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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1911
Page
6
A chaotic mix from Silver Messenger features humorous items about cats with microbes on whiskers, a harem-adorned Astor, new hair styles, and fashion quirks. It also jokes about politics, Coney Island, a female owning a major league baseball franchise, and social trends slowing attention to church and aviation dreams.
Patterson of the Montana Experiment Station argues fertility in arid soils rests on proper soil condition and ample organic matter. A year round rotation distributing labor and preserving nitrogen, with alfalfa and crops like wheat or oats, helps maintain moisture and yields. The article stresses adapting rotations to dry versus irrigated lands and the role of potassium and phosphorus in preventing lodging.
Poultry specialists at Kansas State Agricultural College describe feeding a newly hatched chick crumbly food for three weeks then shifting to dry feed. The regimen includes fine weeds, cracked grain, and sharp corn bread baked crisp and crushed for early growth.
Modern incubators have risen in use over the last twenty years yet the past decade shows no notable improvements in their construction. The passage assesses enduring design and durability concerns within the industry.
Farmers are urged to use shallow cultivation or earth mulch to trap moisture for midsummer corn. By leaving a loose, cracked surface and allowing damp soil below to feed surface grains, evaporation is reduced. Attempts to drag planter wheels to crush cracks yielded mixed results, sometimes harming roots or clogging equipment.
The peach tree should be pruned to shape and retain strong fruiting twigs for this year and next, ensuring adequate growth without excess wood. Then thin intelligently, as thinning pays best of all, to achieve the largest crop of first class fruit while keeping trees healthy and vigorous.
Foundation branches should be cut back annually to keep apple trees short and strong to support heavy fruit. After fruiting begins, little pruning is needed except to thin excess growth and maintain symmetry. Prune from the top down, not from the bottom up.
The text urges deep pea planting, early oats and peas, careful potato seed cutting, and weed management like clearing bindweed. It praises bee colonies for honey yields, stresses seasonal care for bees, liquid manures for weak plants, and wheel tools to save labor while noting soil chemistry improves with aeration.
Roscoe Wood describes a cheap, practical foldable wool box for farmers. Use pine or oak boards to form a hinged, open-top box that folds flat. The design ties fleece securely, hides black ends, and creates a neat, marketable appearance to appeal to buyers.
The article notes Concorde as adaptable to many conditions and Moore's Early for high altitudes and short seasons. Niagara is cited as the standard white grape with many varieties overall. It encourages planting many grapes for home fruit production.
In a Ladies' Aid exchange Mrs. Wills asks how to help the boys at the front. Mrs. Gillis recalls a story of soldiers facing sorties and suggests making and sending meals and malt to the troops.
A disjointed dialogue features a retribution believer and a suffering friend debating pain and payoff. The exchange veers through references to a dentist, travel plans to St Peterburg, fears of being blown up, and a home teaching remark. The fragment hints at a larger, unstable scene with masked lectures and cautious preparation.
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