Wisconsin spray recommendations for home orchards
Wisconsin horticultural department guidance advises Bordeaux mixture with arsenical poison to control apple worm and scab. It outlines mixing rates, equipment, and a multi spray schedule starting before bud break and continuing through fruit set, with focus on thorough coverage and frequent applications.
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Wisconsin Authority
Horticultural Department
Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Wisconsin
Average Farmer Aims to Calculate Profit with Pencil
The text notes a farmer should work with a pencil to compute profit and loss rather than guess. It emphasizes careful record keeping and accurate figures as a key skill for agricultural success.
Properly cured farm firewood saves heat units
A correspondent argues for proper curing of farm wood to maximize heat output. Green or freshly cut wood wastes energy, while windfalls and young growth should be cured under shelter. Exposure to shed weather reduces heating value. even wirewood loses moisture that must be driven off before burning. Practically, curing increases efficiency and pays for itself.
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Orange Judd
Time accounting for farm field work and investment
The passage outlines recording hourly labor for ground preparation planting tending and harvesting plus depreciation and interest on land investment. It suggests calculating total expenses against crop yield, then boosting productivity if costs exceed output for next year.
Handy potato sorter and crosscut saw from New England Homestead
A photo described device to sort potatoes by size using a mesh screen over a bin, halves labor time, with workers removing damaged tubers as they roll. Also notes a one man crosscut saw design, with a bow and windings for tension, suggesting a lightweight, efficient tool for cutting medium logs.
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Orrange Judd Farmer
New England Homestead
Matthews infants listed Beulah Malinda Clara Libbey and William
Beulah May Matthews Malinda Matthews Clara Matthews Libbey Armina Matthews and William Courtland Matthews are named as infants in a local notice listing heirs or dependents. The fragment notes several Matthews children in a family context.
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Beulah May Matthews
Malinda Matthews
Clara Matthews
Libbey Armina Matthews
Willliam Courtland Matthews
Richard Boon Lockerman
Greensboro
Bridgetown
Joseph B. Orrell
Mary
Orlando Matthews
Mary J. Matthews
Mainie Virginia Matthews
Jerry Warrens
Fidalis
Will
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Circuit Court
Caroline County
Maryland
Bennett May Matthews
J. Kemp Stevens
Orchard and Garden Plan for a Varied Vegetable Crop
Plan for a variety of vegetables including Swiss chard endive Brussels sprouts and other less common garden crops. Emphasizes succession planting every ten days two weeks to ensure continued harvest. Suggests seed drills improve speed and uniform depth, with warm soil before lima beans. Recommends Hubbard squash on tables and 8 by 8 feet spacing with manure for fertility. National Stockman and Farmer.
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National Stockman
Hop Shoots as a Vegetable in England and Europe
In spring the hop plant throws up shoots. England thins and discards most shoots leaving two or three per plant. In some continental countries the shoots are eaten as a vegetable when four to five inches long and boiled like asparagus.
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England
Plan for Intelligent Farming Adapts To Neighbors Success
The document urges farmers to map a plan of intelligent farming and to follow it consistently each year. It advises adopting a neighbor’s proven successful methods if they yield clear results, stressing continuous adherence and imitation when warranted.
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Chis Sale
Cost awareness among farmers questioned in old editorial
A thoughtful editorial asks how many farmers know the true cost of staples such as a bushel of wheat, a dozen eggs, a quart of milk, or a barrel of apples, stressing business discipline before setting selling prices.
Russia eyes lead in corn production amid wheat growth push
The text notes Russia aims to supplant the United States as the top corn producer while expanding hardy winter wheat varieties led by Kharkov. It mentions manure use for fields, brief praise of hardy wheat, and annual yields of fifteen to twenty million bushels from hardy winter wheat varieties.
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Russia
United States
Kharkov
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Frank L. Roberts
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W. W. Dukes
Concord, Maryland
Denton, Maryland
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Baltimore
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Duffey's Pharmacy
Detton
Lillsboro
Nisi
Charles Clarence Deen
Carl Ross Deen
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Thomas & Messer Co
Baltimore St
Baltimore, MD
B.C. Garrett & CO
S. Front St
Philadelphia
Chas. H. Redden
Feed and Sale Stables
A. E. Cooper
Denton
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Richmond
York River Line
West Point
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Lewis F. Eckhart
Sparks
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Eutire Farm
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Harrisonburg ,Va
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Fred. P. Roe
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Jams T. Cooper
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Cooper & Moore
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College of Hiwbahuing
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Holt Construction Co
Denton, Md
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Mena
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T. H. Evans & Company
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