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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1902
Page
4
A historical report explains using caustic potash or caustic soda to stop horn growth in calves. It outlines timing from three days to three weeks, procedure steps, handling cautions, and potential dangers such as skin burns and eye injury.
Journalists from Geneva New York report on feeding stuffs branded as chop feed and mixed feed. They note appearances mimic corn and oats due to cornmeal and oat hulls, with fiber content signaling oat hull addition. Genuine corn and oats blends show lower fiber and specific mechanical signs, while lighter color hints at ground hulls and misrepresented products.
The fourth Cornell report on potato experiments concludes intensive tillage alone yields small crops without humus. Soils rich in humus conserve moisture, enabling good yields even in drought. Bordeaux spraying boosts yield, pruning to a single main stem is not beneficial, and potato machinery is nearing practicality. Seasonal variation means methods must adapt to each soil and season. Success comes from understanding the plant and adjusting practices accordingly.
A Rural New Yorker correspondent describes a small inexpensive icehouse that cost under 15 dollars, built with white oak poles and pine boards. The design emphasizes a steep kerfed roof, interior siding to resist pressure, and simple framing, claiming it preserves ice as well as costly structures from twenty years past.
F H Taylor of Nebraska named chief in charge of agricultural interests for the Louisiana Purchase exposition. The St Louis exposition agricultural department will cover over thirty two acres with a perimeter exceeding a mile. The Barry gold medals were awarded to Perfection currant originators and the Ghariton grape by the Western New York Horticultural Society. English experiments note more stolons link to drought resistance in potato varieties. strong stalks fare best.
New England Homestead cites rainfall has less effect on beet sugar than even distribution if rainfall suffices. In New England country districts onions are common and market prices for potatoes and apples rise. Many rural highways lack sub drainage and require underdrainage despite visible ditches. Fungicides fail against a pest. best plan is crop rotation to starve it. Do not grow cabbage and related crops more often than every three to four years. Destroy cabbage stumps and turnip debris to stop spread. Halsted of New Jersey reports 75 bushels per acre lime results.
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