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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1903
Page
7
The writer argues breeding livestock and better crops create wealth noting music to money in Angora goats and tobacco in South Carolina. He cites flood diversion to the west, potato farming in Oklahoma, sand on roads, and value added by labeling barrels. A varied slice of rural enterprise is painted.
A Western study reports costs of beef, mutton, and pork per hundred pounds. It notes scarce new apple orchards in northern Illinois, rich land with coal and sand deposits, and reflects on shifting public sentiment regarding whiskey among farmers over fifty years.
A commission man rode a cart down South Water street with a Russian peddler’s Jersey red boar weighing nearly 700 pounds. The animal was tarred with dirt and bristles, tusked like crow bars. It is believed many poor people obtained a fry or roast from the beast.
An Australian finding links rainfall to land productivity. Under 10 inches allows no sheep per square mile. Ten inches or more supports nine sheep per square mile. Twenty inches supports 640 sheep per square mile, and rainfall above 24 inches yields 2,560 sheep per square mile.
A collection of agricultural observations and statistics from across the United States. Data touch on wheat oats and corn stockpiles, acreage and crop values in Wisconsin and Victoria, drought and pests like the Hessian fly, farm labor feeding practices, a Alaska real estate claim, silage from damaged corn, and Nebraska macaroni wheat trials with yields over twenty bushels per acre.
Clover fits rotation schemes by self eliminating in two years, unlike alfalfa which persists. The speaker notes clover is preferable for rotation, suggesting farmers use a small field of alfalfa only if possible and to prefer clover when planning crop rotations.
A Boston minister preached to a fashionable audience asserting that women with dead bird on their hats would not reach heaven. The proof offered remains unspecified, yet the sentiment is strong and controversial in tone.
The University of Wisconsin launches a detailed study on peat as a fuel, noting limitless peat deposits in the state. The coal strike tensions extend beyond wage gains, with broader effects evident in economic and industrial discussions.
Drainage and irrigation are the two great agencies whereby the waste lands of the country must be reclaimed. Too much water in some places and in others not enough. Soils of unequal fertility are secured. Cooperative effort is required in all cases to secure the best reports.
The piece notes a local habit of selling eggs by count rather than weight, a practice tied to price differences between large and small eggs. It mentions a farmer who selects the large eggs for his household, done by his wife.
The author argues paint improves homes and lives beyond sanitation noting its civilizing effect, likening it to clean clothes and a tidy pocket handkerchief. A weathered, unpainted home shapes children's habits, while paint enhances life and even newspaper men benefit from its presence.
A regional note discusses a large area of sweet corn grown for a cannery and observes farmers let fodder be consumed by cattle rather than saved. It notes hay prices of 7 to 10 dollars per ton and urges better use of the corn fodder as a valuable resource.
Capital backs drainage of swamp and bog land in settled states. Spades tiling and fire on ten dollar swamp tracts have, in many cases, converted them into $200 land for an expense not exceeding $50 per acre. Reclaimed lands gain special value for garden and truck uses.
A land sale notice warns buyers that clearing northern Wisconsin timber lands cannot be done for 3 per acre. The advert misleads with stump and brush removal costs, which the seller says average about 20 per acre. The article notes firsthand experience with the work and cautions buyers.
A concise note on bird migration patterns as spring temptations bring young birds northward. It explains that bluebirds robin hybrids seek evergreen groves and stream thickets, while many travel south for warmth. Severe cold and lack of food kill some, and open-water fowl fare better. Perils include lights, guns, hawks, owls, and domestic predators, which limit bird numbers.
An experiment at Mio Nebraska station fed twenty uniform pigs in four groups: corn alone, corn with skim milk, corn with shorts, and corn with alfalfa leaves and chaff. Costs and gains show alfalfa improves meat quality, bone strength, and overall hog health with higher protein intake.
A man raises four sons aged nine to sixteen by guiding them to productive spare time work, teaching business methods and cooperation. They buy their own clothes, never ask for pocket money, and he keeps them home with an attractive household. This approach aims to prevent future trouble and make the sons a credit to him.
The Bird Club in a western town offers a model for study and protection of bird life. Members, young and old, join weekly spring through fall outings for field study and winter meetings focused on ornithology. The club’s format inspires other towns to adopt similar programs.
England relies increasingly on foreign nations for food for 40 million people, prompting a parliamentary inquiry on securing supplies in wartime. The piece notes population rise from 28.6 to 40 million and wheat acreage shrinking from 4 million to under 2 million acres as wheat lands revert to grass.
An expert bugologist employed by the government warns farmers and orchardists face losses exceeding 300 million dollars next season from insect pests. The chinch bug may ruin 100 million, grasshoppers 90 million, Hessian fly 50 million, cotton worm 65 million, potato bag 8 million, and cabbage worm 5.6 million. These losses could set prices and curb over production and low prices.
Right Rev George Montgomery co adjutor archbishop of San Francisco and recently named archbishop of Manila has declined the post. He prefers to stay in San Francisco where he helped build the church and organized the League of the Cross Cadets. He stated his work lies in California and he will not abandon it.
A historical look traces the decline of black jockeys from near dominance fifty years ago to near disappearance today. It notes antebellum slave patrons guiding horse racing in the South, the northward shift of racing centers to New York area venues like Saratoga and Jerome Park, and the fading of prominent black riders after pioneers such as Sims, Clayton, and Perkins.
Dr. Abram Kuyper, premier of Holland, guides destinies amid anti strike bill tensions in The Netherlands. A 67 year old minister of the Gospel and politician, he rose in 1869 to Parliament after a Calvinist upbringing and Leiden education, shaping policy on education with liberal religious views.
A short note on noon marks as simple timekeepers on farms a century ago. Country folk learned to read the sun near doorways and thresholds. Mrs. Earle notes even a kitchen noon mark could tell hours from 10 to 4 within four minutes.
Senator Dillingham of Vermont studies meteorology and watches temperature lines on a weather map in Washington. He points to the Gulf of Mexico and says it gives up most of the water carried overland and falls as rain in the eastern and middle states, asking what would happen without the gulf.
Hugh H. Hanna named the third member of the Gold Standard Commission to push an international gold exchange system. A publicist from Indianapolis he organized the monetary commission behind currency reform in 1900. Born in Lafayette fifty five years ago, he studied in the U.S. and Germany and is a wealthy Indianapolis manufacturer.
New York society buzzes over the May 5 arrival of the Earl of Kintore, King Edward's equerry, for a twenty day stay. He is linked to an American racing stable and to the King’s horses expected at the St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition. A Union League Club dinner will honor him with noted turf patrons in attendance.
Sir Philip Burne-Jones, the English artist, sailed home after a year in this country. He denounced the local yellow art critics who he says know little of the matter. He cited a Philadelphia artist who planned to sell a picture for 600 dollars and warned that harsh reviews spurred the buyer to back out. Sir Philip believes opening an American gallery or salon would boost artists here.
Ida M Flagler, divorced wife of Henry M Flagler and former Standard Oil magnate, is reported to be regaining her sanity. Two years ago Flagler divorced her as incurably insane and married Mary Lilly Kenan of Wilmington, N C. If mature recovery occurs, the millionaire would face a difficult situation as Mrs Flagler remains under a physician’s care costing $1000 monthly.
Miss Navonne Cushman of New Rochelle New York heiress to half of Joseph B Cushman estate valued at about one million dollars but she keeps teaching. The will divided wealth between her and cousin Charles Cushman of Vernon near Utica, who survives him.
Des Moines reports special agent George M. Rommel visiting to prepare a bulletin on swine raising, with Iowa data promising in the study. The supreme court reverses a murder verdict in Theile case citing insanity evidence. interior to repay Iowa 7000 dollars for Tama Indians renovation costs. military officers inspect the Iowa National Guard.
Representativa of Iowa mutual fire insurance firms gathered at Kirke Wood hotel largely to press for establishing an Iowa insurance department. A committee will draft a plan to introduce a bill next session. Railroad earnings reports dominate other items, noting increases and statutory classifications.
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