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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1905
Page
3
Mr Wragg invites contributions of any new ideas for this department and is pleased to answer correspondence on subjects focused. Address M J Wrage, 300 Good Block, Des Moines, Iowa.
The piece urges farmers to harvest hay early for higher digestible protein, recommending cutting as crops bloom, curing clover properly, and harvesting oats and corn before threshing or August 1 to maximize feed quality and ensure a strong milk supply next season. It also advises finishing haying before July 4 to have a solid stock for the barn.
The article notes Missouri holds $42,000,000 in horses and $16,500,900 in mules, showing mules worth more than one third of horses. It argues mule breeding is pivotal in Missouri and limited in the American Northwest.
The piece explains that clover sick soils are rarely a real condition in the United States. In long grown areas, clover may wilt after initial growth due to exhausted available potash, but in the US acidity and other uncongenial soil ingredients, not potash deficiency, are the common causes.
The mule value in the United States is rising and unique to this country. Wars have increased demand while a prolonged Russian Japanese conflict could boost American mule sales. Looming projects like the Panama Canal will also drive demand, ensuring the breeding of mules remains a profitable business for the foreseeable future.
A reader laments slipshod promotion practices and urges visiting schools to judge teachers. He argues pay more to hire quality educators, warns against cheap hires, and urges advertising wages to attract the best, noting good teachers are worth more than low country salaries.
Advice urges eating ripe fresh fruit at breakfast on an empty stomach to refresh the digestive system and reduce medicine use. It compares fruit to ham breakfast and suggests grapes pears or apples as a superior start, claiming improved energy and complexion for women.
A farmer argues against scavenging the dairy cow for waste. He says the dairy cow should be treated like a valued boarder who pays a high price for her keep. If other scavengers are needed, let hogs and sheep do the work and give the dairy cow a generous ration and comfortable care.
The guide explains potato harvest timing by vine die out and tuber ripening. Digging too early reduces quality while leaving too long risks decay or frost. Small patches can be dug by hand, but large quantities require proper potato diggers. plowing injures tubers. Invest in a specialized tool.
The text estimates East and South farmers spend at least 40 million dollars yearly on fertilizers, supporting a large middleman network and labor. It warns that continued unsustainable cropping without soil return risks a flood of artificial fertilizers into the West, draining millions from local economies.
A twenty foot deep, two to three acre pit left by a steam shovel becomes a thriving grove after ten years. Snowdrifts and wind carried rich soil and cottonwood seeds, turning a barren site into a verdant sanctuary as nature heals after human disturbance.
The article notes stomach worms as the era’s top parasite harming flocks and lamb losses. It cites Dr Wheeler of North Carolina disputing common remedies benzine creoline and turpentine as ineffective and proposes injecting creoline directly into the fourth stomach via the canal as a targeted treatment.
The article explains that clover improves soil nitrogen but only if seedbeds are prepared on humus-rich land. It warns that poorest fields may lack humus and moisture retention, recommends plowing under barnyard manure, and stresses smooth seed beds, shallow, even seeding. Rye is advised as a nurse crop and stock kept off the field first year.
The passage explains that as body size increases, heat production rises and requires more internal work. Larger animals consume more food overall, while younger animals eat more relative to size, leading to a greater surplus above basal support. Digestive organs work more efficiently in youth.
This piece argues for upgrading farm equipment like a aerator and emphasizes the impact of early calf care. It advises feeding calves ground dry feed with oats, wheat, bran, clover hay or alfalfa and recommends greasing cow teats with fresh lard or tallow to prevent sore teats, highlighting economic stakes in dairy practice.
Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture outlines standards to be included in a bill across states. Milk must be at least 12 percent total solids, 8 percent solids, and 3 percent milk fat. Butter must be at least 82 percent butter fat with up to 10 percent water in renovated butter, and definitions cover condensed milks and evaporated cream.
The piece notes Cheviot sheep grow well in the United States but have not spread much on Western ranges. It calls the breed hardy and of suitable size for range conditions, capable of moving on foot and efficiently gathering.
In New Orleans pastors lead parishioners to pray and work against yellow fever. Officials report 27 new cases and 3 deaths, 253 total cases with 57 deaths. Churches and wards organize oiling cisterns and screening over 10,000 cisterns and 100000 gallons of oil. Ministers visit poor districts to instruct on prevention.
Odessa reports a court martial for sailors who mutinied on the battleship Kninz Potem kine and George Pobjedonosetz. The trial will convene at Sebastopol on September 8, with the men confined aboard the transport Provt at Sebastopol.
Springfield July 31 The Ed wardsville and Granite City Railroad company certified to the Secretary of State an increase in capital stock to 800000 from 10000.
Samuel A. Bessette of Cherokee Iowa watched his $100 an acre farm fall into the Missouri river and soon wandered into the state asylum. The river’s surge has devastated Iowa and Nebraska farmland with receding waters after twenty years of high levels. Bessette had suffered sleepless worry as the stream advanced toward his property, and when large chunks of land and trees were swept away he collapsed mentally.
Motorman George Searles of Rocky River was electrocuted and Conductor James Porter of Cleveland severely injured when a special newspaper car on the Lake Shore electric railway jumped the track near Clifton Park. Searles was caught on the front platform as the car slid and a short circuit caused his instant death.
National League and American Association results recorded from Sunday games include Chicago and Philadelphia tied 2 2, Cincinnati 2, New York 2, St Louis leading Boston 4 0, and American Association matches such as Louisville 2 Columbus 11, St Paul Milwaukee 3 7, Minneapolis 4 4, with separate Central League scores like Evansville 4 5 Springfield 8, Davenport 25 Cedar Rapids 4, and others noted as completed in ten innings including South Bend 2 and Wheeling 2.
Four Lebanon youths drowned while boating on Horseshoe Lake with Perera Easterly Blanche Easterly Alta Perkins and Ethel Perkins all from Lebanon. Three male companions swam to shore after the accident.
Berlin reports that Prof. Kuno Francke of Harvard, while on holiday, coordinated with Bavarian, Saxon and Swiss authorities and with Frankfurt and Nuremberg officials to arrange significant gifts for the Germanic Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Advices from Bremen indicate 18 year old Orphman, living near Thresher, fell and was drawn into a threshing machine on July 31. He was literally cut to pieces before the machine could be halted.
Sutton Davis, 16, was fatally bitten by a large shark while wading and playing near Davis shore in Beaufort North Carolina on July 31. The shark tossed the boy, caught him in its mouth as he struck the water, and then disappeared.
Ex Governor William Cumback lies dying at his Greensburg home due to an acute indigestion attack that was followed by uraemic poisoning. Indianapolis dispatch notes the 19__ era leader with a long public career, now gravely ill in early August.
Severe rainfall across Chile damages wheat prospects. Reports from Santiago on July 1 note widespread storms harming crops and raising concerns for the agricultural harvest season.
Walter Tie Seely recalls boarding the Congressional Limited a year ago at Pennsylvania Station Jersey City. Seely sat near Secretary Hay at the lunch counter. A passerby elbowed the Secretary and quipped asking for ferrying confectionery while Hay shared a light moment and passed the sugar.
Over one million acres of land on Uintah Indian reservations will be opened for settlement on August 8. Registration begins August 1 at Grand Junction Colorado, continuing until August 12. From Denver Colorado Springs or Pueblo, the Colorado Midland offers the shortest route to Grand Junction or reservation points. Write C. H. Speers G. P. A. Denver for booklet with information on land rates etc.
A Town Topics quip mocks a boast about a fishing catch. The writer says the truth is the fisher “caught just 000,000 fish, 000 of which were 00 Inches long,” casting doubt on the boast and heavy exaggeration.
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