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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1914
Page
3
A detailed guide to building waterproof concrete manure pits with 5 inch walls and dimensions of 3 by 6 by 12 feet. Instructions cover framing a form, reinforcing, pouring nearly wet concrete, curing, extending the pit, and creating a sloped ramp with iron cleats for loading and pumping liquid manure.
Investigations show legumes deliver high value in rotation and as green manures, especially on poor soils. When choosing between two legumes, select the crop yielding more per acre or with cheaper seed if yields are similar. Plowing under green manures pays in orchards, less so for field crops unless soils are very poor or intervals are long. Sixteen key U.S. legume crops are listed including alfalfa soybeans and clovers.
author proposes using peach trees between apple rows to reduce initial orchard costs. As apple trees reach bearing, peach trees are removed, letting ground cover expense while maximizing early land use and cost efficiency.
Currants are becoming more popular as a market fruit each year. High initial costs and longer bearing time have slowed planting, but the fruit’s price in recent years makes currants a valuable addition to fruit farms.
Hall's Journal of Health reports Castoria as a safe non narcotic remedy praised by physicians and medical societies. It claims Castoria soothes stomach pains calms nerves aids digestion and substitutes castor oil without lethargy or narcotics. The piece urges public awareness to prevent poisoning of children through unsafe products.
The department of agriculture reports experiments showing a small daily amount of ordinary borax sprinkled on manure prevents typhoid fly breeding. Borax applied to garbage refuse open toilets damp floors and cellars stops eggs from hatching though it does not kill adults. Two ounces suffices to prevent breeding in garbage cans and piles. sprinkle around outer edges where maggots gather.
The text describes burning seaweed, dissolving the saline ash in water, and concentrating the solution to precipitate sodium chloride and potassium sulphate and chloride. A chlorine gas current is used and halted when bromide begins to precipitate. The product is then distilled in earthen retorts and condensed in earthen vessels.
The Birley House school in England turns school grounds into a miniature colony with pupils busy in productive tasks. Wireless telephony now reaches a 225 mile radius.
A terse proverb notes that some men ruin chances by overreaching. It illustrates how grasping for opportunity can backfire when judgment wanes.
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