This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1907
Page
3
Practical notes on crop care livestock breeding and farm gear from seed beds to milking. Guidance covers peach borers spraying Bordeaux mix seed cleaning fanning mills and handling goats sheep cows and horses. The piece cites government statistics on dairy manufacturing and profiles the planned National Corn Exposition in Chicago with prizes and key officers.
A speaker argues dairy efficiency over dual purpose cattle, urging investment in pure bred dairy sires and careful heifer selection to boost milk production, soil fertility, and farm profitability. He warns against beef-focused breeding on premium lands and stresses long term dairy dominance with progressive crossbreeding.
Some Object Lessons in Pruning outlines proper pruning of young orchards. It advises four years of shaping to form a balanced head, opening the center for sun and air, and details specific cuts for one and two year old trees and how to orient the lowest branch to southwest to resist sun scald and winds. It emphasizes cutting back to buds and adjusting lengths to form a sturdy leader.
Experiments fed hogs 3 6 9 and 12 pounds of skim milk per pound of grain. Nine pounds of milk per pound of grain gave best grain saving and similar daily gain to higher milk use. Profitability depends on grain and milk prices and local conditions.
Olive Roberts, a famed Pacific coast mining expert, recounts a January expedition to two Panamint Range mines near Death Valley. He describes being lowered into a shaft filled with hundreds of rattlesnakes and bats, sustaining bites and a harrowing struggle before being hoisted to safety.
Prairie Du Sac Wis Mrs Harry Sawyer former resident of this state was on a trip with her son and his wife to a married daughter in Kangaa City when heart failure killed her on a sparsely occupied train. The couple concealed the death for two days, speaking as if she remained alive, then arranged funds for an undertaker in Kansas City before bringing the body for interment.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.