Agricultural Advice From 1908 Farm Column
A dense farm column offers tips on soil prep for fruit trees, cabbage worm control with hot water, pruning and white lead sealant, clover rotation benefits, sheep feeding tests, kitchen stove efficiency, dairy utensil washing, orchard slope choices, Jewish farmers in the U.S., pest control for potatoes, oat straw value for fattening sheep, vigilance in vegetable growing, and drought era engine use for pumping and chores. It also critiques fall planting and urges crop rotation and practical home focus.
How to keep butter from turning strong in storage
A reader asks how to prevent butter from becoming strong after two to three days. Causes include pasture weeds, yard odors, unclean separators, sour cream, light and air exposure, and contamination from odors. Emphasis on cleanliness, prompt churning, proper packing, and cold storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Bridges
N. J
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Progress in the Philippines fuels sugar plantation plowing
A leading U S gasoline traction engine maker shipped twenty two horsepower tractors to the Philippine Islands over the past eighteen months to plow sugar plantations in Luzon. After the Spanish American War draft animals were largely destroyed and importations of mules and horses declined leaving natives unable to prepare land for the guigar cane crop. Traction engines adapted for burning alcohol were used by Uncle Sam to do plowing work and the cost was assessed on crops and collected at harvest. The system kept agriculture going and prevented starvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Luzon
Uncle Sam
Mnoleum Floors Save Work for the Good Housewife
A farm kitchen tip promotes laying over worn floors with Mnoleum to resist dirt. The surface cleanups easily, avoiding scrubbing at joints, reducing back breaking labor and giving the homemaker more leisure.
Indiana Republicans back Hemenway for reelection to Senate
The Indiana Republican platform endorses James A. Hemenway for reelection to the U S Senate, praising Beveridge and Hemenway's records and urging the General Assembly to reelect Hemenway in 1909. It questions Democrats if they win the legislature and warns voters about electing Senators by popular vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Indiana
Union
Senate
Albert J. Beveridge
James A. Hemenway
Charles W. Fairbanks
Beveridge
Hemenway
Congress
General Assembly
United States Senate
Republican Party of
Democratic Party of
Bryan Attacks Cleveland Parker Sullivan in Democratic Feud
The text traces William Jennings Bryan's long critique of Grover Cleveland and others, noting his 1896 lines on party splits and loyalty. It recounts Bryan’s 1904 Cooper Union remarks on Parker, his 1906 Chicago banquet attack on Roger Sullivan, and his claim Sullivan aimed to influence endorsements, framing Sullivan as a political associate unfit to judge Democratic applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Democratic Party
Cleveland
Denver
Life Insurance Companion
Grover Cleveland
Parker
Cooper Union
New York
Belmont
Sullivan
Chicago
Roger Sullivan
National Committee
Beware of Roorbacks in Campaign Stories
The piece warns voters to beware of roorbacks—late hour stories with no foundation meant to confuse voters and injure candidates. It stresses that truthful stories deserve timely investigation and verification, and condemns unprincipled politicians who rely on such devices.
Send B Repeal Push Backfires in Kansas City
A 1908 communication reports Indiana brewery posters claiming county option harms business. Kansas Governor Hoch counters that prohibition enforcement in Kansas City, Kansas, boosted moral, educational, and financial conditions. A Commercial Club circular and bank official statements cite rising new business, reduced crime, and overall prosperity since saloon closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Kansas City
Kansas
Hoch
Topeka
Commercial Club
Brewers
C. W. Trickett
C. L. Brokaw
Commercial National Bank of
Kansas saloons in defiance of state law and public opinion
The piece argues that Kansas City Kansas maintained illegal saloons against the state constitution which bans intoxicating liquor as a beverage. It credits a courageous attorney general with breaking the Kansans City ring and condemns brewery power in Kansas and Indiana as driving politics and abuse of liquor laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoch
Kansas
Kansas City
Kansas Town
Horesty
Indiana
Gompers and Keefe in Labor Vote Debate report
The New York Tribune notes Gompers would resent imitators of his motives while Ike Keefe acts as a citizen voting by conscience. The piece argues a smear against Keefe backfires and leaves only tainted skepticism toward his critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gompere
Gompers
Mr. Bryan
Ike Mr. Keefe
Keefe
New York Tribune
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. B E. Trigg
Department of Agriculture
Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid Society
Connecticut
Arkansas
Hilnola
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New Jersey
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Michigan Experiment Station
Cleo
Ofeo
Iowa
Tona
Register
Srockford
Parker, Sullivan, Et al
Mand
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