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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1911
Page
2
An article page fragment cites wide ranging musings on war, policing, roads, agriculture, and assorted curiosities. It mentions Milwaukee women on juries, Western farmers, rising lumber prices, a Detroit cruiser sale, New York Hotel plans, and boxing rumors. It weaves political and social vignettes with humorous asides and speculative forecasts.
The article explains how a shipboard postal system operates on US battleships and cruisers. Navy mail clerks and mail orderlies handle pouches and sacks, collect mail daily, and dispatch it ashore by tenders. Mail is sorted, stamped, and kept separate per ship, with telegraphic updates guiding delivery to destinations.
In a Dallas scene, Mullaney and companions attend a boxing event at Apollo Sporting Club. A bout ends with Dempsey announced champion of the forty pound class, sparking a confrontation as Mullaney storms the stage. Police intervene while the crowd disperses with a casino-like, smoky hall atmosphere.
In western Kansas and similar dry districts, summer fallow stores soil moisture from two years' precipitation to support one crop. Proper deep plowing and weed-free fallow maximize moisture storage, enabling profitable yields even in extreme drought, with interilled crops as future alternatives.
The piece argues physical comfort governs a cow's well being. Shelter from elements and steady feed protect her from distress. Sun and rain and harsh handling degrade her, causing disappointment to the owner and pity to observers.
A Colorado Experiment Station bulletin explains use of corrugated soil surfaces to resist wind erosion. A subsurface packer with iron spoke wheels creates deep ridges and clods, reducing dust uplift compared to smooth rolling. Drill furrows should run at right angles to prevailing winds.
Agronomist Prof Alvin Keyser of Colorado Agricultural College explains methods to boost native pastures. He cites heavy disking or breaking sod on Colorado bluestem to spur year one yields, rotational grazing to rest sections, and seeding with resistant alfalfa using disk drill, timed with rains for best success.
A study of fowl nutrition notes that wheat grows feather and oats build muscle while red beets and millet seed aid flesh and yolk color. It recommends meat scraps in a cool place, white middlings over brown, carrots for yolk tint, and caution with barley. Roots can be fed cooked or raw, nitrogenous foods risk bowel troubles, and feeding must match each flock’s appetite.
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