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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1910
Page
6
Historical notes summarize trials at Tennessee and Michigan stations showing silage can boost beef production. The Tennessee bulletin highlights land-carrying capacity gains with silage, while Michigan reports 12 week gains of 2.22 pounds daily for silage fed cattle vs 2.02 for shock corn and 1.89 for corn meal.
The article argues for better soil use and bringing abandoned swamp lands under cultivation to meet rising food demand. It warns that even with more land under cultivation, production may still fall short without wise foresight. It notes low U.S. yields compared with Germany France and England despite naturally productive soils.
The Agricultural Epitomist advises stopping blood flow with a tight bandage, then using alum or saleratus for swelling. Apply kerosene to wound and swollen areas, wash with soft water and castile soap when safe. A homemade tonic of alcohol, turpentine, and glycerine is recommended for healing, applied with a feather morning and night.
A correspondent explains a setup to rig lines so each of four horses has a line to either side of its bit, eliminating the need to tie together the horses’ heads. The two sketches illustrate the arrangement.
The text outlines an illustration labeled A and A A showing two horses with reins and checks. It details B B as short ropes with snaps and cc as bridle reins inside the bridle with snaps to snap in a check buckle on reins.
From the standpoint of reliable investigations and information our land, handled in accordance with natural laws that govern proper cultivation, will furnish food and clothing for a larger population for ages and will supply fuel.
A simple and cheap water heater design uses iron coils heated by any stove to provide hot water for kitchen washing and for cleaning and sterilizing dairy utensils. The illustrated tank is straightforward and economical for household use.
Nebraska Experiment Station bulletin reports pigs fed corn with tankage or ground bone show stronger bones. Four pigs per lot. average breaking strength per 100 pounds live weight after 22 weeks: 325, 396, 509, 580, and 681 pounds across five feeding schemes.
A land grant advice piece urges dairymen to install a track manure carrier to cut barn cleaning labor. It endorses manure spreaders as essential, noting one spreader can replace several workers and improve even distribution of manure, urging purchase of a standard model.
The tomato worm eats tomato leaves and blends with foliage making it hard to spot. After maturing it drops to ground to overwinter as a chrysalis. In spring, plowing exposes brown chrysalises with a distinctive proboscis.
The world’s largest grapevine grows in San Gabriel California. Planted by San Franciscan friars about 120 years ago the stalk measures 10114 feet in diameter and 8 feet high. Its branches cover 5000 square feet and last year yielded 214 tons of grapes.
The piece surveys diverse items from Japan footwear trends and Philippine medical practitioners to English lace making and London cabs. It notes cinema growth in the UK, electric skin treatment at Bartholomew's, and modern stenography linked to automatic typewriters. It also covers Moissan diamonds, Sir David Gill’s geodetic project, Rhodes grants, and African surveying progress.
A collage of humorous exchanges and captions from late 19th century papers. Jokes about spouses, mothers in law, optimism, finances, travel to Paris, mad dogs, shingles, Rome tickets, and domestic anecdotes reveal social wits and daily concerns across cities like Cleveland Chicago Louisville and Washington.
A fragmentary scene shows two people seated on a park bench under dancing moonbeams by a lake. One pleads for privacy as another whispers to stay silent, sensing a hidden observer as a cloud moves across the moon. The mysterious man vanishes behind the cloud.
A Louisville Courier Journal fragment comments on romance and social obligation. The speaker questions if he is a sweetheart or a mere fad as he notes engagements and pursuits like rowing tennis and horses.
A fragment quotes Teo Harsh on a guest who leaves with a trifling souvenir after an agreeable visit. The host questions whether such behavior constitutes theft or a simple carry away of tokens of care.
The Baltimore American notes Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria twice weekly audiences, accessible to both the richest and poorest subjects. The piece contrasts domestic anxiety about money and clothing with the emperor’s public accessibility and steady schedule.
The California Fig Syrup Co advertises its Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as the sole genuine product made with pure medicinal plant principles. It warns buyers to check for the full company name on the front of the package to avoid imitations.
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