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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
3
A jumble of home economy and technical tips extols plain living and practical hacks. It discusses inverted odours at country homes, pumpkin corn plantings, early washing machines, worm questions, eye and dental care, and future printed black paper newspapers. It urges daily exercise and proper bodily condition, noting urban fatigue.
The article notes rabbits feasting on tender rosebushes near a bed, and discusses unusually wet soils hindering plowing in Illinois affecting corn yields. It cites government crop data for March 1968, immigration trends since 1820, and advice on manure piles as fly breeding zones. It also highlights benefits from single-horse cultivation and poultry runs under orchards based on Cornell experiments.
The article notes corn pests like corn root worm and wireworm damage when fields lack crop rotation. It argues for better soil tilling, pest awareness, and a shift away from risky practices. It also critiques late night social roaming and praises forestry funding at Yale, plus a Texas Panhandle Italian immigrant colonization plan and highway commission guidance for 1907 on road drainage bridges and standard plans.
A May conference at a town agricultural college discussed a new hog cholera treatment. Secretary James Wilson and two disease experts attended from Washington. Trials show serum from deceased animals reduced losses, with state stations to supply serum. Representatives observed production and application methods, aiming to ease farmers’ losses nationwide.
Circular No. 127 from Washington summarizes experiments on how long tuberculous germs remain viable in dairy butter. Milk from an infected cow was used to make butter, portions kept different times then inoculated to fifty guinea pigs, all dying within a defined period. Four and a half months preserved vitality, prompting stricter source checks by city health boards.
Farmers in alfalfa regions report better establishment by inoculating soil from an established field rather than using nitro cultures. Spread inoculated soil within manure as seed is sown, then tile and harrow the field. If no local field exists, use soil from wild sweet clover areas as the same bacteria aid root systems.
A study at the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station shows hogs following cattle with tuberculosis nearly all became infected, while hogs following healthy cattle remained disease free. With many dairy cows infected nationwide, the spread to swine is implied and concerning.
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