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Newspaper
New Albany Weekly Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
3
A long excerpt covers farm economy ideas from feeding and marketing livestock to seed drills, road sun exposure, geranium care, garden weed suppression, and bird pest notes. It notes flax in Ireland, wheat feed per capita, and economic angles on corn and whiskey. It also advises thinning roadside trees for sun, and suggests practical plant care and low-key wildlife considerations.
A 1906-07 Italy olive oil production figure is cited while a farming column muses on using broken crockery as grit for poultry. It warns about crows and red squirrels harming birds and crops, notes alfalfa needs poultry for pest control, and argues for sheep as weed scavengers and the rising value of managing weeds on farms.
The article notes that heavy rains have left many Illinois fields unplowed and bare, hindering last year’s crops and delaying planting. The droughtlike pockets across the corn belt worsen the outlook, with few alternate crops possible in the short season. The result is locally grim, with prospects of hard times in farming communities.
The King road drag, applied in wet weather, turns rough roads into firm surfaces by smoothing ruts and creating a convex grade that directs water to ditches. It reduces bed road damage, speeds drying, and could cut farming transport costs by making routes to market more durable.
A Washington symposium on hog cholera featured Secretary James Wilson and animal disease experts. They reported a serum treatment from deceased animals that reduced deaths dramatically in trials. Minnesota and Missouri experiments supported results, and state stations could supply the serum to hog raisers nationwide. If productive, the conference promises relief from major farmer losses.
Circular No. 127 from the department of animal husbandry in Washington outlines experiments testing how long tuberculosis germs stay alive in dairy butter made from milk of an infected animal. Portions of the butter stored for various times were used to inoculate fifty guinea pigs, all of whom died within a certain period, including those made with butter kept four and a half months. The findings urge city boards of health to scrutinize milk, cream, and butter supplies more carefully.
Alfalfa growers find inoculation via soil from established fields yields better start than nitro cultures. Scatter inoculated soil with manure during spreading, then thoroughly disk and harrow fields. If no local alfalfa field, use soil from wild sweet clover. bacteria work similarly in roots.
Experiments at the Iowa Experiment Station show hogs following cattle infected with tuberculosis becoming infected themselves. Twenty six hogs were placed to follow both diseased and healthy cattle. after a period twenty one of the hogs following diseased cattle showed tuberculosis signs, while none following healthy cattle did. With 20 to 60 percent of dairy cows infected nationwide, the report links the spread to swine feeding after diseased cattle.
The May 24 ceremony marked practical completion of the Annapolis naval academy building group begun about 1899. Architect Ernest Flagg designed three campus blocks including Bancroft Hall and a grand six story dormitory. The Greek cross chapel with 210 foot dome houses John Paul Jones remains crypt and features a 2000 pipe organ and Porter memorial window.
The Pan Anglican Congress gathers in London this month with delegates from nearly all regions of the world. While lacking binding authority, it seeks to unite clergy and laity to discuss gospel outreach and social needs. Topics include socialism morality religion wages Islamism pantheism and agnosticism with leaders from Canterbury Calcutta Missouri West Indies Cape Town Sydney London Stepney and Kensington officiating. Lam beth Palace hosts the historic event as seat of Canterbury archbishops for seven centuries.
The Primate of All Ireland Cardinal Logue, in New York for Human Catholic centennial ceremonies, delighted crowds with sharp wit and jovial humor. He toured church institutions in Tarrytown near Rockefeller grounds, meeting priests including Father Lennon who golfed with Rockefeller.
Charles P Taft, elder brother of War Secretary William H Taft, shaped his siblings path toward Yale, law, and politics. The Tafts, including Henry W Taft and Horace Dutton Taft, span law, education, and public service, with Charles editing and funding campaigns to raise Secretary Taft's profile.
The secretary of war William H Taft was not born in a log cabin. His Cincinnati home, linked to a leading citizen, reflects elegance and culture. Taft was large and genial as a child yet studious, maintaining high class standing through school and college and showing remarkable energy in public life.
A London theater premiere prompts George R. Sims to write a lengthy rhymed critique in his office. He completes a column and a half as the press nears, while a boy ferries the verse to the composing room, walking from desk to room for an hour.
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