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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1910
Page
6
The Beaver Herald column surveys a wild mix of topics from aviation fantasies and weather follies to gadgetry and social quirks. It muses on intercollegiate air contests, wireless torpedoes, and a curious array of contemporary curiosities with a tongue in cheek tone.
Advice from Katherine Louise Smith on preparing for camping season. Emphasizes durable tents, proper bedding, cooking setups, and essential supplies. Highlights planning, packing, and choosing locations near water and woods, plus tips on food, clothing, and safety for both men and women.
A Zoroastrian ceremony in Leipzig’s Mazdanian temple marks the first marriage under Zoroastrian rites there. The altar features flowers, a mirror, and symbolic apples and nuts. The messenger lights a knot, the couple exchange vows, and the mirror reflects beliefs about personal responsibility and divine presence.
A farmer explains how to reduce evaporation in spring fields by harrowing and tilling to create a crust-free, level surface. Stirring soil breaks capillary action, keeps moisture near roots, and can improve corn yields shown by regional examples.
W H Campbell of Nebraska, an agricultural revivalist, preaches dry farming across South Africa. He outlines the subsurface packer and better tillage as key to conserving soil moisture. The International Dry Farming Congress backs government stations for experiments. Seven years show corn can be grown by dry methods and there may be a 140 million acre wheat belt in the dry lands, rivaling diamond mine sales.
Guidance on ground preparation and watering for bees on a diversified farm. Advice covers irrigation, leaf damage on crops, corn planting timing, lawn maintenance, weed control, and soil cultivation. Suggests shallow frequent corn cultivation and tarred paper to protect cabbage roots.
Guidance on selecting sweet pea seeds to identify stock and begin systematic breeding. Emphasizes that cultivation alone cannot achieve excellence in flowers and that breeders must improve varieties to enhance beauty and individuality in plants.
A Maryland writer reports Rhode Island Reds laying through winter, with 299 dozen from 200 hens Jan 4 to Apr 17 and 145 dozen from 30 hens in the same period. He hatched 60 chicks, 22 on February 16, now two-pound broilers, noting winter eggs fetch about 30 cents per dozen.
Irrigation in the east is growing in popularity as overhead watering systems attract attention. The even water distribution on uneven surfaces is cited as a key advantage. Though installation costs appear high, profits in the first year are expected to exceed the investment.
Georgia experiment station recommends fertilizer mixtures for watermelon crops without stable manure. Use nitrate of soda 400 pounds, acid phosphate 60 pounds, muriate of potash 200 pounds per acre, to total about 700 pounds per acre. Later, a mix of 500 pounds cottonseed meal, 500 pounds high grade acid phosphate, and 500 pounds kabit per acre may be used.
Hogs require abundant pure water during hot months. The automatic waterer is the best method we ever used for providing water for wine.
Instructions advise sowing cabbage in moist seed beds with a fine surface and covering with at least three four inches of soil. Do not sow too thickly. thin seedlings to encourage sturdy stalky plants that transplant well.
Increasing land values raise the value of the oti and boost the economy of sowing. A system of partial sealing with the silo could nearly double the number of animals kept on the farm.
Turpentine mixed into poultry feed has not proven effective for gapes. A traditional head remedy involves dipping a soft feather in kerosene and inserting it into the windpipe to dislodge and kill the parasitic worm.
Farmers advised to feed Teodin green corn fodder in fall when pastures are scarce to preserve milk output. High value fodder now reduces need for additional feeds later, ensuring steady milk production as grazing declines.
A writer catalogs ten life mistakes and urges readers to examine their own conduct. The list includes setting a personal standard of right and wrong, judging others by one’s own views, demanding uniform opinions, seeking youthful judgment, molding dispositions, seeking perfection, worrying over unfixable issues, refusing immaterial concessions, failing to alleviate needs, and denying leeway for others' infirmities.
A preliminary bulletin from the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports the average cost per patient per day at thirty semi charitable sanatoria in the United States is 1 669 dollars. These institutions spend over 1 300 000 dollars annually and provide over 15 000 days of treatment each year. The study suggests the nation could save at least 150 000 000 dollars annually if indigent consumptives were properly segregated.
A brief quip on divorce costs, noting that the lawyers handled the figures while the clients paid. The exchange frames legal proceedings as a financial ritual rather than a personal struggle.
In a playful exchange, someone asks for Mr Wise’s initials but is met with a remark about his numerous college degrees. The remark highlights the meme-like status of his extensive academic pursuits.
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