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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1911
Page
4
A farmers guide from The Progressive Farmer and Gazette explains building a 16 foot pine board with attached blocks and a plumb bob to measure and ensure uniform ditch grade. By adjusting blocks W, the device reveals grade uniformity across the ditch bottom, helping prevent silt deposits and improve drainage.
A Long Island farm scene shows four generations working together, highlighting health from outdoor life, sleep, and diet. The piece notes poultry manure strength, dry earth under perches for cleaning, and recommends humane dispatch of ducks and geese by bleeding.
The article argues rye is neglected in the United States, with production far below Russia. It praised as ideal for green manuring on poor soils, higher protein than wheat, strong fuel value, and a cornerstone of the best food for children when properly milled and baked, despite ergot concerns.
A neighbor built a two stage rat trap using an iron kettle filled with bran buckwheat and meat scraps as bait. A board ramp led rats to the kettle. Bait removed then the kettle filled with water to lure fed rats. In the morning fifteen rats were found dead or trapped. Any escapees likely fled the barn in a hurry.
Practical advice for thinning fruit trees, soil enrichment, and pest control. Recommends manure around tree bases, Bordeaux mixture spray, deep watering, and avoiding surface watering. Notes growth targets, tomato-like notes on tent caterpillars, strawberry bed cultivation, and seab control with lime sulfur before budding. Also covers grape bagging, blackberry handling, and stylish packing for sale.
Poultry should be graded and only top eggs used for market or incubation. Pigeons grow in popularity as game birds decline. Keep records of both parents to breed quality fowls. Overfeeding in winter harms vitality and lowers egg production. fowls need grain animal and green foods year round.
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