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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1907
Page
8
A Valley Farmer correspondent describes a wire bit sized like telegraph wire to pass through the cow’s mouth and loop behind the ears as a head stall. It prevents the tongue from suction while allowing normal eating and drinking.
Fall wheat requires humus rich soil to supply nitrogen and to aid in making minerals available. A humus rich soil has water holding power, aids capillary moisture rise, and soil preparation affects moisture retention. Fall plowing can hinder moisture rise, so sow between corn rows or cultivate lightly, then harrow twice. Fall plowing before spring sowing can mellow and compact the soil for better moisture movement.
Knowledge is valuable in dairying and can mean success or failure in feeding choices. The article urges studying hay types and concentrated feeds, avoiding prejudices, and assessing cow capacity to replace poor performers for better profits.
A Iowa station report advises butter salt must match moisture levels. Uniform moisture distribution prevents brine loss and uneven salting. Drain butter well after washing before salting and wait for a gathered texture. Three quarters to one ounce salt per pound butter is near correct for medium soft butter.
Denmark has about 1300 creameries producing roughly 100000 tons of butter annually. Intelligent dairying methods win, a separator owner can sell sweet skim milk, metals should be avoided in butter, salt causes rust, sunshine harms bacteria, sun dry milking utensils, and fattening old cows for beef loses profitability as corn prices rise.
Farmers debate optimal breeding age for heifers. Most are bred too young affecting size and efficiency. Dairy heifers can be bred earlier than beef ones if milking by hand, but beef cows should wait until 18 to 22 months unless raised small or unusually strong. Breeding before full maturity raises abortion risk and weakens the system.
A simple carpentry plan describes building a milk stool box measuring 12 by 16 inches with a depth of 4 inches. It specifies crafting legs three inches wide and nine inches long to support the box.
A Missouri Valley Farmer correspondent notes Wisconsin farmers milk three hours daily and adapt stools with grain sacking nailed to three sides and filled with excelsior to create cushions for comfort.
A Farm Journal caution warns against mean dogs near cows and stables as a risk to milk quality. The article urges clean, well behaved dogs and emphasizes proper can rinsing with boiling water and sun drying to prevent typhoid germs from contaminating milk.
Capt John L Ely of Co E 17th Ohio living in Newton Kansas recalls kidney troubles from the Civil War and says Dean's Kidney Pills cured him after starting in 1901. He details back pain and urine retention before relief and states he has remained well since. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A crowded Broadway streetcar carries six in a line seat with push and crowding. A small man, crushed by the surrounding passengers, slides under the rail and falls from the car. A frightened passenger asks if he died by his own action while a pretty girl claims the coveted end gear.
Mrs Keim of New York reports her three children developed eczema over five months with itching sores on the head. After limited relief at a dispensary, use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment led to clear heads within weeks, with no visible sores remaining.
A handsome bachelor told nine women he would marry the one chosen by secret vote. Each of the nine ballots cast for a different woman with disguised handwriting. The bachelor remains single, the friendship dissolves, and the women vow not to speak to him again.
A Wisconsin merchant's clerk reports localSwedes Yim Yonson Yim Olesen and Bill Pack promise payments at hedged times. The clerk notes Bills claim to pay in January on a very cold day, reflecting a humorous miscommunication from Harper's Weekly.
After a honeymoon at Niagara Falls the couple returns to farm life. Cynthia teases Sile as he grumbles about hard butter making. She cites a poet about love moving the world while he laments not making the churn go round.
A Wilkes Barre nurse reports coffee substitutes Postum improved her headaches and indigestion within two weeks. She notes Postum aids milk flow in nursing mothers and calms nervousness when replacing tea or coffee, and comments on proper preparation and serving.
A letter from Battleford Sask dated Aug 4 1907 explains new Canadian land rules allowing family entries for homesteads with a $10 fee. a Chicago immigrant Mr Gerts describes 480 acres near Cat Knife district, oats yields, weather, and rail progress while praising industry and self sufficiency in western Canada.
An American contractor at the base of the great pyramid describes the monument as a big pile and says a US craftsman would be roasted for such work. He leaves in disappointment and consoles himself with a camel ride, the animal meeting anticipated traits.
The text argues deafness cannot be cured by focal applications and blames inflammation of the Eustachian tube as the cause. It offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar claim for cure and promotes various other medical and consumer notices with multiple ad-like lines.
The article notes Washington's monument stands 555 feet tall and imagines a chain of eyes shipping from 50 counties in the state, with 64 remaining, and if placed end to end would form a monument 221,882 times higher than the Washington shaft.
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