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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
2
Open front design recommended for comfort and egg production. Four square feet per fowl suits 50 birds in a 15x15 foot house with six inch foundations, a four inch top width, and a cement floor. Front open with glass light and wire covered sides, movable roosts, and elevated interior fixtures ensure sanitation and ease of cleaning.
Instructions describe cleft grafting with a 1 to 1.5 inch stock, shaping scions with wedge cuts, and securing with grafting wax. It covers setting scions at a slight angle, top-working trees, and timing in spring. Also includes how to propagate primroses from seeds, soil preparation, sowing depth, moisture, and pest control.
Professor Henrietta W. Calvin argues that home baking can be cheaper than store bought bread and examines costs for four loaves, fuel options, and time. She weighs quality and sanitary factors, noting home bread is sweeter and better baked, while store bread risks underbaking and acidity.
The article argues that early orchard care focuses on shaping trees and balancing them against wind, removing excess branches and water sprouts, and guiding growth in summer. It notes bending and tying shoots to fill open spaces and correcting bushy clusters by removing surplus growth.
Prevent fungous diseases by promptly removing all dead and decaying portions of fruit and burning them. For pear and apple trees, remove and burn all affected parts to check the disease, as no known remedy kills the spores. Also remove defective fruit from the orchard when caused by fungi or insects.
The note estimates spraying costs for orchards at about 60 trees per acre with 10 certificates per tree for three applications. It includes spray material and labor but excludes the spray machine.
A Georgia inventor shows a simple gardening tool to transplant cuttings. The device has a wedge point and inclined slot to form a loop, insert the cutting, and withdraw the tool to leave the slip in place. It speeds up the time compared to the old method of punching holes with a stick or finger.
A short guide on grafting methods cleft and side grafting. Advice to plant clean straight trees with short stems, prune and spray for three years to build a fine orchard. Mentions need for experienced help and caution about inconspicuous rootstocks.
West Virginia University agricultural report describes the plum curculio a snout beetle native to the United States east of the Rockies its diet including plums peaches nectarines apricots cherries apples and pears and its status as a major orchard pest It covers identification distribution host fruits injury caused by feeding and egg laying and control measures including arsenical sprays plus cultural practices to reduce breeding near orchards.
The article describes the prevailing method of feeding poultry with a daily wet mash and morning and evening whole grains. It outlines preferred timing, cautions against overfeeding, and provides two mix recipes using bran shorts corn oats beef scraps and clover with water.
Milk-fed chickens are described as the finest poultry meat kept in close coops with almost no space to move and only released to face the guillotine for slaughter. The text portrays extreme confinement as part of their production.
The article asserts incubator chicks, given proper incubation and posthatch care, are as thrifty as chicks raised by a hen. It emphasizes correct feeding and treatment to achieve comparable thriftiness to natural hatchlings.
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