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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
7
The piece questions Peruna’s effectiveness for chronic catarrh and asks if proof supports the claim. It cites the United States Dispensatory on ingredients like hydrastis canadensis golden seal and corydalis formosa as tonics or bitters and notes cedron seeds as a bitter tonic. It invites readers to request a free testimonials book.
The world’s tallest tree is an Australian eucalyptus Fegnans in the Cape Otway range, standing at 415 feet. Gum trees grow rapidly, with a Florida tree gaining forty feet in four years and a Guatemala tree 120 feet in twelve years, roughly ten feet yearly.
A grumpy Noah derides a swimmin hole poem in a playful New York Sun fragment. He tosses the paper, anxious to find land and a clearer story in the reading.
An aristocrat complains about a small shack beside his house calling it a mere clapboard shack, while the businesslike youth insists it is a shoe shining parlor, asserting bold ownership of the project.
A Polkville Ark prominent citizen praises a five year old boy who can swear like a pirate, despite never having seen the ocean. The remark appears in a quip attributed to Puck.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet shows a stranded driver and a joking bystander. The motorist asks about horsepower, replies sixty, and notes thirty pull in opposite directions. The exchange captures rural colloquial humor amid car trouble.
The article describes a Sowreep Rake construction with pine and scantling parts, 12 feet long teeth, 9 feet long arms, and 60 cent treatment per acre. It notes copperas spray trials in California, Wisconsin, and Davis, with mixed success and plans to repeat experiments using proper applications.
Instructions from the Montreal Star describe a foot above the sweep for hay, bracing four feet from ends, 18 inch wheels on a gas pipe axle, and clamping to teeth with pins and washers. It covers hitching horses, turning, and stacking hay into a 16 by 28 foot stack, noting how to prevent hay from falling back.
A Minnesota farmer patents an egg tester with a wooden frame and leather supports. Eggs rest in flexible apertures while a light reflects onto a mirror to reveal unsound shells through shadow clarity.
Experiments in Wisconsin indicate that copperas also known as copper sulfate may exterminate wild mustard as effectively as blue vitriol without harming grain. Field spraying offers a cheaper easier method for weed control according to the state station.
Alona the farmer faces market challenges but can gain by cooperation. Small price boosts per bushel or per pound yield per acre and per thousand pounds of meat. Tidewater Virginia sweet potato growers rose from poverty through collective selling. Southern cotton growers profit by united action, showing organization as power for commerce.
An illustrated method shows one man lifting a heavy log or barn timber without strain. Build a crib under the log’s center with small blocks, lift one end, then slide the crib into place to support the load.
Instructions from Farm and Home describe lifting a structure at the center, placing an additional timber under the long end, and repeating the operation to achieve balance. The stepwise approach emphasizes alternating supports to maintain level alignment.
The article notes rising Italian tomato imports and substantial shipments to the eastern United States while U S tomato exports to Italy shrink. It warns American producers sometimes ship under ripe fruit and urges careful selection of Italian tomatoes. It then comments on common scrub farming practices and urges timely field work to prevent weed overgrowth and soil fatigue, stressing that early corn laying harms soil and crop nutrition.
Spraying trees berries and grape vines pays well when done at the right time. Do not spray fruit trees during bloom as it harms bees essential for pollination. A modest spraying outfit suffices and proves valuable in its first year.
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