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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1911
Page
2
A collage of quirky observations and satirical items from Challis Idaho notes broad issues. It cites coinage, coal prices, peaches, divorces, and a Brooklyn heiress with $1,000,000 while lampooning Wall Street and journalism.
A discussion on general aiming principles for shooters noting common front and rear sight blur caused by eye strain, sun glare, shadows, or range distance. Advises practice starting with the target, not the sights, and explains how gaze can misalign when overemphasizing sight focus.
The text stresses the crucial role of form and rapid sight alignment in firearm use. It highlights aligning the object with the sight instantly, trusting quick reflexes, and the need for intelligent practice to achieve rapid, accurate fire. It discusses zeroing, wind drift, and using peep sights to center the front sight for varied ranges.
The text discusses open and peep sights under varying light, aims to align front sight with a horizontal line, and notes the impact of grit and bright or dark days on targeting. It advises aiming below the bull by three quarters of the white space, and sitting the target on top of the front sight at long range to maintain consistent results across lighting. It covers wind drift, zero with a load, and cautious wind allowance through rough estimates and practice to form a habit.
A discussion on bullet drift at extreme range, wind effects, and the importance of accurate elevation and velocity knowledge. Advises studying trajectory, wind gauging, and aiming strategies, citing prominent shooters and military perspectives while urging more long range practice and better equipment.
An agricultural piece extols alfalfa as the foremost hay crop and soil improver, detailing its high hay yield, nitrogen enrichment, deep roots, weed suppression, and cooperative nitrogen-fixing bacteria. It notes challenges in starting stands, preferred soils, irrigation effects, and seeding guidance including spacing, manuring, and cut timing based on experiments from 1910.
A Baltimore American writer advises apple growers that the best land is well cultivated for at least two years and receiving about 12 tons of stable manure every three years. Apply unstacked mine every four years at 30 bushels per acre, plus 600 pounds per acre of a commercial fertilizer. Intercrop with legumes like crimson clover or cowpeas in midsummer. Apples thrive on well drained clay loam and color and size improve with soil depth.
Gardeners often fear allowing poultry to roam among crops. The article notes early spring risk when plants are small, but as plants grow larger they can tolerate poultry with little or no damage, allowing benefits from keeping birds in the garden.
Instructions suggest applying a topdressing of wet rotted manure and bone meal to asparagus beds when snow begins to disappear or, on slopes, when frost starts to thaw. The guidance focuses on early spring soil preparation to promote growth.
The article argues dry farming hinges on soil cultivation and using corn as a core crop. It links corn to livestock feeding, manure return, and year round soil protection, stressing breed selections like Squaw Gehu Mercer King Phillip and Triumph, with emphasis on Golden Dent and Northwestern Dent for dent varieties and high germination seed.
Dr B B Voorhees director of the New Jersey Experiment Station spoke on forage crops including alfalfa and highlighted farmer errors in home feed. He compared home grown feed with purchased and concluded that growing forage lowers costs, builds soil, and can sustain green feed all season while supporting about four cows per acre.
The peach borers are at work white grubs tunneling beneath the bark of peach trees at the surface the ground. Although they have dati most of their work already yet bl is the best time to get them. They are nearly full grown or may be found in the cocoon. They are located in the tree by presence sunken spots in the bark the crown. They begin to hatch to the cocoon about June 16. From there they will be beyond control of another spring.
Advice notes how to position young trees during planting by tilting them 80 degrees toward the prevailing wind. It warns that trees may look unsightly for a year or two, but correct orientation aids straight growth and long term success.
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