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Newspaper
Blue Island Sun
Location
Blue Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
3
A garden expert advises on placing and styling ornamental arches to harmonize with surroundings. He covers arch materials, placement as entrances between scenes, and using vines such as ivy and honeysuckle. The column also gives lawn tips on leveling, edging, and hedge trimming for a neater landscape.
A discussion on lawns as the foundation of landscape beauty noting drought stress in the South, the challenges of growing good grass, and the value of a well kept turf. The piece argues the lawn enhances any yard and remains a premier feature despite fencing and soil limits.
The article advises moving house plants outdoors after frost danger, choosing sunlit, deep loamy beds or window boxes, and transplanting with soil preparations. It covers watering every other day, pinching ends for early blooms, handling tropical plants on porches, and pest control with tobacco water for plant lice and red spiders.
The Michigan experiment station notes that stock may perform their own grinding to save feed costs, but exceptions exist. Barley should not be fed whole and dry, soybeans are better ground or soaked, and mixing grains with cottonseed meal bran middlings or other materials may favor grinding. No strict rule applies as margins vary per case. one farmer may lose by not grinding, another by grinding.
Ground oats with hulls removed suit young pigs. Scattered oats in dry ground provide good brood sow feed. Crushed oats as slop can form one third of brood sow or growing pig rations until fattening, but oats are not profitable for fattening hogs.
The article describes a method for decapitating fowls using two spikes driven along a heavy wood block to grip the neck and allow a single blow. It explains spacing to permit the neck to slip between the spikes and hold the fowl in place during the act.
John W. Lloyd outlines when to plant musk melons by region, indicates May planting in the south and mid May in central areas, and late May in the north, warns against early seedings, and details soil preparation, manure application, hill formation, spacing, sowing rates, mulching, and field drill methods for fertile and less fertile plots.
The article argues young farm boys must be kept in dairying by showing real income potential, reducing drudgery, and recognizing farming honors. It contrasts bleak, poorly run farms with thriving homes to illustrate how better systems attract and retain youth, stressing higher earnings and civlization through improved farm practices.
Mr. LeRoy Lang of the University of Illinois dairy manufactures will leave for the east on May 10 to inspect butter packing for a government contract of 216000 pounds. Lang previously supervised 216000 pounds packed in 87 days last year and earned satisfaction for his work.
The note stresses that unless brood mares receive proper feeding the foal will fail to meet the owner’s expectations. It links mare nutrition to foal quality and future value in breeding.
A Millville Mississippi woman nineteen asks if she should use mistletoe to push a male friend toward romance. The columnist replies that if he needs such encouragement there is no hope for him.
A Servian premier, visiting ministry offices, reports his watch missing during a 15 minute call. He confronts a minister, who then retrieves the watch. The second minister explains the thief did not realize he had been caught.
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