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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1899
Page
2
A collection of wry aphorisms and satirical statements touching politics education law and public service. Items include comment on Roosevelt Mason Platt Hanna and the public trust plus jests about boxing strawberries and a Chinese naval officer's loyalty query.
State entomologist Johnson calls Napley estate in Kent County home to the monster peach tree of the United States. Alan Harris owns the tree on the Wickes era property. The trunk measures 7 inches around, about 22 inches in diameter, with limbs 22 29 and 30 inches in circumference.
The passage argues that self-control prevents mental breakdown as rapid emotions can destabilize reason. It likens lax habits to machinery that jars apart and warns that ungoverned emotions predispose even bright individuals to crises. Internal self-government is urged to avert asylum admissions.
A formal American response to English sympathy after the late war, signed by representative men from every state, reached London and was warmly welcomed by Brits who felt snubbed by prior neglect. It argues prompt recognition is essential for future goodwill and favorable dealings.
A Country Gentleman contributor details growing giant squashes and citrons, describing manuring, composting, hill planting, pruning, and careful irrigation to achieve 300 plus pound fruits. The piece also surveys alkali tolerance in western plants, noting salt bush and sage bush as pasture options and outlining four benefits of alkali-tolerant forage on non irrigated lands.
Alkalies harm most cultivated plants. Wheat and Kentucky blue grass fail with soil alkali near one percent. Germination stops or seedlings die of thirst as alkali raises soil solution density and robs roots of water. Surface alkali is common, yet deeper roots may avoid it. Alfalfa often tolerates higher levels.
Indiana Experiment Station summarizes corn trials showing best average ear and stalk yields at 12 to 14 inches spacing. Thick planting reduces ear size, and in dry seasons increases stalk yield while lowering ears. Cultivation depth four inches lowers yield. one to three inches are similar. Manure and fertilizer show little profit in continuous corn. fresh horse manure effects persist for 15 years. Spring-tooth cultivator favored for similar soils. hill and drill plantings yield alike.
A German paper notes rapid growth of cooperative dairying in Holland with peasants owning most production. Butter factories employ pasteurization and Schwartz separation, with artificial cultures used. Maastricht hosts a large cooperative that markets butter and cheese and links member dairies with foreign buyers, aided by the Dutch chamber in London and consular agents. Clean water in drinking vessels is emphasized.
A practical guide on yard work for poultry, soil health, and water purity. Advises mixed vegetable feed, soil turnover, and the value of removable roosts in large or multiple hen houses. Warns against relying on muddy streams for cattle water and suggests deepened channels and shallow wells to keep animals and products pure.
A report notes plans for a Chicago convention of physicians to study tuberculosis in milk. It cites 25 cows slaughtered at a local slaughterhouse after tuberculin testing, with 15 condemned and 10 passed as safe for food. The piece urges thorough milk source investigations and balanced action.
Farmers' Review notes the chicken mite as a nocturnal, often fatal pest affecting poultry and birds in farm buildings. It causes sleep disruption and egg loss with possible bird deaths. Control hinges on cleanliness, manure removal, and thorough fumigation with sulfur or kerosene, followed by airing before occupancy.
The state veterinarian of Pennsylvania describes active efforts to control and eliminate animal diseases. Tuberculin testing for cattle is used with infected cattle slaughtered and no injuries from the test reported. The report notes widespread testing across the state and a decline in bovine tuberculosis, while stressing proper disposal of anthrax carcasses by burning or lime burial and thorough disinfection of death premises to prevent soil contamination.
A London dairyman received a £5 fine plus costs after adding formalin to milk as a preservative. Public analyst Collingwood Williams reported a sample contained one part formaldehyde in twenty thousand and warned it harmed digestion and could mask stale milk as fresh. Professor Boyce supported the view that formalin is harmful.
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