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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1902
Page
3
A scattered 1900s era column covers sidewalk maintenance for widows, Canadian cheese export milestones, sparrow lore, corn and sugar tariff chatter, fruit and flower planting advice, potato yields in Colorado, lignite coal prospects, oleomargarine pricing, peas in home gardens, freight car shortages, and forestry thinning for healthy groves. It blends civic guidance with agricultural commentary and market observations.
Ten South Dakota farmers conducted a self run seed experiment with no experts. They planted corn at depths from one to ten inches during a dry seeding period. The ten inch depth produced the best crop while shallower depths failed completely. The piece also questions seed potato prices for spring noting large potato stocks and potential affordability after August 15.
The writer reports widespread farm institute attendance across the country. Farmers seek better information and methods to improve seed and stock, farm homes, and overall farm prosperity amid rising land values and progressive business trends.
A reader reports on registered stock and the revival of original types through simulative scrubs. The piece contrasts artificial improvements with the natural tendency to revert to base breeds and notes dishonest breeding practices. A woman in Iowa claims 550 Brown Leghorn hens yield about 1.50 dollars daily from eggs without incubators, fed liberally, conflicting with the limit of 150 to 200 hens per small farm.
Instruction article explains how to build a protected hot bed using a sunlit shelter, a box, manure, soil, and a glass cover. It notes care of temperature, ventilation, and a March cold spell cover to avoid overheating and advises sowing radish lettuce early cabbage and tomato in three to four days.
An article weighs options for a young man choosing between farming and railway careers. It argues the farm suits an average, prudent individual seeking independence and stability, while rail work risks stress and limited advancement as consolidations shrink openings. It asserts farming offers the best prospects if pursued intelligently.
Debate over a new cold storage method for cheese notes direct from press to storage at 10 to 44 degrees yielding slower, better tasting cheese. At a Milwaukee convention test scores showed near perfection with minor flaws in flavor and makeup. Experts urge broader trials to raise quality and prices. The piece also links livestock deaths to possible toxins from second growth sorghum and drought-affected corn fields, suggesting investigation into a common plant-toxin scenario.
The article argues that new Edison storage batteries will cheapen wind energy use in the western prairie, enabling wind farms to light homes and provide farm power for plows pumps irrigation churning grinding and more, making wind a practical common energy source for farmers.
Public items prepared by the Chicago and North Western Boy are offered free by mail upon postage. The listings include California Illustrated Postage, Milwaukee pictures, and a variety of readers on hunting, fishing, and the country. Address W. B. Kniskern Chicago, Fifth Ave.
A handsomely illustrated volume with 15 pages of historical lore on Northwest settlement. Includes half tone engravings of Black Hawk Sitting Bull Red Cloud and other chiefs plus ten colored plates and Custer's battle ground. Praised as a valued library addition. Mailed at 25 cents per copy by W. S. Kunis kern Chicago.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers greatly reduced fares from Chicago to Montana Idaho and North Pacific coast points from March 1 to April 20 1902. Fares include 380 to Butte Helena and Anaconda 350 to Spokane and 338 to Portland Tacoma Seattle Victoria and Vancouver. Routes via Omaha or St Paul. Contact any coupon ticket agent or FE G Hayden traveling passenger agent 217 218 Williamson Building Cleveland Ohio.
The railroad advertises very low rates during March and April from Chicago to Helena Butte Anaconda Ogden Salt Lake City Spokane Portland Seattle Tacoma Vancouver Victoria and other points. Tourist sleeping cars run daily from Chicago to the Pacific Coast. Maps and details available from ticket agents or A. Cleveland at 244 Superior Street Cleveland Ohio.
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