Wheat Cultivation Advice From Georgia Commissioner
A Georgia agricultural notice urges diversifying crops to stay self sufficient and boost wheat farming. It cites low wheat yields this year but argues for continuing wheat as a money crop, with guidance on soil, seed variety, planting depth, timing, crop rotation, and the role of fertilizers and cow peas to restore soil fertility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. B. Stevas
Georgia
Anderson County
Brown & Bro
Car, Chem, Co
Qaow
Middle
Eorgia
Middle Georgia
Hesston
Farmera of
North Georgia
Georgis
C. B. Srxvasu
Silk culture proposed in Georgia and the South
Mr Louie Borris Magid urged large scale silk culture in the Southern states, especially Georgia. He buys 1500 acres near Tallulah Falls to grow mulberry trees and invite Italian farmers, while North Carolina plans a parallel silk project with $100,000 federal support and silkworm imports from Italy. Both men predict a revival of silk as a major American industry leveraging southern climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Borris Magid
South
Magid
Georgia
New York
Tallulah Falls
Carolinas
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Piedmont
Lombardy
Italy
Gerald McCarthy
Department of Agriculture of
North Carolina
McCarthy
McGarthy
Thia
United States
Curious clock uses geyser to move time in thirty eight second bursts
An odd device keeps time with a face and hands linked to a geyser that erupts every thirty eight seconds. Each eruption advances the clock by thirty eight seconds, creating a precise yet peculiar timepiece. Also mentions health elixirs and a jovial quip about married men, ending with a homely proverb.
Mysterious disappearances and a haunted family tale
A wartime era reminiscence recalls a New York move gone wrong when a father vanished after waking a child to breakfast. The mother hunted for years, a family wrecked by grief, while earlier accounts speak of a servant who vanished and a river wreck with a shrouded skeleton. The piece reflects on unsolved disappearances and enduring mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Indy
Tesh
Philadelphia
New York City
Brother
Noboig
Poo
Mother
Theu
Wheat Growers Prizes Awarded in 1903 Crop Trials
Contestants from Anderson South Carolina received prizes from the Anderson Fertilizer Company for wheat yields on plots of one to three acres. Waan bar M. Welborn of Pendleton won first prize for 108.887 bushels per six acres and the Grand prize for 64.296 bushels from three acres, with details on soil, plowing, drills and fertilizer used. Mr. Richardson of Pendleton took second prize on one acre with 16 bushels, while Mr. Dean of Anderson County claimed third prize on one and multiple acres with 15 and 96 bushels respectively, noting methods and fertilizers applied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
8. C
Anderson Fertilizer Company
Waan Bar M. Welborn
Pendleton
Anderson Phosphate
Qi Company
Anderson Phospitate and Oil Co
My. Sullivan
M. B. Richardson
Richardson
Anderson Phosphate and Oil Co
L. QC
Dean
Anderson Phosphate & Oil Company
Oura Truly
Anprason Prospante & Orr, Co
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Stevens
Nandy
W. J.bridges
Nore
England
Mer
Williamston
Woollay
Eatate
Ellinati
Pronato
She Anil
G. F. Tolly & Son
Depot Street
Peoples Furniture CO
Orr Gray & Co
Western and Atlantic Railway
Nashville
Chattanooga
Frank Johnson & Co
Goodyear
Church Street
J. P. Todd
Kroeger
M. L. Willis
Acme
Acme Paint & Cement
F. B. Grayton & CO
Anderson, 8. C
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