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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1905
Page
6
Farmers increasingly enroll in ten week WinL-T courses at state agricultural colleges once mocked as impractical. Professors prove theories work in practice, with experiment stations serving as hubs of farm knowledge.
The program plays a major role in rural life, attracting 60 to 700 attendees annually during two weeks. It offers free tuition, classes designed for practical farming, and training in livestock judging crop culture and seed quality. Participants gain knowledge and enthusiasm, transforming their approach to farming and expanding activities across states.
The Carnegie Institution conducts research on Arizona desert flora. A six acre garden near Tucson hosts experts studying native species and exerts to cultivate spineless stock forage and hardy deep-rooted plants to stabilize drifting sands.
A historical account discusses how fencing, field shapes, and layout affect labor and crop placement. It highlights varying fence needs for 3 acres, impacts of field form on plowing and cultivating, and the benefits of large near barn fields, systematic rotation, and long term planning for efficiency across generations.
New York Granges announce $50 scholarships to Cornell College of Agriculture for 1905 two awards. Eligibility limited to members or relatives of members. A state education official may speak at farmers institutes to promote agriculture and nature study in common schools.
The article urges advance garden planning including plot measurement and bed versus row layouts, noting soil type influences and moisture retention. It then shifts to dairy stock improvements, citing Illinois experiments showing higher milk and butter yields with better care and ration, saving feed costs and increasing overall value.
The article notes global interest in cotton cultivation. Australia offers incentives to planters, the Fralsh Empire Cotton Growers association works to spread cotton across the empire, and French, Dutch, Spanish, and German interests push expansion. China and other regions show potential, but many areas may prove unfit for profitable growth. The southern United States may not maintain past dominance, yet it remains influential amid new fields.
A beekeeper claims to use beehives as incubators noting heat matches incubator temps. He hatched 18 chickens from 20 eggs in 19 days and asserts others could try the method. He describes using an oat-chaff hive, cheese cloth over bees, eggs placed on it, and patience to test temperature with a warm hive.
The article urges careful dinner planning to fill a lunch basket with fresh, wholesome food. It stresses variety, avoiding repeats, and packing each item neatly in clean wrapping, with desserts and handy sauces or jellies. It also cautions against wrapping in newspaper and advises thoughtful leftovers for tomorrow.
Predictions by Raphael advise a unsettled year with travel changes and anxiety for birthdays on this day. Do not quarrel or pursue law. Young women should beware of acquaintances. A child born now may be unsettled. its luck depends on birth hour. If female, marriage may be early and not very happy.
In Ruthven Iowa a boy named Malcolm Haskins Dowell is praised as a child prodigy. Though never formally schooled, he already speaks words of up to six syllables and recites geographic names from across the nation. His reading and dictionary use are strong, but his math talents shine with remarkable mental calculations and rapid multiplication and division.
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