Fruit Culture and Pruning for Peach and Orchard Health
An agricultural column explains why peach trees shed young wood and how regular pruning preserves life and productivity. It outlines a step by step system to form a three-branch head, manage summer pruning, and maintain sun and air exposure while preventing wasted wood. It also notes grafting timing, cherry and plum varieties, and cautions against neglectful pruning and overstocked markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Horticultural Society
Johnn Rutter
Pennsylvania
Richmond
Kentish
D. E. Rogers
Mource County
N. Y
New Yorker
Bidwell
Manchester
Sharpless
Cumberland Triumph
Charles Downing
Miner
Victoria
Lady Washington
Pocklington
Niagara
Prentiss
Duchess
Cuthbert
Caroline
Turner
Gregg
Souhegan
Shaffer
Poultry Care Tips Milk Dust Baths and Whitewashing
Farmers with milk supplies can feed milk to fowls for better health and profits, while dust baths with street dirt reduce parasites. Whitewashing the coop twice a year keeps fowl housing clean and durable, with proper lime mix and occasional additives. Egg eating by hens is addressed by dark nests and artificial nesting eggs, with drastic measures as last resort.
Growing Onions in Diverse Soils and Seasons
An extensive guide to onion cultivation from the Ohio valley to New England outlines soil, manuring, and planting practices. It covers ground preparation, composting, use of bone meal and ashes, fertilization, seed quality, sowing methods, weed control, maggot management, and curing for storage, with regional variety notes and market advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Valley
New England
Acre
Lievig
Gregory
Wethersfield
Montreal
New York
Southport
New Yorker
Buffalo Grape Sugar Company
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Florida
South America
Ensilage Methods For Fodder Corn And Silo Construction
A detailed report describes cheap silo construction with circular brick walls built around a deep open pit, risk management against cave-ins, and plans to add a upper story. It covers pressing ensilage with barrels for weight, mentions screws vs lever systems, and explains yield data for fodder corn including drilling, harvesting, and wagon handling. It also includes a section on glucose production from cassava and its agronomic potential compared with corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosendale
Houghton
Farmers Guide to Celery, Grass Seed, and Livestock
Practical notes cover celery planting and aftercare, grass seed preparation, silo fermentation, broody hens and incubation tips, dairy cow drying and spring feeding, pea and oats crop for pigs, tobacco ground manure, and general farm management. Includes advice on pasture rotation, sheep profitability, soil improvement with ashes, and corn hill vs level culture. Also promotes E. E. Company Coca Beef Toure and announces girls for general housework positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main
A. Cahdee
Louisville
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Masea
Massachusetts
Baldwin
Cogswell
Gravenstein
Hubbardston
St. Lawrence
Washington
Northern Spy
Tompkins County
Clapp
Howell
Lawrence
Marie Louise
cLaughlin
Merriam
Rostiezer
Seckel
Sheldon
Winkfield
Bloodgood
Buffum
Columbia
Walias
Dana
Hovey
Doyenne
d@Alencon
Ete
Foster's
Fulton
Grout Morceau
Henkel
Julienne
Jouise Bonne de Jersey
Nouveau Poiteau
Andrews
Bartlett
Belle Lucrative
Beurre
Clairgeau
Beurre Giffard
Beurre Hardy
Downer
Archduke
Bigarreau
Governor Wood
Duke
May Duke
Rockport
Graves
Concord
Delaware
Adirondack
Creveling
Diana
Hartford Prolific
Lindley
Massasoit
Merrimac
Moore’s
Rebecca
Wilder
Worden
Clarke
Franconia
Hornet
Koevett
Giant
Kittationy
Dorchester
Lawton
Wachusett
Colonel Cheney
Crescent
Ensilage
Takia
Tor
Aly.e A. Offive
Winter Street
C. W. Benson
Benson
G. P. Holman
Christianburg
North Eutaw St
Baltimore, Md
Charles N. Crittenton
Fulton St
New York City
Boston
Hanover
Prof. Harris
Radical Cure
Harris Remedy CO
Mfp
Market and 8Th Sts
ST. Louis
Eowly
Adamson
GEO
Goodwin & CO
Large Weeks & Potter
Cutler Bros. & CO
Size, Smith, Doolittee Smith
Kust, Bros
Bird, Carter, Harris & Hawley
Gilman’ Bros
E.C. West
Smith, Doolittle & Smith
Tremont St
N.i
Ukwyly S& Gure
Express
Post Office
H. G. Root
Pearl St
Sorlnson & CO
Maass
Bauxor
Rio
J. Ba
Dhatham &T
Stuthwyly
Frice
EW England Medical Institute
Treemont Row
Mass
P. O
Vaqkkry
Augusta
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