Dolomite Limestone Boost for Tennessee Soils
Tennessee Station reports crushed dolomitic limestone by-product from mining offers cheaper magnesium carbonate for soil neutralization. While dolomite can raise acidity control, it leaches to insoluble forms, so use in moderation. The bulletin suggests dolomite up to four to five tons per acre before switching to pure limestone, with local extension advice advised.
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Tennessee Station
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Tennesse Station
Tennessee
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W. M. Macintire
Tennestee
Masons Banquet Set for December 28 at Windsor Hotel
A masons banquet will be held December 28 at the Windsor Hotel at 8 P M with good eats music and talks by speakers. Attendees are encouraged to bring wives daughters or sweethearts and tickets may be bought at the hotel from committee members on the night of the banquet.
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Windsor Hotel
Town fruit trees a menace and cane juice filtering apparatus
Town fruit trees across Tennessee infested with San Jose scale threaten orchards as birds spread pests. A proposed solution urges small town owners to hire trained sprayers and pruners for year round care. Also notes a Louisiana inventor’s cane juice filtering device reducing impurities and avoiding discoloration.
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San Jose
EB. Montecino
Raceland
The
Scientific American
European War Shatters King Cotton Throne
European war shatters King Cotton's throne as prices fall and markets collapse. Peter Radford surveys how the conflict drains U S cotton income, demands wartime relief, and urges cooperative storage, credit, and government aid to safeguard farmers and the industry.
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Gotion
Peter Radford
National Farmers’ Union
Cotton
King
Milady
Co-operatea
History of marketing and storage in ancient Egypt
The passage contrasts early agriculture and storage under Pharaoh with modern marketing. It notes Egypt’s warehousing and state supervision as a marvel, praising Joseph’s vision and Pharaoh’s wisdom for surplus management, while lamenting too many dreamers and too few builders today.
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Joseph
Time to Act on Hog Pasture and Soil Preservation
University of Tennessee extension writer urges farmers to create first class hog pastures to save soil nutrients. Each bushel of corn contains nitrogen, phosphorus and potash, so pasture crops and grazing hogs improve profit, with gains of eight dollars in corn value per acre and potential twenty five to thirty five dollar per acre profit from hog grazing on pasture.
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J. C. McAmis
Division of Extension
University of Tennessee
Tennessee
Apple Crop Of Tennessee In 1914 Yield Estimated
The United States Department of Agriculture estimates Tennessee apple crop 1914 at 5,000,000 bushels. Only about 60,000 bushels may fetch top prices in major markets. Most orchards lack proper care and management, with few commercial growers profiting from neglect. Proper cultural practices could elevate Tennessee’s reputation for high quality fruit.
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United States Department of Are
Tennessee
Lessons From Rainfall Records in Tennessee Fields
A Tennessee analysis notes 1913 saw abundant spring rainfall then a record dry 12 months ending May 31 1914. Despite 35.53 inches in the dry year, above several states averages, farmers failed due to management and drainage, not rainfall shortages. calls for improved practices and soil conservation.
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Tennessee Farming Comment on Rainfall and Erosion
The speaker notes that much rainfall runs off and carries soil into rivers, causing yellowing mud during the dry season. He urges farming methods to conserve valuable water to prevent surface drainage and adapt to dry periods in Tennessee, as stated by J. Voorhens, consulting meteorologist at the University of Tennessee.
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Tennessee
J. ¥. Voorhens
University of Tennessee
Mid Winter Stock Show at University of Tennessee
Fat-stock show to be held during the last week in Now at the university of Tennessee ville. Competition offers premiums in fat hogs and sheep to attract farmers from across the state. The event aims to boost farming in Tennessee and grow into a major statewide affair.
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Division Ofsion
University of Temn
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Ville
Tennes
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