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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1898
Page
7
Detailed advice on building an efficient icehouse with dry foundations air tight walls ventilated roof and proper floor drains plus methods to prevent air intrusion and keep ice dry. Followed by Iowa Homestead guidance on seed corn selection drying storage and timing to ensure good germination and planting vigor.
The Campbell method, outlined by The Country Gentleman, is being adopted in North Dakota with 12 railroad run experiment farms in Kansas, Nebraska, and Minnesota. Major lines Burlington, Rock Island, Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul, Northern Pacific and Great Northern support the trials. The process soils deep plowing, disk harrow pulverizing, surface packing, and wide drilling 24 to 30 inches apart.
Mr John Powers of Prophetstown Illinois wins first prize for the largest corn yield at the state fair. He raised one acre yielding 166 bushels 80 pounds after applying sixteen loads of manure last fall. The field was deeply plowed in fall 1896 harrowed before planting and after, cultivated with a garden plow, thinned, and all suckers removed.
A farm expert notes that ample sunshine drives sugar content in beets. Arizona and New Mexico lead in sunshine, with beets in these regions showing high saccharine percentages. A few cloudy days before harvest can markedly reduce sugar levels.
The American Cultivator advocates pouring cold water over trees and shrubs so they remain ice covered during freezing weather. Ice shields branches from severe cold, while evaporation gradually wears away the ice if cold lasts, potentially needing renewal. It argues frost injury stems from trees losing moisture too quickly and notes that wet soil and swamp filling help prevent deep freezing.
The Country Gentleman notes beet sugar production rose sharply, reaching 4,773,000 tons, with cane at 2,432,000 tons last year. beet gains are in Europe where cane cannot grow. It warns the U.S. has a strong beet zone but focuses on cotton and wheat instead of beet cultivation.
A Chinese farm opens near St Louis signaling industry growth. Kerosene treatment is urged for San Jose scale. Ohio and New Jersey claim discovery honors. Census shows Ohio 251480 farms, Illinois 240681, Missouri 288048, Texas 228126, New York 226223, Pennsylvania 211557, Iowa 201903 with others under 200000. Florida oranges rise. California may reach 12000 carloads. Beet pulp serves as stock feed after sugar extraction. Root storage advised in outdoor pits with air exclusion. Our bacon deemed too fatty for foreigners.
In Kansas City a jury laughed during Ella Downends suit for 5000 against the city after tripping on a sidewalk step. Attorney George Jones argued the step was merely the witness chair step and not liable, then stumbled over it himself while addressing the jury.
The will of the late George G. Seaton of Rockford Illinois conditions inheritances to four nieces and six nephews on temperance. Each legatee receiving 100 to 200 dollars must refrain from excessive cigarette or liquor use or risk that portion going to a charity chosen by the executors.
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