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Newspaper
Aiken Recorder
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1892
Page
8
The text discusses plowing strategies to create embankments along field margins to slow water flow, trap soil, and enrich higher ground. It covers methods for ridge formation on slopes, risks of gullying on flat land, and yearly headland plowing to maintain embankments and moisture in soil.
The Rural New Yorker advises permanent sod mixtures using six pounds of grass seed per acre, then three pounds of red pea vine, white and alsike clovers. Seeds should be lightly covered and a complete manure used rather than partial fertilization.
The piece notes long keeping varieties for winter market such as Danvers Yellow Yellow Dutch White Globe and Red Wethersoy on sale after readiness. It also mentions starting seed in hotbeds and transplanting Prisstaker Danish and White Victoria as best options. Musser recommends using 500 pounds of nitrate of soda on 1 acre, or 700 pounds per acre, sown broadcast with 100 pounds per application every ten to twelve days depending on season dryness.
The Agriculture Department issues Farmers Bulletin No 5 a brief practical guide on amut in oats and wheat, with seed preparation methods to protect crops. To obtain the bulletin applicants must submit name and address to Chief George W Hil Washington. The Illinois exposition board allocates 40000 for livestock exhibits at the fair, distributing funds by Horses 37 percent cattle 30 hogs 15 sheep 12 poultry 6.
The report highlights Mebrasha donating 2,000,000 bushels of corn to Russian needy. It also mentions English potato growers praising Bordeaux mixture and Danish investigator Jensen introducing a smut treatment by soaking wheat in water at 183 to 197 degrees Fahrenheit for five minutes. American experimenters are referenced.
The trial compared transplanted onions with seed sown in open ground. Transplants showed better establishment after four weeks of dry weather, with copious watering at set out. Results favored transplanting for home use and trucking, though large scale crops remain doubtful. Ohio station trials over three seasons corroborate gains in the tested varieties.
A North Dakota station bulletin warns that deep scab of potatoes also attacks beets and other garden vegetables. It notes seedborne spread if old diseased potato ground is used and describes corky surface scars on beets near pith ray contacts where roots emerge.
A detailed discussion debunks overbulky nest myths and offers practical outdoor nest boxes with waterproof roofs. It advises marking setting hens, recording dates and egg counts, and notes hatching timelines for Cochins and Brahmas. It also covers egg candling by warmth at the egg’s small end.
The piece argues that farming near a good market favors garden vegetables over other crops. It notes risks of neglect if tasks are not managed by competent persons and stresses precise timing for gathering and marketing. It warns early marketing and dealer discounts can reduce profits and urges preference for those who prefer gardening to grain and livestock.
Through trains run daily between Charleston and Augusta and between Charleston and Columbia, with connections to Camden and Atlanta. Through sleepers Charleston to Atlanta depart 6 15 pm and arrive 1 15 pm Charleston to Columbia via Pullman Buffett car departs 6 50 am arrive 10 50 pm. Connections at Charleston with Clyde Steamship for New York and Jacksonville and at Columbia with various railways to Greenville Walhalla Camden and more.
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