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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1906
Page
4
A poem by W. B. Nesbit from the Chicago Tribune describes sunset colors fading into dusk. The scene moves from red clouds and a flag to a silent night with drums and bugle calls, as stars rise and the day ends.
In Crawford Lacy Joyce Lidell, a nineteen year old vicar’s daughter, wins the attention of Sir Richard Ruston a wealthy bachelor. A skating accident sparks growing affection as Joyce and Sir Richard exchange quiet talk and a hopeful future amid Hunt week plans. Jack Crawford’s engagement to Janie Lidell surfaces at the Southport Hunt ball.
Farmers urged to drain wet fields with tile to avoid open ditches and ease cultivation. Proper drainage increases pasture value and expands usable grasses, with costs low on not very wet land.
Prof. Simon Newcomb, retired United States Navy and former Naval Observatory figure, becomes the first government employee in years to accept a foreign decoration. The German Kaiser awarded the Pour le Merite fur Wissenschaften und Kunsten, a top science order limited to sixty members with half residing in Germany.
Hoard's Dairyman says demand for first class milk butter and cheese will match supply. With better cows feeding and care, production will rise and costs fall.
A weed cutter can be fashioned from a flat file sharpened at the upper end and fitted into an old hoe handle. It clears burdock docks and thistles from yards. For bur docks, follow cutting with kerosene oil from a large machine oiler.
It is special work to grow seeds on the farm and every farmer who relies on his own seeds for next year must be careful or varieties will mix. Wind bees and other insects distribute pollen and involuntary crossing may not show this season but will affect next year.
Experiments show a cow in full milk intake drinks 1500 to 2000 pounds of water monthly, average 1660 pounds per cow. The finding stresses year round unlimited water supply. 100 quarts of milk contain about 88 quarts of water, and water scarcity lowers yield.
When keeping eggs from my pens I aim for April hatch. March eggs are typically less fertile than those laid in the following two months, yet early chicks offer advantages. Eggs set in the next six weeks should hatch well, with rapid growth ensuring strong winter layers and show readiness.
The meadow ground should be brushed out while frozen, alders cut to ground level. Sprouts will sprout in summer but be tender and can be killed with a heavy hoe. Few sprouts remain after. mow yearly to keep them down. Success hinges on cutting close the first time with no stubs.
The article stresses having carpentry and blacksmith supplies on the farm. It recommends farm raised or second hand lumber nails staples bolts screws drill bits and bits and drills a hammer hatchet saws a square pliers wire cutters a forge and blacksmith tools to handle emergencies and save trips to town.
A historical remedy for the San Jose scale describes dissolving two pounds of whale soap in one gallon of boiling water, adding one gallon of kerosene, and emulsifying with a pump while hot. The mixture is diluted with six gallons of water when used as a spray, or two quarts of kerosene with minimal water for brush painting.
The piece discusses potato farming issues with scab avoidance. It notes that even with the greatest care it is not always possible to grow potatoes free of scab and offers practical guidance to reduce that risk.
The article notes scab infestation makes potato cultivation difficult and advises leaving the ground fallow in a different crop for two to three years if needed. It recommends sourcing seed tubers free from scab and sterilizing them by soaking in a formalin solution before planting.
A reader in the Indiana Farmer advises humane mole control by stomping runs during daylight, waiting still, crushing moles with a heel, and using a dog to dig them out. The method includes rewarding children a penny per scalp to encourage rapid removal.
A Indiana Farmer correspondent describes annual watermelon planting on about one acre. He details bed preparation, manure, hill formation, sowing eight to ten seeds per hill, thinning to three plants, hoeing and cultivation, lime dust for pests, nitrate of soda top dressing, frost protection with paper, and preferred Dixie and Meclver sugar melons. He notes earning about 85 to 100 dollars at the local market.
Washington bill advances in House to prosecute adulterators of bluegrass and other seed. Kentucky bluegrass mixed with Canadian seed. foreign seed threatens domestic export trade and agricultural integrity.
A 19th century account summarizes the house fly life cycle from egg to adult, noting a 10 day development under favorable conditions. It details egg laying near horse manure, larval growth, pupation, emergence, and early wing expansion, plus aging, hibernation, and disease-carrying potential. It cites Dr. A S Packard's 1873 work.
The piece traces linguistic shifts from whelps to cubs for young predators. It notes Bible usage from Wyclif to 1611, explains cubs originally meant fox offspring, and observes Shakespearean and later uses including a whale calf sense.
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