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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1909
Page
6
The article notes 21,194,000 milch cows in the United States and rising per capita dairy consumption. It discusses improved dairy cow quality, a $211,000,000 commercial gain from 1890 to 1900, and the need to account for feed, interest, depreciation, and fixed charges to determine true herd profitability.
A low cost cabbage and root cutter is shown. Two 12 inch boards nailed together form a frame. A circle is scribed and quartered. four 7 inch long slanted slots guide the cabbage to fall through. A 4 inch diameter wheel bearing system is created with fixed and loose discs. An 8 inch knife assembly cuts from an old buckpaw with a bevel.
A farm and home instruction describes a wheel cut with a square hole at the center to accommodate the shaft, with the wheel placed at a slant according to thickness so the cabbage is desired.
Tests at the New Jersey station show 1000 pounds of Nime per acre on oats nearly matches 2000 pounds for efficiency, while clover favors the higher rate. Carbonate lime yields more dry matter than burned lime nitrogen fixation improves with added fertilizers and prefers carbonate lime over burned lime.
A German patent describes preserving milk by removing dissolved oxygen with a small amount of ferrous carbonate. Freshly precipitated ferrous carbonate, in oxygen, absorbs oxygen and releases carbon dioxide. One part ferrous carbonate treats 50 000 parts milk, and the additive does not alter milk properties when added before boiling.
An article asserts the United States makes burger cheese comparable to Belgian origin, describing a method involving calf stomach tissue and warm storage to curdle the milk into cheese within about forty minutes.
The text explains pounding and pressing whey, shaping and draining the curds, rubbing salt on the outside until slippery, then storing the cheese in a cellar to ripen for a month or two as germs finish the curing.
The article warns against sloppy feeding of calves noting that hot or cold milk, dirty buckets, or milky residue can cause scours and stunted growth. It advises clean milking gear, proper milk temperature, and delaying pasture turnout until grass is ample and nights are warmer.
A Chicago Daily News item blends a practical farm sketch for a self feeding crib with a humorous overheard conversation at a grocery. The farm note describes a sunlit south side shed and lean to feed bank saving labor in bad weather. The store scene features a barber shop of talk about Henry Clay and a planned marriage, told through the cook and grocer with lively banter and mistaken clues.
The Crop Reporter notes in the Springfield Register that the 1899 corn harvest totaled 2 668 000 000 bushels. Of this, 241 000 000 went to flour and grist mills, 8 000 000 to starch, 9 000 000 for malt liquors, 17 000 000 in distilling liquors, 40 000 000 for glucose, 190 000 000 for export, and 13 000 000 for seed. These figures represent 19.3 percent of the crop, with most used for feeding. The article underscores corn as a major food source and labor contributor.
The Chicago hygienic laboratory reports that out of 153 inspected dairy wells only eleven are safe for domestic use. Safe wells are lined with cement and have cement covers and flanged protection. Some milk washing wells show high colon bacteria and odor indicates manure presence.
Ohio station recommends millet as a fallback for corn failure or planting delays. Early varieties can be sown through July and yield fair fields. Millet provides good hay for cattle horses and sheep, but overripe grain harms horses kidneys. It also serves as pasture seed silage and acts as a soil cleaner similar to a summer fallow.
The article notes how quickly naturally fertile soil can be exhausted by cultivation. It cites Virginia tobacco lands as an example and mentions abandoned New England farms to illustrate ongoing fertility loss. It argues that exhausted land now requires artificial preparation to yield crops again.
In a New York Sun interview a former Mountain District resident says the wild turkey eat and related woodsman culture have faded with the people and their way of life. He asserts turkeys still roam the Blue Mountain area but the festive feast vanished with the region’s traditional occupation.
The piece recalls mountain districts between the Schuylkill and Juniata watersheds where rugged woodmen and families hunted with gun and trap. It describes log cabins, stockpiled wood, and a yearly turkey feast featuring a turkey cat with fiddlers, cider, and birch bark plates, plus regional foods like pan haas and headcheese.
An anecdote from the 1892 campaign, printed in the New York Evening Post, notes Mr. Cleveland refused to pledge any favors. A prominent Irish American contractor, meeting him in a library, praised the candidate as a grand man who would not promise to do a single thing.
A Chicago News quote shows Popleigh reflecting on a child's question about why men go to Congress. His friend Singleton asks what the trouble is, and Popleigh explains his son asked why men are sent to Congress and he cannot answer.
A wry remark about funerals suggests ministers confront the living audience rather than the deceased. Neighbors reflect on the social function of obituaries and eulogies in community life.
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