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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1894
Page
8
An 1890s Harper's Weekly viewpoint argues against placing trolley lines on paved country roadbeds or the spaces beside ditches. It urges road laws to ban tracks on road surfaces, require township referendums, and impose a ten percent rental on first road costs to deter intrusion, preserving roads for public use and drainage.
A Woodland Washington letter criticizes broader road policy debates and argues for individual farmer initiative to build better roads. It cites judges warning against impractical road materials and pleads for a community solution where farmers contribute directly to road improvements rather than awaiting government action.
The four lined leaf bug severely harms gooseberry and currant bushes and many other plants. Cornell Bulletin notes the life cycle with May nymphs, June adults, and a single brood yearly. A strong kerosene emulsion, at least nine percent, is needed to kill nymphs and adults. the pest resists easier controls.
Do not strip leaves when selecting trees. favor good roots. Prune currants after leaf fall and prune grapes in fall. Early after planting, avoid stripping young trees. thorough plowing and manure feeding after harvest. Store Bartlett pears with careful wrapping and bran packing. Use fertilizer of wood ashes lime and coarse salt around fruit trees.
The Morello cherry variety in America is prone to a disease known as the plum knot caused by a minute fungus. The London Gardener Chronicle reports a similar fungal attack on old world cherries, presenting as sudden frost or lightning-like damage above the point of infection. They identify a minute fungus the same as in our trees but call it Monilia fructigena.
Prof Menry of the Wisconsin state agricultural experiment station suggests a law fixing rind cheese to about 10 inches in diameter to distinguish it from Pennine at 14 inches. The change aims to end Chicago practices of marking cheese to first grade with the size a safeguard against tampering.
Iowa State news notes a 320 acre area near Tornici twenty miles from Sioux City burning since June with shallow ashes resurfacing, ground previously drained swampland now hay land under cultivation, fires persist despite heavy rains and surface extinguishing fails, flames burn beneath with red heat.
A fragment from the Milwaukees Sentinel notes a mock tea time and moral musings on health remedies like Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It includes quips about smoking and a jokey will scene, reflecting light fiction and social banter in a humorous column.
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