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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1909
Page
2
This piece explains that real estate ownership is bounded by public welfare and government condemnation powers. It stresses government survey boundaries, corner monuments, and the need for thorough surveying and neighbor agreement on fences before purchase to avoid disputes noted by Goodall's Farmer.
A Kentucky farmer devised a novel hand carried vegetable digger to lift soil and vegetables together. The perforated sheet metal body captures dirt while a swinging front door and small shovel release the produce after shaking to separate soil from vegetables.
Research at the West Virginia experiment station fed poultry with varying rations. One pen received corn and starchy grains, another meat and fresh bone, showing meat-fed birds laid 1,555 eggs and grain-fed 3,431 eggs. Meat-fed eye quality and vigor in offspring surpassed the grain-fed group.
The article explains that weight forward on a wagon aids movement only when wheel sizes differ. On normal wagons with larger hind wheels, shifting the load forward may not improve ease of pulling.
The text argues for equal load distribution across wagon wheels. It notes low trucks with upward pull require forward load placement. Heavier weight on hind wheels suits wheel contact, urging balance to prevent excessive draft on any single wheel or side.
A Minnesota farmer patents an eggs tester with a wooden frame leather egg supports and an inclined mirror. A light hood projects illumination onto the eggs. sound eggs cast a clear light shadow on the mirror while unsound ones differ in visibility.
The article explains cow feeding to stimulate appetite and digestion. It recommends green materials like roots and silage for winter, frequent linseed meal, clover and alfalfa hay for milk output, and daily corn to aid butter fat. Rotate feed types and amounts to maintain variety and healthy production.
A London Chronicle writer recalls the frozen meat trade. On January 30 1816 three Eskimos arrived in Harwich from Gothenburg with five sledges of air tight packed ptarmigan and other game. They paid 250 dollars duty plus 50 dollars carriage to London and sold well. They stayed months spending profits in royal style, but the venture was not repeated.
A reader describes a method to fatten fowls by dark housing with minimal light, constant grit and water, and a mixed feed of corn meal ground cuts cracked wheat and shorts. Feed as long as the fowls appetite allows with nightly stuffing and morning feed, six birds per pen, no greens, and cooked potatoes rice corn bread and whole wheat as staples. Fowls kept this way may reach fine condition in about three weeks.
The article extols milk and honey as long standing symbols of abundance. It urges every farm to have these foods in abundance for children, noting milk as the great food and honey as a pure form of sweet satisfaction for kids.
A sweeping 1909 Oregon water law establishes state control, abolishes posted-notice rights, and bases priority on application date. It creates a three-member Board of Control, sets fees, and requires detailed surveys, with water masters to enforce equitable distribution and protect vested rights.
The London Graphic compares the size and armament of British, German, and American dreadnoughts. It notes eight ships in each fleet, German layouts with turrets en echelon, and American classes Michigan and Delaware with varying gun counts and broadside strengths.
The third class ships now sanctioned, including the monster Oklahoma and Wyoming at 26 500 tons each with twelve 12 inch guns, ten on broadside and two spare. Japan follows with 22 000 ton ships and two or more built adopting similar designs with varied gun layouts. France adopts a two caliber plan in the Danton class led by Voltaire, featuring four 12 inch guns and twelve 94 inch guns in turrets. many officers favor this setup though its efficiency is unclear due to crowded turrets and guns often out of action due to bearing constraints.
A contemporary asks why so-called trustworthy statistics show the car as ten times as destructive as the horse. It notes that drivers control cars but a horse has its own will, yet this theory fails in practice due to factors like driver behavior, risk exposure, and differences in speed and vulnerability.
The country lists principal exports as tobacco, cereals, cotton, figs, nuts, almonds, grapes, olives and other fruits. Coffee, madder, opium and gum are major exports. In 1900 about 7 500 chests of opium totaling 106 800 pounds were shipped. Carpets from hand looms also form an important export category.
The text notes wolves being hunted and implies hounds would be very busy as a result. It also includes a remark about women controlling waves in a maritime context. The fragmentary wording suggests a metaphorical or satirical tone without clear factual details.
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