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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
6
Saxton tours William Porter’s hilltop home in Clarkson and meets Evelyn Porter and her sister. Porter’s efforts to host mask lapses while Raridan arrives, courting hospitality and jests. Saxton then inspects the Poindexter ranch, noting a ruined, bachelor-ranch setting with Snyder as caretaker and a bleak dining room.
John Saxton guides a pony through a broken gate into a yard once blue grassed, approaching a crumbled fountain and an old front door as he meets Saxton in a tense, unfolding scene amid a ruined mansion.
Telegraph dispatches report the Secretary of Agriculture declares millets must not bleach flour and that the change goes into effect this week with millers given until June 3 to dispose of bleached stock. Bread will be unbleached and creamy or golden in color with no flavor change, likened to mother’s recipes of old days.
A young woman asks if dealing in futures is awful and hopes to reform the world. Mom teases about not knowing much, suggesting paste as a contrast to futures. Kansas City Times notes the exchange and hints at broader debate.
In a Cleveland Leader note a bridegroom-to-be walked long after Christmas to propose to his partner. The remark highlights his sensible and practical nature as the reason he won acceptance.
A description notes that for each revolution of a locomotive driving wheel four puffs are produced and that the driving wheels have an average circumference of about twenty feet.
Water for bees is essential to dilute honey and make wax pliable. Protect hives from wind, keep weeds down, and spend an hour weekly on care for larger returns. A Chicago newspaper source notes a beekeeper earning 225 dollars selling honey with minimal weekly effort. Feed chicks a starter mix and clean water. introduce rolled oats and small seeds after a few days. Plan alfalfa planting next fall with cow peas as a preparatory crop, avoiding corn or small grains to keep weeds down.
A sermon style tract urges Christians to live by faith with works and bearing trials. It emphasizes God’s unchanging promises, personal accountability, and the danger of mere churchgoing without true commitment. It warns against excuses and worldly temptations while urging active, faithful conduct.
An interesting Sacramento example shows a small trout stream dammed to create a 100000 cubic foot reservoir supplying electricity for home lighting cooking and washing. The plant cost 1500 dollars and in one year performed 700 dollars worth of work. A miner’s ditch is used to form the reservoir during dry months. A portable canning machine is described for in-field canning of farm produce.
The text explains how draft leverage shifts with clevis pin positions relative to the draw pin. When pins align, lever arms equalize and horses pull equally. Behind the draw pin, the ahead horse gains a longer lever arm and pulls less, while ahead of the draw pin the ahead horse shortens its lever arm and pulls more.
The article outlines two feeding methods. First, dry feeding with a mix of corn meal and beef scraps, plus whole wheat over two weeks. The second method combines two parts corn meal, one part finely ground wheat bran, and one part beef scraps with boiling water to form a dough fed warm or cold.
The cheapest gains for young pigs come from the sow. She digests coarse grains and pasture into high milk yield, so a pound taken from the sow yields more than a pound of pig weight gain. Keep piglets with the sow until they eat a full grain and pasture ration.
Forty years ago Morgans were the favorite road horses. The strain traces to a single ancestor, Justin Morgan, foaled in Vermont in 1793, with blood largely thoroughbred. From him descended Blackhawk Bashaw Golddust Ethan Allen Ben Franklin Gen Knox and Daniel Lambert families. The Morgan type is short of feather, thick and round barrel, intelligent and of great courage and endurance.
North Atlantic farmers yielded about 984 dollars per farm in the last census year while Southern farmers averaged 484 dollars. Northern states show 96 acres per farm with varied yields across the Booth Atlantic region.
A mobile irrigation machine is described in Popular Mechanics. Mounted on a wheel barrow, it can be moved between orchards and patches as needed. Water is heated by a kerosene burner to support the watering process.
The guide states geese should be taken by the neck and flipped from the ground with the back toward the handler so the bird cannot strike. Support the body partly by grabbing the first joint of the wing. Facing the goose forward can provoke hard wing blows and foot scratches.
The Oberlin Times notes hours of labor for farmers and professors at Minnesota Agricultural College. It cites Prof Boss stating summer work is nine hours with four to five hours in winter. Prof Bailey remarks on a school maam who worked 9 to 4 until marriage then 4 to 9. The moral, school maams make good wives for farmers.
Transplanting advice suggests doing planting work in the evening if possible. Press soil firmly around the roots and water thoroughly. If dry soil covers the damp area after watering, it prevents soil baking when sun returns.
The article notes that excellence in quality and large specimens commands high fees for exhibits and prizes. It emphasizes that the public values uniformity and soundness, with freight costs acceptable to the Panjota entity, reflecting the average buyer's priorities.
A nervous man recalls a Kansas farm encounter with a shepherd dog. He tests the saying barkers won’t bite, recounting how Shep chased a book agent while the narrator, without overalls, avoided the gate. The tale ends with the agent fleeing as the dog closes in.
A mother helps Bobby prepare for a photographer visit on Saturday. He quickly writes a letter on celluloid tablets addressed to his mother requesting a view of the neighbor boys’ new game in Lothrop's yard. He then asks for a postscript before rushing back to his room.
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