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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1915
Page
5
A long article argues that good management and suitable care can control or eliminate difficulties in sheep farming. It notes that grazing sheep improve soil fertility, spread manure, and boost land productivity, while overstocking and neglect reduce profits. it cites England’s wheat gains connected to sheep, and praises sheep as effective weed destroyers.
Sheep can be fed from either side by converting weeds into wool and mutton. Eating the weeds frees space for cultivated crops and increases plant food and water available to them. No other livestock except goats eats as many weeds. This conversion of waste into wool and mutton is profitable for the owner.
The article explains winter ventilation for a chicken coop. It warns that large holes invite snow and sleet and cause floor rot, but enlarging holes slightly and covering with several layers of light colored cloth allows fresh air while keeping out snow.
The piece urges farmers to feed leguminous hays for silage and to grow legume crops on their farms. It argues this follows nature's way and is the best method to improve soil fertility.
Agricultural note encourages planting sweet clover next spring for sheep pasture. It states the forage is equal to alfalfa in feeding value and suitable for livestock grazing.
Cauliflower draws attention from truck farmers and is grown under glass for winter markets. Field cultivation remains common, with Atlantic coast shipments to cities year round, and some growers planting fifty to sixty acres for late summer and autumn sales. Much seed comes from Europe, especially Denmark and Holland, with war-caused supply uncertainty. The key is fertile soil, heavy loam with gravelly subsoil, though light sandy soils yield well. Under glass, eight weeks from seed to harvest, with lettuce grown in alternating rows for compatibility.
The piece urges early socialization of farm dogs with poultry and other animals to foster steadiness and usefulness. It advises Punishment only when the pup is clearly at fault and in the act, emphasizing clear, fair training and consistent handling.
Interest in poultry shows rises yearly as small towns host winter and spring events. Farmers and townspeople attend to compare stock with judges, learn breed standards, and gain ideas on housing feeding and care. Large city shows offer exposure to geese turkeys ducks and other fowls worth considering.
The best authorities say U S crop output could be doubled by improved farming methods. This would add 4 to 5 billion dollars to national wealth and farm resources. A key measure is planting good seed.
Pure Seed le Necessary. Careful fertilization and repeated cultivation are urged as essential steps for farmers. Inferior seed is highlighted as a major obstacle to achieving full yields and profits from their labor.
Belgrade, the Balkans’ key crossroads, has endured countless sieges, legends of conquerors, and a history of shifting powers. From Celts to Ottomans, the city rose as Serbia’s political and cultural center, rapidly growing after 1867 into a modern capital with 90,000 residents by 1910 and a Parisian flair amid humble origins.
Travelers in the Orient recount a pair of Corvus splendens crows outmaneuvering a hawk to snatch a prey bird. The birds discuss strategy, distract the hawk, then one crow drags the hawk by the tail causing a back somersault, allowing the mate to seize the meal.
A brief literary quote prompts reflection on gender expectations and male prerogative. The speaker questions why a man who defends his own hurt would deny a woman the same right to complain.
A humorous tale centers on Mr. Brown and his wife accusing a janitor of misplacing items. The janitor repeatedly produces items like milk sugar bread lettuce and potatoes to satisfy the Browns. Eventually Brown discovers the janitor had charged them for items they never received, yet the janitor explains they “got the stud” and ordered it.
Dr. Charles W. Elliot recounts a story of a lawyer who earned a $1000 fee for saving an Irishman from prison. Years later the Irishman questions the debt claiming memory lapse and firmer insistence the payment was promised if freed. The lawyer and Irishman laugh at the irony.
The Indianapolis News recounts a humorous mix up in a family led by councilman Thomas C. Lee. While giving a home remedy to twins, Mrs. Lee briefly left the room and later realized she had given the second baby the dose as well.
A London suffragette told a New York reporter that militants are not all vixens and man-haters. She notes many elegant London women in the ranks and contrasts with a humorous anecdote about Mrs Blanc and elastic shoes.
An officer asks about gun experience. The applicant admits pigeons and rabbits were shot. The officer assigns him to the commissary department.
Patience-Polly notes a highly polished hardwood floor at the location and Patrice mentions admiring its reflective surface. The exchange centers on how the floor’s shine invites self-recognition and pride in the setting.
An executive recounts a near death in a silk dyeing establishment. While supervising a boiling vat a floor edge gave way and he rode a bale of silk as it sank into scalding water. Rescued after half an hour the man survived and regained consciousness as the silk settled.
Mrs Ella R Chew of Commercial township sues Commercial Gas Co over gas leaks that killed six trees including a persimmon tree Five silver maples are the damages claimed and the jury awards 50 dollars per maple tree The Port Norris Dispatch reports via the Philadelphia Inquirer
The paper notes Toledo adds a female inspector to its health staff to assess food quality as part of board duties.
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