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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1911
Page
2
A garbled excerpt from SILVER MESSENGER parodies topics from agriculture to culture. It mocks farm and consumer life, jokes about cats in labs, witchcraft, tobacco, wedlock finances, and American humor, with scattered references to France Russia and Canada.
The discovery ties sleeping sickness to the parasite trypanosoma gambiense, transmitted by tsetse flies Glossina palpalis. Castellani and Sir David Bruce linked outbreaks in Uganda and Lake Victoria region to fly bites. Studies show wide but focal distribution near water, with eradication efforts in camps failing to stop infection long term. Research by Koch and Kleine reveals prolonged infective periods in fed flies, prompting broader expeditions to Rhodesia and further study of vectors and possible animal reservoirs.
The centenary of the 1814 Ghent Treaty end of the War of 1812 is urged for proper observance with ceremonies. Moves in Congress seek a report within a year from the commission for the promotion of universal peace outlining a plan for celebration and peaceful arbitration.
A historical observer recounts a Chinese diplomat Mandarin Ho Kual Fang’s Europe voyage and a later book criticizing European tall pagodas, pestilence myths, and social norms. He claims pagodas ward off plagues and that Europeans ignore earth and air influences, while praising Chinese customs such as women’s higher status and men serving at table.
A curious guest overhears three women in a corner discussing something, insisting the speaker’s wife is not involved since she’s present, while another guest jokes about interrupting them because his wife was invited but did not attend.
The article compares sweet and fodder sorghum, notes sorghum types like milo and ka mir, and details seedbed preparation, planting rates, irrigation adjustments, germination factors, and harvest timing. It explains drilling vs broadcasting, seed per acre, soil, moisture, and postplant care for weed control and mulch formation, plus yields from 10 to 90 bushels and up to 15 tons fodder in arid regions.
Powdery mildew infects young apple leaves causing a powdery coating and shriveling. Control involves spraying an ammoniacal copper carbonate solution when leaves first unfold and again four or five times at roughly 10 day intervals.
A man who works a horse with a sore shoulder and refuses to cure it should be compelled to wear tib-ftting shoes that would raise a new crop of blisters weekly.
Dr W T Cooke reports in Denver Field and Farm on Prof Blount’s claim that cultivating grain crops in arid regions is not harmful and often beneficial. The article describes experiments on Cheyenne dry farms with winter and spring wheat, rye, oats, barley, spelt, peas, beets, corn, millet, sorghum and potatoes using a twelve foot three row weeders and light drags to improve roots, reduce weeds, and conserve moisture.
The North Dakota Bulletin notes that enough live stock should be kept on meat farms in dry farming regions to cover most running expenses. Hay and pasture are scarce and costly, so substantial corn production is needed to feed workhorses, supplement pastures, and provide cheap fattening feed for sheep and hogs, with ensilage as a winter ration.
Winter hatched chickens make good layers while yearling turkeys should not be bred. Demand for eggs and chicken meat grows, but chicks die from overfeeding early. Free range birds are less tender when roasted than those with limited range and pure feed. A ration should include cornmeal, meat and potatoes. gluten meal adds protein. Soybeans may outperform cow peas for growing poultry.
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