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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1925
Page
4
A Franklin couple celebrates the arrival of a baby girl described as the dearest newborn. The father jokes to his mother-in-law that he could not have endured a boy’s noise, praising the infant’s sweetness. Also an ad promotes Cuticura products for clear skin, recommending soap, ointment, and talcum.
A church assembly committee reports that pew rents are dying out in Great Britain. Of nearly six million sittings, only 262 638, about five percent, have been rented, signaling a shift away from pew charging.
A brief, period style exchange shows Mrs Smart No claiming her husband never spoke harshly, while the vicar teases with playful observations about his careful nature, reflecting local social banter.
An Ohio station experiment on close planted orchards in sod shows nitrogen fertilization yields strong tree growth and higher yields. Treated rows with complete fertilizer or equal nitrogen alone outperformed untreated rows, highlighting nitrogen as a key specific for trees grown in grassland.
Old fruit trees with weakening forks can be braced to prevent splitting. At Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station a method uses heavy galvanized wire or thin rods attached with screw eyes or eye bolts. Holes are bored for bolts, nets secured with nuts, and rods pass through centers to brace multiple branches. Do not loop wires around branches. best done in winter.
Pruning alone will not greatly alter fruit size unless soil moisture and fertility are limiting. The remedy is to improve soil fertility and water-holding capacity. When that's not possible, thin upright branches and prune fruiting wood and drooping branches to fit the shortage.
Horticulture guidance stresses pruning before winter sprays, sealing borers with mercuric chloride, and building strong trunks. It notes thinning is vital for apples peaches and plums and warns against removing too much wood on peach trees since fruit this year grows on 1920 growth.
Beekeepers seek to prevent swarming though complete prevention is impossible. A method called shock swarming uses a hive exchange to keep bees in one strong colony. Change quarters by placing comb foundation in an empty hive, moving bees into it, and letting the old stand repopulate.
Weeds waste fertility and cut yields as weed seeds in crop stocks add costly losses. Tests of farm seeds are urged to detect weed seeds and ensure germination to secure proper stand and harvest.
The Maryland station reports a per ton value of manure around 5.28 for field crops and 8.65 for truck crops after twenty one years of tests. Light applications yield higher returns, numerous light applications beat few heavy ones, and direct field spreading performs better than rotting piles. Limed soil and added phosphorus increase manure efficiency.
Prevention of trouble in brood chicks is best. Start chicks on fresh ground each year to prevent disease and parasites. Avoid crowding by not placing too many chicks in a small space. Ensure comfortable surroundings and proper brooders to prevent heavy losses and weak vigor.
Potato blackleg, a destructive tuber disease, can be controlled by treating seed pieces with hot formaldehyde or corrosive sublimate if planted promptly or kept away from the eye fly until planting. The eye fly lays eggs as potatoes are planted, and seed potatoes may attract seed-corn maggots that infect seed pieces with the blackleg bacteria. Doctor Leach of Minnesota College of Agriculture explains maggots carry bacteria to the plant, causing rot and death.
The silo capacity guides dairy feeding planning. For a 10 cow base, a 28 foot high round silo holds silage for a season. Sizes range 14 16 feet diameter and 30 82 feet high. Daily silage needs depend on herd size and lactation. An 80 cow herd may require 1 050 pounds daily and about 110 tons for seven months. A round 80 feet deep 16 feet diameter stores roughly 120 tons. Aim to feed to keep surface mold free with 1 ½ to 2 inches depth. Some owners feed monthly on high priced lands, others year round except pasture flush in May June.
Farmers overlook alfalfa though it pays as well as corn or wheat per acre. It yields two to four tons per acre in good years, and is the preferred feed for all livestock from chicks to horses. Calves gain quickly on alfalfa hay after four months, and dairy cows rely on it for milk production.
Practical guidance for farmers and gardeners on weed control and seeding. Emphasizes learning from others experiences, plowing and draining to improve soils, and timely planting of crops such as Kohl-rabi. Advises seed rates, nurse crops, and fertilization with stable manure to lower living costs on the farm.
Eugene P. Beaumont of Buffalo, once nearly broke, borrowed $200 and started a mail order necktie business. Within three years he built The Tie Art Co. into a major operation supplying fourteen mills and employing hundreds, selling 3,000,000 ties in 1924 and turning a big idea into wealth.
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