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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1909
Page
7
Agricultural note outlines wheat breeding methods using selection of chance variations, best yielding prints, and large seed heads. Field trials with 17-foot rows compare wild Chinese oats, American oats, and a cross with 17 grains per spike. Emphasizes recording yields, disease resistance, earliness, hardiness, and maintaining separate seed lots across generations.
John Garton documents microscopic study of farm plantain reproductive organs and outlines a planting plan with 17 foot drill rows, one half ounce seed per row, an estimated one and a half bushels per acre, rows one foot apart, and proportional acreage calculations for seed use.
Farmers tout sheep as soil improvers, recalling fields once deemed too poor for crops. In 1907, corn yielded best ever on those lands, with a flock of 125 western ewes producing nearly $1,000 in lambs and wool the first year. Subsequent years saw high lamb counts and strong prices, despite occasional late lambs and strong market praise for lamb quality.
An essay excerpt contrasts lies and untruths, noting lies are knowingly false while untruths may be spoken without knowledge of their falsity. It argues truth is narrow and tedious, while lying can be a social tool. The piece includes humorous exchanges about barometers and crude carnival talk.
In a Bohemian Confidence vignette the mistress scolds Mary for not brushing dust from a Venus statue. The maid blushes and explains she left it as it needed something. Jennie teases Jack with a line about lending kisses and repayment.
A Manila newspaper tale recounts 2000 Filipino workers who hear of the haunted peso curse tied to a miser’s bloodstained coins. Laborers throw coins into the Ledesma yard to end the curse, while two US officials leave for the United States after learning the tale’s warning. The yarn ends noting later the coins vanished from the yard, and the tale serves as caution about superstition and risk to wages.
Remove it at once each cow’s milk should be taken from the barn separately and not allowed to remain in the barn until the whole herd quiked. If milk is to be separated on the farm it should be run through the separator while warm. Cream should be cooled as soon as possible and warm cream should not be mixed with cream already cooled. Cover cans with a light clean cloth to admit air but keep out dirt and keep the separator clean with plenty of water. All vessels should be cleaned after use.
A backstage quip about a Sleeping Beauty needing rest after Welsh rarebit then a comic corner scene at the masquerade hall. The note mentions a distressed maiden with a corn in revolt and a playful exchange between a shark and a skate as lobsters listen, in a coastal joke frame.
In a Chicago Tribune note the debutante criticizes Prof Verdigo for overworking his student. The incident, described as a shocking blunder, suggests the professor should take a break and seek fresh air. The piece mentions he conducts an orchestra at a leading theater.
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