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Newspaper
New Albany Weekly Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1902
Page
6
The text touches on export beef as a scarce home delicacy, a farming method to rid a field of gophers quickly, and a plan praised as a success. It cites abstinence from whisky as a cure for intemperance and mocks meat trust extortion. It mentions a May blizzard destroying 200000 new sheep and lambs. It also discusses dairy work and a pigeon's drinking behavior.
A note suggests revising the Bible passage about a man putting his hand to the plow as nine of ten farmers in the west now ride the plow and do not hold it, reflecting changing farming methods.
The piece reflects on a farmer's modest finances, a five year tenure with little to show. It highlights Illinois Central Railway's forestry trial planting 250 acres of catalpa for future railroad ties, and absurds about hiring help. It discusses cereals north of the corn belt offering better quality and yields and contemplates crisis in farm prices and fixed salaries with proposed 50 cent oats baselines.
The piece notes a convention of steers insisting on shifting focus from dairy to meat production. It includes agricultural tips about renewing strawberry beds, mowing after fruiting, and spading up beds to promote new growth and prepare ground for future crops.
A quirky note suggests a melon patch in a cornfield could thwart Sunday school efforts. It imagines sparrows as targets in sportsmen’s contests, predicting public sentiment would favor such gatherings if that change occurred.
The speaker argues for practical use of large dogs on farms and urges better care for country cemeteries. Farmers fear dying on old farms and prefer dignity in burial over weed patches.
The article notes a preference for investments offering around 3 to 4 percent interest as safely obtainable. It warns that securities promising 10 percent or more require careful investigation and scrutiny.
A man who works for a living lost a ten dollar job after overcharging on a thirty cent task. The lesson: it pays to be fair in small matters just as in large ones.
The storms knock over windmills on farms and indirectly promote gasoline engines as substitutes for pumping, churning, and grinding tasks, highlighting a shift in rural work practices.
The demand for American horses and mules for the Boer war has about ceased. This demand stimulated horse prices and raised them to near the peak levels seen since the Civil War era.
The article proclaims that any woman seeking a livelihood should consider poultry farming as one of the safest and most remunerative employment options. It asserts there is no danger of the poultry business becoming overdone in the country.
A 1901 note links corn prices with hog cholera immunity and urges focusing farm boys on a specific farm branch. It suggests guiding youths toward interests in horses cattle pigs chickens or fruit growing to foster practical engagement and success in rural life.
Two prosperous young farmers in a western state ended their lives after personal and agricultural pressures. One man killed himself after his wife objected to his attending a neighbor’s auction sale, while the other took his own life following a rain washed out field of corn he had just planted.
The passage asks how agriculture has benefited from science in fifty years and answers that cheap steel enabled better implements. Iron tools were imperfect and hard to work, but steel brought a highly polished surface, reduced friction, and vastly improved earth moving tools and implements.
A stretch of dust storms followed by hail and heavy rain damaged about an acre and a half of seed field yet the crop shows signs of recovery. The text notes severe weather over three days but confidence remains that the crop will progress despite losses.
Late fall straw mulching over strawberry beds and delaying uncovering in spring can push bloom and fruiting back by a week to ten days, prolonging the picking season. Avoid leaving the cover on too long to prevent plant injury.
Discussion reveals government advertisements soliciting oleomargarine at 14 cents a pound while still taking delivery of the same product marketed as genuine butter at 23 cents a pound. The exposure claims the fraud will be prevented going forward.
A comprehensive Iowa State Agricultural College experiment on feeding sheep for market shows grazing alone yields nearly as large gains as grain plus grass. Grass only proves most economical. corn at 33 cents a bushel proves cheaper than oats or barley. The study indicates mutton can be produced more economically under these conditions.
The new oleo law taking effect July 1 imposes a 10 cent per pound tax on colored oleo made to resemble butter. It could end uncolored oleo markets, shift demand to genuine butter, and spur dairy farming by milking more cows, with broader benefits for agriculture and pure food efforts.
A retired farmer urged town residents to abandon keeping hogs and roaming chickens. He argues odors disrupt neighborhood harmony despite any sanitary claims and suggests ordinances may prohibit such practices in a well ordered municipality. He predicts changes only if new hog breeds alter attitudes.
The Minnesota governor funded a fifty dollar gold medal for the creamery butter maker with the highest score across twelve monthly tubs. A young Swede running a backwoods creamery won, gaining notable daily recognition, as if comparing him to the Brazilian with the dirigible balloon.
The text offers methods to manage weeds in various areas. For pastures reduce stock to allow grass regrowth. In cornfields seed down and let sheep graze pests or use a summer fallow. On highways enforce weed laws and cut weeds at the right season. In gardens use straw mulch where applicable.
Gerald Hastings schemes against Paxton after losing the bank cashier job to him and resents Dorothy’s preference for the New Yorker. In a tense village setting, Hastings plots vengeance as Paxton’s arrival strengthens his hold and Dorothy hints at a future union if luck allows.
Gerald reveals two telegrams exposing his rival Paxton's engagement to Judge Birdsall's ward on her eighteenth birthday. Paxton's guardian Spencer had planned the public disclosure at tonight's event, squeezing Gerald from his job while Paxton prepares to go to New York. Dorothy confirms the anticipation with her father.
John Burroughs argues in Century that European readers prize Poe as America's finest literary artist. He notes Poe's deliberate artistry in The Raven and frames Poe as an artistic rather than moral influence, more appealing to French taste than to Anglo-Saxon readers.
In a dialogue from a Chicago Tribune excerpt set in Astoria, a youth asks if a young man should know a girl before using her first name. Miss Flyppe challenges him, saying six months may be long enough if he is the right man.
A cautionary note urges readers with kidney or bladder trouble to use Foley's Kidney Cure, claiming it cures all kidney and bladder diseases. Sold by QO. D. Knoefel.
The text argues that strong impulses represent energy that can be directed toward beneficial ends rather than indolent activity. It asserts energy is a resource that can be harnessed for positive uses and that more good can come from an energetic nature than from passivity.
Daniel Bante of Otterville Iowa reports years of asthma and failed treatments before trying Foleys Honey and Tar. He states it gave immediate relief and he will keep it in his home. Sold by 0 D.
The Cooking School Magazine argues true economy lies in wise use of existing resources not in deprivation. A restaurant trained waiter shares how thin slicing of meat and careful potato peeling extend supplies and ensure a satisfying family meal.
The earl of Hopetoun resigns as governor general of Australasia while New York moves to curb coal use by corporations. Senator Elkins pushes Cuba annexation and statehood. King Edward chills after torchlight event. A mother and daughter die by hanging in Oklahoma Creek Nation. Kitchener reports 2,598 Boer surrenders since June 18.
R A Gray of Oakville Indiana writes he was bedridden ten years with kidney disease and could not move. He sought top medical help but found relief after Foley's Kidney Cure recommended by doctors. Sold by C D Knoefel.
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