Controlling Grape Black Rot By Thorough Spraying
Extensive experiments show commercial control of grape black rot through properly made and applied Bordeaux mixture sprays. While exceptional wet seasons may resist, spraying can eliminate rot in an average year and reduce needed applications. Follow NY Station guidelines: early plow and cleanup, keep ground clear, spray before rain with Bordeaux 5-5-50 at key growth stages, with about four to six applications total at 10 day to 2 week intervals.
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New York
Make Home Grounds Pretty and Appealing
The essay urges creating a spacious lawn with a deep setback from the road. It recommends evergreen backdrop a mix of pines spruces hemlock arbor vitae and grouped plantings with herbs along walks. It argues beauty at home benefits happiness and moral influence beyond dollars.
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J. WR
Concrete water barrels protect springs on farms
A young farmer devised a concrete water barrel system to shield springs. He placed a smaller wooden barrel inside a larger one, removed their heads, and filled the gap with concrete to create a durable concrete barrel that prevents surface contamination and rot.
Sweet Corn Sugar Content by Kernel Type
The Maryland station tested kernels of sweet corn for sugar content. Deep amber and transparent kernels showed nearly identical sugar levels, while fine wrinkled kernels held slightly more sugar than coarse wrinkled ones. ears with coarse wrinkles had the lowest and highest readings varied from the average of fine wrinkled.
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Maryland
Albany Man Holds World Champion Plymouth Rock Hen Title
Champion hen owner A. S. Hart of Albany Oregon claims the world title for most eggs in a year. The barred Plymouth Rock hen produced 256 eggs in a single year exceeding the prior record of 251.
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A. S. Hart
Albany
Oregon
Plymouth Rock
Hen Releasing Trap Nest For Profit in Flocks
A description from Orange Judd Farmer outlines a trap nesting box to record hen laying without removing birds. The front door releases after egg laying, and back and front doors reset for the next hen. It notes the main limit is misattribution of eggs to individual hens but enables tallying laying hens for profit.
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Orange Judd
Strike settlement stalls as open shop stance firm
Evanaville merchants back Bunders' Co-Operative in building trades dispute while master builders push for open shop. State Labor Commissioners Woerner and Slough depart after mediation failure, planning next efforts at Vincennes to resolve the street car strike amid growing employer unity and cautious labor leadership.
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Evanaville
Retail Merchants’ Association of
Indorse
Bunders’ Co-Operative Association
Master Builders
Retail Merchants’ Association
Manufacturers’ Association
Woerner and Slough
Vincennes
Bishop Blocks Building After Fire At Union Grain
Restraining order issued by Bishop Herman J. Aldering halts rebuilt frame warehouse construction near St. Marys church after fire. City council extends fire limits, but Union Grain and Coal Co began new work. company suffered two destructive fires in two years.
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Anderson
Union Grain and Coal Company
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Herman J. Aldering
Fort Wayne
B. O. Barnes
Despondent student Oscar Engleman ends his life at home
New Albany reports 23 year old Oscar Engleman, son of county commissioner Jefferson Engleman, hanged himself in the Georgetown cellar after ailing health. In another item, Fay Gore, railroad conductor in Terre Haute, had a wire nail removed from his foot after a childhood injury.
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Hammond
D. Lemak
Nick Rebracka
Gary
Rebracka
Pennsylvania
Lake County
Lemak
Reiter
Bia
New Albany
Oscar Engleman
Georgetown
Loulaville Dental College
Jefferson Engleman
Board of County Commissioners
Terry Haute
Fay Gore
Southern Indiana Railroad
W. O. Jenkins
Gore
Veterans Reunion for 157th Indiana Regiment at Camp Mount
More than 200 attended the eleventh annual reunion of the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Indiana volunteers Spanish War Veterans at Camp Mount in Indianapolis. Campfire speeches were delivered by Colonel Studebaker of South Bend who commanded the regiment known as Studebaker's Tigers, along with James Drake Gottshail and Wred Dennin of Goshen and other veterans.
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Goshen
Indiana Volunteers
Camp Mount
Indianapolis
Studebaker
South Bend
Prunes and Maple Rolls Featured in Casual Housekeeping
Practical guidance and recipes for prunes including washing soaking and cooking tests. Prize dishes cover prune whip cream filled cakes and spiced prune meat condiments. Maple rolls describe a maple sugar nut biscuit and country steak offers a simple stovetop method.
New Dainty Fritters and Desserts Featured
A period recipe roundup highlights prune and banana fritters served with lemon sauce, crystal jelly and chocolate almonds. It includes methods for isinglass jelly, pine rind lemon juice mix, and a gelatine frosting, with steps for prep, frying, and finishing.
Fortunes in Flowers on Daffodil Crops in Channel Islands
Estimates show an acre of daffodils in the Channel Islands yielding over 500000 flowers. If priced at three halfpence per dozen, the gross value would exceed 3260 pounds, offering substantial profits even amid English competition.
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Channel Islands
Resinol Salve Praised For Poison Ivy Eruptions
Jno H Kohl of Benton Kansas says Resinol helped a severe poison ivy outbreak with unbearable itching. He keeps a jar for wood poison cases and has advised others. Also mentions Adee's Europe tour and a humorous line about marriage in fiction.
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Jno
H. Kohl
Benton, Kan
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Snyder
Greensburg
Fourth
Southeastern Indiana Association
Trust Company
Dora Goodale
Adee
Europe
State Department
Thackera
United States
Berlin
France
Washington
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