Farm and Home Fertilizing Grass Through Other Crops
The article explains how fertilizers rich in ammonia, phosphoric acid, and potash improve grass and subsequent crops. It cites experiments in Virginia tobacco, Maine potatoes, and other rotations, showing increased yields and profitability from strategic fertilization and top-dressing. It also covers how to apply fertilizers to seed grass, necessary nutrient ratios, and long term effects on permanent hay fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Aroostook
Maine
Levine
Mafertitiz
Wat Starion
Home Gardener Advised to Combat Plant Pests Early
A U S Department of Agriculture Farmers Bulletin warns home gardeners to curb plant diseases and pests in vegetables. Early spraying, proper tools, and Bordeaux mixture with arsenate of lead are recommended, along with removal and burning of infected plants and careful washing of harvests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garderner
Sayz
U. S. Department of Agrculture
Bureau of Entomology
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Private Sale Offers War Horses For Bid
Notice states 100 head of rejected War Horses will be sold at private sale. Horses weigh 1090 pounds and are acclimated. mul Tee.
Cutworm Remedies for Garden and Field Crops Pressure
Advice on preventing and controlling cutworms attacking tomatoes cabbages sweet potatoes lettuce and other crops. Includes poisoned bran bait arsenic and Paris green application rates methods to trap trenches barriers and water flushes and notes army worm behavior and broader cultural controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parshley
Bath Y M C A loses secretary to Montclair post
At a Bath Y M C A board meeting plans were made for the May 14 annual meeting and a nominating committee was formed. General Secretary William A MacCormick has resigned to become Community Work Secretary in Montclair New Jersey, effective June 1 1917. The Montclair association is led by Mr Brier of Woolworth Co. The Bath directors regret the departure but support his advancement as a pioneer in local Y M C A work and community clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Christian Association
Messrs
Hyde and Smith
Dan Williams
John Evans
W. A. Maccormick
Bath
MacCormick
Montclair
N. J
Brier
Woolworth Co
Bowdoin
George Smith
Randall Leonard
Burkhardt
Arthur Hagan
St. Mary’s Guild
Norfolk
Gardiner
James S. Jones
U.S.N
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Navy
Chicago
Portland High
Brunswick High
Simpson
Boston
McKinnon
Yarmouth Line
John J. Desmond
Maine
Bath Lodge
Uniform Bank No. 5
K. of P
National League For Woman's Service
Quartermaster Sergi
William Mann
Knights
Otis Munro
Frank Beals
Frances Mann
Noyes’ Banjo Orchestra
Portland
Topsham Breeder Sells Fine Guernsey Bull Calf
E. C. Patten of Topsham sells a pure bred Guernsey bull calf to Robert Bickford. Patten notes years of careful breeding and states his cows are strong producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Patten
Topsham
Robert Bickford
Guernsey
Mr. Patten
Portland Producers and Consumers Corporation Formed
The Portland Producers and Consumers Corporation is incorporated with a $10,000 capital, 1000 shares at $10 each, to operate a building near the Maine Central tracks for milk and cream retail, and handling eggs and vegetables. The group sees great potential in the new venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Producers and Consumers Corporation
Maine Central
Col Phillips Takes Command of New England Artillery District
Col Charles L. Phillips, recently from the Philippines, is named chief of artillery for the new New England military department. He will command artillery units in Portland Portsmouth Kennebec district Boston New Bedford and Narragansett Bay with Boston as base and Narrragansett Bay as western focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Phillips
Fort McKinley
George G. Hay
Portland
New Military Department of
New England
Portsmouth
Kennebec
Boston
New Bedford
Narragansett Bay
Phillips
Col. Phillips
Philippines
Col
Special Service At Wesley Church Attended By Maine Coast Artillery
The order of service for Wesley M. E. Church morning worship lists an organ prelude by Miss Edna Bliss with participation from the 4th Company Maine Coast Artillery. The event notes the unit’s attendance at the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley M. E. Church
Maine Coast Artillery
Edna Bliss
First Government Contract for 3000-Ton Ships Let to Foundation Co
The Foundation Co of New York won the first government contract to build ships under Major General Goethals and the Shipping Board. Building of a plant capable of ten ships at a time will start within days, with the first pattern ship due in about ninety days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New American Merchant Marine
George W. Goethals
Shipping Board
Foundation Co
Broadway
New York
Joseph P. Day
Passaic River
Passaic
Newark Meadows
Largas
New York City
General Goethals
Generali Goethals
Gulf Coast
Atlantic
Pacific
Goethals
20th Wedding Day for Mr and Mrs Haggett in Boothbay Harbor
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Haggett celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary Sunday in Boothbay Harbor with guests of Mrs Haggett's brother Herbert Grindle on Union Street. They formerly resided in Bath and moved nine years ago. Haggett runs a machine shop there and owns a home on the Memawarmer site after a fire. They have four children, eldest Harold enlisted in the Navy and serves aboard the USS Alabama after short training at Charlestown Navy Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Haggett
Boothbay Harbor
Harold
Navy
U.S.S. Alabama
Charlestown Navy Yard
Coraliss St notes shows strong church support and events
The April 22 canvass surpassed expectations with many new contributors and a 50 percent rise in pledges for current expenses, with the benevolence budget exceeded. The Ladies Aid met for an all day session, Free Will Workers met Mrs Knowlton, and the choir practiced at Mr Plant’s. Harry Brown’s pawn shop displays a Revolutionary War flintlock rifle with bayonet and a French sporting shotgun, plus older pistols and curios from Belfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Will
Frank Knowlton
Middle St
Plant
Cherry St
Harry Brown
Belfast
America
Four weeks to the next holiday in Bath area
Local notes report community life around Bath including garden plans for Boy Scouts, family visits from Gardiner and East Boston, shipyard developments at Richmond Bee, and coastal trade moves with the Dustin G. Cressy. War book purchases stir library shelves while local events feature weddings, college anniversaries, and Elks parade planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stover
Front St
Rowe
Charles Locke
Gardiner
Mr. Locke
Dustin G. Cressy
Percy and Small
Portland
Bath
James Mitchell
New York
H. F. Perkins
Boston
Joseph Mitchell
Mitchell
Jackson Street Construction Co
Richmond Bee
Southard
E. F. Houdlette
Richmond
Marshal Wallace
Broad Street
Keegan
Ernest J. Wesson
Maine Central
Wilson
Mr Wesson
Cumberland Light and Power Co
Gretna Green
New England
Bellows Falls
Vermont
Bowdoin College
Melvin F. Arey
Celar Falls
Iowa
Oren Cobb
New York City
Usher W. Cutts
Orange
N. J
Fryeburg Academy
Jotham F. Clark
Patten Free Library
Britling
H. G. Wells
Committee For the Public Library
Romain Rolland
Lord Kitchener
Wheeler
Mexico
Randolph W. Smith
Bairnsfather
Jan Hay
Andrews
Marne
Aldrich
Swope
Italy
France
Britain
Wells
Plattsburg
Lieuts
Ellis and
Gary
Germany
Eastman
Whitney
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Mul Tee
Y.M
Montclair, N. J
Land of Freedom
Turner
Wesley Troop
Boy Scouts of America
Wesley Church
Kimball Bros.Co
Mill’s Pride
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W. S. Given CO
Bowdoinham
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