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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1911
Page
6
A miscellaneous column from Silver Messenger mocks current events and society with jests about Haitian generals, Harvard funding, telephones, onion farming at Wellesley, and a Cleveland forgery case. It notes travel, aging, divorce myths, and light political quips, ending with a quip on eavesdropping laws and telephone etiquette.
J B Bridgman describes a large Missouri stock barn with 34 by 160 foot main area and 20 by 65 foot hog and sheep ell extensions. It boasts 46 cow stalls three bull stalls two hospital stalls and three calf pens plus horse hog sheep and lamb housing, extensive feed and manure handling and a fireproof asbestos roof.
Eusilage is among the cheapest succulent feeds for farm animals in winter. It is good feed, easy to portion, and enjoyed by all classes of stock.
Sophie Nineteenth of Hood Farm, Hood Farm Lowel Sh ia, is named champion Jersey for milk and butterfat from cows four to five years old for the 12 months ending December 1, 1910. She produced 14,373 pounds 5 ounces of milk and 1011 pounds 5 ounces of butter, selling milk at ten cents per quart and profit about 566.23. The piece notes U S Department of Agriculture estimates yearly national dairy help and advocates better feeding to raise herd profits.
Promotion urging farmers to seek city buyers for butter eggs apples potatoes cabbage and other goods. Emphasizes regular market days and dependable cash sales with good weight and measure, promising better prices than stores. Encourages building customer confidence and repeat business.
Western farmers note alfalfa’s deep roots can reach moist soil and survive droughts if established and watered. Seed production benefits from dry conditions with careful spacing 18 to 20 inches, 2-3 pounds per acre, row intertillage, and four row equipment. Moisture management via ditching and furrows is essential to maximize yields.
Montana experiment station reports six years of dry land trials under Prof. Alfred Atkinson and J B Nelson. Findings include near normal precipitation, polatoes most profitable with 105.32 bushels per acre and 41.99 dollars net per acre. Kharkov Turkey Red and Turkey Red grain yields varied by station. alternate cropping and fallow practices improve profits. best sowing rate five pecks per acre. drill sowing yields exceed intertilled row methods.
Dr Widtsce of Utah told the Dry Farming congress that crops on rich soil need far less water to produce a pound of dry matter. In tests corn used 908 pounds of water per pound of dry matter on poor soil but 612 pounds on manured soil, a gain of about one third. He noted cultivation helps but stirring soil reduces plant food.
Poultry guidance advises buying two to three breeders when purchasing incubators and selecting early maturing pullets for an egg laying line. It discusses breeding ducks, using grit and charcoal, proper ventilation from the scratching shed, and selling scrub fowls for pure bred roosters. It covers breed rankings, nest availability, feeding with high protein and balanced carbonaceous meals, and an approved home for quarreling hens with safe egg handling.
Minnesota Experiment Station reports Fran has found an excellent feet to combine with corn fodder and timothy or wild hay as a ration for the dairy cow. The note suggests a balanced mix improves mid cow nutrition and efficiency.
An obscure phrase describes a man allegedly cruel to a horse by putting a frosty frog bit in its mouth, suggesting charges or investigation. The fragment signals a local cruelty case or public safety concern without full details or names.
Digest of mottos ad tags and snippets from a 1920s style page. Jokes about poetry and football mix with medical pills and a rail of quotes. An anecdote recalls John B Moissant and an improvised aircraft drawing, urging not to judge by appearance.
In a recent talk Dr J Slack quotes an English food expert and the idea that health lies in two meals daily with occasional fasting. He notes people balk at the plan as with the unpleasantness of the fresh egg and recalls a humorous kitchen scene about wringing a post boiled egg's neck and grilling it.
Japan presses tuberculosis campaign with lectures nationwide as the Health association boasts over 200000 focal members. Prof Kitasato of Tokyo cites factory system growth and modern civilization as factors driving the rise in TB cases.
A Brooklyn man cites heart palpitations from 30 years of coffee and credits Postum with relief after learning to boil it 15 to 20 minutes. He reports no palpitations since switching, except when drinking coffee away from home. The letter promotes Postum from the Battle Creek company and references The Road to Wellville.
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