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Newspaper
The Randall County News
Location
Canyon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1910
Page
2
Travel deals list excursions to Los Angeles or San Diego at 76.80 with six months final limit, to San Francisco at 490 with nine months limit, and to Mineral Wells, Texas at 16.35 with sixty days limit. For further particulars apply to the issuing agent.
Canyon community notices report a variety of residents and visitors from nearby towns in Texas including Miller of Topeka and Gate of Dallas. Several travel updates and social events are noted along with a badger exhibit at White Swan Grocery and local market ads. The piece lists shoppings, trips, and plans from Plainview, Amarillo, Lubbock, and Ballinger areas.
Baraca Class of the Methodist Church held a Friday meeting at Stirling Coffee's home for the regular monthly session and six month officer elections. Sterling Coffee was chosen president, Tom Stewart vice president, John Bates secretary, and James Vetesk treasurer. Refreshments followed as the large gathering enjoyed the evening.
An abstract firm promotes its title examination service claiming safety and correctness. It states that abstracts reveal all laws or defects and promises reliable results, inviting businesses to engage their expertise.
Crowded streets last Saturday saw farmers with teams and families in town to trade while merchants worked from early to late. An old resident recalled times when Canyon supplies traveled hundreds of miles, praising Canyon as a strong trading point with obliging Christian merchants and a trustworthy business class.
Judge Veale of Amarillo will address voters in favor of his congressional bid. Senator Jnc W Veale speaks Friday July 1 at 2 40 p m at the Canyon City courthouse seeking support from residents in the district.
A new stock of dry goods groceries and hardware is set in the former Wood Company building in Umbarger. The proprietors plan expansion to additional lines and for a period Mr. Wm Erdman will manage the store.
Notice states that reprinting this matter requires special permission and outlines restricted use parameters for distribution and publication. The directive emphasizes compliance with licensing terms and possible penalties for unauthorized reproduction.
The article argues for cooperative care of public highways, especially clay and adobe soils, urging property owners to drag and maintain roads at critical times. It suggests road taxes could be remitted in exchange for aid, noting many roads suffer neglect despite large annual expenditures.
A Minnesota farmer details a twenty year struggle with quack grass on a land plot. He let the grass bloom then cut and turned it under for a seed bed, sowed German millet, then pastured and plowed again. In spring 1900 the grass revived, was dished weekly, plowed, and drilled with fodder corn. Last harvest yielded three and a half tons of dry fodder per acre. the field is now controlled and tilled crops can grow without quack grass interference.
The alfalfa plant, likely originating in Persia, has become a staple forage crop in the western United States with blue flowers and a coiled root. A yellow flowering alfalfa from Siberia and parts of Europe shows superior drought and cold resistance, and hybrid varieties combining blue and yellow traits have emerged as resilient options for colder regions like Minnesota and North Dakota.
Durum wheat or macaroni wheat thrives in the Great Plains west of the Mississippi with 10 to 20 inches of annual rainfall. It is drought resistant and largely rust free. It does not perform as well as standard wheat varieties in some sections and commands a price a few cents per bushel lower than similar grade wheat.
The report notes California leads Florida in orange production while Louisiana produced 141,700 boxes in 1900, highlighting regional fruit output differences and historical agricultural data.
Statistics indicate 1,470,631 bushels of flat seed were imported in 1900, compared with 44,731 bushels in 1908, reflecting a dramatic decline in that period.
Russia ranks as a top sugar beet producer with 7,562,804 tons in 1909, compared with 257,854 tons the preceding year. This reflects a substantial production surge and language suggests a focus on agricultural gains in the sector.
In hot weather flocks of hens seek shade and sunflowers planted in yards provide protection for young birds. The plants offer a natural shelter when trees are absent, helping keep poultry calm and cool in the heat.
Garden note suggests using white belly bore spray on rose vines or plain road dust applied when dew is present. The method aims to deter slugs that trouble rose bushes, offering a cost effective solution.
When trusted paint is unavailable or not guaranteed, one can buy white lead and oil and mix it themselves. With proper care this method yields the most satisfactory paint.
Investigations by the Bureau of Animal Industry put annual losses from bovine tuberculosis at 24 000 400 dollars, showing the disease easily transmits to humans. Healthy seeming cows may be advanced in infection and risk milk safety for the public.
The United States Department of Agriculture released Farmers Bulletin No 300 detailing pheasant raising methods including propagation care of young birds protection housing feeding and marketing. The bulletin can be obtained via a senator representative or the department in Washington.
Washington agricultural department releases a homemaker oriented bulletin on economical meat use. It covers selecting cheaper cuts, palatable preparations, and fifty recipes adapted for average households. Also notes silage feeding to dairy cows does not greatly affect milk quality in a Illinois test with mixed preferences.
The article advises growing melons on mellow loam enriched with barnyard manure. Plant about a dozen seeds per hill after frost danger passes, thin to three or four vines, and cultivate regularly to keep soil moist. For large patches, spray vines with arsenate of lead to deter striped beetles, aiming the spray at leaf undersides.
The article advises cutting or mowing new shoots from Willowarm roots as soon as they appear. If root systems are kept from leaf development for a season, they will not cause further trouble.
Rundown trees can be materially improved by spading the ground about the roots and applying a good mulch of manure. During dry weather, occasional watering will help substantially.
Scrub dairy sires are criticized as outdated on farms that have adopted cream separators and Babcock testers. The author argues brains and prudence should guide agricultural practice, not cheap or impractical methods.
Many Petaluma California poultry ranches raise more birds and eggs than nearby regions. Hatch and ship chicks by express at about ten cents each, keeping them in safe receptacles for the journey to their destinations.
A lime wash mixture added with several pounds of salt and ecarbolic acid helps improve bark condition and kill pests. The solution also reflects sunlight to prevent sun scald on trunks. Use carefully slacked stone lime diluted to paint-like consistency after slaking.
The article explains that size in produce comes from limiting quantity and pruning. It advises growing a thrifty vine, restricting fruit to two or three, and for melons and squashes snipping blossoms, fertilizing heavily, and covering earth touching joints to develop new roots. Once set, prune to concentrate plant energy on the desired fruit.
With concentrates and bone meal rising to 28 to 40 a ton attention turns to home grown feeds. Lecumesalfalfa suits drier west areas, clovers to north and east, alfalfa where possible, cowpeas and soybeans to rain-soaked south. A silo could reduce acreage needs by allowing larger stock carry.
The article explains Bordeaux mixture as a fungous control for potato blights in hot, humid weather. It describes preparing lime paste and mixing with water and copper sulfate to create the spray. It also notes adding paris green or arsenate of lead to target potato beetles in the same spray batch.
A Kentucky farmer endorses wild sweet clover for soil renovation and weed control. He describes sowing rates for seed, forage, and fall plantings, and notes its value before alfalfa to inoculate soil and curb weeds on worn land.
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