Views on Northern Grown Seed and Late Planting for Potatoes
An Orange Judd Farmer advocate argues late season planting can combine the vigor of northern seed with advantages of southern second crop stocks. He describes June plantings, fall maturity, frost-sparing vigor, yields from 200 to 433 bushels per acre in 1897, and recommends new land or clover sod, seed soaking with corrosive sublimate, avoiding root-crop followings, and using Bordeaux mixture with Paris green as a preventive measure against blights and scab.
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Orange Judd Farmer
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Dehorning Cage Design and Agricultural Notes
A detailed description of a portable dehorning cage for cattle, including dimensions, construction, and operation. The piece also cites The Irrigation Era on Colorado fruit yields and explains corn flour processing from white corn via hominy to flour.
Home mixed fertilizer yields same crop increase at half cost
Ohio station tests four home mixtures against four factory blends using equal ammonia, phosphate and potash content. Results show home mixes provide similar corn yield to factory brands at over 40 percent lower cost. Acid phosphate supply and tankage grades discussed. muriate of potash details and prices in Chicago and markets.
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Ohio
South Carolina
Florida
Tennessee
Baltimore
Cleveland
Chicago
Ahaa
Aengesd Muriate
Stasefart
Germany
New York
Diverse Crop Notes Sweep Across States
Agricultural notes touch Michigan corn silage spacing three feet six inches between rows and three to six inches within rows. California gas engines rise state wide. Irrigation costs high but grants independence from moisture. Omaha World reports eggs profitable in southwestern Nebraska. Western Nebraska favors poultry over large ranches. California last winter shows high farm animal mortality from severe weather. Corn flour more used abroad than in the United States. Oregon remains a premier fruit state. Iowa sugar beets thrive on upland clay and rich loam, while sandy soils and bottom lands are discouraged.
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Michigan
California
Omaha World
Nebraska
Agricultural Department
Oregon
Iowa
Beekeeping Color Debate Shifts to Shade and Single Walls
R C Aikin reports painting bees hives in dark colors harms swarming and hot hues trigger swarms, preferring light or unpainted hives. Doo little suggests shade from 8:30 to 4:30 aids bees, with paint unnecessary for color. He warns against painting single walled hives for $1, claiming it costs honey and delays breeding.
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R. C. Aikin
Doolittle
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