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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1909
Page
6
The piece urges immediate action to salvage a failing garden. Remove weeds and burn them, plow and replant, possibly by planting fewer rows but tending them well. It contrasts a weed-filled plot with a tidy harvest and warns that overextension leads to desolation in family gardens.
The article explains the udder as a milk factory. It argues milk flow is governed by the cow’s nervous system and can be halted by excitement, curiosity, or separation from a calf, comparing it to involuntary human digestion and noting the process is disturbed similarly.
A home made device for cultivating corn and other crops is shown in the cut. It is designed for frequent use to hold the dust mulch and maintain soil condition. The side pieces should be at least
A reader details a home made cultivator of oak or hard wood B feet long with a three inch width and inch and a half thick rear pieces adjustable for row distance Forty spikes serve as teeth driven to the head An iron ring fronts and handles from an old plow enable any handy man to build this tool which the author says is the best he has used.
Instructions from the Agricultural Epitomist describe burning sulfur to disinfect poultry houses. Methods include building a kerosene-soaked fire above the sulfur and using soaked corncobs to spread the blue sulfur flame. Also advised is dissolving turpentine and tar in kerosene, soaking cobs, and passing them over roosts to sanitize for lice and disease weekly for a month or more.
Diagram details the King system of Ventilation showing board wall exterior marked A and the opening for admission.
A cross section shows a wall with an outside opening at D and an inside opening at E. A valve at E regulates the supply of fresh air into the interior.
The scientist John Burrows discusses cows and milk letdown. He argues that cows do not voluntarily hold back milk and that the udder physiology drives milk release rather than intentional control by the cow.
Middlemen and retailers dominate current trade as farmers lack representation in markets. The Agricultural Epitomist asserts farmers must form an agent network at central points to move products to consumers or retailers, ensuring fair prices and reducing wastage.
The article argues timber waste over forty years averages 50 million dollars annually, totaling about two billion dollars in waste. It calls for a national movement to conserve forests and land fertility, noting vast agricultural potential and Texas capacity for large-scale cultivation to feed a growing population.
Horned cattle and horned sheep are rapidly disappearing from the corn belt. Hornless breeds such as Galloway, Angus, Red Poll, Polled Shorthorns, Polled Jersey and Polled Hereford grow in popularity as plains and mountain cattle lose horns due to settled ranges. Caustic potash prevents horn growth in young calves.
Advice on ample pasture for calves and swine, avoiding overcrowded poultry houses, and weather adaptation. Notes on Delaware apple profits from 200 acres, barn driveways for cleanliness, poultry hatch timing, rising egg and milk prices, and sheep dipping. Oklahoma mandates agriculture education across country schools with courses in agriculture horticulture and grazing.
Oscar Pacius of Monterey develops a process to extract wax from the candelilla weed. Abundant across Northern Mexico and parts of Texas, it yields 3 to 4 percent wax, sells for $600 a ton in Mexico, with production costs around $75 a ton. Land planted with candelilla can profit $200 to $300 per acre yearly, supporting new industries in Mexico and Texas. The wax serves phonograph records and polishes, while government tests explore other desert plants for commercial value.
A humorous meditation on married life noting reminders that wives stay girl at heart and husbands face quirks. It contrasts vanity with domestic quirks such as lace making, toeless hose, and lilac gifts, ending with a playful note on indulgence and appetite.
The excerpt notes Jack Wilson and Kate Thornley in a flirty exchange. Their fate is hinted as settled, with winks about awareness yet to come. The piece mentions the nickname Peach reflecting girls raised in fear and trembling of a frost.
An article explains vaccination as the path to permanent typhoid immunity. It details how a typhoid vaccine is prepared from dead bacilli in beef broth, then sealed in glass tubes and administered by syringe.
The passage reflects on dangers faced by wild animals in harsh conditions and during storms. It recounts instances of fatal falls among squirrels and mentions gulls and terns swept away, illustrating that luck sometimes fails and even careful creatures incur deadly accidents.
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