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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1909
Page
6
A portable evaporative cooler design by Miller Purvis uses a skeleton frame, burlap sides, and a water soaked box to keep milk butter and meat cool in heat above 100 degrees. The method relies on water seeping and evaporating to lower interior temperatures, with a galvanized tub adaptation and simple hand tools.
Instructions for garden care in July cover weed seed burning pruning, soil richness, mulch, bone meal, staking, and pest control. Advice emphasizes not overfeeding, proper watering, pinching growth for bloom, transplanting wildflowers later, and burning weeds before seed set. Includes guidance for roses, peonies, cannas, caladiums, pansies, nasturtiums and flowers like tuberoses and dahlias.
Early guidance from New Jersey outlines mosquito life cycles and practical steps to remove breeding sites. Kill visible mosquitoes, drain stagnant water, cover rain barrels, seal cesspools, fumigate cellars, and treat remaining pools with kerosene to kill wrigglers and eggs.
H F Briggs of Starkey writes that the Blue Mountain forest reserve has revived prospects for small farmers and home builders in Oregon. He notes land values rise, stock costs drop, and sheep are hindered mainly by coyotes, while draft horses and beef cattle yield profits. He praises government aid to small farmers over concentrating wealth.
A homemaker guide recommends fashioning a stove lid holder from an old cotton stocking cut at the ankle and folded into a square, with a brass ring for hanging. It explains making a 1 by 6 foot plank stand with hinged leg supports to fold flat for storage and notes pumice stone aids for cleaning iron cookware and saving nails.
A guide for boys to start a small scale poultry business with six hens and a rooster. Build a simple house from two piano boxes, choose productive hens, set eggs under a broody hen, and expand housing as stock grows using economical tar paper and inexpensive materials. Estimated initial cost around eight dollars.
Logan Page outlines how counties should raise and spend road funds, emphasizing selecting the right road class, expert guidance, and careful planning before bonding. He cites Pike County Alabama as a success story where sand clay roads were built with a 143000 bond issue, netting rapid, lasting improvements and broad local support.
Pumpkin seeds are described as a home remedy to expel worms in sheep including tapeworms due to a special element. Advice stresses buying the best ram, varying feed, and maintaining wool away from the eyes to prevent eye trouble.
Farmers weigh fall seeding of grass with fall grains as preferable in some locales due to soil condition weather and winter snow—fallsowings may improve moisture retention weed control and hay yield while reducing frost damage and weed pressure in the following spring.
The guide warns hunters to keep guns safe and controlled in the field. Do not point at dogs or people and avoid shooting near houses. Stop when you have enough game and keep cool on big targets. Clean and maintain the gun to prevent malfunctions.
The Nebraska experiment station reports tests on bone strength in pigs fed corn with various supplements. After twenty two weeks the average breaking strength per 100 pounds live weight rose from 325 pounds with corn alone to 681 pounds with corn and ground bone, across five feeding lots.
The Department of Agriculture has developed a Peruvian alfalfa strain that grows faster than ordinary types, starts earlier in spring, continues later into autumn, and tolerates colder conditions. Its northern introduction is expected soon.
A compact overview of proper implements to conserve soil moisture in dry farming. It highlights essential tools, their use, and how they help reduce evaporation and improve water efficiency for crops.
The United States Department of Agriculture distributes free bulletins on tobacco cultivation in Kentucky and Tennessee, plant propagation, sheep grading, steer feeding, and pig feeding. Each bulletin presents methods, tools, illustrations, and economic insights for farmers and orchardists nationwide.
The article extols dairy farming as the best farm enrichment. It advises cooling milk immediately, earning at least 45 dollars to net 10 per cow annually, and emphasizes cleanliness, pure water, and avoiding problematic cows. It warns against overripe cream and overworked butter and notes milk's nutritive value.
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