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Newspaper
Washington Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1901
Page
6
The note observes that oil, Herefords, and cotton fail to form the three staple Texas products. It praises the lima bean as a delicious garden vegetable and questions why only two of the three are cultivated.
The key to successful evergreen transplantation is keeping roots from drying at any time. Even a moment of dryness can kill the tree, making immediate watering and protective measures essential.
A friend in the small fruit trade reports currants yield more clean money in a year than any other fruit, indicating strong earnings and steady demand for this crop.
In the week described a corn price of 65 cents is noted, but the text stresses that the actual farmers did not receive that amount. The burden fell on shorts who had sold corn they did not deliver and thus faced paying the price.
The speaker argues that good corn land yields poor material for road building and contends the east may boast about roads while the west should boast about its corn.
When rich rare woods from the country’s new island possessions enter production there will be fresh cabinet work on the market. The public may expect an artistic surprise as skilled craftsmen showcase these materials.
A friend's cattle feeding venture last winter covered 50 head over seven months. At last fall feed prices, the effort yielded about S700 in profit, considered a modest return for the work and risk.
The article notes twelve million dollars is being invested to raise a body of water 30 feet high with a dam across the Nile at Assouan Egypt. It also highlights vast fruit potential on the Pacific slope including prunes grapes and citrus fruits capable of supplying the world.
Some farmers in the corn belt are said to be trying to raise ears of corn as big as possible and eggs as small as possible by weight rather than count. The practice would stop if eggs are sold by weight rather than count.
Editorial urges investors to avoid tinkering with Texas oil wells and Colorado gold mines to prevent harm to farms. It cautions that interference could threaten livelihoods and land value if operations falter.
A man with a narrow tired wagon has cut holes two feet deep in the highway and now relies on a neighbor with a wide tired wagon to traverse the road and smooth it down again.
The text cautions against giving cow bran when the animal already has a full blue grass ration. It recommends supplements only as ground corn and oats if additional food is needed. It notes blue grass alone nearly optimizes milk production.
The season shows sparrows abandoning crevices around buildings for nesting in trees marking a notable shift in their nesting pattern observed by locals.
The article advises transplanting lettuce in the second leaf stage into rich soil and setting plants a foot apart. This method promises fine tender heads of enormous size.
Minnesota expands wolf bounty to $15 for adult females and $6 for males and cubs while $2 on other classified targets. The policy heightens risk to the mother wolf and endangers the broader wolf population.
A deep clean basement with cement walls and floor is praised as a highly useful farm home room. The text condemns the hole in the ground that generates many bad smells and suggests replacing it with an improved cellar.
The hired man on a farm gains 25 to 30 dollars monthly for board washing and horse care while the dry goods clerk earns 25 dollars and must board himself working 34 hours daily, highlighting disparities in labor conditions.
A smooth tongued agent sold a dozen so called tree strawberry plants to a gullible farmer at a shilling each. The farmer, innocent and inexperienced, bought the dubious plants, showing how some people take advantage of others in rural markets.
A bright man from the east began as a train boy and won rights to sell peanuts in a territory. From that modest start he now employs 600 men and could retire if he wished, having grown his fortune large.
The Golden Glow is praised as a hardy showy lawn plant. It blooms from mid August into frost, producing abundant yellow blue blossoms with beauty rivaling yellow chrysanthemums.
An An Towa farmer in 1S7 won a premium for the acre producing the most corn with 215 bushels. He cultivated a oddly shaped acre a strip ten feet wide along a slough, yet still made one acre of land.
A western state railway company reports a gravel pit that yields a wakeful textured aggregate. When used for ballast, it settles into a near solid cement like substance, deemed the finest natural material for road bed construction observed.
The report states fourteen million three hundred twenty five thousand hogs were sold and slaughtered from March 1 to November 1 last year. At twenty hogs per square rod the total would span 4177 acres or twenty eight 160 acre farms, illustrating a substantial livestock volume.
The owner of a quarter section farm in the northwest states saw farm value rise by more than $1,000 in the past year with many cases exceeding that amount. Such farms remain solid propositions, and sellers facing high prices find it difficult to secure better opportunities.
The writer notes four miles of graded highway left with holes and ruts nearly impassable and questions why the district road supervisor did not drag the road. A drag is praised as the most effective tool to improve dirt highways when used timely.
A simple garden remedy uses fifteen or twenty square foot boxes six inches high without a top or bottom, covered with mosquito netting to shield squashes melons and cucumbers from striped bugs. A pane of glass over the boxes aids the young plants during cool early summer days.
A man who displayed the prize tub of butter at the National Dairy association meeting in St Paul was dismissed by the creamery's board while he tended the tub at the convention. The move was viewed as base ingratitude by his former employers.
The text notes certain plants like Kaffir corn, brome grass, and speltz suit semi arid areas with scarce rainfall. It contrasts these with regions having reliable rainfall where clover, corn, and blue grass thrive, claiming no other crop outperforms the trio in such climates.
The author notes an abundant cherry crop and plans to protect some trees with nets while sharing the rest with the birds, refusing to shoot their "best friends" during cherry season.
The piece notes dealers of patent medicines still dominate rural areas among farmers. It says some remedies are good while others are mere money wasted on quack cures, and suggests seeking a skilled physician when malady surpasses basic household measures.
Grow roses by bending the larger canes and securing them with a wooden peg. New shoots emerge along the cane and bear flowers on this new wood. Even June roses that bloom once can be coaxed to flower over a longer season with this method.
The agricultural department is working to find new markets for dairy products and deserves commendation. The piece warns that without firm government inspection of exported butter and cheese, efforts may fail. It notes American dealers have not yet learned that reputation matters more than wealth.
An abandoned creamery with broken windows and doors exemplifies a wasted $3500 due to rivalries between men who should cooperate. The interior hosts bats and sparrows, and the piece notes many similar failures driven by competition over collaboration.
In a barn an old three tined fork has been in constant use for 85 years. It witnessed wheat from Minnesota fields in the sixties and aided in many tasks from hauling to feeding. A mute relic of frontier toil, it endures as the sole remaining piece of early farm gear.
The article argues that women face limited roles in society and should seize independent business paths. It highlights examples of women starting poultry, beekeeping, fruit farming, or ranch ventures with capital earned as clerks, and notes a Dakota woman investing in cows and sheep. It warns against falling for manipulative men and urges women to pursue farm work for themselves.
A travel note describes a wide rural region once too wet for crops now dried by pasturage and drainage work. It praises cereal crops grown on dried soils but warns lands not properly drained remain marginal and prone to producing weeds when wet.
The author outlines methods to boost winter hay supply using barley stubble. Suggests sowing millet on stubble soon after harvest, or planting four to five acres of corn thickly, harvesting with a corn harvester, and stacking. Recommends sowing rye on oat-ground for fall and spring feed, then plowing for corn. Notes odd field corners suit fodder crops.
The week is described as blossoming in the orchard with cherry, plum, and apple blossoms filling the air. Bees buzz busily fertilizing the trees, while a Manitoba wind threatens to ruin the fruit with a sudden frost or blight overnight.
In a western state a law requires planting at least 12 trees on every schoolhouse ground. The measure fails in practice as planted trees are neglected and abused, making compliance effectively impossible and highlighting the disconnect between statute and public sentiment.
The speaker extols diligence and foresight noting smart men create or find chances while nature favors hard workers. The idea is that the first dollar laid as a base for great fortunes came from a hard day’s work and was saved, not squandered, by persistently industrious people.
Electricity is used as an auditory aid to the deaf. In recent years experiments with instruments resembling the telephone by M R K Hutchison and Dr Samuel G Tracy have progressed. The two inventors have worked independently, with methods differing in detail.
The article describes a three-device radio setup with a storage battery transmitter and a receiver. Two receiving styles exist: a hand held lorgnette type and a head clasp with two earpieces. Transmitters come in table or lap forms, with Dr Tracy’s currently held by the speaker. Noted New York figures have tested the system at home and in theaters.
Dr George G Hopkins of Brooklyn reports success using decomposed light to treat consumption. Patients are nourished with arsenic cod liver oil to build up the system then exposed to blue decomposed arc light. The method, inspired by Dr Finsen of Copenhagen, uses a 15,000 candle power arc light to deliver select rays.
The London Standard notes advocacy for brewing beer from beet roots. A southwest England farmer has tried distilling brandy from beets with poor results, while others report greater success and plan large scale practical trials.
A new instrument for detecting distant thunderstorms uses an electro radiophone with a self decohering decoherer placed in circuit with a dry cell and a telephone receiver. The decoherer consists of carbon granules sealed in a glass tube attached to the telephone magnet.
The article notes a substantial annual loss of gold through wear and tear. An expert estimates 1 percent of the total circulating value, about $37.5 million for gold and silver, with gold alone losing roughly $20 million each year.
A recently granted patent outlines a metal cleaning composition using one gallon of pure water, one ounce potassium carbonate, one-half ounce potassium cyanide, one-half ounce sodium carbonate, and one-tenth ounce sodium chloride. The solution is used at boiling point with a strong electric current.
Herr H. Helmeke of Hamburg develops gas mantles from a lime-based solution with small amounts of alum or borax. The mantles are claimed to resist splintering, endure heat, and perform well in a water gas flame.
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