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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1902
Page
2
A poetess uses Folly as a fickle muse to describe a love affair gone wrong. A cockatoo in a city zoo fights over a macaw, leaving a white plumage change in a dramatic scene. An Orkney estate yields a subterranean house with bone, horn, and pillar features. A Peruvian palm nut thimble case, carved with openwork leaves, ends with a tiny egg shaped container.
A century old native of South America, a silk cotton tree in Nassau Bahamas stands as a royal oddity. Planted over two centuries ago by John Miller, its roots form massive buttresses six to twelve feet high. Its vast limbs stretch irregularly, creating hollows once believed to house elves. The tree bears seed pods filled with silk fleece used in native pillows and mattresses. Several specimens exist on New Providence, but this one is the monarch.
In the north of Scotland a twenty square mile expanse of Culbin Sands covers the area from Nairn to the Findhorn. Once a fertile village, it was buried in a single night by shifting dunes, leaving ruins and household artifacts buried in the sand. Local lore recalls the inhabitants’ narrow escape from the drift.
A massive fog horn is proposed for the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It would be four feet wide at the outer end and twelve feet long, sounding by compressed air through a dual valve system with revolving disks—one producing a roar and the other a shriek every two minutes. The system uses three air tanks and engines, and on favorable days the horn could be heard twelve to fifteen miles.
Richard Brettell solicitor of Chertsey was laid to rest in Horsell in a red and blue farm wagon drawn by two horses. The last request was to travel to his grave by wagon, a two and a half hour journey from Chertsey, with six farm laborers walking beside and carrying the coffin.
Doobie Plewer of Neuhaldensleben Germany asserts his two part clay flower pot is the best on the market. The inventor a famed florist says air circulation around the earth improves plant growth with an outer pot housing hose shaped holes feeding air into the inner pot and allowing closure. A New York Central Park ecockatoo shows a striking color change from red and gold.
At Tilden's Point a pine stump about two and a half feet in diameter, cut fifty years ago, now bears three yellow birch trees. The trees measure five six and seven inches in diameter as their seeds lodged on the stump and grew down to ground level.
Growth seaward at Dungeness Point England due to eastward shingle drift prompts a new lighthouse project with a Deal firm for 20000 dollars. It will be the third lighthouse at Dungeness with the first inland and the second now near the shore.
A compendium of period anecdotes on Cecil Rhodes shy of women, Timothy Dwight’s Yale farewell tied to vacation time, and a surreal Gheel town famed for its many demented residents living among the healthy. Also notes freight costs of Pennsylvania anthracite hauling at $10,000,000 annually.
Readings on South American women influencing political life and peace efforts in Chile and Argentina, with notes on suffrage potentially reducing wars. Also mentions Moslem sacred banner, a laborer tale about demolishing a church, global shipping tonnage, coal and wheat shares, and naval target practice costs.
Maine Experiment Station chief C D Woods urges Wisconsin farmers to tailor potato growing to local soil. He emphasizes seed selection, proper storage, and planting depth to avoid sunburn. The piece also reports on fertilizer brands in New Hampshire and notes cold injury to fruit buds in Tennessee and Missouri.
Fraternity partners review reports from J W Stanton Southern Illinois PF A Waugh Vermont O M Lord Minnesota KB A Riehl Southern Illinois Geo N Parker Eastern Minnesota J Troop Indiana John Craig New York L R Taft Michigan Benjamin Buckman Central Illinois project fruit prospects. Early forecasts cite apples peaches plums with varied outcomes. peaches fare poorly in many areas while apples and other fruits show potential if dry conditions ease and buds survive.
Swine are omnivorous and require bulk in their diet. Overly condensed cereals in confinement cause disease and losses. Ideal feeding includes silage, roots, vegetables, or clover hay soaked and mixed with meal or concentrates to maintain stomach fullness and health.
The article advises using mature, proven breeding birds for reliable eggs and vigorous chicks. It warns against small pens, urges ample space and green grass plus oat plots, and notes exercise boosts fertility. It also mentions large Philippine forests with tall, clear-trunk trees and vast hardwoods available.
New Mexico is a major sheep country with about 6 000 000 sheep. Utah leads with 8 000 000 to 9 000 000 sheep. The industry is described as never more prosperous than at present.
The article reports shepherds observing weak lambs due to poor uterine nourishment from coarse fodders and insufficient minerals, noting goitre signs from thyroid enlargement. It also describes measures: introduce new strong rams and feed concentrates, plus a farmers dairy group in Evanaville promoting sanitary milk through lectures and Purdue guidance.
J W Boles outlines early farrowing care for sows noting limited food post farrow and gradual feeding as pigs grow. He stresses housing for each sow, soft mixed feed after starter slops, and use of bran ship stuff oil meal. Emphasizes bone and muscle growth in first six months, warns against overfeeding, and recommends bedding, minerals, and sand in pens.
The text describes a method to destroy smut by treating oats with formalin and water, spreading the grain, stacking, covering, and resting for 24 to 48 hours, then storing. It also notes Professor Crookshank disputing Koch on tuberculosis in cattle from human virus and advocating strict dairy inspection, plus a note on pruning trees for optimal branch disposition.
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