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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1908
Page
7
C S Knight of Kansas State Agricultural College offers beet growing instructions from Kansas Farmer. Details cover when to start cultivation, hoe and horse tools, weed control, thinning at four leaves, spacing preferences, single and double row equipment, and weekly cultivation to maintain weed-free soil and proper surface level.
A New England Homestead writer warns against deep plowing in old orchards noting roots lie near the surface in unplowed ground. The author recommends shallow three to four inch breaking and, where rocky, using hogs to plow and fertilize while protecting small trees.
Garden peas can be sown starting in May to ensure a steady supply of mature plants. Use a mix of early, intermediate, and late varieties and plant at one time to achieve successive harvests. Regular, frequent plantings help secure a constant yield.
An older horticulture piece discusses heading back trees, annual thinning of new shoots, and back-cutting for future fruit. It lists peach varieties like Greensboro Waddell Carman Hiley Champion Belle of Georgia Elberta Crosby Hill’s Chile and notes labeling with copper tags. It also covers the misused potash theory, noting soils often have adequate potash and careful use is needed.
For Sale Cheap Twelve shares of Atlantic, Northern and Southern stock. Inquire at this office. Wood's Liver Medicine in liquid form for malaria chills and fever regulates the liver kidneys and bladder brings quick relief to biliousness sick headache constipation Pleasant to take The $1.00 bottle contains 2% of the quantity of the 50c size Sold by W. T. Palmer & Co. Drug Store.
Satisfaction guaranteed charges reasonable. Call and see me at my office one day north of Atlantic Hotel on Walnut Street or phone me.
The News presents two limited time subscriptions: Des Moines Daily Capital from now until January 1 for 76 cents, and Daily Register and Leader from now until January 1 for 1.00, daily and Sunday 1.50. Limited to subscribers of this paper as business grows from doing right work.
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