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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1894
Page
4
An Eastern editor in a pensive mood muses on graves of men who fell to folly from kerosene fires to a bicycle dash. He laments society’s fools while noting cattle health and a strong calf crop despite dry weather. Demand for feeders eases as hot winds injure corn in Kansas and neighboring states with potential price impacts.
A western Kansas correspondent explains alfalfa curing in the Arkansas valley. Start mowing after a few blossoms, cut in morning if hot and dry, rake by 10, bunch, cock, and stack promptly. Do not let leaves dry fully or spoil. Two days in cock, stack while green to avoid leaf loss and spoilage from hot sun or rain.
A short advice piece suggests humane methods to stop a hen from sitting by providing a clean dry coop with a beard floor, a tight roof, and gentle handling. It prescribes small feed pieces of raw potato and threshed oats, plenty of water, and four days of confinement followed by early release with the other fowls.
Las Vegas block grower reports from territory sectors especially southeastern portion showing potential for copious rains. Chavez, Sierra, Lille, Socorro, and Valencia areas noted as promising if rains continue, aiding cattle ranges and grazing prospects.
Helena correspondent reports Montana gold production surging as prospectors flood the hills. Placer mines return to work alongside rising quartz output, mint receipts for the first half of the year total $900,711.53 versus $518,980.50 in 1893. A Meriden pocket yields extraordinary ore worth up to 13,000 per ton with two miners earning over 150,000 in six days. The Obscot mine, once sold for 1,000,000 to eastern syndicate, was idle until a new owner invested 16,000, then struck wealth again, yielding as high as 1,000 weekly.
Walter C Hadley compiled a territorial report on annual metal production for 1893. The New Mexican prints the ministerial table showing gold valued at 20 per ounce and silver at 1.29, with lead 4 and copper 11 cents, totaling 1,463,700 dollars and gold comprising about 64 percent.
Finest liquors and cigars in town at Kahler's Union Hotel saloon. Sale notices for horse remedies, Chamberlain's Cough Kenneily, evaporated fruits, candies, nuts, crackers, and the best cigars. Travel fares to San Francisco and Colorado points offered with midwinter rates and stopovers.
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