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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1903
Page
13
A fragmentary excerpt blends a whimsical journey to Moleland with a formal note on national salutes. It juxtaposes the mole’s underground world and the grand gun salute custom, including varied counts for officials and dignitaries, ending mid sentence with a definition of a governor general.
A compact description traces the origins of the flag of Switzerland and the red cross emblem used by medical personnel. It notes the Geneva 1873 conference fostering wartime neutrality, the hospital and ambulance symbols, and identifies Belgium and Netherlands banners as tricolors with colors ordered per flag near the pole and top.
A playful note describes how moles live underground and stay unusually clean. Despite living in soil, a mole’s black brown fur remains neat and soft, resisting dirt as a gardener digs share a laugh about its surprising cleanliness and ease of care.
A historical excerpt discusses why a cannon ball fired from a tower follows a curved path to ground C, asking how long it takes to land. It then shifts to amusing forfeits for young people, proposing playful penalties like yawning contests and the Portic Numbers rhyme to entertain parties.
The Washington Star notes army regulations on reviews, stating firing follows strict rules, with salutes and procedures occurring only at designated times and places, and generally not conducted in other contexts. The report emphasizes disciplined limits on when and where ceremonies may take place.
The Secretary of War or the assistant secretary of the Navy, while ceremonially visiting a military post, receives a salute of one gun.
Wyoming station tests used twenty two inch water tables and cylinders to measure evaporation while soil was stirred weekly to depths of two, four, and six inches. Results: 19 percent, 23 percent, and 45 percent evaporation retardation respectively, highlighting cultivation value in dry years. Legumes form a major nitrogen fixing group with bacteria on roots, including peas beans clovers alfalfa vetches lupins locusts mesquite acacia palo verde ironwood and ground nut.
Subsoiling a farm operation with mixed outcomes across crops and soils. Stiff soils with hardpan benefit by subsoiling while very wet or porous sands may dry or loosen moisture retention. It aids deeper root growth, air movement, and soil bulk but rough handling can reduce yields on already unproductive soils unless organic matter is added.
Eastern farms depleted of fertility become drought prey as sparse crops fail under a rainless sky. German experiments show complete fertilizer boosts fibrous roots to five feet, yielding deeper roots and greater drought resistance across rye, wheat, barley, peas, beans, potatoes, and field crops.
G C Greene reports on Prof A Waugh's study covering Ben Davis blossoms and cross pollination. Results indicate Ben Davis is likely self sterile, with cross pollination generally giving larger, sturdier fruit. Jonathan, Cooper Barry, and Huntsman emerge as top pollinators in the tests.
The contagious epidemic of foot and mouth disease began near Bouton in eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Vermont, spreading through Acton and Chester cows to Windham and Perkinsville towns. Quarantines arise in Springfield as authorities warn of infection carried by highways and visitors.
An 1898 test preserves Leghorn eggs in a lime and salt solution. After soaking from May 12 to 16, twenty eggs in a stone jar were covered by liquid for two years. May 30, 1900, the jar opened showed crusted surface but fresh shells and normal whites and yolks with a mildly saline taste.
Dispersal sales teach careful study of herd groups and dams, as novice buyers should identify the best animals across ages by tracking maternal lines. Experienced bidders seek proven producers in established herds, matching traits like eye, udders, and body depth, even if a given cow appears average at first glance.
The Missouri State Board of Agriculture reports on experiments at the experiment station showing steer daily gains by ration. Timoth y hay yielded 1.69 to 1.94 pounds per day, cow pea hay 2.64 to 2.86, and clover hay with fodder 1.94 to 2.68 in tests of 119 and 105 days. Leguminous hay balanced rations for better and cheaper gains and nicer animal appearance.
Alfalfa proves ideal for hog pasture offering green forage, palatability, and sunlit exercise for brood sows and piglets. It yields more green forage per acre than other crops and is widely grown in Colorado with 799,611 acres reported. A little corn or other grain with alfalfa pasture provides strong returns, according to Bulletin 74 from Colorado Station.
A historic note cites patience as the greatest prayer. A Cuban export ban is recorded as prohibiting earth export from Cuba, reflecting a period concern over material movement and regulatory limits.
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