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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1913
Page
3
Extension Department launches a broad drive to grow alfalfa on every farm. Professor Holden will direct with automobile campaign trains and farmer meetings. Alfalfa literature, articles, and school events to raise yields and rural prosperity.
A collection of Charles M. Carrolls statements extolling alfalfa as soil improver drought resistant and profitable fodder. The text shifts to census data noting the western movement of grain production since 1850 and pondering irrigation impacts on future grain field locations.
Alfalfa is presented as the best forage for all livestock including horses and hogs. It is praised as a hay, silage crop, and pasture with strong tap roots, capable of three to four cuttings annually and long-term productivity. sowing alfalfa with oats or barley is discouraged due to water competition.
Quote by J. W. Spillman praises alfalfa as the richest hay food in modern agriculture, noting its advanced development and significance for farming.
Alfalfa excels every other crop. Household Hints advise on linoleum dressing using equal parts linseed oil and cider vinegar, and a grease spot remover using fuller's earth and water. Directions for a broom holder and dusting walls with canton flannel bags are included.
Quotations from the Galveston News and Denver Times note women’s roles and beauty aims. Parisian women supposedly follow a Spartan rule to avoid gossip, while Denver Times reports skirts not to widen but not narrower, as Euclid says the outside cannot be smaller than the inside, per the Springfield Republican.
Charles E. Yanney of McLean County matches alfalfa to hog production on a six acre plot on the George S. Hanna Place. Starting in 1906 with seed and intensive tillage, the stand grew four inches that fall. By 1907 yield reached two tons per acre, and 1908 saw strong returns from pasturing and three hay cuttings. Hog gains, corn fed, and hay value produced $693.00 from six acres, about $115.50 per acre, with later years showing continued profitability despite winter losses.
The passage extols alfalfa as the peak of modern farming noting its value as a gift of nature. It is described as a preserver of the homestead and a reliable crop that thrives in sunshine and turns sunbeams into wealth for thrifty farmers, likening it to a mortgage lifter.
Analysis notes alfalfa is highly valued in the Corn Belt due to plentiful starch and limited protein. The region’s forage needs push alfalfa’s appeal as a protein source for livestock feeds.
Illinois aviary politician A P Grout of Winchester states alfalfa offers untold wealth to farms and urges wider use. Ohio expert Joseph Wing, with 160 acres, touts alfalfa as a durable perennial usable three to five times yearly and highly valuable for livestock feeding and pasture.
A light exchange from the Chicago Record Herald questions a husband's pledge to quit smoking while noting a gentle temperament. The Baltimore American weighs in on higher education in colleges and football. A motorist’s swagger turns to car trouble ten miles from town as cyclists calendar notes outings.
A series of brief, humorous exchanges spans flirtatious looks in a social setting and a waiter’s witty reply about abolishing tips next week. A cartoonish fly observes its swarm and declares itself akin to a Carnegie, poking fun at social status.
The story recalls Iowa Governor Larrabee helping Mickey Burke, a poor, dirty boy, by teaching him cleanliness and dressing him neatly. He then tries to secure the boy a job, first with a local merchant who rejects him, prompting Mickey to ask why the governor cannot hire him himself.
Harper's Weekly recounts an Idaho tale of an acacia tree that closes its leaves at dusk and, when touched, shakes its branches violently and emits a nauseating odor. Reported by campers who stretched a canvas over the plant and witnessed escalating agitation.
A curious sketch of English on Tokyo watercraft shows owners mispronouncing phrases such as Howjindu Maru as a single word and adopting Japanese suffixes. Other locals adopt playful labels like cheerful berber and high wash man while shop signs advertise Nourishing Drugs.
In a rare Commons moment, Dorsetshire MP Lile Drax addressed Wareham electors warning of a circulating report that tenants and dependents should vote their conscience. He declares no such wish and insists these people should vote for him.
A father advises his son to use illustrations in speech a lesson on generosity follows. The boy replies with a pun on illustrate to show understanding. From the New York Journal.
Dialogues from a London Telegraph item and a Pittsburgh Post notice describe a man asked if he is self made, a daughter’s remark on his face, and a planned visit to shops as showers pass.
A humorous exchange shows a wife scolding her husband for not seeking her advice. He replies that she does not wait to be asked, while a moral line notes grief hallows hearts though it ages heads.
A family box of records and heirlooms yielded an old open face watch that ticked briefly when moved. The watch’s sudden life puzzled the women who opened the box, though a watchmaker noted such momentary activity is not unusual in disturbed timepieces.
The gray bearded philosopher replies that friendship is a mutual understanding while love is a mutual misunderstanding, offered to a young person in a study. The exchange presents a concise contrast in human bonds.
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