Women Tilling the Soil Conference Signals New Path for Women
An Ambler Pennsylvania horticultural conference highlights women entering professional roles in farming and gardening. Ruth Loring Pullerson explains school training in horticulture extends to New York women, stressing benefits including health, civic improvement, and broader career options for American women.
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New York
Poon
Taiye
Ambar
Plana
Ruth Loring Pullerson
Womin
Medford
Long Island
Wadley River
Ambler
Wagland Toully
Restarkabis
Royal Morticultural School of
Great Britain
Americs
Nodle
Siag
The Tree Heliotrope Guide to Growing Standard Plants
A period piece guide outlines growing a tree heliotrope as a standard plant. It covers seedling selection, sun and water needs, pruning to shape, and timing for pinching to encourage a tall central stem and continual bloom from spring to frost.
Fertilizers and Strawberries Detailing Mixes and Application
The excerpt lists fertilizer mixtures for strawberry cultivation including Tantaga or Bergman guano, Rounds powder, fine ground bone, nitrate of soda, and potash along with slag and other additives. It describes preparation after plowing, incorporation into soil, and cautions about mixing with guano or guano slurry, advising analysis of slag as preferable.
Training and Trimming to Mato Vines in Summer
Amateur growers rarely trim tomato vines but midsummer trimming boosts weight up to eighty percent in warm climates. Plants trained under binary field culture were started June 1, pruned June 24 July 24 August 4 and September 5, with leading shoots shortened and sunlight allowed to reach clusters. Training vines rose five to ten feet high, improving yield and ease of staking as light penetrates all fruiting parts.
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Jalan Dicklng
Wheat prices fall as hog cholera fears spread
Reported declines in wheat prices accompany warnings on hog cholera outbreaks. The article details causes of disease control through heavy selling, with extensive discussion of prevention measures, vaccination, farm hygiene, and disposal of infected stock. It cites guidance for farmers to isolate sick hogs, reduce feed, and use safe disposal methods to curb spread.
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Petro
Elise
Aavine
Remmi
Palehherhoud
Basta
Cansilan
Trutty
J Mars
Crouse
Dad Shidlow
Okra Culture in the South and North Regions
The article outlines okra culture across regions, noting improved varieties and growth habits. It advises May sowing after warm ground, spacing 6 to 10 inches, and about one ounce seed per 104 feet of row. It describes welded varieties reaching four to five feet with smooth pods and green color, and stresses frequent picking to avoid plant bending. It also mentions cooking pods for table use in earthenware cuisine.
Untitled farming note on machines and fertilizer use
A fragmented note mentions ten minutes of night work after heroes come from the field to wash saddles and wagons and keep animals in prime condition. It notes interest in a flying machine and a milking machine, and that pure humus is used as a filler in Bash's Fertilizer.
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Iags
Bash
Grain futures in world markets report and vaccine notes
Fragmentary grain futures in all markets dated Saturday June 20 share vaccine and cholera discussion. The text lists vaccination methods, serum doses, injection sites, hog vaccination practices, fever indicators, and handling cautions. Tangential ad for McCormick parts appears at end with Adams & Schlebecker address.
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E. van Benthuysen
Philadelphia
Mowlidge
Fuller Tol
Succeas
Ion
Lin Weman
Monferenon
Fullerton
Noysey
Mullerton
America
Penmeytvanig
Guaste
Walter E. Andrews
Thief Country
The
Farm Journal
Heliotrope
Josephine DE Marr
Tyne
Greenhowse
Herr Highay
Sim
Lee Aude
Phy
Agi
Guy
Edsaate
Sales Porutey
Aifertigs
Owila
Hee Raters
Baellleli
Wasttinopiin
Federal
Panei
Merow
Hanks
Federal Reserve
Sapital Wtack
Walla
Tcefalul
Innutie de Pas
Ain Tanieys
RVG Agn
Nilsend
Eve Lily
Penire
South
Francis L. Rilbey
Tata
Ito
Amy Leer
Kenya
Reid Cuterugy
Tapani
Ernst
Haines
Adler
Mihaiuki
Heath
Brrr
Liverpool
BO Hardin City
Ted Alves
Bash & Co
AinMy
H.C. Rose
CLS
Fort Wayne
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