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Newspaper
New Albany Weekly Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1902
Page
2
A North country farmer’s miscellany covers farm weed implications, kitchen notes on crusts and pork cuts, and tips on barn size, hay storage, and livestock. It weighs on prudent finances, crop care, and planting choices like Colorado blue spruce, with reflections on debt, planning, and community conduct.
The article urges studying the domestic market for small fruits as it yields about a third more revenue than foreign markets. It also notes a Minnesota Belstein cow titled champion butter cow with an unverified record of 84 pounds of milk in seven days, producing 29 pounds 57-10 ounces of butter.
A disjointed note discusses people living on the fringe of a country and mentions an exchange rate and a price unrelated phrases. The fragment includes words about housing and a rough price in dollars but lacks coherent context or clear facts.
A poultrymen notes that hens kept solely for egg production lay more and with better quality eggs when no roosters are part of the flock.
The excerpt explains clover in uncured form heats when air reaches it and can burn or spoil. Preventing air exposure yields envilage, a palatable nutritious dairy ration, suitable for ensiling with minimal spoilage risk.
A farmhouse cellar becomes highly useful with plastered walls and a cement floor. Proper lighting and arrangement turn it from a potential hazard into a safe, efficient storage and work space.
The condition of the public school grounds in country or town mirrors the home environment of the community. A schoolhouse that is neat and attractive inside and outside corresponds with nicer homes nearby, suggesting a broader standard of living and care.
The article observes that the English sparrow averages three broods per season and the first brood will raise one more brood, a rapid propagation rate that helps explain their increasing numbers despite numerous enemies.
Over four years the tree crotch has hosted rotating occupants including bluejays robins catbirds and mourning doves. This year a grosbeak sought the site but did not win the nesting rights, keeping the backyard feud among songbirds ongoing.
Farmers express widespread concern over quack grass squirreltail burdocks squash bugs and aphis borers cankerworms chicken mites and other pests. They also seek cures for sick cows hogs and calves as field and barnyard challenges mount.
The author complains that even with improved highways a car will be forced to slow speeds by law for public safety, making fast travel feel like twenty miles an hour on a speeding mail train.
A young friend starts this season by buying three registered Polled Angus heifers and a bull. With proper care, he plans to grow a herd within ten years that will bring pride and significant earnings.
A Minnesota man reports sowing four pounds of rape with an early millet crop and says the rape regrew after millet cutting, providing abundant sheep pasture until frost. He cautions potential issues in curing millet with rape mixed in.
The greatest loss from this season's floods is not crops or bridges but soil fertility. Erosion has swept away millions of acres of prime farmland, as farmers contribute much of their best land to rushing waters that carry it away in solution to the ocean.
Experiments by the department of agriculture in Connecticut show Sumatra tobacco can be grown under cover at 25 cents per pound with a yield of 1,000 pounds per acre. At market value of $1.25 per pound, profit is substantial and the practice may expand beyond Connecticut.
The writer tends a half acre vegetable and small fruit garden with seeds sown and land well cultivated. Weeding is kept under control by a Planet Junior cultivator, which is praised as highly adaptable and useful, preferred over even the best worker with a hoe.
A robin digs worms on the lawn while a cock sparrow follows and steals a fat worm for nearby youngsters. The robin seems unbothered by this unusual cooperative scene as the sparrow helps supply the nest.
A fragment recalls a wood pasture entrance closed by two bars of straight black walnut rails cut fifty years ago when walnut timber sold for 15 dollars per thousand feet. The rails were chosen for easy splitting into fence shapes, with old stumps of Splenaip noted in the passage.
The author denounces excessive sentiment for animals, arguing meat requires animal death and that humane reforms like dehorning or tail docking misinterpret creation. They insist humans must subdue nature, using force when needed, noting even divine plans include harsh natural processes.
The piece urges thoughtful home upkeep after mortgage payoff noting that a small budget can still yield a nice home. It praises paint cleaning and planting to improve curb appeal and argues American women influence style, warning against neglecting exterior cleanliness and clutter.
Sorghum as forage grows in use each year. Farmers report stock eagerly eat it even if slightly mildewed. Best results come from sowing late May, thickly, and cutting late in fall. Cocks weighing about 590 to 600 pounds are stored for winter use. It preserves juices and succulence unlike hay and serves as a silage substitute.
The article warns that the borer is the most dangerous apple tree pest, often unnoticed until damage is extensive. It describes a half inch white grub girdling the tree beneath the bark near the roots, causing death if not detected early.
A Pennsylvania reader asks how to manage a large black squash bug that ruined squash vines last year. The beetles feed on the leaf undersides, hindering spraying. The writer plans three remedies bore powder london purple and paris green and will report results.
The article notes concern that using the smallest seed potatoes for planting could drift toward smaller future crops, but asserts that early harvests from small seed culls may not differ markedly from crops grown from large seed. It reports an experiment planting equal varieties from walnut sized to hen egg sized seed beside best selections and promising to report results.
A fragment outlines calls for compromise with armed groups opposing government authority. It condemns a vague money plank, attacks protection, and advocates a return to free trade. The piece notes lack of specifics in indicting the state administration.
The piece condemns Indiana Democrats for a platform built on negation and vague promises, contrasting it with earlier firm positions. It cites anti trust, tariff, and interstate commerce reform as core themes, and warns the leadership’s shift may undermine credibility and effectiveness.
Analysis of the 1864 Union Republican platform notes opposition to peace by compromise, praise of subjugation under U S laws, and critiques of Democratic positions on pensions, money theory, navigation and tariff laws. It defends Republican debt reduction in Indiana and condemns Kentucky court actions in the Goebel era.
A London Tit-Bits amusement recalls a quirky teething cure from a Surrey mother of twelve. The method involves placing the infant on a donkey at dawn, sitting on the cross, facing the tail, while the mother recites the Lord’s Prayer and blesses the child. The tale mocks the remedy as an improbable cure for teething worries.
A city council meeting comment quoted from the Chicago Tribune sees a stranger urge the mayor to curb time spent in trivial wrangling. The citizen counters that the mayor knows his work and that wrangling means no mischief is done.
Daniel Banta of Otterville Towa reports long asthma battles and failed cures until he found immediate relief from Teey's Honey and Tar. He says physicians in New York offered little benefit and endorses the product for home use. Sal Kuofeckel notes similar sentiment.
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