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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1903
Page
1
A California experiment Station bulletin describes economical beet pulp silos that store pulp in compact spaces, reduce surface exposure and prevent rapid spoilage. Open bins or trench silos with planked floors drain water, cut losses, and use refuse lumber. large examples up to 12x30x6 feet hold about two carloads.
An article from New England Home explains turkey poults follow a set daily route if mothers are present. It advises keeping flocks near the coop until feathered, then guiding them to woods and fields while guarding against hawks, foxes, and hunters.
Mrs. Poore prescribes dramatic mischief for her daughters as they rehearse summer romances. The plan includes tales of an Italian marquis at Narragangett Pier, a New York millionaire at Saratoga, and a Newport engagement to a California heiress. The family anticipates moving out after dinner and loading trunks for a seaside escape.
A lighthearted exchange about spending money on flowers. One person recalls spending all they had on blooms for a loved one, and the other replies that lack of funds wasn’t their fault, emphasizing affection.
In a Washington Star quip, Mr. Trastus Pinkley jokes about a chicken rotting on his fence for a month and the pending “transaction” being strictly regular as he hopes to close the matter with the roosted fowl.
The Farm and Ranch section argues butter making as an undeveloped resource with vast potential in the southwest. It notes butter valued at 2 cents per pound or $400 per ton, with at least 100 carloads annual. It laments farmers neglecting a crop Western farmers ship that sells for $400 per ton, calling forawareness to the half million dollar opportunity.
A North Carolina style essay argues hog, cattle and grass farming as a path to profit. It promotes cotton as the main crop for Black labor, outlines pasture mixes, corn and pea rotations, fencing with welded wire, and Berkshire hogs as best, with annual hog sales and meat consumption targets.
An Iowa Homestead correspondent sketches a simple four to five foot wooden fork wired to twist and stretch wire effectively. The device uses split ends to grip the wire and apply tension, enabling straight and taut wire strands with minimal effort.
A simple drapery idea for the young housewife to add daintiness to a bedroom. Use one length of material passed through a wooden or brass ring from a ceiling staple or bed cornice rod. Ends are drawn apart in curtain fashion and held back at the headboard with bands or chains.
Frogs awaken after winter and shed their ripe skin by peeling it off under leaves. A transformation begins with a crack in the skin, the old layer peels away, and the frog pushes out of it. The discarded skin is rolled into a bun.
A simple guide to producing exceptionally large bubbles using white castile soap dissolved in water with glycerin. The recipe calls for a walnut sized soap piece, a teaspoon of glycerin, and a small pipe to blow the bubbles, enabling long lasting fun for an afternoon.
The article describes a party game titled Hunt the Whistle. A participant is blindfolded while others sit in a circle and a whistle is tied to the blindfolded person's dress with a string. The circle members try to seize the whistle and blow it, and the blindfolded player must guess who has it. After discovery, the trick can be passed to another player.
A child explains spelling by noting man and boy are spelled the same with smaller letters for boy. The mother asks how to spell and Elsie responds with a simple lesson about letter case.
A garbled note on agriculture mentions Texas fever in Dutch cattle, capers as a possible crop for southern states, and debunks tropic limits on bamboo. It cites Georgia horticulturists praising fruit production and cotton remaining king, with export records likely to exceed past years.
A Chambers' Journal excerpt describes native platinum alloying elements found worldwide including the Ural, Brazil, California, and Canada. It details palladium osmium iridium osmiridium rhodium ruthenium and associated properties, uses in crucibles dentistry scales and telescope coatings, plus notes on platinum’s high density and hard metals like iridium and osmiridium.
Reports from western Kansas detail a profitable beet sugar season with yields around twenty five tons. Wagons filled with beets clogged streets in Lakin, as growers plan larger plantings next year. State agent Mrs Block of Syracuse administers bounties while beet shipments go to Rocky Ford Colorado, with a likely new factory planned at Lakin. The industry aims for permanence in the upper Arkansas valley pending trials and continued expansion.
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