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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1905
Page
12
The piece extols irrigation as a transformative force in the western United States. It cites strawberries at 7 cents a box as profitable and notes a cannery with unsold stock. A desert tract irrigated by 1903 now hosts 1200 residents, farms, towns, and expanded infrastructure, signaling government schemes will boost farming nationwide.
The article compiles quips about a Danish farmer paying a fine for a bad egg and being trusted thereafter, questions from an English visitor about corn, and a colored farmer with wealth altering racial perceptions in the South. It also notes Bradder Jones being financially successful enough to curb derogatory reference.
A partial drainage system for a west sloughy area has stocked many ponds and sloughs with fish. The belief is that the main ditch with a river link lured fish away from the river and inland via tile drains.
The writer cautions against buying sheep now due to high prices and potential unprofitability. They warn of sheep sold for low prices after purchase and advise buying when others want to give them away. The piece links road quality to farm transport, noting bad roads disrupt crop movement, fill yards with idle cars, strain rail capacity, and cause price fluctuations.
The article argues rich and poor car owners support a tax on automobiles with proceeds used solely for road improvements. It laments the Western country roads are often unusable for enjoyable auto travel due to mud holes and ruts. A pasture near a fence shows ten American buffalo, symbols of a vanishing wild past.
The passage argues farmers who treat seed potatoes with corrosive sublimate, seed-eat with formalin, test seed corn, and spray fruit trees achieve higher yields and profits. It extols meticulous care as essential in any manufacturing or business to avoid failure and bank ruin.
A prominent music educator opens a school in Devils Lake ND, recalling 1863 Sioux conflict pursuit. The writer contrasts harsh frontier life with today’s prosperous state, thriving culture, and modern enterprise, noting Little Crow, buffalo, and harsh landscape are replaced by white settlement and advancement.
A Vermont four acre corn field is described as benefiting from hand work and light cultivation. The piece argues western practice requires multiple implements including harrows, cultivators, and a eight toothed one horse implement for late cultivation to ensure clean fields and higher yields in dry seasons.
Opinions differ on dragging corn after rows appear. Proper use depends on soil, drag type, and field cleanliness. A light backward angled harrow may be used to four inches high if ground is dry and field clear. heavy or rough ground requires no drag.
A landowner who farms thousands of acres spent 1.7 more than road taxes over four years to grade and fix roads through his property. He graded a forty foot wide strip, plowed to the grade edge, and kept the highway free of weeds. Trustees threatened action claiming obstruction, but later left him alone. The piece ends with a proverb about corn and cultivators.
The piece argues highways into country towns affect trade and future growth. It notes towns raise funds for parades and celebrations but seldom invest in road improvements, which could vastly boost commerce. improving tributary roads would multiply the impact of public spending.
Guard Harry Moffitt recounts Purcell’s deep sorrow over a 12 year sentence for attempting to shoot his wife. Purcell, praised as a model prisoner, remains docile with good health and occasional smiles at a familiar guard. Also notes Kid Noble and George Wright, both serving life for murder.
Homeseekers to the Northwest on Tuesdays until December the Iowa Central Ry will sell round trip tickets to points in Iowa Minnesota South and North Dakota and the Canadian northwest at one fare plus two dollars. Tickets valid two days with stopovers allowed. For rates and details contact agents or A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minn.
The Sidney deputy game warden had multiple arrests last week and lost all cases. He was also arrested for excessive revolver use and found guilty of disturbing the peace, fined 1 dollar and costs.
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