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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1909
Page
9
Mrs. N. EB Brack praises a 100 egg incubator noting hatch rates from ninety-two to ninety six chicks, only one poor hatch, and plans to add 120 and 240 egg units. She urges buying quality incubators, highlights labor saving and quick market readiness, and says an incubator pays for itself in a season.
Cornell Agricultural Station trials show manure loses value when left in heaps. Five months exposure drops $5.48 worth to $2.03. Heaped piles overfertilize some spots while starving others. Spread directly from the barn with a spreader for best value, using bedding to absorb liquids.
The cut shows a plan for exercising a ball with a large strong post sunk into the ground and securely set. On top of this post an iron plate is placed for stability and use.
The country records 215 trillion cubic feet of yearly precipitation including snow and water bodies. About half evaporates while one third reaches the sea and one sixth is used or absorbed. Of 70 trillion cubic feet entering the sea annually, under 5 percent powers. The report notes 83 to 95 percent wasted in floods. In the United States proper 232 navigable streams total 26,115 miles with more stretchable by improvements.
An English farmer explains his calf's strong lineage by saying its father gored a justice of the peace and knocked over a book canvasser while its mother chased a brass band out of town on New Year's Day, asserting the animal's breed justifies 25 shillings.
W H Thompson in Farm and Home suggests a light durable gate built from sassafras poles and barbed wire. A strong 4 foot post anchors the middle of the gateway while the lower rail uses two forked sassafras poles tied securely to allow the gate to swing around the post.
Talk over dairy matters with neighbors and insist on pasteurization of skim milk delivered to a creamery. Do not use milk utensils for non dairy uses and avoid stressing the nervous cow. Pasteurized milk should be kept cool and used quickly to limit germs.
Iowa lawmakers approved the Des Moines plan granting eight cities a commission form with a mayor and four commissioners. Des Moines reports show improved finances with a $20 000 surplus and strengthened police and public safety. Audit-like reforms cut costs, eliminated political sinecures, and increased efficiency while keeping sessions public and requiring voter referendums on major actions. Cedar Rapids has begun its trial, and initiative provisions allow referendums on commissions actions and franchise ordinances.
Dr. L O Howard notes moth spread may involve unseen factors beyond caterpillars and winds as isolated colonies appear far from roads. Other items discuss Maumbury Rings excavation suggesting a Roman amphitheater and Neolithic flint workshop, a revised Nativity date to 8 B C, high altitude human trials by Prof Todd, and colorfastness tests for natural and synthetic dyes.
Prof Eugen Bormel of Berlin proposes steel riveted rocking foundations for quake regions. He suggests houses would rock gracefully during earthquakes, with furniture riveted to floors and people lashed to chairs to keep them in place.
A terse exchange shows Jim promising a drastic act if refused then proposing to Cleveland Lender after yesterday’s talk. The dialogue hints at urgency and affection amid a tense moment.
A Boston Post quote notes a mother praising her daughter's piano playing while a visitor questions if a neighbor aided her. The piece contrasts this with a reflection that some people yearn for spring in winter and for summer in spring.
A mosaic of world briefs touches glassmaking in Silesia coal pigment trade Russia population growth and New York sky signs. It reports Berlin Unter den Linden beauty, Whistler and Chesterfield eggs, eclipses for historians, rubber farming challenges, pauper statistics in England and London, a separable shipping crate, and a Chicago charity merger aimed at fundraising.
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