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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1919
Page
6
O W Mansfield reports on Blackford County findings showing untreated fields with 4.1 percent smut infection, while treated areas vary 2.2 to 7.2 percent with many fields free of disease. The study suggests value in dehyde treatment for disease control.
A discussion on why wheat fails to endure winter and how root development and soil fertility determine hardiness. The piece contrasts two plants sown the same day, one starved of fertilizer and weak, the other thriving on rich soil with high grade fertilizer, illustrating frost protection by dense root systems.
After reviewing Europe grain needs for 1979 and sources of supply, Herbert Hoover projects Europe will import about 840 million bushels of wheat and rye from the 1919 crop while the United States should ship roughly 450 million bushels. With 276 million bushels exported from 1918, the market should stay strong and prices fair as every extra bushel finds buyers abroad.
The Ohio experiment station reports U S wheat yields lag behind other major producers except Russia and India. Fertility restoration via commercial fertilizer raises unfertile plots from 10.7 to an average of 24 bushels per acre, with similar acreage effort, turning droughts into profits as higher yields offset extra costs.
Local notes record many town visits, travels, and news from Gessie and surrounding areas. Families, kin, and neighbors from Danville, Newport, Attica, Fountain, and Wabash townships are mentioned with arrivals, departures, and social events. An attempted theft accompanies a list of routine daily life items and minor incidents.
Mr and Mrs George Hickman visited south east of Veedersburg with Mr and Mrs William Jackson. Ora Brooks has moved to housekeeping in the William Ross house. Lew and Ora Brooks and their wives were shopping in Covington Thursday.
A black leather purse containing money, glasses, a checkbook and other valuables was found missing along the road between New Ross and Covington last Saturday. Ownership attributed to Mrs BR Nebeker.
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