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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1905
Page
11
A comic bluesy reminiscence recounts John and Samantha arguing after a 2 40 race with a Pond Painted Job and a Rex buggy sold by Scott Bros. Samantha defends the Rex buggy as the safe lighter running vehicle while recalling their dramatic home stretch.
The piece argues Russia faces deep discontent from war and despotic rule but asserts a popular revolution is unlikely without arms, organization, and leadership. It critiques Tsar Nicholas II as weak or obstinate, questions his response to strikes, and suggests gradual reform or emancipation may come only if the czar yields to reform pressures.
The author argues a lifespan of 150 years is possible with proper understanding of human potential and disciplined exercise. After thirty years of study he identifies multiple factors reducing longevity and outlines how health and activity can be sustained into old age.
A new machine for reducing labor in growing onions, perfected in recent years by Fred F Meeker of Fairfield county Connecticut, is illustrated in American Agriculturist. The device mounts on an old hand cultivator with two wheels straddling a row and uses two broad teeth with wings to lift dirt and dig up onion tops, while a small wing cuts weeds near the plants.
A Monmouth County farmer, John B.P. Nelson, spent 1500 on alfalfa trials and, after lime rich soil and revised sowing in July, produced 13 tons in 1904 and a later two and a half tons. He inoculated soil with alfalfa bacteria and expects near 100 tons from ten acres by 1906.
A historical note explains gritty butter from undissolved salt and its link to mottled appearance. It discusses causes including salt preconditions, excessive salt, and insufficient working. Experiments indicate properly worked butter distributes salt to prevent mottling.
Recommended for potato blight and fruit diseases copper sulphate blue vitriol four pounds fresh lime four pounds water fifty gallons dissolve copper in two or three gallons of water suspend in water jar do not use tin or iron vessels slack lime with water and mix. dilute to fifty gallons and stir vigorously while combining solutions.
City dwellers are increasingly seeking farming as a solution to high living costs and job insecurity. The piece notes that many men from various classes are turning to country life to earn a living, find steadier work, and avoid urban uncertainties.
A simple portable cold frame or cob frame with a sash can cover radish beet lettuce and seeds. It allows sowing two to three weeks early and protects young plants until weather warms. Chicago dealers note Burbank potatoes show stronger demand than Beauty of Eschrotis with fewer Beauty varieties in western markets. Irrigation by private enterprise reports 9 500 008 acres irrigated at cost of 150 000 000 dollars.
A garden column describes the Volga Russian cabbage and leeks, explains blanching and embanking for white stems, praises nasturtium color, and extols Nicotiana sanderae for floriferous blooms. It also offers old fashioned sowing tips with radish or turnip to break soil crust and aid parsley sowing.
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