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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1902
Page
10
Farmers are urged to beware of butter water and salt as non butter with casein. warns of steel range swindles and persistent agricultural uncertainties. The text reflects on wages, quality, and the need for faith in farming, stressing that farm profits come from enduring practices despite variable conditions.
A general statement asserts one cow per acre of blue grass pasture works, three per acre on alfalfa, and warns every plant has parasites. It suggests that even a single exception could lead to a new parasite for the work.
Residents argue rising egg costs push up beef prices as a dozen eggs hold more food value than a pound of sirloin. They contend shoppers adjust purchasing habits based on egg prices and perceived value.
The remark asks a farmer how many acres of waste land he possesses in the northwest and implies potential crop profits if unused corners on farms could be cultivated.
The Salvins as a garden flower provide striking cardinal red blooms from July to frost. A bed of them yields uniform color and bright display for decoration.
When farmers view agriculture as a profession rather than place, a new type of agriculture will develop. Professional regard for agricultural education will lead to proper appreciation of its benefits and necessity.
The text condemns acts of cruelty including burning threshing machine separators cutting horse tails and manes mutilating cows udders and cutting fences to let stock into cultivated fields urging penalties of law to exterminate offenders.
Four or five seasons of drought stored fertility in the soil and hid fertilizers from crops. This season’s abundant rains have made the stored plant food available, helping drive the prodigious growth of vegetation across fields.
The agricultural press has discussed a light frost aiding late corn maturity, but the editor argues corn is never helped by freezing and that interrupting ripening damages the crop.
Heating and fermenting manure destroys weed seed vitality but lowers fertilizer value. If manure simply decays without fermentation, seed vitality is likely not impaired much.
A western state grain buying firm weighed farmers on faulty scales that shortchanged sellers by about 250 pounds per load. An expert from the factory finally exposed the leak, with no farmer noticing the discrepancy, and the issue could have turned the other way if reversed.
Farmers organized to control produce and supply staples at cost now confront a new phase of the cooperative plan aimed at eradicating their efforts. Middlemen displaced by the farms have organized and most of the commission houses once handling their consignments refuse to trade with them.
A critical column argues the oleo college of fine arts misleads the public, claiming professors push the masses to favor cheap imitations over traditional products. It condemns the movement as foreordained to fail despite large endowments and free tuition, asserting Americans will not accept fraudulently labeled substitutes.
An Illinois apple orchard of 125 acres recently sold its crop for $11,500, while the property had cost the current owners $11,000 the previous spring.
An agricultural paper from an eastern city shows a man harvesting wheat with a mowing machine. The image reflects modern farming methods and amuses western readers.
The text asserts every civil township should own a gravel bed if one exists within its borders. It claims gravel offers the easiest and cheapest method to improve highways across the black prairie country.
The text notes that sheep can profit from farm leavings and pickings. Scattered grain saved and fed, plus a fence corner crop of weeds and grass, are converted into money rather than wasted.
Farmers along a 300 mile Washington highway spread about a foot of straw to form a roadbed. The straw cover aims to reduce summer dust and winter mud as a communal experiment.
The narrator describes using a tomcat to deter mice after two mice were seen in the house, one killed with a broom. They have kept the cat and raised kittens, and notes that wrens and robins were killed by proximity to the house. The speaker asks for the mice to be removed and admits limited knowledge of the affair.
The article notes silos endure wet and soggy weather without hampering silage production or quality. It claims about half of the day in the United States this season has been hindered by rain to some degree, but silage remains viable.
The highest price paid for beef cattle in twenty years on the Chicago market through mid September came from eighteen grade Hereford steers raised in South Dakota. They weighed about 1,518 pounds after a year on soaked corn and oats and sold for 8.85 dollars per hundredweight, about 154.34 dollars per head.
The society journals advise the proper way to serve corn for company by cutting kernels from the cob before serving. They note that a lady cannot smile gracefully with multiple ears present and teeth in a cob while dining.
The passage condemns feeding pigs only new corn and praises a mixed ration. It suggests one or two ears of new corn daily with ground rye barley oats and ample green fodder like bluegrass or clover to finish pigs for market early in winter.
A dairyman fills a 500 ton silo with corn from forty acres, providing a silage ration for 188 cows for six months at forty pounds per day per cow. He plans to supplement with well cured clover hay and gluten meal for an economical, high quality dairy diet.
A reader argues that tall corn stalks do not ensure high yields. Personal experience from Arkansas fields shows stalk diameter, not height, better predicts ear size and total harvest.
The article argues that the best scale for thrashing is smaller operations. Large machines force hiring many hands from multiple farms and suffer losses when weather disrupts work. Proposes either better stacking or joint ownership by two or three farmers to handle peak demand.
The summer floods show that narrowed storm outlets and restricted drainage reduce bridge and culvert safety. Railways lose value from damaged bridges and roadbeds as cities push grade raises and street fills without accounting for maximum water flow.
A farmer gave each of his three sons a runty steer calf with a promise they could keep the animal if they cared for it. Two years later the farmer learns the steers were sold by the boys for $50 each and returns home to face the scene.
A west farm column laments waste in large acreage operations with limited help and machinery. It notes hay lost during field clearing could have been saved, 200 to 400 pounds per meadow, but saving it would cost a ton elsewhere. The writer predicts land value will force better handling of waste.
Communities test cooperative housekeeping for meals and dishwashing. About 2 dollars per week per person funds central dining hall service, enabling a family of six to spend around 12 dollars weekly after deducting a hired girl’s wages, easing the wife and mother’s burden.
The article argues perfection in creamery butter is not yet reached. It notes for every tub scoring 97 there are ten scoring 85 or lower. It says achieving 97 requires exceptional skill and conditions, but with intelligent cooperation between dairyman and creamery it is possible to raise the average to nine or more.
A 1902 comic tale recounts Mr Bowser discovering his onion bed decimated by missing spades and a mysterious neighbor. Mrs Bowser quashes alarm then inspires a homegrown plan to trap the thief as Bowser vows to nab the culprit himself for a hoped $10,000 reward.
A baffling pursuit ends with Hawkshaw arresting the wrong man while seeking the thief who stole a spade. The incident leaves locals puzzled as the real culprit remains at large and the misidentified suspect faces embarrassment.
In a quiet back yard a lone resident confronts a thief as he skulks near the fence. The assailant is dragged into the Bowser home in a tense struggle that ends with threats and a demand for the crowbar and pickax.
Mrs Bowser and Sleuth confront the alleys mystery as Bowser lies knocked out and a neighbor reveals the culprit. The disguise and threats dissolve when Bowser regains consciousness and the missing garden tool is recovered.
A lyrical depiction of rural life in Iowa with images of cider, corn shocks, pumpkins, buckwheat blossoms, and bees in late summer or early autumn. The narrator muses on the sensory feel of harvest days and the changing air as seasonal flavors drift through the countryside.
A narrator recalls the spring’s cool clarity and the familiar path from the kitchen, wondering if others notice his initials carved in stable doors. He imagines being remembered and hopes to return to a place where wind blows free and the community still believes in the Lord.
A fragment from S E Kiser in Chicago Record Herald describes a narrator's lingering thoughts on leaving home. Cows retreat to the stream and a city would not know the narrator has been away, reflecting nostalgia and distance.
In a Washington Star item, Senator Sorgbham is pressed about keeping promises he made. He answers hesitantly that he is not collecting souvenirs, signaling uncertainty about honoring commitments.
A quotation from the Chicago Tribune features Hans explaining his confidence in business flow. He asserts that success rests on similar performance in the past and future, hoping more already to come. The exchange showcases a light, period-accurate tone.
The judge comments that Carrie-Bighead is a distinctive character, noting he is one of those fellows willing to make fools of themselves to display individuality. Peters agrees.
A humorous quip notes the high price of automobiles with a joking comparison: on average fifty chickens ten dogs a few ducks and three children are run over each year, attributed to Caricat ure.
The Detroit Free Press notes that Her music is said to be quite stirring and the neighbors are always stirred up by it. The playful exchange highlights a controversial or attention grabbing sound that unsettles local residents.
A Chicago Post remark notes that truth may lie at the bottom of a glass, comparing it to morse found at bottom of a well and reflecting on perception and sorrow. The wry line frames truth as a drinkable thing, urging sober reflection.
Brief quip from Yonkers Statesman features a joke about temper and a wife losing it, illustrating a light gag in a local humor column. The line contrasts Gotham and a wife’s temper with a pun on losing it.
A playful exchange shows Mrs Newlywed praising harmony while Mr Newlywed admits the marriage was a mistake, highlighting stubborn banter and fraught humor in domestic life.
A faded railway telegraph notice lists travel and freight times for the Montezuma line. It notes daily service except Sunday and shows arrivals from Montezuma and a freight schedule with 6:00 p.m. connections.
Train numbers 7 8 12 15 16 20 29 30 and 85 show daily or limited service between Chicago Denver Kansas City and Evans with through routes to El Paso Mexico City and California. Wilton Muscatine branch times list morning and evening departures and arrivals with the 6:45am 7:30am 12:15pm 1:00pm 5:45pm 4:15pm 4:54pm 5:25pm 10:00pm 11:40pm and 12:10am slots.
Train schedule for Muscatine lines shows departure and arrival times from Muscatine Roundhouse Fruitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Junction and connections to Iowa Central and B C BR N services. Timetable effective April 20 1902 at noon with note on Saturdays and Mondays service and Charles Howard as General Agent.
Going north and south rail lines listed with train numbers and times from St Paul Mason City Peoria and freight services. Coupon tickets available nationwide including Canada and Mexico with contact details for A B Cutts Minneapolis and G U Seevers Elrick Junction Iowa.
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