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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1902
Page
6
A compilation of agricultural notes and rural observations, citing Minnesota dog taxation, Kansas sunflowers, buffalo grass issues, soil value for orchards, fall berry and grape practices, and crop prospects. Weather, meat prices, hog profitability, and livestock trends are discussed amid Midwest farming themes and homesteading shifts in the West.
The article discusses shift to bushel boxes for packing apples, claiming less bruising, easier handling, and better retailer fit. It also covers Michigan peach production, weather influences, a boy driving Percheron horses, strawberry bed protection, and farming outlook including corn, dairy pricing, and millet as cattle feed.
A retired farmer weighs selling his farm for 160 acres at 5 per acre versus keeping it and taking a cash rent. He calculates net income from rent at about 420 dollars with taxes and insurance, versus 504 net if he reinvests at five percent, noting risks and potential higher earnings from farming. He concludes the investment is safe but considers hiring a capable manager or keeping the farm.
The speaker muses on an ideal home in a valley farm or ranch across northern California or southern Oregon with ample rainfall for crops mild winters and abundant wildlife. They envision fruits flowers sea foods trout pheasants and deer, near the Pacific and snow capped peaks, yet conclude such Elysium may not exist.
No progress is seen in any line more than agriculture. Old slips and backbreaking work yield to scientific farming, improved breeds, and farm institute efforts. Invention reduces drudgery and enables quicker, cheaper, more satisfying farm work.
The author argues that the old proverb about tillage is only partly true. Subsoil, season, crop choice, and prior field moisture determine plowing outcomes. Deep spring plowing often harms soils, especially for cereals, and should be timed carefully, potentially delaying until August.
The article notes no recent Belgian hare sales at 250 dollars each and reports hare meat has not become common for epicures or the public. The program to feed the poor with hare meat failed, leaving the poor to rely on salt pork, soup bones, and liver as before.
To eat heartily and to sleep sound ly are two important compensations for some of the disagreeable fea tures of farm life. You go to your home at eventide after your day's work afield and, while your name may be unknown outside of your own county and while you may have neither stocks nor bonds to your credit in the bank and though you often feel that you do not fill a very large place in the great world, know that your lot is one of the most favored on earth and that many a millionaire would give all his gold for your stomach, many a statesman all his popularity for your peace of mind, many a great man alt his fame for your quiet and approving conscience.
Professor Adolph Lorenz of Austria discusses his life and groundbreaking hip dislocation surgery. He explains past methods, the shift to manipulation without a knife, and the need for careful post reduction care including a six month plaster cast to deepen the socket while aiding natural healing. He emphasizes helping all, regardless of wealth.
Dr Morley Wickett, sent by the Canadian Manufacturers association to Yukon, reports on conditions including mining methods, transport, climate, winter travel and assay office market peculiarities. He says gold bearing sands cover a vast area and the camp remains important for years with production costs down about 50 percent since 1899. Dawson City in transition. credit tighter and consolidation rising. If mining does not relapse, business conditions should stay stable.
Paris trend shows lanterns worn as personal adornment. A speculative maker’s petite lanterns, lit and Gothic in style, sold tens of thousands at the Neuilly fair. The lantern is small, neat, and modeled on ancient designs.
Train No 34 leaves Cresslin Sundays 600 am arrives Pittsburgh 1250 pm. Connections at Orrville Mansfield Alliance Niles Youngstown for Cleveland Columbus Tiffin Toledo. Time cards and through tickets available via Pennsylvania Lines agents. Reduced settlers tickets Chicago to Montana Idaho Oregon Washington British Columbia Sept 1 to Oct 31 1902 details from agents Campbell Pond.
Public Square Canton and Massillon train times begin October 6 with frequent daily departures and Sunday service details. Baggage express times from Canton and Massillon listed. Special daylight trips to Cleveland and Buffalo canceled. steamers depart Cleveland and Buffalo on set daily times until December 1. G W Romps is general manager. routes via Fort Wayne and Grand Rapids. agent J A Shoemaker offered for tickets.
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