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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1909
Page
8
Practical farmers learn to build durable pole bars with bored standard posts and interlocking tie lengths. The method uses two or more holes per post, small round poles as connectors, and optional wooden blocks for extra support. Horseshoe catches secure the arrangement for quick access.
Ohio requires nursery and tree stock growers to file annual applications for state inspection before July 1 or face fines. Minnesota No 2 winter rye yields high on study grounds, with averages around 40 bushels per acre. U.S. corn production in 1908 reached about 2.6 billion bushels worth over 1.5 billion dollars. Poland China hogs have been developed into efficient, well finished animals after decades of breeding. For winter breakfasts, a mix of bran middlings cornmeal oats and meat scraps plus clover hay and linseed meat is recommended. Maintaining 100 breeding ewes costs about one dollar daily on corn fodder beets and oats. Sheep should have meat on their under body, thick dock and neck to indicate muscle. A lime carbolic acid copperas wash is suggested to deter rabbits from fruit trees. It is claimed sheep can be fed as cost-effectively as cows with higher returns. Some say many people do not pet horses correctly, missing nerve centers like the eyelids. proper petting should involve the eyelids rather than the nose. Balt and common tobacco leaves and stems are said to prevent stomach worms in sheep.
Soil fertility hinges on feeding crops and returning manure. When lacking manure, plow under crops for green manuring and sow legumes for nitrogen. Improve texture with humus and stable manure, deep plowing, and subsoiling. Clover, alfalfa, and pasture crops aid drainage and aeration. dairy farming aids rapid soil rebuilding. A midlatitude rotation includes oats, rye, sorghum, and cowpeas with periodic replanting.
Extensive planting now centers on white pine as the only species available in large numbers. It adapts to most soils and grows quickly, yielding valuable timber. Blight affecting pines is a drawback, prompting interest in other trees such as spruce and chestnut.
Guidance on caring for sick animals emphasizes a well disinfected dry box stall with bedding and sunlight, avoiding drafts. In cold weather use a blanket, feed sparingly with digestible foods like bran mashes, keep water pure and warmed, and ensure new milk cows receive warm water.
A horticulture note advises using a guy pole to support long limbed high headed fruit trees. Lash the pole to the tree at the base and at the fork, securing the main trunk and branches to maintain balance and prevent weeping or breakage.
In Macon Georgia on March 3 Rufus Gore a Black man was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for pouring oil on the back of a bull and setting it afire. He claimed the bull had eaten his dinner pail as motive.
Chicago March 3. The jury in the milk trust trial in Judge MecSurely's court was warned not to discuss the case with their wives. The judge cautioned that the wives may have raunchy opinions about milk companies raising prices.
Albany reports that 34 percent of inmates in Sing Sing Auburn and Clinton prisons are foreigners. Of this portion about seventy percent are aliens not yet naturalized. In a related note Standard Oil vice president W H Tilford died at his New York City home.
Los Angeles March 3. Estate of famous horseman Lucky Baldwin listed at fifty million. Manager A H Unruh calls it the largest probate in southern California. Lawyer Bradner W Lee drafted a will to meet all legal requirements before Baldwin’s mind grew dim. Lee declined to discuss contents, but it is said the will favors Mrs Baldwin beyond court division and provides for all legal heirs.
In Hebron township near Aitkin Minnesota, the two small Nelson children died from suffocation after a house fire while their parents worked on the farm. Mrs Nelson reached the children but both were dead from smoke inhalation.
A blaze on the fourth floor of Weldhall, one of Harvard's largest dormitories, sent about five hundred half clad students fleeing into the college yard and nearby dormitories. The fire caused excitement but the losses were small.
W M Weimer owner of Meyersdale Electric Manufacturing was arrested in Pittsburg and jailed in Somerset county charged with burning the F W Gurley Manufacturing plant, a competitor, causing an estimated loss of $60 000.
Washington report notes Thomas Platt, retiring after 52 years in politics, has prepared the first chapter of his memoirs. It recounts his acquaintance with Theodore Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s gubernatorial nomination, and the 1900 campaign leading to Roosevelt’s vice presidential nomination at the Philadelphia convention.
Decatur Alabama March 3 The jury found Bob Clements guilty of murdering the Edmondson family of five and set his sentence at life imprisonment.
For Mayor of St. Louis, Democrats nominate William P. Woorter for the March election.
A Lynn Massachusetts laboratory tour offers public inspection to verify Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad questions exclusivity of roots and herbs, seeks evidence of millions of letters, and claims thousands cured while inviting skeptics to confirm open business practices.
John E. Madden, a turfman, offers to contribute a sum for a new high school for colored pupils in Fayette County, Kentucky, if the board matches with a raised amount. The project involves ground and building costs totaling several thousand dollars.
In Innsbries Australia on March 3 an avalanche near LeFrann crushed a detachment of thirty imperial Austrian army soldiers and six oilers. Railway tracks and telegraph lines were swept away by falling rock and earth.
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