Simple Plan for Hogs, Land Improvement and Barn Health
Answers cover improving worn sandy land by peas and clover rotation, sowing acid phosphate and cottonseed meal, and avoiding rye with clover. Advice on irrigating ten acres is discouraged. strawberries suggested. Poultry droppings composting with earth and kainit recommended for soil nutrition. Barn placement and drainage emphasized, with fall rye and pea rotation to restore humus before cotton.
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Andy
Georgia
Savannah
Chattanooga
State Agricultural Department
Hay Caps For Weather Protection And Longevity
The State Agricultural Department notes hay caps protect stored hay in storms. Made from brown sheeting or paper, 60 inches wide cut into squares sewn around a cord loop at corners. Caps fitted over 5 to 6 foot high hay cocks, pinned to ground, with boiled linseed oil for durability, lasting 10 to 15 years.
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State Agricultural Department
Droppings From the Poultry House Question
A reader asks about storing summer poultry droppings in boxes or barrels and applying them in fall or spring, noting they dry and harden and seeking advice for effective use as rich soil amendments.
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State Agricultural Department
Peaches Destroyed by Carculia Beetle In Orchard
A reader explains the Carculia beetle ruins peaches by laying eggs in fruit. The grub eats to the center, 3 to 5 weeks inside, then pupates in soil. Control includes beating trees to catch beetles, letting hogs and poultry range the orchard, and spraying with a weak Paris green solution.
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State Agricultural Department
Lampas in horses and grafting in trees explained
An 1890s Q and A column advises against burning the horse mouth for lampas describing swelling from teething or indigestion and recommends alum mouth washes. explains graft growth mirrors stock, but scion keeps its tree’s nature. discusses crop planning with potatoes peas and turnips and pomegranate propagation. cites diversified farming census data and a hog weight rule of thumb.
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State Agricultural Department
Storer
Millinery sales and local notes from a Georgia town
New Idea Patterns for sale at A L Mills. Miss Lonnie Dawson ill with fever after returning from Thomaston. Reeves Boys push soap and mackerel in barrels. Col Cyrus H Sharp attended a Democratic rally. Cols Willingham and Smith of Forsyth visited the city. Miss Jean Mitchell to teach at Fayetteville High School. graduate of Gordon Institute and Gainesville Female Seminary.
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Cyrus H. Sharp
Monroe Superior Court
Cols. B. S. Willingham
E. L. Smith
Forsyth
City
Jean Mitchell
Barnesville
Fayetteville
Miss Mitchell
Gordor Instiute
Gainsville Female Seminary
Fayetteville News
Grice Offers Cheaper Picture Framing Alternatives
An advertisement urges customers to avoid high frame prices from agents and directs to Geo. W. Grice for affordable, quality framing. It promises better value and versatile frame styles with same guarantees as higher priced options.
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John
Geo. W. Grice
West Monroe Circuit Holds October Meeting at Prospect Church
The West Monroe circuit holds its fourth quarterly meeting at Prospect church the first Sunday in October and the preceding Saturday. Seven additions were reported at last Sunday's Prospect meeting. Rev T H Timmons preached at Tabernacle next Sunday at 11 o'clock. He went to Milner Monday to help Rev Rolf Hunt in a protracted meeting this week.
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West Monroe
T. H. Timmons
Tabernacle Church
Prospect
Milner
Rolf Hunt
Chamberlains Medicines Praised in Iowa Towns
A letter from Rushford New York editor W F Benjamin notes the high esteem for Chamberlains medicines in Iowa where they have been in constant use for nearly 25 years. The products include Cough Remedy Pain Balm and Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by Jno H Blackburn.
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W. F. Benjamin
The
Spectator
Rushford
N. Y
Chamberlain
Dexter
Iowa
Jno
H. Blackburn
Doctor Retires From Practice After Ill Health
J. H. Connatty M. D. announces retirement from medical practice due to feebleness to regain health. He thanks patrons for their confidence and hopes to serve them again in the near future. Dated Sept 1, 1896.
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Nesbitt
Macon
United States
Rec. A. L. Mills
Lonnie Dawson
Thomaston
A. L. Mills
Cotton
Reeves Boys
William Gee
T. T. Smiley
Barnesville, Ga
J. J. Rogers
J. H. Connatty
Biplona 6
A. K.bawkes Thoonty
Optician
Wael
Stalin Peirce
S. B. Burr, Jr
Hood
Bright
Ella Bartley
Grant Ave
Columbus
Ohio
I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
J. P. Thurman
A.g.carswell
Mitchell
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