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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1909
Page
7
A historical piece discusses dairy economics noting 21,194,000 US milk cows and per capita consumption rising while cows per person falls. It outlines depreciation, fixed charges, and profit calculation for dairy herds, plus a homemade cabbage cutter design with step by step construction using boards and wheels.
Farm and dome note a boot cutter design requiring a bole to be cut through the wheel center to fit the shaft. The terse instruction hints at mechanical adjustment or fabrication steps. No date or organization is specified.
Experiments show 1000 pounds of lime per acre nearly matches 2000 pounds for oats while clover benefits more from the larger rate. Carbonate lime yields more dry matter than nitrogen and ash burned lime. Nitrogen fixation studies are irregular but fertilizer increase and carbonate lime boost fixation more than burned lime.
The piece explains an American method for making Limburger cheese, likening it to the Belgian Umburger. It describes using calf stomach tissue, warm milk, rapid curdling, pressing whey, shaping forms, salt rub, and months of cellar ripening enabling microbial action.
Instructions describe using blue Wimus paper and titnus paper to test soil pH by making a moist mass, pressing, drying, and comparing color to determine acidity and need for ground limestone. The piece also notes the Union Tobacco Society forming with assets around 30 million to aid tobacco growers in several states.
The text describes pooling growers’ interests in specified states and selling terraces through a Board of Directors. It suggests a system moving from a maximum scale to a minimum price and implies a centralized board oversight. The exact states and structure are not fully specified in the fragment.
The article warns against guessing feeding methods for calves and cautions that milk must be at proper temperature and free of souring residue to avoid scours and stunted growth. It advises delaying pasture turning until grass is ample and weather allows dry cattle bedding.
A sketch shows a combined corn crib and feeding shed with a lean-to 14 feet wide for easy corn flow via doors every two feet above the manger. Built on the crib’s south side in sunlit spots, it promises labor savings and weather protection. The Crop Reporter notes 1899 corn crop use totals 2,666,000,000 bushels with most for feeding, export, and processed products.
The article notes millet as a late crop for failure risk of corn with July seeding for fair fields and multiple uses including hay, pasture seed, silage, and soil improvement. It also reports a German milk preservation patent using ferrous carbonate to remove dissolved oxygen, effective without altering milk, and urges diversified farming with mixed livestock to sustain fertility and productivity.
The corn crib should be narrow and slutted on the sides and ends to allow free air circulation in all directions. Some farmers place hollow crates in cribs as they are filled so there will be no heating or spoiling in the mass center. Heating destroys the corn germin.
Wee URIS corn salad grows wild across Europe and Asia Minor. A California patent covers a poison bottle with sharp sides. An Indiana inventor patents a grass cutting machine for hard to reach sod. Seville plants a thousand mulberry trees to revive silk. An Italian nobleman builds a seven tower castle in memory of wives at Biarritz.
A rural enthusiast mocks the prima donna who dislikes the wild birds. A forestry expert condemns the Germ Ku cure as ruthless, while a summer girl jokes about hammock space if trees vanish. A man jokes about European travel costs, and a girl notes how girls project wealth for relatives.
A survey of antiquated arithmetic problems highlights 18th and 19th century worded questions from Pike and earlier sources, with bizarre scenarios about geese, births, and executions. The piece also describes Canadian fire rangers, their duties, and the value of forest supervision, noting shelters and meals for travelers and substantial savings to Canada and timber owners.
A satirical poem imagines farm reform sweeping rural life down to Pohick on the Crick. The speaker jokes about teaching chickens to lay eggs properly and pigs to stop fast eating, while cows avoid tail swishing during milking.
A collection of light anecdotes features laughs from Gaston and Alphonse, Ward, Waddell, and Lord Carmarthen. It recalls a London street purse snatching, a Hartford editor’s quip about copy, and political banter at a crowded meeting.
Mrs. Parks laments Eleanor's lack of practical interests beyond sports as she recalls efforts to inspire homemaking skill. A luncheon club and a promised dress reward reveal family hopes, while Eleanor bursts in after a tennis match, illustrating the tension between leisure and domestic preparation.
The passage portrays Madge Richards returning home with her husband unable to hire a servant, triggering a mix of sympathy and humor. Mrs. Parks notes the situation as a catalyst for Eleanor and others to take on chores, turning a family setback into practical lessons in cooking and self-reliance.
A New York Times account describes the British freighter Matoppo returning to South Brooklyn from Calcutta with rails for the trans Siberian railway. A Manchurian tiger stowed away, killed chickens and a sheep, watched crewmen, and mauled a second officer before leaping overboard with the skin lost at sea.
A fragment reflecting on marriage for love as enduring versus wealth or rank. The prose argues future views on cousin marriages as wrong and urges following natural desire over parental or institutional dictates, citing Grant Allen and a dialogue line about crying.
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