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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1902
Page
7
The text explains drainage pricing varies with land shape and soil. It notes 4-inch tile costs about 1 per 100 feet and acre costs around 7 to 15 dollars depending on soil type and slope, plus digging, laying, gratings, and extra ditches for proper outflow.
The article argues dairy cow numbers have risen only modestly versus population, risking milk and product shortages and higher prices. It notes past low prices drove reductions in milch cattle, urges profitable breeding, and cites rising dairy cow prices as a motivator for expansion.
Professor Andrew M Souwe argues ideals in stock raising are essential for success. The Tennexace Experiment Station found feed efficiency varied widely, with some animals gaining 2% pounds daily while others gained 1%. Blood, breeding, and conformation influenced results, and overall carcass yields ranged from 55 to 60 percent. A projected 5 percent slaughter loss in Tennessee cattle implies substantial farmer value.
In an exchange a creamery operator described using waste water from his plant to irrigate a garden of fruits vegetables and flowers. He built tiny dams to distribute the water in furrows applying only enough daily for ground absorption or evaporation. He reports rich yields and notes the waste likely contains plant foods improving soil and crop growth. He also cites public value in waste disposal.
Steam dredges are widening channels to drain marshy land in Missouri and Indiana. Dredges move forward forming straight ditches, dumping soil to create broad water passages for scows, with timbered areas requiring stump removal. The aim is to convert near worthless land into valuable agricultural property over a few years.
An editorial argues owners should remain on farms to preserve farming methods and local prosperity. It warns that moving to town harms communities, depresses farm quality, and leads to tenant farming. It urges older farmers to stay and improve homesteads as examples of good farming.
Farmers still burn straw and similar materials though fewer do so each year. The writer urges combining surplus fodder with barnyard manure when straw cannot be fed, noting a healthy barnyard beside a waste pile. Turning forage into humus via muck improves soil, and would reduce waste.
Word from the West warns farmers against over irrigation. Excess water drains fertility from the soil, pushing nutrients into subterranean channels or surface streams. Just enough water preserves surface fertility and nutrients, aiding long term land productivity.
The passage urges farmers to repay soil debt with sustainable practices. It notes that every crop removes fertility and that without returning fertility, yields decline. The excerpt emphasizes yearly renewal of soil nutrients to sustain future harvests.
W J Green notes various insect remedies and their practicality for seasonal treatment. Resin washes, whitewash mixes, whale oil soap, crude petroleum, and refined oils are discussed for effectiveness, availability, and weather-related challenges in holding pests in check.
Prof J M Stedman of Missouri argues moth trap lanterns are worthless in orchards and cause more harm by catching non target insects. A trial with Haseltine's Moth Catcher yielded only two codling moths after 100 nights during bloom, highlighting misidentification and widespread false positives among trap advocates.
The Ben Davis apple, also sold as Ben Davis, Gano, and New York Pippin, remains a staple through winter with prices rising from five cents per peck to about ninety cents. It is praised for flavor when other apples are scarce, benefiting both growers and buyers, and is expected to face critique at upcoming horticultural meetings.
In modern orchards trees are headed low to ease harvesting and spraying. Low headed trunks reduce ladder use, allow easier access to fruit, and improve cultivation. Keep lower branches off the ground to avoid hindering work, using horses for routine tasks.
A garbled line notes Virginie Waite Oak Green weighs 67.7 pounds and hints at a plan to reduce the weight or size within two years. The fragment references Tinette wejty and Ey but offers no clear context or actions.
A Boer party shot Wan badly after a sighting under the British flag. He resisted surrender, was wounded in about a dozen places, and left for dead. Found next day, taken to a field hospital. A nurse asked if he were badly shot. he said he was full of bullet holes from the pest and draughts.
A home ironing guide explains, with steps and safety notes, how to press a shirt waist to look like new using sternly dated methods. It recommends Dedance Starch, damp cloth, and careful, orderly ironing from back to front, then airing before storing. It also digresses to note Tom Moore and his poems.
The rocks of Mount Sinla reveal turquoise mines said to be among the finest in the world. Historians note the site was originally opened by the Egyptans and yielded stones famed for color and clarity.
A Cagliari Italy student was sentenced to six months imprisonment for kissing a woman during prayer at the city portal church. The magistrate lamented he could not order horsewhipping. Other notices highlight local merchants, medicines, and consumer tips interspersed with ad notes.
A father rears his courteous son and sends a telegraph request for safe arrival. The boy travels to a distant school and is asked to reply "Yes" if all is well. The telegram arrives in fragments and confusion, with the final reply noted as "Yes."
Bareheaded and sleeves rolled, the learned girls of Chicago University bustle the campus while Evanston falls short of the same refinement says Dean Martha Foote Crowe. She asserts the Evanston atmosphere makes careless appearance unlikely among their female students.
An army officer's remark overheard in a Pall Mall club window sparked friction between Army and Navy in London. The critic said naval officers lack well cut or well fitting trousers, provoking sharp newspaper disputes and heated opinion across the service.
A fragmentary collection notes a museum tusk as the largest known and cites a Antwerp purchase of a second largest tusk for £325 weighing 216 pounds and ten feet long with a girth of twenty three and three quarters inches. It also records a 72 year old woman Sarah B Rowe praising Dodd's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble and better health after long suffering. The garbled text ends with stray lines about a gas meter and earlier misquoted phrases.
A garbled OCR page fragment includes various ad lines and phrases. Notable mentions include remedies for coughs and colds, quotes about happiness and prosperity, a Wisconsin reference to Henry A. Salzer, and scattered product claims. Overall the text is disjointed with no coherent single story or event.
Passengers bound for St Louis and points east should use the Kansas City gateway to enjoy the Chicago and Alton Railway night service departing Kansas City at 9 p.m. and arriving in St Louis at 8:08 a.m. Compartment sleeping cars are available with no extra charge. Write LD Cooper, Traveling Passenger Agent, Chicago and Alton Railway, Kansas City, MO, for low rate fares.
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