How to Care for Winter Violets and Eucalyptus Debate
The piece warns against early January top dressings for violets after December pruning, stressing warmth, ventilation, and mat coverage to prevent frost damage. It also challenges overoptimistic eucalyptus claims, arguing hardy alternatives like white pine and Douglas fir for reforestation and noting timber value and seed demand.
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Australia
Colorado
Europe
Pacific
Joseph Meehan
Wheelbarrow For Greenhouse Use
A sketch shows a homemade wheelbarrow adapted for greenhouse work. The wheelbarrow is twenty inches wide to fit the greenhouse walk, allowing soil manure pots and other materials to be moved easily. Planks laid in the potting shed floor enable carrying material in and out of doors.
Mulch Timing Advised For Strawberry Beds
An exchange advises waiting to mulch a strawberry bed until the ground is firm enough to stand on. The aim is not frost protection but preventing damage from alternating freezing and thawing that causes plant heaving.
Golden wedding anniversaries bloom in yellow chrysanthemums
The Yellow chrysanthemum is linked to golden wedding anniversaries with a popular variety named for the occasion. Large quantities of the flowers are traditionally used to honor long marriages and celebrate enduring partnerships.
Parks and trees tied to watershed protection in New York
An urban note highlights Greater New York’s 81 parks over one acre, stressing forests as key to watershed protection. It cites a Massachusetts station bulletin on shade-tree loss from trolley wires and mentions autumn nut plantings and seed stratification tips amid climatic notes.
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New York
Hateh
Massachusetts
van Deman
Feeding sugar beets as livestock feed across farm types
A Denver Field and Farm writer promotes feeding sugar beets to cattle hogs and horses. Beets cut or whole are fed with tops and corn fodder, with reports of better condition and milk flow, glossy coats, and easier breathing, alongside large-scale feeding figures and plans for beet pulp.
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Denver
Keeping celery in trenches for midseason storage
The article explains trench storage for celery: pick a well drained spot, plow a ten inch deep furrow, widen the bottom to six inches, lay a board in the furrow, place celery in a straight row, fill with soil from the other side of the board, repeat for additional rows, pack soil to prevent water, cover tops with straw or leaves, and top with boards to prevent wind loss.
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I. P. Sandston
Maryland
Preserving Beet Pulp by Silos and Ground Piles
The Denver Field and Farm notes methods used in Utah to preserve beet pulp. Salt pits create silos where top dries and deeper pulp remains moist, keeping the product fresh. Piles stored from January to June stayed fermenting lightly until heat struck. for longer storage, silos or deep piles can keep pulp through summer, even two to three years.
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Utah
Denver Field
I’arm
Autum ISU excursion draws over 15000 visitors
The autumn excursion day at Iowa State College was a great success with more than 15 000 farmers business men and other interested people from across the state taking the opportunity to tour the college.
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Iowa State College
Yukon exposition showcases grain vegetables fruit and flowers
A Yukon exposition display highlights grain vegetables fruit and flowers as proof of regional potential. A Sanzamion county woman won dairy butter at the Illinois state fair with a 97 point score. George M. Clark urges sowing grass first and best. An effort aims to show Brown Swiss cattle at St. Louis. Winter rhubarb money discussed and seed corn valued for spring.
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Sanzamion County
George M. Clark
St. Louis
Alligator Pear Grown in California and Florida
The Alligator Pear or aguacate avocado, native to tropical America, is now widely grown in Florida and California. Jamaica supplies most US markets, with West Indian types dominant in the East. The fruit is high in fat, with pulp similar to butter, and varieties range in color from purple to light green.
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California
Florida
America
United States
Jamaica
Keys
Winter Color Glory of Rollinsons Golden Arborvitae
The Rollinsons Golden Arborvitae shows bright flame colored foliage in winter when exposed to sun. It prefers full sun and grows between upright Chinese and bushy Golden Arborvitae. Other good companions include Retinispora aurea and Douglas Golden Juniper with rich golden bronze tones.
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Rollinson
Minnesota Fruit Problem Needs Winter Mulch Insight
Professor S. B. Green of Minnesota explains in the Chicago Record-Herald that much of Minnesota is well suited to fruit growing. The key challenge is protecting trees from winter root killing, with mulching as a simple effective measure using sturdy material or stable litter to shield roots when the ground is bare.
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Minnesota
S. B. Green
Chicago Record-Herald
Winter Pruning Cautions From Hutt Canada
W. W. Hutt notes winter pruning harms trees by delaying wound healing. He warns against pruning in frost, as cambium dies back and healing slows. He favors pruning in early fall or late spring when cambium is active and wounds heal promptly.
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W. W. Hutt
Canada
Climbing Clothilde Soupert blooms from June to October
A robust climbing rose Clothilde Soupert endured a harsh winter unprotected and started blooming in late June continuing through mid October with creamy blooms shading to pink at the center.
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Clothilde Soupert
New Yorker
Notice by Chas. L. Fleshman on returning to practice
Chas. L. Fleshman declares reports of ill health are false and that his health is fully restored. He states he is now in his office above the First National Bank and offers his services, highlighting a well stocked county law library.
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First National Bank
Chas. L. Fleshman
Hays Felts Wedding in Valley City Home
Dr. D. W. Hays and Miss Belle Felts wed last Tuesday evening at the bride’s parents home in Valley City. Mrs. Hays will continue as postmistress there. Dr. Hays is a noted physician in the county. The Democrat extends congratulations. At the Texas State Meeting the Daughters of the Confederacy endorsed Roosevelt’s Panama policy.
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D. W. Hays
Belle Felts
Valley City
Hays
Texas
Daughters of the Confederacy
Roosevelt
Panama
Desperado Sets Explosive Trap at Paoli Farm
An assailant planted dynamite in a corn shredder at Braxton Bros. farm in Paoli on the 4th inst. The machine blew to atoms but the blast blew away from workers, described as one of Orange county’s most cowardly murder attempts.
Barnstaple Fair Opens With Ceremonial Blessing
A long standing Barnstaple fair in England began with a formal town hall ceremony. The mayor reads the proclamation at three town points to keep the peace while the festival proceeds. A huge stuffed white glove on a pole symbolizes open handed welcome throughout the event.
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Barnstaple
England
American visitor in Stratford recalls Shakespeare departure platform
An American lady visiting Stratford on Avon expressed astonishment at the railway platform she stood on, saying she could imagine the immortal bard's departure from that very spot when he journeyed to London. Her remark shows lingering American fervor and vivid fantasy about literary history.
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Stratford On Avon
London
Dances Sold by Auction On The Lower Rhine
A historic custom continues in some towns on the lower Rhine where on auction day the town crier gathers the young people and sells the privilege of dancing with the chosen girl to the highest bidder for the year to come. Proceeds go into public funds.
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Lower Rhine
Stymeas
Men's Furnishing Department Promotes Stylish Dressing
Gentlemen seeking style and taste are invited to browse a well stocked Men's Furnishing Department offering desirable fashionable ideas for wardrobe updates.
Hog buying ad seeks hogs near Louisville market
Elmer Davis advertises he will pay within 50 cents of the Louisville market report for hogs. He invites sellers to contact him at Corydon Indiana.
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Louisville
Elmer Davis
Corydon
Ind
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