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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1905
Page
3
Mr Wragg invites readers to submit fresh ideas for the department. He notes responses to correspondents desire information on subjects discussed. The call extends to residents of Waukee and Des Moines area readers seeking to contribute.
Agricultural Department researchers explain clover and cow peas enrich soil by hosting nitrogen-fixing bacteria in root nodules. The process transfers nitrogen from air to earth. alfalfa also carries nitrogen in nodules though less uniformly. Green manuring with clover tops and pea vines aids soil texture and fertility across varied soils, with nitrogen improving fruit quality.
A farmer, seeking profit from fruit, visited a prolific horticultural writer and found neglected misfit holdings. He discovered few currant bushes overgrown with grass, about a dozen fruit trees, and around 100 strawberry plants. The piece notes that growing fruit for profit and writing or speaking on the subject are different vocations.
A reader asks why four large crab apple trees bloom but do not fruit. Experts suggest two causes: excess vigorous growth and infertile blossoms lacking cross pollination. The remedy is often to graft or topwork with different apple varieties to ensure cross pollination and fruiting.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a claim that a king raspberry is proving a felene competitor and that the well-known stud deserves a trial by all the me sal.
The article advises July pruning to keep peach and plum trees low and bushy for easy ground gathering. It weighs methods of planting seeds with grafting in place versus transplanting, noting transplanting accelerates bearing but is costly and impractical for typical farmers.
Advice urges farmers to rely on home grown food instead of the grocery store. Emphasizes abundance and variety from the farm as the primary goal for American farmers.
A lyrical meditation on summer fading into autumn. The speaker wanders woodland paths as smoke lingers and fields hazy, hearing a low music of regret. Nature’s imagery—mist nets, milkweed, red leaves—frames a mysterious tenderness laid upon the speaker.
Cement is replacing lumber in sidewalks building material and fence posts. The posts are praised as a great blessing to the farmer because they do not rot and can be made at low cost.
The column urges patronizing a local poultry show and visiting often while entering birds. It advocates saving grain with green bone goon and notes incuba tors allow hatching any time. Emphasizes 12 inch roosts, uniform height to prevent disease and fighting, and praises fall scenery.
The passage notes farmers discouraged by two poor seasons pause their exclusive grain focus. Experiments in diversified farming attract interest at winter institutes. While wheat yielded well, feeding pigs or calves and milking cows offered little poetry or profit, prompting reflection on future profitability.
Favorable weather boosts winter wheat growth in Oklahoma and Missouri. Pasturing fields in fall aids root development and spring stalk growth. Sheep are preferred for grazing to protect and pack soil, while avoiding wet ground damage. Rotate grazing to control overgrowth. use short daily turns. Winter wheat districts gain value from sheep grazing both fall overgrowth and post harvest stubble.
Farmers urged to sell grain and hay in bulk to cut handling costs and retain soil fertility. Market products in the most condensed form by feeding hogs, sheep, and cattle, avoiding waste while keeping land productive as crops are harvested.
Prairie orchards thrive with red clover grown among trees. Fallen crop residue enriches soil, provides moisture, protects roots, and reduces need for fertilizers. Dr Warder notes bearing trees show annual growth shorter than a foot signaling need to man ure and cultivate.
It is argued that increasing egg production by one per week will sustain the hen. The passage emphasizes reducing farm business to a science and maximizing each producer on the farm to full capacity.
Experts estimate 20 percent of butter production is lost by gravity processing. One good cow loses about 22 pounds per year, ten cows 225 pounds, at 20 cents a pound equals 45 dollars yearly. The passage argues the aggregate loss is huge for farmers who cream their own milk, urging business readers to seek better methods.
Jefferson City Mo Oct 9 The Missouri insurance department chief demands John A McCall refund 148702 to the Republican National Committee for 1896 1900 and 1904 and resign as president of New York Life The company must elect a new president vice president and finance committee If McCall refuses the firm will be barred from doing business in Missouri
A large forest fire rages along foothills above Montecito Summerland and Carpenteria California burning five miles by three and threatening upper Montecito and towns Summerland and Carpenteria. The blaze has consumed over thirty ranches destroying houses barns and other buildings valued at fifty thousand dollars in buildings alone. Wind could threaten more homes and towns if it picks up.
Government attorneys have completed arrangements to meet the demurrer filed by the indicted packers over nine counts charging monopolization of the meat trade. Arguments on the demurrers and the not guilty plea may take at least a day. Subpoenas are issued for Chicago witnesses whose identities are being kept secret.
Washington October 9 reports Secretary Metcalf in poor health for some time. Works of the department have shifted to Assistant Secretary Murray and Commissioner Garfield, a change likely to push Metcalf toward resignation if health does not improve.
A fire in Minneapolis gutted the W. K. Morrison Hardware store on Nicollet avenue causing about 76000 dollars in damage. Explosives stored in the stock raised fears of spreading to nearby buildings though the blaze was contained. Loss is covered by insurance.
Miss Alice Roosevelt passed through Tokio on her way to Nikko. She was greeted at the station by the city governor and the master of ceremonies and escorted in an imperial carriage to Ueno where she boarded a train for Nikko. She appeared in excellent health.
A west bound Rock Island freight wrecked in Davenport Iowa when the engine tumbled down a cliff. Several cars derailed and Way McCullough was killed while others escaped by leaping from the train.
Washington October 9 The President appoints W W Willcox of Iowa as pension agent at Des Moines to succeed Dr A H Thompson who was serving temporarily to fill the vacancy caused by the death of R H Clarkson.
Constantinople Oct 9 The combined reports from all embassies on Macedonia financial control were handed to the porte on Saturday The financial delegates of the powers proceed to Uskub as part of the effort to secure oversight and stabilize the region in the ongoing dispute.
Louisville Kentucky October 9 Marvin Hart declares he will fight any white man in the world for the championship. He repeats the challenge with defiant tones, insisting on his place at the top of the boxing world and inviting all challengers.
Reports from Tiflis and Moscow describe violent street fighting between crowds of strikers and Cossacks on October 8 9 with volleys fire fatal injuries and mass arrests. Details recount brutal punishment in the prefects courtyard including a gauntlet forced march.
Helsingfors October 9. At a conference of Finish officials with the Emperor at Peterhof an important modification of the imperial manifesto of June 26 was adopted permitting the employment of Finnish and Swedish in the higher administrative departments in Finland instead of the exclusive use of the Russian language.
In St. Petersburg on October 9 a conference led by Finance Minister Kokovsoff set measures to preserve order at the Baku oil fields. Representatives of government oil producers and naphtha users agreed to resume production. About 9,000 troops will be distributed to protect fields and works per a committee of well owners.
In Louisville on October 9 Charles Williams of Jeffersonville Ind acted quickly when a 30 car Big Four freight and the Chicago express on the Pittsburg Chicago and St. Louis line approached a crossing. Williams ditched the freight a few yards from the crossing, the express passed unharmed, while the freight crew jumped and suffered minor injuries.
Victoria B C Oct 1 The steamer Tartar from the Orient brings woe from Shanghai of a vast loss of life among islanders at the Yangtse delta due to the early September typhoon. Reports say about 10 000 people drowned on the two main islands and nearby islets.
Rome Oct 9 The Vatican is urged to appoint an apostolic delegate to Cuba and Porto Rico to succeed Archbishop Chapelle of New Orleans. The move is viewed as highly important and likely to be a cardinal nomination.
Testimonial from Mr. Ghames H. Porter of Raymond New Hampshire details severe neuralgia with eye and head pains over two years. After starting Dr Williams Pink Pills in December 1903, pains diminished and the patient ceased after six boxes. Claims pills cure nervous diseases including neuralgia seriton partial paralysis and locomotor ataxia and are sold by druggists or directly by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
A brief editorial admonishes readers to keep compassion from clouding clear decision making in tough situations. It argues steady reasoning serves justice and practical outcomes. The message stresses discipline and accountability for leaders and individuals alike.
An old advertisement touts Defiance Starch as unsurpassed in quality and quantity with a 16 ounce package priced at 10 cents. The copy urges readers to try it now to save money and implies strong consumer demand for the product.
The item presents a terse exchange between Mrs. Knicker and Mrs. Boeker. Mrs. Knicker recalls a line about enduring hardship for her, while Mrs. Boeker dismisses his excuses as fresh. The fragment hints at interpersonal conflict and a recent quarrel without broader context.
A historic advertising Q&A explains constipation as the bowel’s failure to expel waste and its wide health impact. It warns neglect, stress, and poor diet as causes, condemns laxatives, and promotes Mull's Grape Tonic as a guaranteed cure with claims of permanent relief.
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