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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1912
Page
2
Silver Messenger prints a collage of oddities from Chicago to New York. The piece notes an alleged Chicago aviator, a New York hotel air on top floor, weather swings, fruit grafting, fashion remarks, and lighthearted jests about doctors, poets, and lovers.
The article outlines key factors for Idaho orchardists: land with good drainage and deep soil to avoid frost pockets and drought, selection of commercial apple varieties suited to local growing seasons, and planting four to six feet apart with careful root trimming and proper top orientation. It covers spring planting, hole preparation, watering, and soil tCr irrigation, plus early pruning to build a low headed, strong scaffold. It notes timing for spraying and pest control, using lime sulfur or kerosene emulsion, and stresses five core practices: soil, nursery stock, irrigation, pruning, and overall care shaping bearing power.
A shy Ole asks Mary to marry him during a late night ride but she pressures him to speak. He falters, mutters a stilted refusal, and the exchange ends with an awkward, terse line about how much was already said.
A domestic exchange reveals a misread morning routine as a wife complains of being late for work after she relied on her husband’s clock. The dialogue shows cross signals about time and responsibility within the couple.
Palmer North Dakota Agricultural College explains that plants feed in soil turned by the plow. Deeper plowing increases available moisture, extends root feeding depth, and reduces runoff. It stresses adding organic matter and keeping subsoil contact to sustain growth, especially in dry farming.
The article urges rotating garden crops to prevent pest and disease buildup. It warns against growing cabbage onions or lettuce continuously and recommends moving crops across plots, occasionally letting clover cover the soil, and growing Bardemon on a fertile back area to maintain soil health.
The article notes sunflower seeds make a balanced ration for poultry and thrive in irrigated tracts. Rapid growth and large broad leaves provide shade for young chicks, aiding feed savings and convenience.
Instructions note how to fatten chickens for market by giving extra feed for two or three weeks to produce solid breast and thigh meat. It states range poultry is not classified as market poultry.
Oklahoma exhibits Cowllang and Petotia as early maturing dry farming crops. Both yield grain with 80 day maturation, tolerating heat but sensitive to frost. Quick growing varieties aid moisture conservation, though planting timing and regional suitability require study and testing.
A Dry Farming writer urges inoculation of upland prairie soils for alfalfa. Farmers should spread soil containing beneficial bacteria at 20 to 30 pounds per acre on a cloudy day or before rain, watered in, with salt to aid distribution. Starting with a small alfalfa patch yields ready inoculant for larger areas.
A fragmentary farm note column offers practical duties for winter and spring. Advice covers manure use for asparagus, seed corn selection for wartime shortages, bed maintenance, and pruning and burning of tops to combat disease. It also prescribes cleaning hen houses, wearing overshoes for cold, sun exposure for fruit quality, securing vine stock, and winter storm door work.
Florence reports the theft of a Gothic relic panel in San Marco. The description notes a Virgin and Child image within a rich frame with angels and gold rays, evoking traditional sacred art and monks’ adherence to past masterworks. The item’s precise title and provenance remain unclear in the fragment.
Reading of a Boonville Indiana monument recounts how young Abraham Lincoln met Jacob Breckenridge in Warrick County. The Breckenridge family supported Lincoln’s legal studies and early career at the Breckenridge home. A carved oak marker bears a historic inscription about Lincoln. Also noted is an Iowa trademark ruling regarding Made In Iowa products.
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