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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
3
A mix of farm tips and anecdotes on efficiency and crops. Notes on profitable ice, corn stubble reclamation, fences, and plowing timing. Comments on Jersey Red pigs, oleomargarine reform, currant worm control, desert land reservoirs, and a New York cheese factory venture. Includes social quips and livestock records from Jersey show.
A rustic survey contrasts strong men selling wares with the quality of railway dining car meals. It notes a butcher’s praise for dining car steaks and laments discontent in labor and society while urging personal integrity and kindness, especially in supporting wives and daughters who cultivate flowers.
The writer doubts cheap funds in the far west utility region, noting uncertain rainfall and hostile southwest winds hamper crops. Despite fertile soil, drought and hail risk persist, making lands best suited for cattle and horses rather than grain. Future improvements may raise moisture efficiency, but ample rainfall remains the exception. Land value lies in stock range use, not cereal grafts.
The article argues that farm product prices depend on demand from both foreign and domestic buyers and on steady employment. With factories and railways operating at full capacity, consumer buying power remains solid, reducing the chance of a speculative price spike and likely keeping prices stable for farmers this period.
A historical discussion weighs how many hours a farmer may require of hired men with ten hours seen as plenty for chores and field work, while some push to fourteen to sixteen. The piece notes farms moving toward a ten hour day amid improved tools, then shifts to Siberian railway parallels and cereal production. It ends critiquing seed distribution and congressional access.
Feature on a center hall design suitable for a 40 foot lot detailing a reception hall library dining room and kitchen arrangement. Highlights include a bright hall with a broad window over the stair, a connected dining room and kitchen passage with lighted cathedral glass and practical work layout.
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