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Newspaper
Lehi Banner
Location
Lehi, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1905
Page
3
An Iowa or Illinois field article notes sweet clover Melilotus spreading along rail lines from Chicago to Cairo, forming thick patches. The piece explains soil disturbance, lime-rich roadside soil, and seed germination in bare soil, urging farmers to plant sweet clover to mellow hard land and improve drainage.
The article advises farmers to avoid crops for which swamp land is unsuited and to consider corn onions celery millet and even sugar beets. Deep drainage lowers soil moisture and may require deep tiles while applying potassium can improve land. A careful soil test helps choose crops yielding the greatest quantity and quality.
Describes a homemade hopper dozer to destroy grasshoppers or locusts. A kerosene pan on runners is drawn through grass with a high back to keep insects from leaping over. The pan holds water and kerosene to kill those that fall in, with lengths up to 16 to 18 feet and runners 2 to 8 inches high.
A city woman asks what chickens will eat. The farmer says it would take all his days to tell her, but warns that without salt fed and cobble alones the birds will manage.
The nation's latest census shows more than 600 people have reached the century mark. Despite common complaints about modern decline, many men and women still live to 100 across the United States.
A period piece warns about dynamite use in orchards for loosening soil and stump removal, noting great danger and possible loss of life. It argues dynamite offers little benefit in soil loosening beyond plowing, and emphasizes careful pruning to avoid harming tree vitality, especially under drought or wet seasons.
The depth of stirring orchard soils depends on tree size and root density. In large orchards with many surface roots, shallow stirring keeps surface salt disturbed to prevent capillarity. Young orchards may allow deep stirring before bearing to loosen salt ahead of roots. Semi arid regions favor durum wheat for macaroni, outperforming western Europe. Do not economize on manure supply.
A farmer Reflects on how fast new agricultural information reaches the progressive and how slowly other farmers adopt it. He cites the barrier of misinformation and the difficulty of shifting rural thinking away from worthless reading material.
The readable lines show a rustic, possibly incomplete reflection on a farm setting with a boy and a village theme. The text contrasts a “Manly” farmer with a boy who leaves things alone, hinting at rural moral tones and dialect.
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