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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1902
Page
10
The piece recalls corn as king with farmyard cautions about feeding animals. It contrasts modern improvements with a pioneer era of double log houses, cured meats, rag carpets, and neighborly help. It laments lost simplicity and shared community, hinting at rural values now rare.
The corncob cannot reliably replace coal this winter as it is doubtful cobs can be dried sufficiently to burn.
The guidance urges removing grass and weeds around fruit trees ahead of winter to prevent mice from nesting and girdling the tree bases, protecting tree health during cold months.
Section notes likely minimal stock complaints from cornstalk disease as plentiful green and immature corn will balance stalk ration.
Farmers pack apples in oats to extend shelf life and compare with traditional barrel storage. Some testers report success, while others doubt the method's effectiveness.
Analyzed notes blame humus lack for poor soil after heavy summer rains. Recommends a two year clover cultivation to restore soil fertility and improve arable land conditions.
The article suggests baking pumpkin quarters to pulp as an easy substitute for boiling. No peeling or chopping needed, each quarter yields pulp with a spoon for ready use in pies.
The gang plow gradually replaces the sulky plow as extra horse power boosts daily work. Necessities of the cause push substitution of horse and machine labor on farms to reduce hired help.
The text argues that achieving June results in dairy depends on January conditions. It insists that providing milk-feeding, warmth, and sunshine in January yields abundant June milk, highlighting the link between early care and later dairy output.
The passage praises agriculture noting its products are earned honestly and that farmers face no conflict between greed and conscience. It asserts that agriculture’s rewards aren’t stolen from others and that practitioners uphold lawful behavior.
An Arizona inquiry asks where to obtain the Colorado blue spruce for planting. Nurserymen offer the tree, but quality varies. A small percent of trees from seed display the distinctive blue color that makes this conifer prized as a specimen.
The notes describe finishing a hay or straw stack with a horse used to tramp the core. To take the horse down, leave a pile of loose straw at the stack’s end. the horse glides or tumbles from the top to the ground once the stack is finished.
The Missouri farmer 602 complains that a smelter destroys eighty acres of fine clover with poisonous gases and fumes. The text notes Iowa and Illinois as better examples where land worth 100 dollars per acre for corn and 100 dollars per acre for underlying coal strata shows a productive mix of mining and farming.
A heated feud between two farmers and their supporters over electing a road supervisor reveals a volatile local battle with high emotions and lasting enmity. The contest, with the governor at stake, ends with ongoing animosity as the loser vows no further dealings with the winner.
The piece notes New Jersey excels at peaches and sweet potatoes. It argues that increasing these crops while reducing trusts would improve how she is loved.
A leading fruit grower and apple raiser says he would prefer pigs clean up windfalls in his orchard rather than spray trees to keep fruit blemish free. He argues the animals reduce waste and maintain fruit quality without chemical treatment.
A reader warns that buying seed corn from a seed house may lead to deception, stating they would only accept it if sold in the car and comparing the risk of fraud to the maple sugar trade.
The text advises that pigs fed on corn produce fat and lack lean streaks. It recommends skim milk, potatoes, clover, peas, bran, and barley as components to create lean meat rather than fat.
The crow and dogs are identified as agents that spread hog cholera by moving between farms, feasting on feed yards and dead hogs, highlighting the risk of transmission across multiple locations.
Several farmers now rely on a ten acre grove planted twenty years ago for fuel. The piece argues more prairie farmers should adopt this method and notes the strain of relying on soft coal, urging fairness and acknowledging pressures on women.
The article notes that grain quality and yield improve with northern latitude, assuming frosts do not arrive before maturity. It cites exemplary oats wheat flax barley and rye grown in the far northwest where summer darkness is delayed until around 10 p.m.
The text emphasizes the rising challenge of feeding an increasing population as arable land loses fertility. It notes education for farmers, the aid of science, and the study of agricultural economics as growing priorities in response to this vital issue.
A growing number of farmers adopt gloves to prevent rough cracked hands from rough toil. Proponents argue gloves improve care of hands and avoid the horned, calloused appearance of bare labor.
The writer notes tucks and geese are troublesome on a farm unless given a pond or stream. They dislike birds being plucked alive for their feathers and joke about a contented gander turned ragged in a nightgown and a woman who calmly peels goose feathers despite fuss over a cat.
In the Poland China hog heartland excess pig fattening and market routing create three middlemen profits. The local buyer, Chicago packer, and local butcher each take a cut, plus two transport charges. If the grower dressed and cured his own meat, better and cheaper products could be available locally.
A man uncovers a spring in a side hill pasture that could supply his house with pressurized water and stock yards with ease. With small cost he could install a ram, create a fishpond for bass, and dam the brook run for profit, yet he neglects to act.
A housewife advises that a modest meal beats a lavish spread. Serve one meat, soup, a seasonable vegetable, a simple dessert, coffee, bread, and butter, daintily. avoid overload, and treat guests as you would wish to be treated. Simplicity and genuine gentility trump a crowded table.
The northern corn belt sees a stalled crop this September due to persistent low temps, leaving soft corn piling up. It cannot be cribbed with mature grain and sellers fear waste. some use it for feed, with silos noted as underutilized.
A September frost hit immature corn unevenly, scorching leaves and shriveling ears. Green stalks survived but ears became nearly worthless, while untouched crops still matured poorly but usable. The author warns against claiming frost ever benefits corn.
A friend with a prairie farm faces a steep bluff along a stream where crops fail in drought and wash out in wet years. The writer suggests planting trees on the ten acre slope, preferably apple trees if possible, or evergreen trees, to create beauty and greater profit than attempting to farm the hill with corn.
The article argues that horses are highly trainable and that city fire horses circus horses milk delivery horses and rural mail horses alike can be trained with little effort. It notes the regularity of trained horses and suggests widespread training would reduce reliance on untrained animals.
Ned shields a rider from a violent black stallion and is knocked senseless. Major Galton saves him, but Marina declares she will marry him instead. The recovered Ned earns promotion as Marina’s fiancé drags toward Berry Brae.
Marina faces an arranged marriage to Major Galton, while Ned Bulkley, a cavalry lieutenant in love with her, secretly plans a last ride together before she must wed. They flee toward the east, racing their horses Musket and Honnybell in a perilous bid to break the spell and alter their fate.
The candle cactus serves as a shelter for woodpeckers rabbits and other creatures. A woodpecker drill creates a hole high in the cactus to access the nest chamber protected from heat and predators. Attacking the plant reveals a hidden colony of birds and small animals across its ground and upper levels.
Miss Sparrow of Frooklyn recalls her first play Hamlet breathless and spellbound. She pities Ophella yet notes her weakness, and worries Hamlet’s health and fate, joking about a doctor for him and any Hamlet kin nearby.
Mrs Simplex proposes renaming the den to remove growlery as Mr Simplex grows uneasy. She jokes about stories told by Bloomoff and tales of handsome women while suggesting a new name for the room. Pearson's.
Governor Albert B. Cummins announces the November 1902 general election to fill statewide offices including Secretary of State and Attorney General, plus districts for Congress, Senate, and various judicial posts across Iowa. The proclamation lists district boundaries, vacancies, and appointments, and directs sheriffs to note the notice. The document is dated September 27, 1902, in Des Moines.
The notice lists passenger and freight train numbers with departure and arrival times, routes between Chicago Denver and Kansas City, changes to Evans and Washington, and through services to El Paso Mexico and California. It also details the Wilton Branch schedule with Muscatine to Wilton departures and daily exceptions.
Train schedule effective April 20 1992 lists No 1 3 4 routes between Muscatine Roundhouse Fruitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Junction and Muscatine with connections to Iowa Central and B N R N at Burlington St Paul Minneapolis Oskaloosa Grinnell Marshalltown Mason City and Monmouth Also notes Saturday and Monday service and routes to Peoria and local stations East and West Charlies Howard General Agent.
Daily and Sunday trains run north and south from Elrick Junction with services including the St. Paul Express No. 3, Mason City Mail No. 5, Way Freight No. 25, Peoria Mail No. 6, Peoria Express No. 4, and Way Freight No. 16. Coupon tickets to all U S Canada and Mexico points available from A B Cutts in Minneapolis or G L Seevers Elrick Junction agent.
The proclamation announces the November 4 1902 general election in Muscatine County Iowa with offices to be filled including Auditor Clerk Recorder County Attorney and two Supervisors. Township trustees Clerks and electors are advised and the announcement bears the official signature of Sheriff J D Stuart dated October 6 1902.
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