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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1882
Page
6
In northern states clover stands as the chief renewing crop. Deep rooted clover lifts fertility from subsoil, making the plant superior for green manuring. Best results come from two full seasons of growth, careful cutting, and avoiding early plowings that waste root storage. Do not pasture young clover. let second growth develop to suppress weeds.
A writer promotes apple orchard gains from grafting and yearly care. Two 30 year old trees yielded six to eight bushels after a trench with manure and ashes. Regular pruning and keeping trees free of moss and borers with strong brine washes, scrubbing, and insect control can prevent die back and boost long term fruitfulness.
A horticultural note explains thinning fruit as essential to produce large, well formed pears. Begin when fruit is hazel nut sized, repeat at half grown, and again two weeks before maturity. Hand thinning preserves best fruit and avoids damage to trees.
The article explains shaping young pear trees to restore upright growth. It suggests partially digging up and replanting leaning trees, loosening and staking side roots, adding rich compost, and pruning the top if one sided to restore balance and prevent future leaning.
Ayerr's Sarsa- PARILLA is a vegetable remedy with potassium iodide claimed to cure scrofula blood disorders and related ailments. It promises rapid relief, liver and female weaknesses improvement, and renewed vitality after forty years of use, with sales by all druggists.
A split tree can be saved by drilling a cross hole through the split and inserting an inch bolt with nut and washers. Tighten to bring the halves together, tie limbs with rope if needed, pare edges to wood, apply grafting wax, and allow bark to grow over bolt heads while avoiding bands that may girdle the tree.
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