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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1899
Page
2
A montage of aphorisms and historical observations discusses politics religion and ethics. It references Spain Maria Theresa and General Daun with remarks on leadership and virtue. The piece uses parables about resilience and the value of endurance in public life.
The text argues that a parent who inflicts continual pain on loved ones cannot be reformed by remonstrance. A guilty person who lives with terror and sorrow in the eyes of those harmed becomes callous, hardening against reason and compassion.
A concurrent constitutional amendment proposes taxing state grown wheat flax oats and barley stored in elevators or kept for seed. Rates range from a quarter to half a cent per bushel, potentially raising over 250000 dollars, though public reception remains unclear.
From the war ruins comes a surviving scene as General Vara de Rey is honored in a Santiago funeral last November. General Valderrama traveled from Spain to reclaim the general's body, found by an American force after marks were removed by locals. General Wood led the escort as bared heads saluted a brave man.
H K Gronbeck discusses mottles in butter and the unresolved causes. He reviews various dairy theories, notes uneven salt distribution may not always cause mottles, and suggests that evenly distributed mottles will disappear when worked thoroughly into butter. He cites Prof Storch of Copenhagen speculating on possible bacterial origin.
A Georgia station bulletin argues corn yields depend on moisture and deep loamy soils. It favors bottom lands near water, or upgrading uplands with humus through manure and composts, and stresses early deep tillage and soil fining for a productive crop.
The article contrasts costly leaf and muck handling with a practical crop rotation system. It argues that regular rotation including small grain red clover cowpeas or other renovating crops can be profitable at any scale and sustained over time with proper management.
A Nebraska contributor extols corn as the premier crop with wide uses for human and animal food and livestock fattening. Sorghum ranks next, followed by peas and oats sown together. the author recommends 1.5 to 2 bushels peas and up to 3 pecks oats per acre and notes a four ton per acre peas and oats yield last season.
The cedar trees on the Agricultural College grounds suffer from the brown fungus Gymnosporangium macropus. Hand picking since four years ago has reduced spore production but not the overall attack, and cedar trees nearby remain at risk. W. L. Hall Kansas Agr College.
Farmers are advised to procure peach pits now for future trees. Stratify pits in sand this fall or with remaining frost to loosen shells for spring germination. Plant in straight furrows three feet apart, two inches deep. cultivate all summer until August when seedlings reach about half an inch. The Kansas Agricultural College Horticultural Department offers budders and a price list of vines and trees by mail.
A humorous quip compares a hog to a furrow, noting size and fatness can be judged by its body rather than the method of plowing. The Arkansas razor-back is described as able to reach through a fence to eat potatoes, illustrating the hardy swine.
Experiments on shredding silage indicate it is at least as good as traditional silage. Some claim shredding increases capacity by about one quarter due to denser packing in the silo.
In a New York Ayrshire breeders’ paper Secretary C. M. Winslow outlines dairy- first cattle breeding. He stresses milk yield and udder perfection, then posture, rump, horns, and color. He cautions breeders to select bulls by fixed ideal types, inspect dams, plan ahead, and keep the best animals while culling the rest. He also discusses hog feeding with clover and hay to improve growth and litter quality.
An Acquaintance describes a clover grower known as a clover crank who uses unusual mowing methods to harvest lodged clover. He first clips blossoms and tops for hog feed, then cuts remaining stalk for cattle, adjusting to supply.
Poultry Legecestions by B H Westlake advises feeding green bone to young turkeys for strong bones, using insect powder weekly to kill lice, and dusting with powder. It suggests charcoal for bowel health, chloride of iron in drinking water for debilitated fowls, planting a small Mammoth Sunflower patch, and maintaining clean dry poultry houses.
A farm poultry column advises that a Barred Plymouth Rock cockerel showing weight loss, pale combs, and white droppings likely has a tape worm. Instructions include isolating the bird, burning droppings, feeding pumpkin seed paste, turpentine milk, and castor oil to expel the parasite, then notes May-hatching tips and egg fertility observations from Practical Farmer.
A historical note asserts that disturbing cows during milking lowers milk fat. The author guarantees that milking can influence fat content more than feeding, claiming to milk dry while still pleasing the animal, attributed to Dr. B. M. Patico rt.
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