29 Aug 1903
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1903
Page
1
Reports from Salonika warn of growing unrest as Russian demands on Turkey and naval posturing threaten intervention in Macedonia. Insurgent acts, Turkish troop indiscipline, and reprisals fuel a Balkan crisis while Greece and Bulgaria clash over church control and national loyalties.
Boris Sarafof, a Macedonian revolutionary leader, is described as a 30 year old who began as a youth of fourteen. He once tried to breach a Turkish guard cord to free his imprisoned mother and grandfather, later serving in the Bulgarian army and in 1895 with eighty followers crossed into Turkish territory, capturing a town at Meluk and killing and wounding Turkish soldiers while declaring his campaign against Ottoman rule.
A town crier sounded the town hall alarm over a requisitioned steam roller missing from Axminister. Despite roads prepared with macadam, the engine did not appear until the town err later reported its return, ending the anxious search.
Notes urge heavy planting of hickory chestnut and walnut for future profits as lumber prices rise. Highlight Paragon Nut and Fruit Company’s eight year pine reforesting efforts in Pennsylvania now managing about 800 acres with 80,000 trees. Also report on Strawberry Bed yields from a patch under mat, with large berries and high gallon output, plus advice on mulching fertilizer and cultivation practices.
A longtime veterinary note warns about misusing aconite and baking soda for equine maladies post distemper. It describes engorged stomach or typonites as fatal, outlines symptoms, cautions against quack remedies, and prescribes safer care including rest, injections, and careful drenches to restore stomach action.
The text argues against universal praise for any fertilizer remarking that no single manure suits all crops or farms. It notes Exo-plast originates tropical, was brought to England from Africa in 1587, and became known for a small white egg-like form.
An agricultural note urges farmers to provide dust baths to control body lice in hens. It recommends collecting dust from well traveled roads during specific times, building a sunlit dry dust box, and protecting outdoor baths from rain. It discusses roosting on the box edge, hatch issues, and invites reader experiences on best box setups and winter dust bath adoption.
The North Dakota Experiment Station tested wheat as horse feed at 14 pounds daily with work, finding wheat alone unsatisfactory due to reduced intake and digestion issues. Cautions from Dr. Salmon note gradual introduction, mixing with other grains, and monitoring for indigestion and laminitis, with notes on earlier Dutch Belt cattle imports in 1838.
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