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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1914
Page
2
The Purdue University station outlines soybeans as a one year legume substitute for clover. Plant after frost danger passes, consider row planting for yields, and compare drilling solid versus broadcasting. Soybeans yield seed and hay, feed hogs, and provide oil for soap and paints, with growing market potential.
Purdue extension article explains lime choice and quantity matter less than soil reaction. If soil is acidic lime is essential to neutralize acidity, enabling legumes to fix nitrogen and improve crops like clover and alfalfa. A blue litmus test confirms soil acidity and need for liming.
Lieutenant Governor William P O Neill says the Indiana building at the Panama Pacific Exposition will be notable for value and site. Contracts total about 23 years 20 597 for the main structure 2100 for piling 1200 for roofing. Ground is federal prerogative. war department approval obtained. Building to be ready by November 1 and will feature Bedford stone and donated materials from Indiana manufacturers. A second note covers the Purdue university cattle feeders meeting with 500 farmers and stockmen and remarks by Prof King and J T Alexander on beef tariffs. Reunion of the One Hundred fifty seventh Indiana Regiment and upcoming Indiana university conference on taxation education and constitutional reform also noted.
Indiana entomologist C A W Baldwin reports the 17 year cicada will reappear in June across Boone Brown Carroll Grant Johnell Laporte and Wells counties, prompting inquiries to the agricultural department about testing repellent washes to destroy the insects.
The Indiana Hotel Clerks Association met in Indianapolis with key talks on inn keeping. Henry W Lawrence welcomed attendees and urged clerks to elevate service as hotels grow, praising clerks as a professional force. Officers and delegates to the national convention were announced, and a dinner followed at the Denison Hotel.
Several new business filings appear in Indiana and Plymouth. Minint Electrical Supply Co. of Peru begins operations with 10000 capital to manufacture and sell electrical devices led by Ed Trautman and J Bethel. Plymouth Manufacturing Co. of Plymouth lists 60000 capital to produce wood products with George H Thayer Jr and J W Thayer among its organizers. Manitou Country Club of Rochester is formed to operate a private club under George A Kentter with involvement from 0 Scaled and J Malla.
Rural New Yorker outlines propagation by seeds, separation, layering, and cuttings. One-year-old shoots are best for cuttings and layering, with careful handling to encourage roots, and select only strong, healthy parent plants for propagation.
Twenty years of potato work at the Vermont station show Bordeaux mixture spraying increases yield enough to cover spraying costs. The practice acts as insurance that pays for itself whether blight is present or not and regardless of weather.
Experiments show calves fed on buttermilk grow well and have fewer scourings than those fed skim milk. Maintain consistent buttermilk quality, avoid old or lumpy product, and transition gradually from sweet milk over at least three weeks starting after three weeks of age.
Plant nutrients in millfeed are largely returned to soil when conserved. This principle forms a key factor in efficient dairy operation as the majority of plant food is recycled rather than wasted.
A manure mulch benefits next season's raspberries but avoid heavy layer near plants to prevent harboring field mice that can dig and eat the roots.
The article explains the matting row system for strawberries, advising setting crowns level with soil, spacing plants 18 to 20 inches apart in spring, and runners about six inches apart, while warning that planting too deep or too shallow causes poor growth.
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