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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1925
Page
3
Prof. Newman outlines root pruning before planting and postplant top cuts. Apple trees in one year reach two and a half feet, two-year trees two to two and a half feet with three to five lateral branches kept. June bud peach trees should be 18 inches to two feet high, with no required lateral branches.
The article argues for widespread home orchards on farms to improve family fruit access and health. It counters the belief that specialization hurts local fruit supply, noting many farmers fail to provide fruit and that home orchards boost family consumption, benefiting both rural residents and commercial growers.
Advice on feeding chickens green alfalfa or clover meal. Scald the meal with boiling water, let it cool, and place in small troughs for the fowls. Salt very slightly to increase appetite.
Wrapping apples prolongs keeping quality while piling fruit accelerates ripening and decay. Fall burn or furnace in the cellar hinders storage. Fall rye plowing timing matters for spring harvest. First spray targets apple canker worm and plum curculio. Apples are ready to pick when disease free fruit drops naturally. Mountain ash borers include round headed and flat headed varieties and are hard to control.
In old times records were kept as long sewn rolls of parchment forming a bundle. A master of the rolls later became the keeper of English court records, evolving from custodial duties to a nominal role within the chancery division of England's high court of justice.
A passage discusses whimsical noble titles given by a monarch to three favorites in the last century the Duke of Marmalade the Count of Lemonade and the Earl of Brandy. It notes Haiti’s 1811 revolution when Christophe proclaimed emperor and held power to 1820 preserving a royal court with nobility including those names.
Commodore Albert B Armitage recalls Shackleton in Port Said on the way home after his Antarctic dash He meets publisher agents Italian officials and reporters Then he paces his room muttering catchphrases and finally declares I’ve got it at last Death fly ahead and food be hind so I had to return.
The Ponapeans believe good dancing grants passage to heaven. Souls crossing the bridge to the Great Beyond face demoniacal guardians who drag them to hell unless the dancer distracts the watchmen with moves, allowing the soul to slip into paradise.
An older priest known for lofty speech told children to be optimistic not mischievous, prompting a parents’ delegation after a service. He checked his notes and realized the word confusion caused the misunderstanding. The incident highlights language misinterpretation in a sermon context.
The passage notes Michigan formed a state government and constitution, was admitted by Congress on January 26, 1837, with officials serving without reelection, while from November 1, 1835, it functioned de facto as a state though not yet officially admitted.
A linguistic note defines the word few as indefinite and relative rather than a definite count. It states few implies more than two and depends on context and expectations, with examples showing attendance varying from a hundred to a hundred0 depending on the benchmark.
A National Geographic bulletin notes Soviet orders giving Gypsies three years of grace before forced settlement. The piece traces nomadism across nations, cites Romany law’s three commandments, and explains origins of the term gypsy and its regional names.
A Soviet council report shows the Jewish population shrinking to 2,800,000 from 6,000,000 in the czarist empire. The loss of major centers to Poland Lithuania and other states after the war plus pogroms by white guards Petlura forces and Polish armies in Ukraine and White Russia during civil war and invasion account for the decline.
A New York study by the National Industrial Conference Board reports that twelve and a half cents of every dollar of national income went to taxes in 1924. Federal, state and local taxes rose from 6.9 percent in 1918 to 12.5 percent in 1924, with per capita and per family tax burdens nearly trebling since 1913.
Louisville Kentucky reports a mausoleum to honor Zachary Taylor the Mexican War hero and twelfth U S president. The shrine will house Taylor and his wife in government ground with verde antique marble sarcophagi and bronze doors for interior illumination.
A fortyish romance unfolds as Malcolm Greeley, trusted by attentive aunts who clutter his life with rubbers and umbrellas, moves to Gifford, finds loneliness, and falls for Dora Hilton. After a cautious proposal on the veranda, Dora accepts and plans to care for him, while his aunts insist he keep his rubber and rain gear ready.
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