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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1910
Page
2
A collage of witty notes and quick jests touches on spring, weather, politics, and culture. It mentions the Kaw river, parades, a New York man with talking cats, margarine debates, and a Chicago stamps purchase. It notes Paris floods and plans to curb bread costs while critiquing fashion and foreign affairs.
William A Radford offers guidance on concrete block construction praising its growth and possibilities while warning about dampness from poorly made blocks. He argues block quality depends on skill and design and notes many decorative rock face block options rival marble in appearance.
The article outlines a two story concrete block house 24 by 30 feet with an 18 by 14 living room and 12 by 18 dining room, noting low exterior maintenance, strong porch pillars, and wall construction using hollow blocks cured with plaster finish. It stresses proper mixing, abundant water, and curing to prevent dampness and ensure durability.
The article describes new hat accessories to stabilize hats against wind and movement. It mentions screw-in funnels on both sides to protect the crown, and a carved tortoise shell front with perforations to secure a comb. Also notes fashion shifts like kimono blouses and sheer duchess guimpe styles with lace and embroideries.
A farmer guide explains soil fertility hinges on physical condition, air and water balance, and heat-triggered chemical processes. It stresses keeping soil firm and mulched to prevent crusts, conserve moisture, and store rainfall, with emphasis on timely plowing and sub-packing to maintain ideal conditions for crop growth.
Albert Repp of New Jersey cites a ratio of US population to apple output. He argues that even with high production, the country would still hold a limited surplus of apples. He notes 80 million barrels would equate to one barrel per person, yet current stock nationwide stands at about 4,000,000 barrels.
European eggs are imported for the first time in five years, arriving at a New York West Side wholesale grocery. Brokers from Hull ship the stock, originally from Austria France and Germany, with total receipts at 900 cases. Each case holds sixty to one hundred dozens, worrisome to domestic egg speculators in storage.
The foal should be weaned only after it can sustain itself. First, assess its appetite and coax feeding with crushed oats and steam or stir.
A note on alfalfa sowing methods estimates broadcast seeding at 20 to 40 pounds per acre, while using a press drill may reduce needs to about 12 pounds per acre. The text discusses practical seeding quantities and technique implications.
Farmers' Star and Live Stock reports optimal broom corn harvest timing to preserve fresh green fiber and avoid red-stained or sunbleached straw. Properly cured brush, chosen seed heads, and careful threshing and baling boost grade, price, and market demand across four to six feet tall plants with seed kept separate for next year.
H W Campbell at the Dry Farming congress asserts the arid west will become the last and best grain garden of the world. He argues good farming is possible here even more than in humid regions, requiring careful, intelligent headwork in every process.
The Farm Journal describes a Bordeaux mixture recipe using four pounds of copper sulfate and four pounds of quicklime in sixty gallons of water. Dissolve copper sulfate in a water filled barrel, strain the lime milk into the solution, then dilute to fifty gallons for use.
A proposed soil plan states a plot for onions should be set apart each year to boost yield. It emphasizes annual fertilization and rotation as unnecessary, except to eradicate stubborn weeds. The conclusion argues onions may be planted on the same ground yearly without harm.
A proper definition of the term dry farming notes it as the scientific cultivation of crops under limited rainfall and without irrigation. The explanation emphasizes reliance on natural precipitation and soil moisture management to produce crops.
The text argues that successful dry farming does not require any new or complicated or expensive machinery. It emphasizes that proper methods suffice to achieve good results without costly equipment.
A plea underscores the pitiable sight of a mare and foal standing exposed in the open with their cowls turned the wrong way and shivering from cold conditions.
A humorous Atlanta Constitution piece recalls a family servant recounting a circus visit. The tale features an old blind horse, an improvised pistol threat, and a preacher’s shocked reaction as monkeys, elephants, a giraffe, and a tiger become part of the holiday scene.
A couple reaches a peak exhausted and triumphant, noting the heat and dryness. The woman complains they forgot the glasses, while the man wryly suggests drinking from the bottle, claiming solitude and harmlessness of one drink.
A southern states tale tells of a baker whose loaves shrink as he goes door to door. At one home a woman asks who is there, and he replies the baker. She tells him to put the bread through the keyhole. The piece ends with a quote about loving to live and live to love.
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