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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1900
Page
3
An 1880s Farmers' Review piece extols smooth brome grass for dry regions, citing European origins, long drought resistance, early growth, and strong sod. It compares spraying and bird protection, explains nursery inspections, and urges cautious adoption of new fruits and crops.
The Division of Animal Pathology at the University of Nebraska in cooperation with the U S Department of Agriculture reports increasing vaccine distribution for blackleg in 1899 and 1900. Vaccination reduced mortality and gained farmer confidence with over 96 percent satisfaction, as institutes nationwide discuss vaccine production and application. A public bulletin will detail animal age species causes symptoms and vaccination method.
The text argues that true improvement applies to the hogs relation to humans, not to themselves, and warns that even improved hogs would fail if left to hunt. It notes changing consumer demands shift standards from size to medium weight and then to lean meat, with breeding lines continually adapting.
Bulletin 93 from Kansas Agricultural College warns of deaths in cattle that graze green second growth Kafir corn. Poisoning may occur within minutes to hours after a bite, sometimes though rare, while driving stock near fields. After the corn is cured the danger ends. Water is suspected as a carrier for hog cholera germs.
The plant is a smooth angular perennial 1 to 3 feet high with yellow flowers that bloom in autumn. It grows from Connecticut to Michigan and Illinois and south to the Gulf. The whole plant, especially the flowers, is bitter and acrid. Sheep cattle and horses avoid it but may die if fed in large quantities. Poison varies by plant and field. control by cultivation or mowing before seeding.
The article discusses how feed costs rise with hog size and age, urging producers to market around 250 to 300 pounds for best profit, while lighter animals or those with access to waste grain or field crops may justify earlier sale. It also reports an expected large peach crop, with growers in Maryland considering a marketing alliance to prevent price collapse. It ends with a brief note on Kafir corn, a sorghum variety grown for grain and hay, detailing height and use.
A prominent horticulturist notes uncultivated orchards tend to bear only at long, favorable intervals while cultivated orchards bear more often without overbearing. He cites immature parent breeding as a key factor in quality decline, and mentions Langhans natives from north Chicago.
An agricultural program in Alaska argues the territory will support a large, exportable food supply. Experiments began at Sitka and Kul with seeds from Norway, Sweden, and northern states. Alaska could sustain cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, and extensive vegetable gardens using dogs for work in Yukon and Klondike areas. Wild fruits abound including cranberries, strawberries, raspberries, and currants, with natives and Russians trading berries. Climate, aided by the Japan current, suggests mild southern conditions suitable for cereals and vegetables, boosting hopes of a self-sustaining territory with exports of butter, cheese, pork, and beets.
A Times Democrat correspondent describes a spread of consumptive laborers from the West to East coast cities and southern hotels. He notes low wages and ease of hire for tuberculosis patients, linking it to a push to restrict entering cases and a climate of cheap labor amid emigration and social fears.
A collector recalls buying autographs in London noting Victoria for 10 dollars, Matthew Arnold for 4, Blackmore for 38, Carlyle for 9 and Gladstone for 260. He mentions Byron’s autograph as well but its price was 25 dollars.
Glasgow and Edinburgh undertake £1,000,000 in electric lighting projects amid broader Scottish city programs. Aberdeen Ayr Dundee Opvan Greenock Paisley Port contribute £300,000 to upgrades and expansion of urban lighting infrastructure.
In Brewster County Texas Raye proves the most extensive quicksilver find to date. The unital deposit cements a landmark discovery with potential mining interest and regional impact.
G Nicholson recounts a perilous encounter on a rocky ridge in the Orange Free State as a lioness and her two cubs charged. He stood motionless, fired at close range when the lioness approached, and killed the mother while the cubs fled. The pair were later captured and kept at camp for months before being sold to an American slipper.
Captain George W. Streeter, sovereign of the Lake Michigan district, files a $500,000 damages suit in Cook County Circuit Court against Mayor Harrison, Police Chief Ripley, Corporation Counsel Walker, Kellogg Fairbank, W. S. Forrest and others. He alleges officials conspired to injure his name and deprive him of real estate worth half a million by arresting him and his associates during last year's raid by Inspector Heidermeier and bitecoats.
A terse market note states that high close machinery and tool gasses used in Russia originate in Great Britain and the United States. It notes growing demand for common sorts and mentions Xeer sorts used in bicycle factories and marine machines.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat report describes a Savannah River dredge near the Georgia Terminal docks recovering a chest said to hold 13 000 in gold lost by Confederate evacuees. The dig found old cannons, coins, tools, muskets, cannonballs and varied relics, with Washington interest expected.
An early session story depicts Speaker Reed and Kansas Representative Jerry Simpson clashing over tariff policy. Simpson objects to the Wilson to Dingley shift, waving his arms to underline points while Reed rests, and Texas Representative Bailey disputes being cited as authority. Reed maintains order with a firm ruling.
Co operative dairy work has advanced rapidly in Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and Illinois over a decade. Farmers in other states adopt the system as benefits rise with sound principles, expanding coverage and reducing failure risk. While exact counts of creameries and outputs are unavailable, the overall business volume in the year 1808 exceeded 30 million dollars.
Shetland women learn knitting in childhood and continue lifelong. Wool from local lalanda is spun by hand on a primitive wheel. Elaborate shawls take months to complete and can fetch 150 to 200 dollars, though most knitwear is simpler and sold at modest prices by the makers.
A visitor reports the yard worker known as the pneumatic dust er using high pressure air around the Boston Terminal yard. The noise resembles a snake as the tool operates on switches signals air brakes and even paints and kerosene elevation in the ramp and lantern department.
The text outlines age ranges for men and women describing the prime of life. It states men are prime from 30 to 55 years and women from 24 or 25 to about 40 years, in a discussion of regular habits and sound constitution.
Fragmentary note asserts equal rights privileges and taxes for Americans in Kowalke and mentions Cater. The garbled text lacks clear events or dates but centers on citizenship rights and taxation in a stale or editorial context.
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