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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1896
Page
6
An agricultural note from Gueria outlines harrowing as a key preparatory and post planting practice. It recommends two to three shallow passes after heavy rains to break crust, improve air circulation and push corn or cotton stands toward vigor. The Planet Jr. and Evans smoothing harrows are cited as effective tools.
Short questions on practical farming topics and warmers appear under a continuing inquiries column. The piece gives concise answers to common farm questions and notes practical tips for daily agricultural tasks.
Fragmentary OCR note from the station staff indicates general questions may be answered by mail. Readers are urged to provide a concise inquiry with name address post office and witness to the Director Georgis Experiment Station in Uapran Ga.
George O Hill compares cowpea meal and cotton meal for corn and cotton use. He analyzes nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash contents, values at market prices, and concludes cowpeas are not a wise fertilizer while cotton meal has higher value but also livestock feeding considerations. He notes limitations and alternatives, including mixing acids and potash.
A letter from Jonesboro Georgia asks how to rid a horse of bots or grubs. Authorities say bots rarely cause issues and usually pass in feces without medicine. In heavy infestations the remedy is a tonic and better feeding, with prevention through brushing off eggs laid on shoulders and neck before they hatch.
James W. in Americus Georgia outlines methods to remove animal warts. He describes tying a cord around neck warts and tightening until drop off, then applying terchloride of antimony every third day. For flat masses he suggests shaving, then repeated terchloride applications and scab removal, followed by grease. Alternative options include shaving to bleed and using nitric acid or caustic agents like bluestone.
Huan N. Stearnes urges Georgia upland plantings with grape experiences and lists apple and peach varieties suited to Haralson county. Recommended apples include Red June, Julian, Ben Davis, Shockley, Yates, Terry. peaches like Elberta and Oldmixon Free. noting that pecans and chestnuts may bear by year five, with yields varying by tree age and care.
Felton's Peach Culture is recommended as a complete treatise. For Berrien Irwin Worth counties the peach list includes Alexander Rivers Hale's Early Tillotson Fivitas St John Mountain Rose Crawford's Early R E Lee Elberta Thurber Lemon Cling Crawford's Late Picquet's Late White Heath. Pecan trees bear slowly. Early Bearing Eighssy Walnut Japanese Walnut and Mammoth Japan Chestnut may be safer investments. Best apples: Astrachan Red Red June E Harvest Gravenstein Horse Carters Blue Mitchell's Cider Shockley Yates Stephenson's Winter Terrys Winter. apples often disappointing locally.
In Brunswick A L S letters debate quince viability in Georgia. Hucy N Starnes says quinces will not succeed on the coast or even in Middle Georgia, profitable only beyond the Chattahoochee. Apricots also fare poorly coastwide, with uncertain crops due to late frosts and premature blooms.
W L Gibson of Winton Ga explains how nitrate of soda is top dressed on small grain and grass in spring, and how it can be applied in sidings or surface near crops. It dissolves quickly after rain, enhances color and vigor, and serves kitchen, garden, and flower beds. typical rates 50 to 100 pounds per acre for small grain and grass, with general cost around 50 dollars a ton.
Pearson's Weekly recalls a past era of politics noting yawns by Lord Hartington later Duke of Devonshire and famous speakers like Gladstone Chamberlain and Harcourt. It highlights the ubiquity of resting hats and nodding off during debates while asserting the speakers seldom lose touch when action resumes.
An 18 year old faces a practical exam of everyday skills. Can he write clear letters and checks, speak and write well in English, perform basic math, prepare ledgers, and describe current authors and statesmen? The list covers bank transactions, lumber measurement, ad writing, and business tasks.
The excerpt notes domestic tolerance for birds in Egyptian rooms and rooftops with sparrows kites crows owls and mosque gardens. It shifts to an explanation by Professor John Trowbridge on cathode rays that although faint to the eye they strongly affect a photographic plate enabling imaging through a thin board while candlelight cannot.
A guest cannot eat any soup and refuses each serving as the waiter and proprietor try different varieties. The guest explains the issue is lack of a spoon, prompting a silent, escalating confrontation in the hotel dining room.
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