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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1916
Page
6
USDA outlines five major field diseases of sweet potatoes caused by fungi. It emphasizes seed selection, disinfection, clean hotbeds, crop rotation, and careful storage to prevent stem rot black root and foot rot, with detailed steps for seed potato disinfection and soil management.
A historical note outlines sterilization of hotbed beds and soil for sweet potato handling. It recommends soaking the bed frame and surrounding ground with formaldehyde solution or copper sulfate, repeating after 24 hours. Use new soil from areas never grown with sweet potatoes, discard upper soil, and disinfect tools with formalin or corrosive disinfectants.
The article lists various suitable sites for curing lead corn such as kitchens attics furnaces rooms tool sheds and outbuildings with good ventilation and dry conditions. It contrasts with damp poorly ventilated places like under porches stables and areas over grain bins in granaries.
A tomato wilt disease spread by a waterborne fungus robs moisture and causes rapid wilting and death. It overwinters in soil and infects through roots, affecting tomatoes, eggplants, and related crops. Resistant varieties via selection offer the best long term solution. spraying fails as the fungus remains inside the plant.
Grain amounts for fattening sheep depend on grain type forage and animal type. With alfalfa good forage little grain suffices, two to four bunkers for full feed may be needed. Increase slowly avoid sudden full-feeed jumps and measure feed rather than guess to protect profits.
Powdery acab is traced to the Andean region of Peru and believed endemic in the native home of the potato. It is a parasite that remains alive in potato cells for some time after infection, indicated by its development pattern.
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A physician advises daily hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to wash poisons from the liver and bowels, prevent toxins, and improve digestion. The regimen, claimed safe and inexpensive, contrasts with harsher laxatives.
Cobden Illinois resident Mrs Kate Metz recommends Cardus for her 62 year old mother. After three years of cramping spells and severe headaches, four bottles relieved headaches and stomach weakness improving eating. The letter urges other women to try Cardui Te Candu i.
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