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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1910
Page
3
The New Deere emphasizes top quality for high grade farmers. It uses only high class paints and features meticulous finish in every detail, aiming to be the best plow available.
Instructions describe aligning crooked orchards using three sighting rows of stakes, plus a four by four inch board with notches to center each tree. Two workers speed setup, or one can work alone. Proper pegs and stakes ensure straight trees, enabling precise planting.
A farming article advocates dedicating a separate corn breeding plot on strong soil to raise seed for the general crop and test productivity. It suggests distancing the plot from field corn, detasseling to cross for vigor, and planting ears with kernels in rows to compare vigor and value of corn types and varieties.
The article warns that potato wart, a fungal disease first found in Hungary, is spreading toward Ireland and potentially North America. It stresses that once soil is infected no potato crops can be grown for years, and insists on careful use of clean seed and seed-cleaning practices. It also notes broad farm practices from hedges to orchard care, and the beneficial role of birds in pest control.
The piece argues for smaller meat portions and cereals as breakfast substitutes to save money and improve digestion. It contrasts French roads, where good engineering allows a single horse to haul 8,300 pounds, with poor local dirt roads, concluding that well built, level highways are economically beneficial.
Discussion on reduced postage for magazines and readers versus franking for Congress and officials. Notes experiments in using pea byproducts as hay and silage, valuing $3 to $5 per ton. Also describes jack rabbit seasonal coat color change for camouflage and regional variation.
The article discusses the Norway poplar as a fast growing, hardy timber suitable for outdoor and indoor uses and advises planting from cuttings, spacing, and early cultivation. It also covers crop seed concerns for corn in the northern corn belt after a severe October freeze and recommends using even high quality seed if needed to ensure stand and timely harvest.
Advice on selecting nursery stock for alfalfa and fruit crops stresses first hand inspection of roots to gauge vitality and quality. It warns that root quality is critical to growth, and urges thorough cultivation and moisture management to avoid stunted trees and poor development.
The University of Wisconsin recently awarded engrossed degrees to three men who advanced agriculture. One led farmer clubs and served as an Institute tender, another bred fine horses and supported the industry, and the third cultivated Japanese rice in the southwest and helped establish demonstration farms across southern states while employed by the federal government. The piece urges more such degrees for farmers.
England's lighthouse system is controlled by a thirteen member board called the Elder Brethren. Vacancies are filled by younger brethren for life with a £500 yearly salary to the position. Officers from navy or merchant service may become younger brethren, while elder brethren earn no salary. England is divided into seven districts, each led by a superintendent who rises from apprentice to master aboard steam tenders. Lightkeepers serve for life with pay tied to length of service. A life-long lightship service exists with men entering at nineteen to twenty eight and advancing to lampfighter, mate, or master, all pensioned when unable to work.
A description of Goodwood racecourse in England from the London Tatler notes its hilltop horseshoe shape and ravine, which prevents spectators from seeing start and finish simultaneously. It traces racing there to medieval hunts, formalizing in 1800 under the Duke of Richmond with a £1000 prize, making Goodwood an annual event thereafter.
A courtroom line from Judge's Library recaps a man saying while engaged he quit drinking smoking and golf under his fiancée’s pressure. He admits finally giving up something of his own choosing, with the judge noting the admitted surrender to the relationship.
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