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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1906
Page
7
A Rural New Yorker correspondent explains essential earth road construction through grading to drain water quickly. He describes making a DIY drag from wooden stakes and wagon tire, and notes dragging after rain or during thawing cycles improves surface condition and reduces mud for a longer period.
A Farmers' Review writer argues soil fertility drops with continuous cropping. Clover restores humus and nitrogen, loosens subsoil, and aids seed beds, but must be rotated with phosphorus. Grain farming may be more profitable than livestock if clover is used with rock phosphate. livestock should not be excluded entirely given high land values.
The corn rootlouse is spread by ants which collect eggs and store them over winter, hatching in spring. A study of the communicational relations of m.t. and other mesete shows extraordinary displays of woason and latellyt.
The Country Gentleman notes grass web worms, or corn web worms, caused damage last year in parts of Rensselaer Columbia and Albany counties. Severe injury in Columbia County corn on sod land is reported this season. Preventive steps include early fall plowing and delaying planting, while overplanting seed may help stands despite worm damage. Replanting remains the practical response after outbreaks.
A reader adapts bicycle gearing to drive a grindstone by foot power. The setup transfers pedal power to the stone, promising steadier operation than a single-foot treadle when properly adjusted. Prairie Farmer notes it works satisfactorily and offers a practical innovation for hand and craft use.
A farmer recounts controlling milk weed and morning glory on a badly infested field at Prairie Palmer. He sowed oats, cut them, plowed shallowly in dry ground to turn roots, then sowed wheat and repeated the process each August. Pea vines were eliminated, remaining milk weed pulled by hand. seed blow-in from nearby fields caused a few survivors.
A summary notes that Folsom's Entomology states about 00,000 insect species are known and estimates at least 1,000,000 exist. Conservative observers cited by Rural New Yorker suggest most species could be found at a Sunday school scale.
A physician, G. M. Fisher, M. D., recounts eczema starting in 1897 and details successful treatment with Cuticura Resolvent and Soap. He states sixteen years of medical practice and endorses the remedies, inviting publication of the letter dated May 24, 1905 from Big Poop, Md.
Report in the London Times says the Cape to Cairo railway in South Africa now crosses the Kafue River on a bridge of 13 spans. The rail line extends from Cape Town to 1,908 miles, with the system already at Broken Hill 347 miles beyond Victoria Falls. Emperor William battles heredity by adopting Battle Creek simple living practices as his family follows light baths along with royal lessons in health.
The article recalls a British parliament member who dies after decades of trying to pass a bill to stop window cleaners from standing outside windows while cleaning. He explained the bill aimed to protect people below, not cleaners, fearing a cleaner could fall on him. Also recounted is a Boston lawyer Hoyt circus watch incident linked to Benjamin Butler.
A singular maple tree on the left bank of the Oder in Germany, at least a century old, has been twisted and cut into a two story circular house. Branches form a leafy floor with a second level above, and ends woven into solid walls with eight windows on each story.
Charles Haynes Haswell, 97, noted New York engineer, attended the laying of the Engineers clubhouse cornerstone by Mrs. Carnegie. He witnessed Fulton’s first steamboat on the Hudson and anticipates a leading role in the Fulton and Clermont centennial. During the Civil War he led the engineer corps in Burnside’s expedition and earned praise for his work.
A Nebraskan minister writes that chronic stomach trouble from 1895 improved within 24 hours after starting Grape Nuts with cream and sugar. He reports renewed health after returning to fatty foods, then again restoring well being with Grape Nuts. He urges others to try the cereal and cites personal relief as proof. The testimonial ends with a nudge to read The Road to Wellville.
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