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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1876
Page
6
An extract from Scientific Farmer reviews lime use across soil types. It notes richer organic soils and drained wetlands respond well, while sterile or heavily clay soils gain with added organic matter. Best results appear by fall broadcasting and light tillage, with 10 to 40 bushels depending on land, and up to improved grasses and turnips as cattle feed.
J W B discusses applying two wagon loads of dry poultry manure to corn hills with lime ashes or plaster. He warns against mixing with fresh manure and shares observations on hen counting and three horse double trees from Prairie Farmer and Indiana Farmer letters.
A Rural Caroline correspondent advises applying fertilizer to wheat just before spring growth. Use 150 pounds sulphate of ammonia dissolved in warm water on rotted manure or rich soil, or 200 pounds nitrate of soda finely ground. Harrow and roll after spreading. sow clover seed at four quarts per acre.
On clay soils, young wheat fields benefit from fertilizer unless the season is very dry. After cutting wheat, sow a bushel of plaster per acre on young clover. Nitrate of soda costs five dollars per hundred pounds and ammonium sulfate seven dollars per hundred pounds. any fertilizer with equal ammonia content works well.
An Eastern lady offers a DIY tale advising readers to create a carpet look by papering a bed chamber floor with brown or newspaper paper. She describes coating the floor with paste, unrolling wallpaper, then sizing and varnishing with dark glue and furniture varnish. Rugs beneath the bed and vanity complete the effect.
Guidance favors pruning fruit trees in May or June when wounds heal faster. Begin early to train young trees and maintain a balanced head. Also note every harvest removes soil nutrients unless manure returns equivalent fertility to the land.
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