet discovers a published engagement between Lieut Reginald Lindley and her father’s heir, revealing her ruined life. Philip confesses love and aims to win her, while Gladys vows to forget Reginald. She casts aside the ring and embraces a future with Philip.
Philip Graham confronts Reginald Lindale who arrives in Rochminster to probe Miss Kennet’s whereabouts and money. Lindale reveals plans to ailing past sweetheart Gladys and pretends engagement, while Philip wrestles with jealousy and a looming clash over her future. The scene ends with Gladys’ urgent, unseen arrival.
General Luis Terrazas, Mexico's wealthiest man at about 79, owns vast ranches in Chihuahua and other states, with more than five million acres and over a million cattle. His properties host 5 million horses and thousands of goats and sheep, supported by a large workforce including fence riders and boundary maintenance crews. His fortune stems from government land gifts and extensive investments, making him a major stock and cattle baron with holdings across the republic.
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