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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1910
Page
6
A collage of brief items notes summer trends and oddities from London to Idaho. Topics include earthquakes near San Francisco, a crown prince’s polygamy stance, weather forecasts, arithmetica, a Philadelphia scientist on grasshoppers, and jokes about public office. Local notes touch on Canadian crop reports, a Princeton professor, and a New Jersey church mosquito issue.
A Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station study outlines key factors for fertile soil and productive crops. Temperature, moisture, air, physical soil condition, plant food, sunshine and space interact to determine yield, with soil depth influencing moisture availability and nutrient uptake.
A farm reports supplementing limited pasture with twice daily feeding of second crop clover hay and a mix of wheat rye crimson clover and vetch. Planted last August the forage yielded modestly, was harvested in June, stored well, and cows ate it eagerly. The field then was plowed and replanted to corn, expected to yield fifteen to twenty tons of ear silage per acre.
Soaking feed yields varied results by experiment. Dry hard grain fed whole benefits from soaking. Freshly mixed meat and soaked food may also improve outcomes.
A historic guide explains bare fallowing as a remedy for persistent annual weeds. It stresses destroying all germinated weeds before seeding, bringing surface seeds to conditions that force germination, and keeping soil moist and loose. Two plowings per season and timely harrowing maximize results while avoiding summer fallow unless rotation is impractical.
Thoms Ardmore, a poor aspirant, travels from Atlanta to Virginia and then to Columbia where he pursues a girl linked to Gov. Dangerfield of North Carolina. He follows to Raleigh, encounters a driving danger, and allies with Jerry Dangerfield to influence state affairs during the governor’s absence. A telegram to Gov Osborn is sent.
Farm notes discuss alfalfa growth, watering horses in heat, screening with vines, cement walks, beekeeping tips, and neglectful bridges. It notes that a weak hive often has a poor queen, ashes as fertilizer weak, and suggests Canada peas with oats as a farmer’s mix. It praises lawn care, shrubbery screens, Early Ohio potatoes, Wilzer wood ashes, and scientific beekeeping practices.
The article cautions that pure milk is the most easily contaminated farm product and once tainted can never be restored to a desirable condition, underscoring ongoing concerns about dairy safety and handling practices.
Early celery culture advises feeding young plants with nitrate of soda or poultry and sheep manure as top dressings. Cultivate the soil well to support vigorous growth and develop productive stalks.
A brief note explains butter churning as beating fat globules into a cohesive mass, outlining the basic mechanical process as a traditional method used to transform cream into butter.
Griswold and Miss Osborne confront political danger in Columbia as Appleweight’s menace prompts swift action. Barbara challenges Gov Dangerfield’s lax handling while Griswold drafts a forceful telegram to capture the outlaw, then they ride to the telegraph office to push the plan forward.
Harhara files messages with the telegraph manager who promises swift handling. Grice notes two callers will fetch replies while Osborne is briefly home. Maj Grinwold is identified as a secretive contact as plans unfold and the governor’s secrecy looms over the exchange.
A Wide World Magazine account describes Siam's yearly Buddha temple visitations by the king or his deputy to present Piva Kathin robes. The robes, now made from yellow cloth through royal and noble contributions, are brought in ceremonial bundles to a decorated altar where the king officiates and the chief priest honors the garment.
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