Wild carrot weed spreads but can be eradicated
The wild carrot known as bird's nest or Queen Anne's lace invades fields and roadsides in the eastern U S and Canada. It blooms June to September with a strong odor and attracts many insects aiding pollen spread. With persistent cutting and rotation, it can be controlled in two years. spraying arsenite at one pound per 26 gallons is advised.
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Bird’s Nest
Queen Anne's Face
Wil Land
United States
Canada
England
Stevont
Visit to the school house on the hill during repairs
The speaker urges inspecting the hilltop school building after winter repairs to review the facilities where children spend the cold season. The note links livestock winter work with educational premises, highlighting care for community resources and youth spaces.
Tobacco Stents as Fertilizer Prove Valuable
The American Agriculturist notes tobacco stents are sold as fertilizer when relatively dry. They contain over 2 percent nitropan, traces of phosphoric acid and 3 to 66 percent potash. They retail around 14 a ton and are considered well worth the money.
Advice to Corn Growers on Seed Selection
Advice to corn growers urges selecting seed from local best fields or from a known specialist breeder. Emphasizes that unless a seasoned corn breeder exists nearby, farmers should make their own selection from their fields or neighboring farms to improve yields.
Try Peppers For Profit in All Regions
A brief feature promotes peppers as widely adaptable with strong market prices. It notes growing viability for all areas, growing demand from foreign and American consumers, and offers pruning tips for currants and gooseberries including pruning after leaves fall or in early spring and removing one third of last year’s growth.
Dehorning Chute Construction From Farm and Fireside
Sowing quality seed is crucial for good crops. poor seed waste costs. The article describes a dehorning chute built from two inch lumber with reinforced joints, upstanding stanchion, loose pins, and a windlass rope securing the animal before removal.
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Parm
Winter Poultry IIIs: Treatments for Catarrh and Liver Congestion
Winter poultry disease catarrh spreads in crowded roosts and can kill young birds. Separate sniffy birds, feed rich foods with quinine or arsenite in water, and dip heads in kerosene solution. Use arsenite tablets in water and ensure grit with bran to prevent silver congestion injuries. Remedies vary, with Farn and Fireside guiding care.
Two Methods to Fight Witch Grass in Wisconsin Pastures
A Wisconsin Cultivator correspondent describes two pasture weed control methods. One uses cabbage plots to suppress witch grass and normalize soil. the other relies on deeper cultivation, plowing under bloom, and rotating crops such as buckwheat and wheat to both destroy the weed and improve soil.
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Oreder
Wisconsin Farmers’ Meeting
Thoughtful farming hailed as owner’s duty to guide land
An editorial urges American farmers to apply deliberate thinking to land use. It argues the greatest need is thoughtful stewardship by the owner, not simply more work, to ensure sustainable farming and productive futures. The piece stresses personal responsibility and informed decisions at the farm level.
Growing Watermelons Fun and Easy Cultivation Guide
Directions for cultivating watermelons note they are less common in the north and have no valuable byproducts. Seeds are sown directly or started in boxes then transplanted, with hills ten feet apart, or six by five for small varieties. Use quick fertilizer for early growth and enjoy home garden yields, including Eltron melon for preserving.
Henpecked club in Lancashire confronts wives
A London Tit-Bits summary describes a Lancashire group called the Henpecked club. Male members stage marches with household items, parodying domestic subjugation. Demonstrations end with villages, police, and courts in frequent aftershocks as wives retaliate with water and blame.
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Lancashire
England
Hin
London
Laying Bricks and Scientific Methods Raise Work Standard
A historical note on motion study in bricklaying shows how scientific management by expert engineers improved output. Bricks are moved top up, mortars thinned, and worker motions reduced from eighteen to six, boosting daily bricks from about 1,000 to 2,700 and lifting efficiency in trials.
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Wridtklaying
Schalile Management
Avernage
American Review of Reviews
More Than Your Money's Worth at C C Deen's Store
A varied assortment of notions dry goods boots and shoes will be offered next week at C C Deens Store, promising value and selection for local shoppers.
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C. C. Deen’s
Avelaide Schmitt
Saratoga St
Baltimore
Dangers of Carbolic Acid Poisoning and First Aid
A wartime era warning describes carbolic acid as a common irritant poison used in crises and outlines recognition by its odor and lip burns. It advises immediate physician contact and notes first aid attempts such as inducing vomiting with salt and water, while highlighting chemical antidotes like mercury bichromate and diluted alcohol though efficacy varies.
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Peison
H. H. Hartung
National Magazine
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J. H. Joinson
Iowa State College of Agriculture
the Henpecked Club
C. C. Deen
Fowling Creek
Bobbitt Chemical Co
Duffey’s Pharmacy
Denton
Hillsboro
A.w.shorts
Vermont
Upland
THE
Concord Bargain House
W. W. Dukes
Concord, Maryland
Denton, Maryland
Chas. H. Redden
Maryland
A. E. Cooper
Arteria
Diamond Telephone
J. W. Wright & CO
Hobbs, Md
Holt Construction Co
Denton, Md
Del
Va. Ry
Iis AM
Orl
Renobotil
Murdoch
Jones
Willard ‘Thomson
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Chesapeake Line
Norfolk
Richmond
Norfolk, VA
Old Point Comfort
Pier 19 Light Street
Cor. Lee
Pier Jackson & Fayette Sta
RK River Line
West Point
Light Street
Southern By
Piera
Officha
J. Chism
N. Chapman
Ofeus
Schoec
R. PB
Miles
Harrisonburg,va
Caroline County Bank
Greensboro
Fred. P. Roe
N. Horsey
S. H
T. C. Horsey
Bari
H. M. Thompson
Hillsboro, Md
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Albert G. Towenxs
Henry T. Nutte
F. Jatxson
Tennessee
G. M. Bentley
Tennessee Wholesale Nurseries (Incorporated
Winchester
James T. Cooper
J. Virgil Moore
Cooper & Moor
Undertakers
NTN
Moore
Eckie
F. J.wright
T. H. Evans & Company
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