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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1907
Page
3
Long stream of agricultural tips covers soil liming, crop rotation, animal care, feeding, and storage. Advises lime to fix acidity, careful handling of milk and butter, pruning trees, ripening tomatoes, and winter prep. Emphasizes sanitation, farm partnership, and prudent livestock management for yields and profits.
A Farm Life note describes cowbane or water hemlock found along sloughs and wet spots in western farms. The plant grows from two to five feet high with purple-tinged stems and umbrella blossoms. Roots form tubers, resemble cow horns, and resemble wild parsnip and wild carrot but are highly poisonous to children and livestock. it urges immediate removal by digging out roots to prevent danger.
The article explains corn smut spreads via airborne spores from decaying plant matter, not seedborne. Bruised stalks and manure-rich soil foster infection. burning smut balls may help locally but spores endure and windborne spread remains likely, making seed treatment ineffective.
A rural tale recounts Peter’s unusual method to curb sparrows by attracting crows to harvest corn, causing a winter crop loss, nest raiding on other songbirds, and eventual crow symbiosis that tames the sparrow problem but harms song birds and annoys neighbors.
The Bardens cucumber vines show little fruit despite blossoms. Colorado Agricultural College notes two blossom types: male pollen bearing staminate flowers and pistillate female flowers. Cross pollination by insects transfers pollen, enabling fertilization and fruit development. Maintain vigorous growth with rich soil and ample moisture for ripening cucumbers.
A Prairie Farmer correspondent describes a grain sacker built from tin scraps, wood, and board strips forming a 6x6 inch box held by three inch wide strips. The hopper is hung on a post with hooks and a three foot long piece of material baited to the bag uses holes at the top, enabling one man to operate quickly.
Images show gutters and leaders misaligned as leaves collect. Water backup under eaves risk during heavy rain, possibly spilling over outer edges. Homeowners should clear gutters promptly to prevent damage to roofs and walls.
Chicago article reports Edgar Hettinger 11 Frederick Clark 10 and Eric Kell 10 stole $351 from Mrs Eya Clare a teacher at Richard Yates school. They entered lockers after class and hid the money. Police traced the trio, leading to confessions and plans for prosecution.
Father Vaughan, brother of the late cardinal, denounces fashionable society in Dublin at the Manston Mouse. He recounts a dream of a gambler seeking heavenly parity, who tours hell to find peers gambling for stakes. A society woman retrieves a pass to heaven, only to learn it is non transferable and tears it, returning to infernal fashion.
New York report describes George Chester starving in the streets near Amsterdam Avenue and Sixty-second Street. Policeman George Fox aided him and he was taken to Roosevelt Hospital after a fainting spell. Doctors called it starvation and treated him with care as his stomach could not handle food. The 49 year old man, homeless with worn clothing, claimed poverty but said his family was well off and that he could not find steady work. He had eaten only scraps for days.
John Campbell a 30 year old Californian rancher from between Morocco Junction and Sawtelle returned to Santa Monica from Ohio three months after leaving with his sweetheart. His left hand was severed at the wrist after a belt buckle scratch led to blood poisoning. He says he will win her back and return to the California ranch. A second fragment shows a diner scolding a waiter about cold eggs.
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