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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1898
Page
4
Practical advice on thinning fruit trees to boost yields and net profits, packing and marketing fruit, choosing good dealers, and building trust in farm commerce. Also notes on Plymouth Rock hens profits, barn design with sliding doors, sowing clover seed, and an unusual method for growing tall tomato vines in Charlestown West Virginia.
Straw stack stables offer a cheap warm shelter by piling straw around posts with a roof and a doorway. Risks include stack collapse if stock chew their way in. Farmers discuss sowing grass seed on grain versus seed alone, noting soil readiness and drought effects on different soils and the potential for spring sowing without grain.
The article extols golden rod as a hardy showy native plant ideal for American garden collections. It notes easy propagation by spring cuttings, rapid fall growth, and strong lighting effect. It recommends pairing with late native asters and emphasizes contrast with purple flowers for harmonious color, while urging modern door designs over old swinging doors.
The article discusses planting early potatoes on land previously manured corn on old sod, noting better results with fresh sod and proper timing. It also covers peach variety testing across twenty four experiment stations to improve regional suitability and warns about true to name varieties. It highlights sheep and mutton-wool economics and argues breeding stock quality improves future turkey yields.
The article argues blackberries offer higher profits per labor and capital than other crops. It notes some blackberry fields yield returns without fertilizer and minimal care, suggesting great potential if properly fertilized and managed. It contrasts with strawberries whose profitability remains to be demonstrated.
The article argues profitable farming hinges on keeping growing stock and culling aging animals. It says feed for young stock yields more growth than fattening fully grown animals, with hogs at 200 pounds wasting most food on maintenance and yielding little profit to the feeder.
Analysis from the Colorado Experiment Station shows Vesican pea vines produce hay richer in protein than clover or alfalfa. Pea vines contain substantially more nitrogen and are valued for green manuring with a sizable amount of Vesican pea hay grown in Colorado.
Uniform strength across speculative markets with Chicago May wheat from 0434 to 9838 and May pork at 10.80 per barrel to 10.75. Ameri can visible supply fell by 55000 bushels to 25684000, while last year stood 46658000. Northwest demand rises and prices may advance further as sources shift and Atlantic ports import unexpectedly.
Variety of farm goods listed with prices including wheat butter cheese eggs poultry beef and pork. Includes per bushel per ton per pound figures for wheat oats barley hay and fresh meats with regional notes on Oregon Washington and California origins.
Dr Elkins notes Arcturus shines 5000 times brighter than the sun. In Worcester England a young woman eats about two wax candles weekly for complexion. Persian shah’s horses have six inch crimson dyed tails a privileged royal mark.
Promoters focus on a Cook Inlet to Yukon line over the glacier and Tanana route. Survey parties will probe the coast interior corridor while Lake Teslin and Stickeen routes draw Canadian Pacific scrutiny. Analysts predict railroad aid to mining and food supply, with Canadian and American interests competing for routes through Alaska and British territory.
The piece notes damp cold winters worsen neuralgia and blames climate on nerves, praising St Jacobs Oil as a sovereign remedy to give warmth and strength. It adds a proverb about Egyptian funerals needing same day service for deaths before noon and permitting next day after noon.
The article notes heavy decisions by the general appraisers at the Custom House pending Treasury Secretary approval. It highlights a need for health aids like Hostetter's Stomach Bitters amid weak systems. It mentions London housing the world’s largest telegraph office in the general post office building with over 3,000 operators.
A summer novelty in jewelry features studs buttons and pins carved pink and mother of pearl set in silver with skeleton silver patterns cut out over the pearl.
An old advertising collage cites Allen's Foot-Ease as a foot powder curing painful feet and aiding shoe comfort with over 10,000 testimonials. It promotes Pitcher’s Castoria as the original child remedy and notes trademark exclusivity. Also mentions Waldorf Astoria, cures for fits, and a Boston water pumping statistic.
A jumble of advertisements and antiquarian items details swindler claims for King Solomon's Treasure from MASON CHEMICAL CQO in Philadelphia, plus brief notes on trolley safety devices, lamp seals, steel wool, an electric dental mallet, 1774 Philadelphia population estimates, pencil counter registers, Brisbane typhoid treatment results, Guy's hospital speech recording, Boston's 1831 tide record and related harbor datum.
Fashion notes report women embracing turkey foot ornaments in gold or silver as chatelaine pins or brooches. The piece jokes about luck claims, mocks rabbit foot beliefs, and mentions a boastful tale involving a gobbler foot and a midnight theft by a straight-haired Black person, reflecting era attitudes.
A kitchen table features a top built as a series of shelves linked to a tilting frame. The shelves rise to a vertical position enabling them to form a cupboard for storage.
A 1868 82 year old bank note from China predates Gutenberg by centuries and predates Europe’s bank notes by eight centuries. Leather remains unmatched for shoes belts harnesses and many uses despite inventor efforts to find substitutes. Georgia lawmakers introduced a $5 appropriation to buy a Bible for the state library as no copy exists there.
An advertisement announces All Eastern Syrup made from glucose and described as light in color with heavy body. Tea Garden Ice is declared strictly pure and sold by first class grocers in cans. Produced by the Pacific Coast Syrup Co Algentine with the manufacturer’s name on each can. Also notes double end toe clips being made in England for bicycles.
Local ads tout Halls Catarrh Cure and Mail s Catarrh Cure as blood and mucous surface remedies. Chesey Co claims a physician endorsed formula with tonics and purifiers. No quack medicine according to the Toledo firm.
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