Substitutes for Potash Use Wood Ashes and Deep Plowing
Shortage of potash this year may cause hardship but wood ashes and deep careful plowing can offset losses. Subsoiling brings potash to roots in seven of ten fields. ashes boost soil nitrogen indirectly and aid grasslands, corn, and beets. Ashes vary by wood type and must stay dry to avoid potash loss. maple, hickory, ash, oak, and elm yield richer ashes than soft woods.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Scientific Farming They Have Their Mission For Beauty and Utility
Edward K. Parkinson urges fruit trees in garden planning for beauty and utility. He notes standard half standard and dwarf varieties suit different plots from large orchards to small suburban yards. Fruit trees provide revenue and pleasure from spring to autumn, yielding apples pears peaches cherries and plums.
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Edward K. Parkinson
New York Evening Post
Practical Nurs er y Stock Tips and Oat Plowing Costs
Readable agricultural notes on starting young nursery stock with space guidelines for apples pears and peaches and methods to keep roots from freezing. It also covers orchard layout staking methods and the value of fillers and spacing. The piece ends with F A Welton’s finding that disking beats plowing for oats and that excessive seed cleaning is usually unprofitable.
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F. A. Welton
Ohio
Welton
How to Plant and Treat Oats for Best Yield
Instructions from University Farm St Paul on sowing oats in fine seed beds two to three inches deep with fall plowing preferred. Drill sowing yields even stands, uses less seed, and seeds should be two to two and a half bushels per acre. Annual smut treatment with formaldehyde and germination tests are advised this year to ensure high test weights.
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C. P. Bull
University Farm
St. Paul
Planting Hardy Stock and Corner Post Bracing
Advice on spring planting of hardy fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs with soil preparation and root care. Includes methods to brace corner posts for wire fencing using stones and attached wires as illustrated by American Agriculturist.
Ruined by Rust
Practical advice from W E Edmondson urges farmers to store machinery properly to avoid rust. He recommends coating all exposed iron with a thick cheap oil to seal out moisture and prevent rust from starting.
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W. E. Edmondson
Colorado Station
New and Freak Fruit Varieties Should Not Be Planted
C W Rapp of the Oklahoma Station warns that new or freak fruit varieties rarely succeed on the average farm. He advises farmers to stick to standard varieties and wait until trees bear to develop a real orchard. Testing unknown varieties should be left to those who can afford it, as nine in ten will be worthless.
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C. W. Rapp
Oklahoma Station
Movable Hoghouse for Pigs and Sow Shelter
A cheap movable board house for one sow and litter. An A frame eight by eight feet with eight foot roof sides needs about 225 feet of lumber. Front and back doors swing both ways, north door closed in winter. Portable between fields. lantern inside keeps newborn pigs warm in cold weather.
Gardening Don'ts for Small Gardens and Better Yields
The piece advises amateur gardeners to limit crops in small plots by listing family favorites and eliminating space hogs like watermelons cucumbers cantaloupes potatoes sugar corn. Plan a season long hard working garden using abundant fertilizing with manure and avoid early planting until frost is gone and avoid cheap seeds.
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The message promotes reading The Herald with a yearly subscription for $1.50, touting it as well worth the cost. It emphasizes affordability and value to attract readers.
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