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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1909
Page
3
The article explains early blight as a potato crop disease caused by a fungus, noting yellowing leaves and July onset. It recommends Bordeaux mixture spraying, with Paris green added to combat beetles, estimating four sprays cost $1.85 per acre. Vermont trials over five years showed a 70 percent yield increase.
Practical notes on poultry scalding with near boiling water, tanning hides with lime and alum, mole behavior in relation to worm control, foul brood in bees and wax recycling, oats as poultry feed, and methods to curb kicking cows with leg straps. Includes observations from agricultural experts and regional farming journals.
The article argues dairy farms should weed out poor cows to boost profits. It compares cheese cow selection to the Babcock butter test and suggests breeding cows that maximize casein per fat, promoting specialized cheese production over grain farming.
Michigan Experiment Station Bulletin 242 shows unmasticated grain fed to cows at 22 percent, to heifers at 10 percent, and to calves at 8 percent. Chemical analysis finds no change in unmasticated portions, implying no nutritional benefit from grain that escapes digestion.
Mrs Barrett clashes with a sales clerk over a lace remnant at Morris and Baird and Franklin Brothers, guessing a mistaken receipt and demanding the other store’s lace in a public exchange. She recalls two other shops sent items in Franklin Brothers boxes with their own checks, while the clerk asserts Morris and Baird stock only.
Aunt Rosa is depicted as deeply devout, praying intensely for fat to be gained while remaining unable to walk, attracting concern from a doctor who urges more action besides prayer. The narrative contrasts faith with health advice and includes fragmentary reminiscences of songs and newspaper columns.
About 400 striking street car conductors and motormen paraded Omaha’s main streets to refute officials claims many have returned to work. The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben festival looms as arbitration talks fail and Wattles asserts no truce during Ak-Sar-Ben week. High wind halts Wright Curtiss tests at Governors Island as crowds photograph the aircraft.
Motor service on the Rock Island planned before spring per a Beatrice official. A Burlington freight train fatally injured a horse and va rious people near ONeill and Crete. Dismantling of Leavitt sugar factory progresses for a Scotts Bluff shift. Rev. Dr. Bithell remains at Fremont for another year. Andrew Myers of Staplehurst dies after spine injury in baseball. Mrs. J L Magill and Mrs. Norris news at Fremont gatherings. Anton Broz and Josephene Veverka wed at Beatrice. Wm E Bucher wins grand sweepstakes prize at North Bend corn show. Eighteen divorces on docket at Hastings court. Sheriff arrest of Dillon in Kilgore for embezzlement. Trade excursion planned by Beatrice commercial club with 200 business men and the Beatrice Military Band. Leo Liang fined for opium room offense.
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