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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1904
Page
3
Mr Wragg invites contributions of any new ideas that readers may wish to present and will answer correspondents. Best information on subjects discussed, address M J Wragg, Waukee, Iowa.
A farmers piece argues against delaying action and wasting time. It urges decisive work now, citing wasted life and money, and notes Peter Tumbledown as a busy, practical farmer who struggles with farming’s payoffs. It ends with a parable on harvest timing.
Gooseberries may be grown from cuttings or mound layering. Old plants are headed back to spur strong new shoots, a earth mound formed in late June or July, then removed in fall for planting or bundling as cuttings. With careful winter removal, propagation can continue indefinitely. A final note urges farmers to persuade neighbors to produce good stock to attract buyers.
The Minnesota dairy commissioner reveals that about a quarter of the state's cows do not repay their feed costs and should be culled. Owners often misread profits while cows silently drain finances. since the Babcock test, callers urge adoption amid resistance to new ideas and slow change.
The nutritive value of any fruit depends chiefly upon the starches and sugar it contains. Dates, bananas, prunes, figs and grapes have the most starch and sugar and are the most nutritious foods. Cherries, apples, currants, strawberries and grapes contain considerable vegetable acid, making them valuable as blood purifiers.
The article notes alfalfa and Kafir corn boosted Kan agriculture in recent decades. It highlights Kafir corn’s adaptability to heat and drought, strong feeding qualities, and potential to become a principal regional resource alongside corn, sustaining livestock production.
Advice urges frequent water for horses in heat to prevent thirst and illness. Fresh spring or well water is best and not too cold. Do not give large amounts while hot. offer water before feeding to avoid colic and indigestion as digestion completes.
A speaker criticizes dehorning calves at two years old noting horned cattle become stubborn and difficult to handle. He shares personal experience: dehorning young calves failed to make them tame, and horned animals remained the most troublesome on his farm.
Advice urges farmers to seal poultry houses against rats by installing wire netting beneath floors or by laying a cement floor. Cement with wire mesh is recommended as safer than repairing a wooden floor, which rats can undermine.
The note emphasizes using rainy days to mend broken tools and harnesses rather than sunlit days with other pressing work. It advises headwork on such tasks to yield good interest and efficiency.
A humorous verse from Kansas praising its harvest, sunshine, and corn fields. The speaker contrasts Kansas farms with Chicago, notes farmers and their whiskers fluttering in the Kansas Zephyr, and declares preference for Kansas farming life despite satire in exchanges.
The author urges farmers to demand honest officials and reject unworthy candidates in fall elections. They warn that partisan loyalties must not trump merit, calling for a cleansing of the Augean stables to set affairs right.
A columnist argues country homes lack daily reading materials and access to libraries and reading rooms. They urge parental effort to improve knowledge of world events through newspapers and magazines. The piece emphasizes the home as a place for sustained literacy and current affairs awareness.
A grand exhibit from the Philippine Islands will be displayed at the St Louis World Fair spanning forty acres. Typi cal villages will be shown with natives, and a fine display of local products will be featured. The Aber exhibit will be on a very large scale, with five hundred thousand dollars set aside for its creation.
The Iowa State Dairy Commission reports sixty one creameries and sixty one skimming stations closed in the past year. Butter production fell from 77,000,000 pounds in 1802 to 66,000,000 in 1903. The commissioner notes no stated cause, expects a revival, and cautions beef breeding may have reduced dairy quality. A local creameryman suggests beef focus has drawn energy and resources from dairy.
Advice on beekeeping safety urges wearing a large mesh veil attached to a straw hat and black veil for clear vision while inspecting hives. It recommends puffing smoke to calm bees before opening the hive, notes honey ripening before capping, and describes bees fanning air to evaporate nectar moisture at day’s end.
Farmers should cut clover when dry and promptly bunch and cure in cocks. Turn the hay on the second day to shed moisture, creating larger cocks that let the clover sweat and dry in a soft state. By the second day the clover is ready to move to the barn, preserving leaf, the main source of plant nutrition.
The piece questions legislators aim not at making men honest but at discovering ways to be dishonest. It notes that no law can be perfect and admits the existence of holes. Through these flaws, men maneuver freely, corrupting partners and dodging deserved justice.
The article advises that lice on hogs are visible in good light and recommends kerosene emulsified with strong soapsuds in a one to ten ratio or kerosene mixed with lard in a one to three ratio for small herds. Apply to young pigs and clean pens and wooden surfaces with kerosene for best results.
The article argues success hinges on breed for easy feeding. It discourages mixed or poor stock and urges buyers to use Berkshire, small Yorkshire, or Poland China full-bloods or direct grades from such sires to avoid pork-making failures.
This brief piece extols breeding sows for two litters a year and urges close management for high returns. It contrasts animal responses to human presence, noting horses’ reactions reflect whether they feel loved by their owners.
A longtime Iowa pastor transforms a crowded home into a moving refuge. Rev J G Lemon opens a Christian Home in Council Bluffs that shelters and rehomes hundreds of homeless children, funded by supporters and a published paper. The piece invites readers to subscribe and contribute, noting the non sectarian, global reach of the effort.
A grocery mix up caused a jug of gasoline to be mistaken for vinegar. Mrs. Barbara Schoen, 62, died at a hospital after flames engulfed the home of Anton Schoen in Kansas City. Three others were burned while aiding Mrs. Schoen and a young girl escaped unharmed. The grocer denied selling gasoline to Mrs. Schoen.
Lexington Kentucky June 18 It is announced that J B Haggin the millionaire turfman will shortly complete a private electric line from the Elmendorf farm front gate to his residence Arrangements connect it with the Paris Lexington Interurban train Haggin may board his private car in New York and alight only on his porch He will use the private track for hauling coal and other freight
Glenwood Springs Colorado reports that the pursuit of the two Denver Rio Grande train robbers who fled a surrounded posse in Garfield canyon has been abandoned. They had been thought located in a cabin and expected to be captured at daylight on Sunday. Dawn found the cabin empty, the search broken up, and officers returning to base. The hunt will be turned over to other agencies.
A cloudburst north of Colorado Springs raised Monument creek to near flood level, reaching ten feet before eight o clock. A Rio Grande bridge washed out and several wagon bridges disappeared. Local damage limited to the water system, with reports of further damage expected in the Fountain valley.
Washington June 13. Mr White United States charge at Buenos Ayres reports that as a result of stamping out the foot and mouth disease Argentina has removed its prohibition against the importation of cattle from this country.
Mrs. Jack Dawson, wife of a prosperous Shoals farmer, died after taking carbolic acid in a personal crisis. She owned substantial property in her own right and endured a fatal end following the act.
A 11 year old daughter shot and killed A C Jenkins while he beat his wife at their farm six miles east of Norton Kansas. Jenkins had been reported insane and threatening to kill his family.
Charitable organizers in Des Moines Iowa propose a permanent outing hotel at the Ledges near the city. The project aims to provide an annual excursion venue for underprivileged children, offering a stable location for their summer visits.
Carlisle Pa June 13 Gen Pratt has been removed from charge of the Carlisle Tacian school due to criticism of the interior department.
The Union Pacific advertises wheat lands in Kansas priced from six to eleven dollars per acre and stock raising lands in Nebraska at one fifty to two fifty per acre with ten percent cash. Excursion dates are the first and third Tuesdays. Des Moines agency address provided.
Notice announces 416000 acres of land available under a U S draw with references to Westin duty and a land manual by Dick T Mungan, inviting agents to write. Also includes an Allen's Foot Ease ad and a quip about a woman's idea of happiness.
The well earned reputation and growing popularity of Lewis' Single Binder straight to cigar stems from consistent high quality and strong smoker approval. Lewis' Factory, Peoria. It takes a woman to weep to show happiness and to laugh to hide grief.
The Defiance Starch Co offers 26 round trips to the St Louis Exposition for the top five collectors in Illinois Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Missouri. Participants mail trade marks from a ten cent 16 ounce package by September 1 1904. Registered mail tickets issued September 6 with October and November ideal for the visit.
A woman accuses a second hand dealer of selling a fraudulent rocking chair. The chair rocks unevenly and slides sideways, prompting a quarrel over payment and a promised replacement rocker paid by the buyer.
A husband declares a two hour trip and asks his wife to join. She responds she can pack in ten minutes and will have nearly two hours to prepare. The exchange reveals a brisk domestic moment about travel and readiness.
A New York Weekly fragment contrasts a philosopher claiming love brings perfect happiness without cost with a Practical Man noting keeping a loved one in clothes incurs expense, highlighting humor about money and affection.
In Sonoma Michigan on June 13 a veteran Delos Hutchins recalls wartime suffering from rheumatism worsened by disease, crediting Dodd's Kidney Pills with relief after several boxes. A Minneapolis reader touts the medicine for curing rheumatism and stigma of marriage concerns, while Defiance Starch marketing notes emphasize value and 16 oz packaging.
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