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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
6
A jumble of rural notes covers export beef myths, weather hazards in Wyoming, dairy labor woes, forestry experiments by Illinois Central, and odd farming anecdotes. It critiques price fixes, praises plow use, and outlines bed renewal for strawberries with practical gardening tips.
A series of practical notes on farming life covers safe investments at 8 4 percent, poultry as a secure living, and prudent care for cemeteries. It discusses farm dogs, windmills versus engines, and the Boer war impact on horse prices while urging interest in horses cattle pigs and fruit. It also notes grain values 1967 corn and shed coverings for strawberries and warns against oleomargarine fraud in government deals. It ends with sheep feeding findings from Iowa State College comparing grass alone to grain, and the economy of grass and grain feeds for lamb production in summer versus winter.
The new oleomargarine law imposes a 10 cent per pound tax on colored oleo and aims to curb fraud in dairy products. It could boost butter prices and milk production while expanding dairy industry growth, with legality uncertain and broader food legislation praised. It notes 160 million pounds produced last year and calls for improved dairy agriculture nationwide. Also warns urban hog-keeping harms neighborhoods and public spaces.
A Minnesota governor funded a fifty dollar gold medal for the creamery with the highest score from twelve monthly tubs. A young Swede running a backwoods dairy won, becoming as well known as the Brazilian with the dirigible balloon. The piece notes the improbability of any other winner when prizes target fine butter.
A rural instruction lists methods for weed control across crops and roadsides. It urges reducing stock in pastures to let grass recover, reed down and let sheep control pests in weed infested corn fields, enforce mowing laws on highways to cut weeds at the right season, and mulching gardens with straw where feasible.
Designs show two room and three room building plans for village schools. Plans rely on brick on a stone basement with the basement used for playrooms heating and coal storage.
A detailed prospectus extols a one story basement brick village school with 65 by 64 feet plan, two room layout, sunlit play areas, separate sexes access, and a $55 to $60 per scholar cost. It highlights sturdy construction, heating and ventilation, stone underpinning, red brick exterior, and durable schooltime as community progress. G. P.
The most convenient stable floor is cement, with movable plank stalls. In clayey soil a plank floor and plank gutters for manure work well. This setup allows temporary use and permits cement to be added later when funds allow.
A note advises never applying paint to a wall that is not perfectly dry to avoid damage. It argues that rushing jobs risks leaving streaks and that owners will appreciate refuseness to work on wet surfaces, protecting reputation.
Travelers register lists new timetable effective 5 a m Sunday May 25 1902 for Massillon station trains to the West and East with numerous daily and Sunday only departures. For details contact Teiket agent J A Shoemaker Massillon Ohio.
Travelers from Harrisburg to Philadelphia and New York can add ten days in Washington at no extra cost. The detour via the National Capital offers access to the Capitol Executive Mansion and many federal buildings. J A Shoemaker, ticket agent, provides full information on this itinerary.
Commencing May 11 1902 cars will leave Public Square Canton and Massillon every 40 minutes with listed departure times. Baggage and express service runs Canton at 6 45 a m 10 25 a m and 3 25 p m Massillon at 8 25 a m 11 30 a m for Navarre 1 25 p m and 4 45 p m Sundays early morning and late morning departures included.
Train schedules list daily and Sunday departures for various numbered trains on the G L W North and connections to Charleston Exposition. Through pullman sleeping cars run Cincinnati to Charleston via Queen Crescent and Southern Railway, with routes via Chattanooga, Atlanta and Augusta. Read the want columns daily.
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