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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1903
Page
3
Describes a corn drying and granary setup with adjustable doors for air flow and rack-based drying. Notes capacity to dry 500 to 600 bushels and handling green to mature corn differently. Also summarizes soil testing methods using plant indicators and litmus for acidity.
An Indianapolis News description explains a simple wood block device to raise chopping height and guard against flying debris. Two base logs support a long top log, with stakes to secure the setup. A bent iron aids guiding the twig being cut, preventing injury and reducing back strain.
A note from the American Poultry Advocate emphasizes that a few extra good birds in foundation stock beat many average ones. It argues a good start is a shortcut to success and warns that life is short to breed from mediocre birds, even if cheap upfront but costly later.
The Iowa Supreme Court rules in Parsons v Manu ser that a beekeeping owner is liable when bees known to attack near horses sting and kill a tied horse by a hitching post near the hives. The decision cites Northwestern Reporter 093 and 86.
The article extols fine dry dirt as an excellent absorbent and disinfectant for stables. It makes good bedding when covered with straw and keeps cows clean, even without straw. Dry earth absorbs liquids and gases, speeds stall cleaning, and doubles manure value by reducing nutrient loss. It is easier to handle than straw and corn stalks and aids field hauling.
The guide advocates dividing land into fields, growing fodder for sheep, and avoiding forced foraging. It argues that care yields wool, mutton, and lamb while enriching soil, with profits appearing gradually over time.
If old trees fail to yield fruit, dig the soil thoroughly and apply well rotted stable manure. Work it in and, if possible, add wood ashes. If revival fails after pruning, replace the trees. Rich soil allows 3 4 years of crops then seed to clover for hog pasture or cultivate with no crop.
A seventy to eighty year old cherry tree in northern Delaware has yielded about $50 worth of fruit annually for twenty years with a peak year of $80. Six years ago it bore fifty four peach baskets about eleven hundred pounds, all grown without care in a simple dooryard serving as a free gift of nature.
Practical guidance for poultry keepers covering feed measures lime tonic and vinegar usage, egg shell strength, ducks without grass, boiled milk for diarrhea, early chick marketing, caponizing late hatches, culling roosters, and avoiding crushed oats. It emphasizes ventilation and diet adjustments to prevent gapes and digestive issues in heat.
Oregon farmers report high profits across crops with strong yields and good market prices. Wheat at Salem around 70 cents with milling premium. oats, hay, hops, and prunes show solid margins despite high labor costs. Dairy products and woolgrowers also receive favorable prices, signaling broad agricultural prosperity.
Register Dresser reports a telegram withdrawing vacant unappropriated lands in townships 6 to 13 south range 4 east from settlement and sale while Cascade range forest reserve is studied. Bona fide settlers prior to the telegram date may retain rights if they record and comply with the relevant laws.
In Dale and surrounding counties the cattle market sits unsettled as export buyers offer low prices. Hay is scarce and costly with field prices at 10 dollars per ton, four higher than last fall. Cattle raisers with limited feed hold out hoping for better terms, fearing forced sales at a loss if stalemate endures.
The region bears peace in desolation with overstocked ranges stripped of grass. Twenty years ago the Bend to Prineville corridor boasted dense grazing as cattle and horses thrived, but now feed is scarce for hundreds, leaving dusty riders recalling the knee high grasses of the past.
Canyon City prepares a modern two story school with four class rooms and recitation rooms. Officials advertise for bids to construct the building with an estimated cost around $3000.
E. L. Smith of Hood River, president of the State Board of Horticulture, is touring Coos County visiting the principal farms to inspect conditions and practices.
The Haines Lumber Company's planing mill in Haines burned last week. The loss is $6000. The plant was owned by James Mitchell of Baker City who carried no insurance.
Superintendent J H Ackerman reports annual school statistics showing 143 757 youths ages 4 to 20 in the state for the year ending June 1903 up from 138 466 last year. Average daily attendance fell to 64 219 from 66 779 as labor scarcity and high wages pull older boys from classwork.
A special Roseburg board of trade meeting and citizens invite other commercial bodies to join in protesting to Washington officials and to senators and representatives against further extension of forest reserves. The measure would impose hardships on bona fide settlers already located on the lands.
Wheat prices for Walla Walla and valley ranges with flour and patent grades. Butter at 20 22 cents, cheese at 14 cents, poultry values for chickens turkeys and ducks listed. Eggs, potatoes, beef, veal, mutton, lamb, hogs, hops, tallow and wool prices shown with regional references to Oregon and California.
A California wife killer labeled The Human Mystery. Fischer a barber preacher organizer and thief was hanged at San Quentin for chloroforming choking and burning his wife to death in Riverside. He feigned religious devotion while committing crimes in both coasts and deserted wives he did not love. He told his wife he was a bigamist and asked her to disappear while he surrendered, promising reunion after his sentence. She refused and the tale ends in doubt.
The report states Fischer claimed the woman vowed to kill herself if he were arrested and that biblical doctrine led him to murder to save souls. He received forgiveness after the act and was 31. Investigators noted a family history of theft and religious upbringing.
A home remedy suggests vaseline and mustard paste applied as a poultice to relieve sharp lung or side pain and back neck pain, with a note it has helped break up influenza. A simple water purity test involves sugar in a tumbler of well water stored overnight. clear water indicates purity, milky water signals contamination.
Schule notes stomach movements slow and acidity rises during sleep. He advises those with weak digestion and hyperpepsia to avoid sleeping after meals and remain wakeful after eating for a time.
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