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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1914
Page
9
Forest officers report eight years of work reducing losses from predatory animals and poisonous plants. They map danger areas, post warning placards, and supply fences for small poison zones. Rangers now carry syringes to treat cattle with larkspur poisoning, aiming to save valuable stock.
Washington reports that at least one twentieth of stock bred on open western ranges die before market age. Winter storms drought and predators drive losses, with anthrax, blackleg and disease inflicting heavy tolls. Federal inspections and vaccines aim to curb deaths and keep ranges largely disease free.
Sterling correspondent reports Mrs Maryler of Sterling argues Mary Stuart line could have yielded a queen, not Victoria, tracing lineage to James I and the young pretender. She is 78, Canadian born, a longtime teacher, temperance lecturer, and connected to prominent U.S. families including Gen. Thomas Gage and Ly man Gage. Four sets of twins born within 16 hours at New York Jewish latency hospital with mothers and babies thriving.
A fragment notes a sixteen year old named Sturgill in Kentucky weighing 409 pounds at five feet eleven inches, described as still growing. The item references a sergeant and a person named James, indicating a military or official context for the strange weight record.
In a Brooklyn divorce trial, Mrs. Alice Carlson explains the reason for separation from Adolphus M. Carlson. The case cites late night chicken feeding on the farm and involvement of visitor Miss Bertha Stavanaugh. Their twelve year old son Everett testified, but his evidence was curtailed as the master questioned his mental state.
A. C. advises sorting hogs by size in separate lots and keeping boars, sows, and litters in distinct enclosures. He recommends peas as a clean feeding crop, field tipping to prevent waste, and using board floors with ample bedding for better returns. He warns against over fattening breeding sows and stresses proper teeth nipping for suckling piglets.
An agricultural notice warns farmers about losses from pests and poor stock. It urges removal of unprofitable animals and better seed corn, water, and hygiene to protect dairy profits. It stresses disciplined farming to counter thieves like bad cows, drone hens, and weeds.
Agricultural College notes praise the meadowlark for pest control and weed seed destruction. It feeds on insects and caterpillars, tolerates odorous bugs, and rarely eats grain unless food is scarce. Each meadowlark is valued at about a dollar yearly to farmers.
The Ohio experiment station finds yard manure at eight tons per acre in a five year corn oats wheat clover timothy rotation yields $4.69 more per ton. Across all tests with rotation the average gain is $2.97 per ton. The report notes soil and cultivation methods influence results and suggests feeding dairy cows to aid soil.
A compact fable-like note contrasts a craftsman who doubles blade growth with a man who can grow a single blade where none existed. The piece uses pastoral imagery and a sardonic tone to probe productivity.
The report notes that a single experimental crop study cannot justify broad generalizations about yields or benefits. Researchers emphasize limits of inference and call for replicated trials across crops, regions, and conditions to draw reliable conclusions.
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