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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1904
Page
7
M J Wragg invites contributions and reader questions on discussed subjects and requests correspondence at Waukee Iowa.
The article emphasizes meticulous dairy management to maximize profit. It urges careful feeding tailored to each cow, timely culling of nonprofitable cows, keeping water available, housing comfort, and humane treatment to boost butter quality and overall productivity, noting winter prices favor higher returns.
Practical farming guidance stresses timely livestock slaughter, proper salting, and keeping animals sheltered. Emphasizes capitalizing on home-produced beef, mutton, pork, milk, and butter, while tracking incomes and expenses. Recommends crop rotation, diversification, self-sufficiency, and seasonal planning to weather market fluctuations, with vegetables stored for poultry during winter.
The article traces shifts in farming from old methods to modern needs, noting the Morrill Bill of July 2, 1862, signed by Lincoln. It highlights the growth of land grant colleges, rising competition in farming, and the call for broadly educated agriculturists to fill roles in teaching, research, and farm management.
The article notes a scarcity of apples in this country and explains that any surplus in the United States and Canada will find ready sale in Great Britain and on the continent. It suggests canning or evaporating fruit that does not meet market quality standards to profit from global demand.
Whittier evokes childhood pumpkin memories and Thanksgiving gatherings. Lanterns, carved faces, corn-heaps, and fairy tales accompany a reunion of kin and friends across East West North and South. The poem recalls warm family scenes and the pull of renewed affection at holiday tables.
With winter near, residents are urged to remove fowls from trees as roosting there risks cold and potential serious illness. The guidance notes that allowing perches in trees has been tolerated but should stop to prevent a hen’s repeated nights leading to bad cold and possible complications.
A Minnesota reader asks how many bushels of corn are needed to fatten a 1000-pound steer in six months. Data from Minnesota and Ontario stations suggest that with good fodder a steer may gain with about 10–11 pounds of meal daily, totaling about 186 days. If whole corn is fed, 20–24 pounds per day may be used, but then a pig is fed with the steer. six months may not be necessary for optimal gain.
The best wintering approach is a well heated cellar with a partitioned, ventilated bee apartment. Build tiers of hives on joists for bottom ventilation, keep temperature between 40 and 50 degrees, and carry hives carefully with two people. Inspect quietly and reduce noise to prevent disturbance.
In late autumn spread well rotted stable manure evenly over lawns and avoid fresh manure to limit weed seeds. If rotted manure is unavailable, apply about 200 pounds of good commercial fertilizer per acre. Use fertilizer near houses to avoid odor and appearance issues.
A late United States pomologist report lauds Missouri as the best state for apple growing with the Ozark plateau dubbed the land of the Big Red Apple. Commercial orchards span large tracts, and fruit culture aims to position Missouri as a leading fruit producer, expanding rapidly in the coming years.
Washington reports friction over admitting J Thomas Heflin to the House for the Fifth Alabama district after incendiary Tuskegee speeches attacking Republicans and Theodore Roosevelt. House committees prepare bills on Panama, Philippine revenues, and tax policy while much legislation stalls.
Washington December 6 The third and shortest session of the Fifty Ninth Congress begins with a routine agenda. Adjournment will follow holidays with real business after New Year. Seat readjustments follow deaths of Quay and Hoar, and seats for Hoar and Cockrell are noted. Committee changes loom for next Congress. Platt may chair the judiciary committee temporarily.
Frederic I. Mordaunt of Woodbridge reportedly laughed heartily at a joke during the wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs George W Tuttle in New Haven. His fit of laughter caused a hemorrhage in the small optic veins and doctors hope sight can be restored. He plans to travel to New York to consult an eye specialist. Mordaunt is described as one of the town's wealthiest men.
Smoke from a bonfire outside Gotham theater during a Sunday performance sent women and children rushing for the exit. Attaches failed to quiet the alarm as most of the audience evacuated, but no injuries were reported.
Gilbert Johnson of Towanda Pennsylvania received fifteen days in jail after neighbors complained about his kissing his sweetheart on the street and lingering to bid her farewell. He chose jail over a $7.50 fine.
Lima Ohio December fifth The Lima Home and Savings Association secretary F O Woods was found guilty of embezzling over twenty five thousand dollars and refused to permit his attorneys to seek a new trial, receiving a five year penitentiary sentence.
Karl Karrer pleaded guilty to robbing the Treynor bank. He forced Miss Francis Flood, assistant cashier, to hand over $1,422 at gunpoint. The incident occurred in Treynor Iowa with Karrer admitting the charge in court.
Smith Murphy, among the delta’s wealthiest planters, was shot by Jerry Robinson, another prominent planter, in Sumner Mississippi. Authorities say the homicide stems from an old feud.
Confession from William Nichols in Columbus ties the Kenton murder of Alfred Minard in July 1908 to self defense. Nichols, sentenced to electrocution on February 9, admits shooting Minard, detailing events leading to the fatal confrontation.
Explosion during a routine blast in an Oregon Short Line engine at Farmington near Salt Lake City killed Fireman Bartlett of Beloit Wisconsin. The accident occurred as workers blew out the arch flue, death reported December 6.
The body of William Krager, a prominent Thompson Falls factor, was found in the Clarks Fork River near Missoula Montana. He had disappeared last July and indications point to murder.
A farmer from near Trenton Missouri reports chronic back pain eased after using Doan’s Kidney Pills. He notes initial weakness and inability to walk, but states the back ache gradually disappeared after starting the remedy. Defiance Starch promotes greater quantity for less, while other lines tout weather forecasts and safe cold remedies.
A massive oil tank near Fresno California burst into flames and firefighters used a cannon ball to pierce the tank allowing oil to drain into trenches dug for relief. The dramatic method aimed to stop the blaze and control the spill.
Vermont youths are accused of farming hedgehogs to collect state bounty payments. Reports suggest teens guard the animals until they reach the required age for surrender to authorities. One town reportedly found 1,100 hedgehogs last year.
In Boston England the congregation and choir clash weekly with the organist. The crowd often drowns out the choir and organ causing the singers to end hoarse and throat lozenges to be in demand.
TheHill Melville twins Thomas A and George of Fife Scotland are described as the oldest twins living, ages in the ninetys. George has been blind for eleven years and bedbound in Bridgeport Connecticut after a broken leg, while Benham twins in Bridgeport are eighty seven, eight years younger.
A Postum advertisement touts Postum Food Coffee as a stomach friendly beverage replacing coffee. A Alabama reader shares that it calms a sour stomach and nervousness, improves bowels in a four and a half year old, and suits a two and a half year old with half Postum and half skim milk. A neighbor reports success with a lately weaned baby. The ad claims thousands benefited by ditching coffee, and mentions a booklet titled The Road to Wellville.
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