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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1903
Page
6
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Representatives in charge are named for the Washington Marlborough desk Harold J. Mabin, New York Nassau Street La Coste and Maxwell, Chicago Marquette Building Payne and Young.
The City of Muscatine Iowa invites sealed proposals by 7 30 p m December 17 1902 for sewerage improvements in Sub Sewerage Dist No 11 Main Sewerage Dist No 1 including 270 feet of 24 inch pipe 1080 feet of 18 inch 720 feet of 15 inch 1080 feet of 12 inch 720 feet of 19 inch 860 feet of 8 inch 1040 feet of 12 inch storm connections 15 man holes and 26 receiving basins The work starts by January 1 1904 and must finish by June 1 1904 Costs borne by bonds and special tax abutting property with cash balance by city The city reserves right to reject any bids James J Ryan City Treasurer Muscatine December 5 1903.
A mixed slice of early 20th century rural life discusses planning road work, crop prices, and the hog market. It highlights corn and straw berry timing, Kalamazoo celery worth, cotton yields, and a pharmacist’s promotion for Dr King’s New Discovery with a testimonial from Beall Miss.
The article notes a marked rise in cane sugar output this year while beet sugar declines. It states U S banana consumption amounts to 5 million dollars annually from Canary Islands and West Indies. It adds that butter with 98 percent score stems from science and careful practice, not accidents.
A skunk smothered in a big bin of wheat ruined a sale of 1000 bushels, leaving the grain only fit for hog feed. The silo dome on a well kept stock farm stands as a symbol of agriculture and community welfare.
A roaming impostor posed as a physician in a western community. He exploited trust by showing a picture of the state capitol as his private sanitarium and swindled several residents.
Changing financial conditions across the country are reflected in higher rates, with money now commanding at least two percent more interest than two years ago.
The text argues that average quality and common goods dominate output and profit, since they form the bulk of what is produced. It stresses practical usefulness over luxury, noting mid grade items drive most economic value.
A brown Swiss cow named Fluorine at the Cornell experiment station in New York recently produced 475.1 pounds of milk in seven days, yielding 23.1 pounds of butter, marking a notable milk and butter record for the facility.
A two year clover cover on an acre with 100 pounds of nitrogen costs $15 to supply. At $7.50 per year, the clover acts as a fertilizer worth that annual value.
On the state college grounds at Ames Iowa a dozen or more large thrifty trees are described as Siberian oaks grown from acorns imported twenty five years ago. The trees resemble swamp oak of the southern states and produce acorns over one inch long.
The text notes tomatoes can bear fruit in midwinter in a greenhouse with favorable conditions, but chrysanthemum blooms have never been observed outside late fall. It contrasts the flexibility of tomato cultivation with the seasonal blooming restriction of chrysanthemums.
A farmer extols red clover, praising its beauty and fertility benefits. He argues clover enriches the soil, signals big crops, and should be grown by more farmers who currently neglect it.
A large portion of the U S population is increasingly migratory as cold weather arrives. The text notes warm weather destinations Florida Texas New Mexico and southern California as popular winter havens and credits railways with encouraging this movement, especially for those over sixty.
The excerpt outlines udderly varying milk yields per cow from 125 to 300 pounds. It notes 300 pounds marks a very successful dairy herd, 250 pounds is good and profitable, 200 pounds acceptable with beef-type cows, and 125 to 150 pounds suggests selling the herd and exiting the dairy business.
A farmer refused 80 ares cash for his 240 acre farm then followed a visit from a northern friend that led him to buy wild land via a smooth talking agent. He borrowed against the farm, faced an 8000 debt due last summer, and was forced to sell the home farm at 65 per acre to cover the northern investment. He heads north to try his luck again.
The piece argues that quality in any breed depends on careful, rigid selection of the best specimens. If breeders neglect this process, even the best breed will decline like water running downhill.
A newspaper note states piano sales are down by about fifty percent from two years ago, suggesting economic hardship. The piece contrasts seven dollar hogs funding music on the prairies with four dollar hogs that merely squeal, implying reduced value or demand.
One compensation for a man who lost all or part of his crop this year due to river overflow is that unless the flood brought sand that covered his field the land has been enriched and fertilized by the overflow.
Cattle feeders across the West now use a more economical feed plan with three cent cattle and thirty cent corn this year, contrasting with last year’s four cent cattle and fifty cent corn and a steadily falling finished product market.
A western flouring mill uses trained ferrets to control rats and mice. The animals are fed fresh milk daily and emerge from their holes for it with predictable reliability. Neighbors with poultry might hear of ferrets outside in the future.
The piece describes a thirty year old deceit about curing hog cholera by burnt corn. It denounces the fake as part of a string of sensational methods including driving sick hogs, feeding them on dead relatives’ flesh, lye arsenic and sulphuric acid dosing, and tail cutting in a third quarter moon.
The man who scored 9S and the 97.8 scorer differed far more than the butter quality. The 98 scorer earned a silver cup, large cash prize, publicity in trade journals and his image, a salary raise, and a butter brand named after him, while the other lamented missing the mark by two tenths of one percent.
A western hog raiser once immune to hog cholera in a large herd boasted of his care and feeding methods. Seven years ago his luck changed as he lost 500 to 600 hogs in three separate instances and he now admits he knows nothing about preventing hog cholera.
At a state dairy convention 135 tubs of butter from 135 creameries were shown. The butter was praised as high quality with the finest examples described as world class. Twenty years earlier the state’s butter traded as soap grease and sold for 5 to 6 cents per pound before creameries improved the product and prices rose to over 24 cents.
The text argues that the main obstacle to dairy method adoption is the farmer who milks and feeds the cows. It describes a solution using farmer picnics with expert talks to encourage practical feeding and milking practices. It credits such gatherings with improved creamery quality and outlines economic benefits of corn canneries and milk condensers for rural wealth. It also urges better arbitration to settle neighbor disputes through three disinterested judges.
A friend asks for guidance on moving large evergreen trees. The article warns against moving or pruning evergreens as conifers rarely regrow wood after top removal and feeding roots are distant, suggesting planting new trees and using the old ones as firewood instead.
A compact farming maxim urges the trio of corn clover and cows as a profitable balance. The clover and corn form a balanced ration while cows utilize them, making soil richer and yielding bank credit plus interest.
A columnist recalls Offenbach firing a versatile valet who could shave cook tailor market and doctor horses noting the man’s fault was failing to keep his clothes from beating outside the door. The anecdote ends with Offenbach’s petulant remark that the valet would not keep in line for beating the clothes.
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