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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1902
Page
10
The column notes a poor peanut crop and ongoing rains delaying price normalization for meat and crops. It contrasts dry weather with brome grass gains, rye and flax observations, and farm practices needing modernization to survive higher costs and shifting markets.
Corn sold higher than wheat in the fore part of July, an uncommon and unhealthy condition. The article notes forty cents is enough for corn for any purpose, signaling a notable price disparity in the market.
Sunday sees poor turnout as weather and light help slow harvest in Kansas. Men work the fields while women and children attend church and Sunday school amid large crops and tight schedules.
The Mount Vernon and the Gandy will be found two of the most desirable late strawberries to plant and will extend the strawberry season by about a week or ten days beyond other varieties.
The author praises improved cattle breeds but favors the Jersey cow for home use. He notes her uniform gentleness rich milk and good looks as reasons she is an ideal family cow.
In farm observations the Jersey Red hogs produce more piglets than Poland-China. The breed proves 25 percent more prolific, a factor when six weeks old pigs sell for four to five dollars.
Barley proves safer on rich land than oats by producing similar feed per acre while giving less straw and maturing faster. It also benefits young clover and timothy when the field is seeded down.
A reader extols a new garden vegetable grown this year, describing its beet family relatives and large tender leaves. When boiled the greens are notably soft and palatable, and the writer suggests trying it next season.
A guest complained that the hotel dining room served oatmeal undercooked and hard to digest. The reviewer urged cooking oats for at least four hours to ensure proper texture and safety.
A friend with a productive garden has rows that are crooked and curtains hung askew. The scene shows a practical space shaped by a quirky, crooked aesthetic rather than ornamental appeal.
A friend sought to sell a fat cow to a local butcher who offered five cents a pound. The owner refused to weigh, insisting on selling at 1200 pounds. The cow, a grade Short horn, was described as broad and blocky. the owner guessed 313.65 dollars, a guess he should have checked with a scale.
Rising beef and pork prices push consumers toward sheep farming and increased mutton consumption. On average, sheep production costs are lower than beef or pork, suggesting a change in rural livestock practices.
A farmer can spend about two thousand dollars to construct a good modern residence with proper architecture and equipment. Spending above that amount is framed as vanity rather than utility.
Claim asserts 1,500 men lose work due to the new oleomargarine measure, but the text argues each worker is needed in the legitimate dairy interests of the country.
A man paid $100 for a Shorthorn cow last fall and faced ridicule from neighbors. In May he sold the cow’s two month old calf for $50, and the taunting stopped as the sale proved a payoff.
The report notes two inches of rain and three days of 90 degree heat accelerate crop development. Nature is said to achieve in three days what a month at 60 degrees would not.
There are greater possibilities locked up with the alfalfa plant than any other known to modern agriculture. It has been demonstrated that alfalfa can be made to bring wealth to millions of acres of land that is currently almost unproductive.
A hired hand tied his team to a valuable seven year old hard maple shade tree for a short time, the horses peeled the tree and ruined it. The owner, noting the tree’s seven years of growth, spoke wryly about the incident and its impact.
The article advises preparing onion land a year ahead by thorough weed eradication and preventing any weed seeds. It stresses fertilizing, achieving good soil quality, and avoiding seed production to minimize labor while maximizing yields.
The author claims older spinsters lack practical parenting knowledge. They rely on theory, but successful training requires understanding each child's unique temperament and fears. No two kids respond to the same approach.
The wild grape is clean, hardy, and graceful with abundant jelly fruit. In bloom it is fragrant, and it should be planted to cover porches, outhouses, and fences between the home lot and yard.
The article warns that scattered rainfall in the west and northwest tempts home seekers to buy land and farm it like eastern regions. It notes land costs from five to fifteen dollars per acre, despite evidence that settlement does not increase rainfall and that such soil is often unsuitable for cultivation.
An article notes a movement to form large creamery concerns that buy and handle milk within 100 to 200 miles, paying higher prices than local creameries. It warns the dairyman to stay with home firms to avoid a future trust that may crush competition and alter prices.
A July 1 tax cut of 75000 dollars favored financiers and traders, not the common people who still pay high sugar prices. The editor questions the sugar tax as illogical and burdensome, likening it to India's salt tax and urging partial relief for ordinary consumers.
A large strawberry bed is renewed after harvest. Workers mow to ground level, rake, and plow with a cultivator, leaving a narrow strip of plants. The bed receives well rotted manure, will be cultivated again, and new plants will run and set for next year’s crop before final plowing after another harvest.
The article stresses corn as the country’s key food staple surpassing cotton wheat and iron in impact on business. It notes corn’s central role and that even a bumper 1902 crop could not depress prices enough to make corn unprofitable due to prior depletion of old corn stocks.
The narrator, a tintype photographer, earns a large haul in Red Hat through a series of comic encounters. He charges 25 dollars to pit his dog against a rival’s canine, wins 85 dollars ahead, and outsmarts a scheming old boss who tries to ride for cash, leaving with a calm heart and boodle.
Umberto Diamanti, a 22 year old Roman cyclist, rode a bicycle along the top of the Tiber embankment and dived into the river, then swam ashore with the machine. He defeated rival Borghi on foot in a tense event watched by dense crowds and lauded for nerve and precision in midair and water.
Charles Preble a prominent Lanham Nebraska farmer and stockman near Lanham undertook three suicide attempts before succeeding. He first fired at himself but missed a vital spot, then jumped into a fifty foot well where relatives rescued him, and finally hanged himself from a barn rafter after floods ruined his crops leaving him despondent.
Train schedule shows travel from Montezuma to Muscatine with departures and arrivals. Passenger service indicates limited Sunday access and a 6:00 PM arrival in Muscatine. C M Govuto, agent, oversees the service and connection notes.
Train Nos 11 12 7 8 15 16 29 30 reformatted routes with changes to Washington Evans Kansas City and California through services. Nos 7 8 85 and 86 now run to Evans. Nos 15 16 run daily except Sunday. Nos 29 30 through to Kansas City Kansas City of Mexico and California. Wilton Muscatine branch daily except Sunday with listed departure and arrival times.
South Bound Trains No 2 No 4 depart Elrick Junction for Muscatine with morning and afternoon runs from Wapello Grandview Fruitland and Roundhouse to Muscatine. Connections link with BCR&N at Wapello and Iowa Central at Elrick Junction for Peoria Monmouth and east or west routes. Special Saturday and Monday schedules outline late evening and early morning departures. Charles Howard General Agent.
At Elrick Junction Iowa Central lists daily No 3 St Paul Express at 9.10 p m No 5 Mason City Mall ex Sup 11 59 am No 25 Way Freight ex Sun 10 08 m Going South No 6 Peoria Mall ex Sun 2 45 pm No 4 Peoria Express daily 5 36 8 m No 16 Way Freight ex Sun 1 50 pm Coupon tickets available to all points in United States Canada and Mexico Contact Geo S Batty Marshalltown and L Seevers Elrick Junction for rates folders and tickets
Davenport steamer Ulen Uelen Air runs Monday Wednesday Friday at 6 30 a m Sunday 7 am. Steamer W J Young Jr sails Monday Wednesday Friday at 7 pm. Burlington steamer Ulen Blair runs Monday Wednesday Friday at 8 30 pm. Steamer W J Young Jr sails Tuesday Thursday Saturday at 2c. For further information contact W A Blair manager or W G Block agent.
The Diamond Jo Line lists north and south bound sailings from Muscatine to St Louis and St Paul with dates for Steamer Dubuque and Steamer Quincy. Departure times from Muscatine and St Louis connections are given along with travel times and arrival windows.
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