Continuous cultivation for orchard crop health and yield
The text argues thorough soil preparation and repeated cultivation are essential for a first class corn or potato crop and for keeping an orchard healthy. It advises between-row cultivation with a two horse cultivator, careful plowing to avoid trunk damage, and continued year to year until full fruiting. It warns against planting small grain or grass in an orchard and allows red or crimson clover only as a rotated crop when cultivation ends.
Treatment of Anthranose in Grapevines Warned Against Early Scars
Grapevine anthracnose is a serious disease that has not yielded to treatment as readily as other maladies. Use Bordeaux mixture throughout the work and examine vines before leaf out. When large scars from the fungus are seen, they should be addressed promptly.
Preventing Tomato Blight and Winter Wood Treatment
The article outlines using a strong solution of fron sulphate applied to wood during winter, made by mixing a pint of nitric acid with 25 pounds of fron sulphate and 50 gallons of water, noting not to apply after growth starts. It also discusses tomato blight, a persistent fungal issue, and recommends Bordeaux mixture spraying from seedling stage through fruit ripening, especially in wet seasons, to control outbreaks on soil previously used for tomatoes.
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Atem
Old Vinea
Farmer Superstitions About Planting and Crops
Farmers adhere to moon related beliefs for corn and other crops. Some refuse to plant in moonlight nights, fearing tall stalks with short ears, while others plant regardless. They also throw cobs into running water to prevent firing and spread pinder hulls along paths for a good crop. green butter bean hulls are tossed on roads after shelling to ensure future yields.
Hardening Fence Posts by Hot Tar Dipping
The article describes dipping fence posts in hot tar to lengthen their life. Posts should be thoroughly seasoned, tar heated to a boil in a large kettle, then submerged long enough to saturate. The process is labor intensive and time consuming.
Cost Variability Of Early US Macadam Roads
The Office of Public Roads reports in 1904 05 nineteen object-lesson and experimental roads built across nine states. Costs per square yard ranged from 27 to 98 cents, averaging 65 cents, driven by material depth labor hauling grading culverts and labor efficiency. Local and distant materials were used with railrates shown low, sometimes under 44 cents per ton mile.
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Office of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Macadan
Stump or Rock Extractor with Triangular Supporting Frame
A triangular frame supports a lifting mechanism. A bar with an opening for a link connects to a frame top. A rackbar in a vertical slot rises by a lever engaging its teeth. A latch locks the rackbar before a new grip. A ring at the bar’s end attaches a chain to the stump, enabling repeated lifts.
Expenditure for Roads Justified by Traffic Levels
The justification for public highway spending lies in traffic volume now and after improvements. Accurate, reliable data are essential, yet such information is largely lacking, hindering the case for road upgrades.
Interstate Highway to Border to Mexican Boundary Planned
A proposed interstate highway would extend from the British Columbia border through Washington Oregon and California to the Mexican line. Estimated cost is 5000 dollars per mile. King County Washington has appropriated funds to build a portion over the next five years and if other counties move quickly the road could be completed by 1911.
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British Columbia
Washington
Oregon
California
King County
What Peru Taught Us
A fragmentary reflection contrasts Peru's four centuries of roads with modern farmers in America facing bottlenecks. It hints at social impacts as families suffer, children miss schooling, and workers must leave home to move crops, amid tobacco pressures.
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Peru
Good Roads
Gaga
Beekeeping Foul Brood Risks and Need for Inspections
The article warns that foul brood can appear mild in early spring and vanish, only to recur, spread when honey is fed to brood. It links disease spread to infrequent inspections, weakened colonies, and robbing during honey flow, with extractors potentially disseminating infected combs across multiple hives.
Giant Bees of Asia Exceed Ordinary Honeybees in Size
The article describes India’s giant forest bees, found in the Philippines as well, larger than common honeybees. They store vast wax combs, are feared by villagers, yet are hunted for honey. They possess long tongues offering access to deep nectar like red clover, motivating experiments to import them for cultivation.
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India
Philippines
Calcutta
Indie
How Wax Is Secreted by Bees and Its By-Products
Bees secrete wax in small flat scales between abdominal rings, pear shaped and white. Color ranges from bright yellow to near black. Producing a pound of beeswax requires from about twenty pounds of honey, with estimates varying to as low as three pounds. The high cost discourages beekeepers, though saved wax can yield a profitable by‑product for a ready market.
Artificial Comb Honey Claim Recounted by Beekeepers
The piece recalls Professor H W Wiley of the national agricultural department who claimed artificial comb honey was sold as pure bee honey. Beekeepers denied it, offering $1000 for a sample, but no sample or claim was ever produced or exhibited.
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H. W. Wiley
National Agricultural Department
Wiley
Objections to Farm Separators and Their Costs
The Indiana Farmer notes objections to farm separators including high first cost and need for quality materials. Creamery managers resist initial testing and small early deliveries, and some claim butter quality suffers, though issues stem from improper cream handling and infrequent washing of the separator bowl.
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Indiana
New Insect Catcher A Texas Farmer Patents Cotton Weevil Trap
A Texas farmer introduces an insect catcher designed to destroy cotton boll weevils. Insects are dislodged from plants then bathed in coal oil or another liquid. The device features a casing with a coal oil chamber and sloped end-wall openings to admit insects.
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Texas
Insect Catching Device with Lattice Receptacle
A device uses a paddle to dislodge insects from plants. A lattice screen sits above a liquid-filled receptacle to collect them, with an adjustable back handle and waist strap for easy operation.
How Renovated Butter Is Made
The Farmers Bulletin outlines a method to renovate butter by melting, settling, skimming, discarding curd and brine, removing odors, mixing thoroughly with milk, cooling and granulating in ice cold water, draining and ripening, salting, and packing. It notes this can improve low grade butter from fresh material but warns against selling renovated butter as genuine due to differing nitrogenous content.
Corn stalks increase land condition for play
Fragmentary text notes corn stalks and land condition, suggesting improvements to play area. No clear entities or events identifiable.
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