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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1898
Page
4
At the Michigan round-up Institute Prof L R Taft says pruning needs more knowledge than tilling and outlines methods to shape young trees for better fruit distribution and easier spraying. The article also notes clover hay provides substantial nitrogen, with four tons equaling 1000 pounds of nitrate of soda, and discusses nutrient recycling through animal digestion.
The article discusses mineral manures boosting barley and oats, the dangers of excessive stable manure causing rust, and the need for leaf health to maximize carbon uptake. It describes a vacuum drying process for wheat, cucumber cultivation in hothouses with bees for pollination, and the economics of nitrate of soda as a nitrogen source for crops.
Hees argues starting with a full colony yields immediate honey storage up to 200 pounds per season and potential swarms. A full hive requires less maintenance than buying nuclei and queens, arrives ready with standard equipment, and self manages once placed and accessed.
Regular feed for calves matters even in spring when farming slows. If milk is left to stand and served cold, it chills the calf’s stomach and causes diarrhoea. Irregular or cold feeding can ruin digestion and harm future dairy potential.
A table from U S Internal Revenue District reports shows Missouri leading the nation in tobacco manufacture for January with about 1 500 000 pounds in the First District centered on St Louis and 48 875 pounds in the Sixth District. Kentucky follows with roughly 1 000 000 pounds. The piece also notes advice on corn house cleanup to prevent hog feed spoilage.
Article offers home horticulture tips for currant and gooseberry cuttings and a poultry care guide. It covers rooting methods for new plants and practical feeding rules for hens, including meal timing, mash warmth, overcrowding effects, and egg production incentives.
The Portland market report shows foreign wheat buying rising sharply and prices rallying two cents a bushel amid massive cash and May sales. Leiter’s large holdings are cited assuperseded by broader market forces, with exports and crop prospects driving the next movements. Prospective farm prices for wheat, oats, and flour, plus diverse commodity quotes across fruits, dairy, meat, and livestock, reflect a wide market snapshot.
The navy department plans to station an auxiliary vessel at the mouth of the Columbia river for protection. Likely a merchant ship or readily available craft will be used, armed with six pounders and rapid fire guns. The Oregon naval reserve may muster as crew to ensure river familiarity and Pacific Northwest command presence.
Governor Lord was informed by Adjutant General Corbin that the War Department instructed engineers to plant mines in rivers and harbors. Regulations for navigation of friendly vessels have been approved and published. The governor urges all concerned to take notice.
From St. Thomas on April 30 reports four Spanish gunboats at San Juan de Porto Rico with martial law enforced. Porto Rico coast lights out, torpedoes planted, and a sunken old ship blocking the harbor. Warehouses are stocked while authorities say two months’ seizable provisions remain.
The Trans Mississippian exposition will showcase Edison apparatus and inventions, Squires and Crehore rapid synchronography, military telegraphy, Tesla’s oscillator, and Marconi Rhigi Lodge wire telegraphy. It will feature third rail railway systems, alternating current motors for streetcars, electrical plant germination, and kite-based atmospheric measurements.
A collage of quotes and notices touches on warnings about baking powders and alum, medical cautions from Dr. Thompson, humorous remarks about Ely and Greek professors, Allen's Foot-Ease advertisements, a note on a female chimney sweep in Britain, a Castoria trademark dispute, and a locomotive oil lubrication study.
The Niagara yacht built for George Gould uses electricity for 440 16 candle power lamps plus storage for 80 more, with dynamos able to light 900 lamps for display and a bridge searchlight. It also includes electric heaters curling tongs smoothing irons ranges warming pans elevators and telephones.
The British Board of Trade reports that Portland cement must be a mix of two or more suitable materials, intimately blended and calcined with no additions beyond a permissible 2 percent gypsum. Any extra additives invalidate Portland cement. Ragstone and blast furnace slag are identified as the worst adulterants, with slag considered the more objectionable.
The article notes low pay and demanding labor for trained nurses and suggests Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for invalids with chills fever and digestive issues. It adds a meteor fact stating meteors travel 25 miles per second and dissolve to gas upon atmospheric entry.
An advertisement extols All Eastern Syrup as strong and hearty with Neht color and promotes Tea Golden Dripe made from agar Cane as pure. It notes sales by first class grocers in cans and claims Tea Garden Shive bears the manufacturer's name lithographed on every can. Also mentions Paris street trees receive care for beauty and comfort.
Mrs B A Lommanno of Westdale Mass reports she suffered a fibroid tumor in her womb and was cured after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says doctors failed and a visiting woman recommended the remedy, after which menstrual flow normalized and the tumor disappeared.
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