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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
12
Orchard heating using oil pots is a key method to shield crops from late frosts. Nevada studies note pot sizes from 20 to 70 per acre, temps rising 2 to 4 degrees, with barrels and shelters aiding efficiency and safety.
A National Stockman and Farmer quotation urges farmers to farm every unproductive acre. It argues taxes on idle land drain resources, investment interest is lost, and labor spent on such land is wasted. Treating idle acres as liabilities rather than assets, the piece says farmers should act promptly to maximize productive use.
A dairy focused creed stressing abundant exercise for cows and young stock, the value of good feeding before first calving, dry period feeding, and a soft comfortable bedding to improve milk yield and fertilizer value of manure.
Intensive growers of vegetables rely on manure to feed soil. After harvest the field is plowed, an inch or two of rotten manure is applied, harrowed in, and the next crop planted. This method emphasizes maintaining soil richness between cycles.
Satior Brockman and Farmer discuss a parcel of land measured at about one acre. The language is fragmentary but suggests assessment of value or potential use for the small farm.
A Sydney report notes Lt B B Ninnis and Dr Merz died amid Antarctic snows during Mawson's expedition. Captain Lawrence Oates and Captain Robert F Scott are mentioned in historical context. Mawson and six companions reportedly will winter on Adelie Land as the Aurora left them.
The king grants Mrs I Ff Scott the same rank as her husband, knight commander of the Hath, in a notable earlier precedent set by Baron Abercromby's posthumous recognition. The broader pattern shows widows of officers and eminent men receiving knighthood or peeress titles, with Lady Roberts later inheriting Victoria Cross honors won by her son at Colenso.
Stockholm enforces safety rules requiring rubber tips on hatpins for women passengers. Hatpins with exposed points become a misdemeanor, and women without tips must obtain them from streetcar conductors at one cent each. In Chicago Miss Elizabeth Robinson, once described as a child forty five, becomes the legal daughter of Mrs Martha Franety Collins after forty years known to the family.
Fred B Ladd after admission to the bar already holds licenses as a physician dentist and oculist and has twenty eight years of experience as a shoemaker in Brockton Moss.
In this opinion piece the writer divides farmers into four kinds. The new farmer is a progressive business-minded agronomist, the old farmer clings to formality but lacks admin skill, the pioneer loves work but lacks organization, and the moesback drags progress as he fails to save effort. The extension seeks to inspire and aid the old and mossback as the new farmer emerges.
The article urges farmers to maintain essential tools to save money and time during bad weather. It lists a basic set recommended by H B White of the University of Minnesota, stresses buying quality tools, keeping them sharp and polished, and storing them in a protected toolbox for easy access and long life.
A Farm and Fireside reader describes a practical hog catcher tool. The pincers are a common pair with rounded jaws, eight inches long, and crafted by a seasoned blacksmith who has made many such devices.
A fragment from Farm Progress offers practical notes on training a colt with rope and socket methods, managing bog entry, and general schooling for healthy horse and calf care. It emphasizes education over sheer force, calf bedding, and fair feeding.
A practical gift idea for men is a shaving paper case. Cut two cardboard pieces about 8 by 8 inches, cover with satin in a chosen color, and line with satin. Embroider sprays on the satin to enhance Ward economy and appearance.
A description of decorative styling for a centerpiece, noting shaving paper used to create color and texture, with satin ribbon and baselow details. Two squares are stitched together by satin ribbon loops and narrow ribbons threaded through rhav iteppers, ending at satin ribbon bunches just inside the case.
Hangers of ribbon double as sachets that scent and shape garments. Dainty chiffon and lace blouses use wood or nickel frames covered with scented cotton and linen, finished with Dresden or Pom padour effects. Skirt hangers feature silk elastic bands with wooden clamps and a scented pad, plus a ribbon fall to grip and scent.
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