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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1916
Page
7
The Herald urges farmers to improve clover yields through lime phosphorus and potash additions where needed. It recommends adding vegetable matter, turning under clover, and sowing seed in mellow soil with shallow coverage. When using a nurse crop, thin grain seeding, top dress with manure if possible, and cut stubble high.
Farmers urged to use proper spraying methods for apple scab control as weather last season favored scab development. D E Lewis KSAC professor advises Bordeaux mixture in cool moist conditions and lime sulfur when warm dry winds prevail, with petal fall spray essential for broader protection.
Practical advice for poultry and dairy farming includes lime to deter mites and grit and dust baths for birds, warm quarters and proper rations to improve eggs, ventilation for incubators, early chick care, and grinding feed for dairy cows. It warns against roping in unproductive animals and stresses pest control for trees.
A Colorado extension statement warns against nitrogen waste in Europe as a lesson for conservation at home. It urges farmers to save every pound of nitrogen through green manuring bare fallowing and use of stable manure to avoid reliance on artificial fertilizers for generations.
The article outlines four pruning steps for blackberries: remove excess shoots to limit canes per hill, nip back summer buds to promote stocky laterals, head back laterals in spring, and remove old canes after a berry crop. Ideal hill shoots are three to six, with early removal of weak growth and pinching tips at 24 to 28 inches to prevent lodging.
A simple device by A. Kirkley in Farm Progress uses a timber drag behind a two section harrow to level soil and remove ridges. A 1 by 2 or 2 by 3 timber fastened by chain or rope extends about two inches beyond the harrow and drags fourteen to sixteen inches back.
C C Bowsfield explains bush fruits fit into every farming plan. Raspberry, blackberry, gooseberry and currant crops offer high revenue, with careful soil prep, proper spacing, annual pruning, and protection from winds. Maintain quality, ship to stores if needed, and use mulch and fertilizer to maximize returns.
Port Angeles gains a shipyard as Charles Nelson Company of San Francisco buys about 800 acres of waterfront for roughly $50 000. Miss Mary F F Rausch from the extension bureau of Washington State University will teach a home economics course at Aberdeen High School on April 10 11 and 12, arranged by the Friends in Council club.
The Hotel Washington expands staff with Robert Murray a former British Columbia traveler and former Hotel Wilson manager. Murray brings hotel experience and gentlemanly credentials to serve a growing patronage. Washington state wood and rail and mine material consumption figures follow.
Advert says Sloan's Liniment stops rheumatic pain by stimulating circulation and warming the sore area. A testimonial from James S. Ferguson of Philadelphia notes knee relief after one application. Priced 25 cents at druggists.
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