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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1897
Page
6
In this note on up to date farming methods the article surveys horiticulture viticulture and floticulture as key practices for improving soil health crop yields and potential profits. It emphasizes practical tips and seasonal considerations for cultivators.
A Philadelphia Record writer asserts water in crops is a valuable farmer asset. Beets carrots and turnips hold large water shares per ton with beets yielding about 36,000 pounds of water per acre from twenty tons per acre. Fruits especially berries and grapes show high water value, with strawberries delivering most water value per box. Water in crops cannot be artificial, and timing affects storage and mineral loss on farms.
The guidance covers timing and mixtures for currants, apples, cabbages, and tomatoes. It advises Bordeaux mixture with Paris green for worms, repeats as needed, and alternatives like pyrethrum, hellebore, kerosene emulsion, and copper sulphate. Emphasizes avoiding arsenites during green blossoms to protect bees. Bordeaux Mixture is the standard.
The article explains a fungicidal spray using four pounds copper sulphate and four pounds fresh lime per forty gallons of water. It notes low cost, safety to delicate foliage, and long lasting effect, with guidance to scale preparation for multiple barrels and slow lime slaking. Adjustments for grapes and other crops are provided.
An English writer argues that some horses show sudden ill temper and strange conduct due to brain disease or tumors. He cites a foal with hydrocephalus whose post operative training did not restore trustworthiness, suggesting hereditary brain disease can cause temporary insanity in horses.
An essay argues mankind splits into two groups: those who truly observe horses and those who do not. The first group feels the thrill of a responsive saddle horse and the noble spirit of a thoroughbred, while the second sees only a moving machine.
Bulletin 118 states one brood of the dark sided cat worm per year with spring emergence from weedy field edges. Barrier methods using poisoned food and dry bran bait with paris green proved effective, while kerosene emulsion and green baits were less so. Also notes Japan plum varieties and merit of Burbank Yellow Jacket Abundance Vixen for orchards.
A rear end collision on the Chicago and Northwestern near West Chicago injures twenty three Wisconsin delegates to a Christian Endeavor convention and kills an unknown man and two women. Engineer Charles Courtney of section No.5 is gravely hurt. Investigators point to possible failure to release by Engineer Courtney as a cause.
In South Dakota and Sioux City Iowa July 1 a white parasite emerging from the bodies of grasshoppers is killing millions of the hoppers. Farmers call the contrivance hop perdozers and report rapid destruction of the pest unseen before in the region.
On July 1 Mr Allison led the tariff bill action as the House restored the provision continuing the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty to the measure.
Washington July 1 The Senate adopted the finance committee rate of 1 34 cents per pound on lead ore blocked by Sen Allen Nebraska who argued the duty would exclude Mexican and Canadian ores for U S smelters West opposed the measure saying it harms consumers and pledged to seek reductions or free list while committee rates stood. The vote on pig lead rose to 2 cents per pound with 2 cents on lead sheets retained.
The National Review reports a U S monetary commission including Senator Wolcott Adlai Stevenson and General Paine will present a joint France United States statement to Britain calling for ending anti silver era experiments. England hints at reopening Indian mints and expanding silver use to back notes.
Secretary of War Alger received a dispatch from Idaho Governor Steunenberg reporting 300 Bannocks near Hailey on the war path. He ordered Lieutenant Colonel Randolph at Fort Russell to move a cavalry troop to Hailey, with troopers already en route by special Union Pacific train to pursue them.
Washington reports Commander Dennis W. Mullane is dismissed from the naval service for neglect of duty following the Pensacola yard disaster episode linked to the Simosa incident of 1889. Mullane saved the Nipsic by beaching her, a move approved by the secretary of the navy. In Massachusetts Amherst College faces dissatisfaction with President Gates, and his resignation is expected to be accepted soon.
A brief notice reports Julia Mafatt, described as the richest woman in St. Louis, near death at her residence. Separately, W J Bryan departed from Lincoln for a Western tour with stops slated in Salt Lake City and California.
July reports say 190 Siamese under a royal commissioner invaded Gourg in Luang Phrabang, claimed by France, collecting taxes, burning villages, and taking prisoners. They also attacked Cambodian Pnompen province, pillaging several villages.
City Marshal Williams reports a telegram from Evanston Wyoming that E L Strelt, former cashier of the Miners State bank at Cripple Creek, shot himself near Cripple Creek. He disappeared about three weeks before the bank failure on May 20 and owed the bank four thousand dollars.
Former state treasurer J S Hartley is sentenced by Judge Baker to twenty years in the penitentiary at hard labor and a fine of 303,768.90 or double the embezzled amount. Supreme Court appeal planned. bail set at 125,000. Defense motions denied as prosecutors press for new trial.
Nebraska leaders in education including state superintendent W R Jackson lieutenant governor Harris and Chancellor MacLean announced plans to travel to Milwaukee on the North Western Line for N E A events. A through sleeper from Lincoln to Milwaukee was arranged leaving 3 45 pm with specific stops and sleeping car space available through the FE and M V R R agent. double berth rate for two from Lincoln or Fremont.
A record Omaha arrival brought the first large shipment of Deering Binding Twine. The forty four freight cars carried 30 000 pounds per car at six cents a pound totaling 679 200. Banners along each car proclaimed Deering Binding Twine for Nebraska.
A husband cites wasting over 190 dollars on cheap clothes that fall apart. The wife counters with a plan to spend 4100 for lasting lace for future generations. He jokes about lace not suiting her look and offers ten cents for another file.
A Topeka reader cites A J Lovejoy of Roscow who reports a Get tysburg experiment. A man tied a ticket to a thistle and sent it along a road. The thistle moved sixty miles and spread its seeds along the entire stretch.
The advertisement touts Hostetters Stomach Bitters as an antidote to malaria and a remedy for dyspepsia constipation neuralgia biliousness indigestion and loss of appetite. It claims widespread use across two continents including North and South America Guatemala West Indies Australia and Europe with inhabitants declaring its efficacy.
The article describes Siamese life centered on boats and waterways where travel and daily routines hinge on paddies and rivers. It outlines the annual cycle of transporting cargo downriver, selling in the capital, and returning months later for farming tasks, showing a watercentric livelihood.
The article notes that skilled orange packers can earn about $1.50 daily but warns that such employment is not permanent. It also mentions profits of $150 per acre from tomatoes in a single winter, yet stresses that substantial capital and knowledge are needed and that seeking work there carries risk without guarantees.
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