Vine Culture Methods for Western Grapes at Northwest Association
Proceedings from the Northwestern Fruit Growers Association in Chicago outline expert guidance on grape cultivation. Dr. Warder summarizes soil prep, underdraining, hillside benching, deep plowing, and careful pruning across years one to five, with emphasis on dry soil, spur training, and summer pinching to improve yield. The report covers varieties like Catawba and Isabella, propagation by layers, pest rot timing in July, and region-specific notes from growers in Cincinnati and Quincy. The discussion notes German hoeing, shadow cultivation in midsummer, and the importance of healthy foliage for ripening.
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Northwestern Fruit Growers’ Association
Chicago
West
Warder
Cincinnati
Ernst
Stewart
Quincy
Hanford
Shepherd
Fileen Pomigg
Tillers of the Soil Poem Chorus
Poem praises the tillers of the soil the sturdy hands that drive the plow and turn barren lands into wealth. It extols laborers who toil sweat and reap and urges the speaker to learn sowing binding and harvesting like a tiller of the soil.
Grape Insect Blight Discussed By Iowa Association
Reports note Isabella vines suffer rot and non detectable egg presence while insects, including curculio, affect fruit. Uplifting remarks describe rot as blue brown and falling fruit. scald blight linked to a single water drop and hot sun. Next Association meeting set for Burlington on September 26, 1831, lasting four days.
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Elsworth
A. Bryant
Truesdell
Warder
Cincinnati
Shepherd
Burlington
Iowa
Requisites for a Good Farm by Jefferson County Society
The Jefferson County Agricultural Society committee on premiums for farms presented a valued report at the society’s late exhibition. They outline nine requisites of good farming including fertile tilled soil, proper fencing, substantial barns, well-kept dwellings with cisterns, economical auxiliary buildings, well designed yarding, tasteful grounds, and highly cultivated kitchen and fruit gardens with diverse fruit and berry beds.
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Jefferson County Agricultural Society
Pruning Method Promises Bountiful Orchard Yield
The author shares a practical orchard technique: after winter dieback fades and before sap rises, inspect and lop heads, then in spring remove branches without fruiting buds and trim limb tips to concentrate sap on mature fruit. Quince, apricot, and peach trees benefit from reduced foliage and increased fruiting, with standard care like worm control and iron on limbs. Start with a small test on two or three of the least valuable trees.
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Exchange Hotel
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Cannen
Dean Keyvy
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Beaver Dai
Lava
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Mr Luck
Minge
City Hotel
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Samuel M. Drinker
Drinker & Morris
Richmond Republican
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Philadelphia
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Guano use on corn sparks farmer questions and trials
The article reports on widespread inquiry into guano as a corn fertilizer, sharing farmer responses from the Patent Office survey and experiments. It notes mixed results between broadcasting and hill methods, with cautions on seed contact and dosage, and includes miscellaneous domestic agricultural notes and anecdotes.
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Patent Office
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Genesee
Old Familiar Strain Sings Through Time
Poem recalls a boyhood memory of a song to Mary with lines about timeless eyes and unchanged heart. The speaker asks Mary to sing the old familiar strain again, noting how beauty and affection endure despite time and fame.
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