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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1905
Page
12
Time table notes arrival times on the Wilton main line for east bound and west bound trains. East bound services include No 20 daily No 38 except Sunday No 24 daily except Sunday. West bound schedules show No 87 daily No 23 except Sunday No 1 except Sunday No 10 daily.
The notice lists daily train times between Elrick and Muscatine with morning and evening departures and arrivals. It notes a Saturday exception with an 8:00 p.m. departure from Elrick Junction and a 0:45 p.m. arrival at Muscatine, connecting with the Iowa Central line.
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The government forestry department urges planting cottonwood on overflowed Mississippi bottom lands. Dry farming is highlighted as a breakthrough in semiarid Wyoming and Colorado, storing moisture for crops and boosting yields.
Canada expanded pea production last year by 14 million acres and yielded an average crop of nineteen bushels per acre.
The article argues Cuba could supply all winter needs if cultivated as intensively as Holland or Jersey. Montana woolmen report a record year with over 9 million dollars from clip and lambs at five to seven cents per pound. Weather forecasting humor follows with a note on confidently predicting two weeks or a month ahead.
A farmer reports success eradicating quack grass by fencing patches and turning hogs loose to root it out. The idea is praised as worth trying. The note shifts to a separate sighting of a lawn caretaker and then to German meat prices for beef pork and veal, inviting comparison with local costs.
The article notes that continuous electric light greatly accelerates vegetable growth and mentions twenty hours of sunshine in the far north speeding flowering. It also discusses taxation funding for highways and a gardener who releases toads to control garden pests, praising the toad as an valuable insect destroyer.
A caller recalls storms with odd conditions including a five hour electrical storm that produced no rainfall, and another with a heavy snow fall.
A farm automobile imported to Scotland adapts to plowing sowing cultivating and reaping and can be stationary power for barn work when not in use. It costs about 1500 dollars and performs at half the cost of horsepower.
The text argues that living in places with easy access to clothing and shelter reduces effort, while northern regions spur energy due to the necessity of earning a living in summer to avoid starvation and freezing in winter. It links laziness to abundant comfort and resilience to harsh climate.
The article notes apple trees in the central west grow smaller and live shorter than eastern trees. It cites a west tree forty five years old with a butt diameter under nine inches and an eastern trunk large enough to be a saw log.
With a farming area one third the size of New York, Denmark exports $33 per person in agricultural products while the United States exports $11. Denmark ships as many eggs as New York, twenty times butter, one fifth pork, and as many horses. Measured by results, Scandinavians are the best farmers.
The piece notes a strong publicity push to promote ginseng cultivation mirroring past fads like the Belgian hare. It argues profits came from selling roots and seeds to US enthusiasts, not from selling roots to Chinese buyers, the plant's primary end users.
The west’s most successful dairyman is H. D. Griswold of La Crosse Wisconsin. On fifty acres he keeps twenty eight Guernsey cows with a winter and summer silo. Cows averaged 454 pounds of butter and 886 per head in sales. He spent under 500 dollars on outside feed, with hogs potatoes and calves meeting needs, maintaining year round dairy on limited land. He sets a high standard for up to date dairying and intensive farming.
Four milk shippers near Philadelphia were arrested last week on watering milk charges with bonds set at 500 dollars each. The farmer who waters milk and the sugar merchant who sands their product face similar charges. The piece emphasizes drainage as essential for good roads and cites an ancient strike in Thebes around 1450 B C. It notes English gardeners lack heat and sunshine for many crops but excel at cherries, cauliflower, gooseberries, and celery.
The butchers of New York organize a cooperative to buy meat directly and slaughter in-house, aiming to resist the beef trust through united action.
Texas cattlemen begin removing horns from calves in the cattle region. The move aims to increase profitability and enable ocean shipment, with an anticipated value increase of about $2 per head.
Farmers now haul wool to town as the most valuable load, with cases near a thousand dollars. Previously buyers required prepayment of freight to commission houses, but wiser laws and Australia’s drought changed this, improving sheepmen’s selling conditions.
The analysis concludes sowing clover with a nurse crop of small grain offers no appreciable advantage. Clover mainly stays alive until the nurse crop is removed, and its fertilizing effect only activates in the second year, providing no measurable benefit to the companion crop.
A critic ridicules a scientist claiming bananas match beefsteak in nutrition. The writer jokes that a banana ration would fatten the critic on a farm and notes banana eating nations as pot bellied, arguing chemistry and facts don’t align.
Many children crave ponies and the Shetland pony fills the role as a suitable family pet. Pure bred Shetlands weigh 275 to 400 pounds and stand 40 to 46 inches tall. Their small size arose from harsh island conditions including scarce food and cold climate.
The speaker questions a man's insatiable hunger for money, arguing wealth has become a disease eroding joy and humanity. He notes the man’s wealth cannot improve status or life, only fuel power over others, leading to neglect of meaningful ties and a looming obituary. Do you know him?
The English sparrow nests from March to July or later and may hatch two to four broods. Quail sometimes hatch two broods. many birds may incubate a second time if nests are broken, but in general most birds raise one brood per year to prevent widespread pests for farmers and fruit growers.
Thoroughbreds arise from long deliberate selection and breeding to a refined type. Left to nature, they revert toward original scrub types within a few generations. This principle applies to poultry grains and fruits as well. Maintaining excellence requires continual infusion of superior blood.
The writer lists three enduring farmer: weeds insects and unpredictable climate. He argues weeds threaten fertility if not kept in check, insects threaten every crop, and frosts floods droughts cyclones hail and heat extremes are beyond farmer control.
The passage highlights Peace River country in northwestern Canada around latitude 58 as a fine farming region suitable for wheat oats and barley. It notes a six week winter feeding period for stock and credits warm influences from the Japan current and chinook winds moderating extreme northern latitude.
From many correspondents Morning Sun reports social visits travel and local events across towns including Keota Trenton Burlington Duluth and Omaha. Community activities include school board appointment and church services while bands plan an open air concert and visitors stay with local families.
Miss Ruth Willitt s returns home after a month with Mrs Frank Huston in Schickley Neb. John Noble visits brothers Leroy and J Noble and sister Mrs M N Fleming in Centerville S D. Mrs Sherman Kerch in Burlington with others shopping. Dr Moore Joy called to Mar n for Nelson Stevenson heat exhaustion. Miss Ruth Feigher returns to Rock Island after visit with Miss Josie Moseley.
Miss Elsie Neidig of Muscatine visited her sister Mrs. B H DeCamp on Tuesday. Russel Moore stays with his parents Mr and Mrs Dc O Moore. Dennis Miles hosted relatives from Lee county. Elmer Corwin, month in Muscatine, returned home Monday. Mary DeCamp of Letts visits son P W DeCamp. Blanche Cunningham departed for Princeton Missouri after a week with her sister Mrs W M Greeman. Florence visited her parents A F Kemp who is slowly improving.
Miss Amanda McDowel of West Branch visits aunt Mrs J A Hindman at Toolesboro. Mrs W A Sprague returns from Ft Madison trip. A son born to Mr and Mrs Tom Coffield on August 12. Eva and Maggie Brock of Keithsburg visit grandmother Mrs Gellie. Mrs Charlie Reynolds of Oakville visits sister Mrs Coffield. Mrs Jack Smire is quite sick. Dr Bolding of Oakville summoned Monday.
John Perczek visited Iowa City Sunday while Mrs. H Husen from Muscatine stayed with her sister Mrs Wm Timmerman in Lincoln. Claus Wiese traveled to West Liberty on business Friday. The O Learys are entertaining their ...
Memphicousin Mrs O Leary and Mrs Lucy Porter teach in No 7. Geo Reiland shipped cattle and hogs to Chicago. Perezek family visits Iowa City. Mrs Mike Schuessler and children travel to Iowa City. Will Jacoby may return to Lincoln. Schuesslers visit Attigs near Lone Tree. Heavy rain damages corn fields. hail coats porches in places. Ice cream forms from hail in one location.
Fairport Ridge August news lists visits among local families. Henry Kemper Meyers and Mrs Meyers of Muscatine attended with John Kemper family. Esther Kemper and Elmer Kemper spent Sunday at home. Other calls include Feustel Pazderskis at Davenport and Pine Mills threshing aid. An ice cream social by New Era Culture Club is set for August 24 at New Era Park.
Stomach liver and kidney troubles are claimed cured by Electric Bitters. The ad promises wonder and relief, urging readers to try the remedy with a 50 cent guarantee from Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
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