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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1913
Page
4
Chicago June 29 notes that American farmers waste about a billion dollars annually through continuous wheat farming and soil depletion. The piece argues better soil rotation, use of fertilizer, and improved marketing could cut costs, with figures from university and Canadian studies cited to show potential gains and losses for producers and consumers alike.
Forty head of horses were sold Saturday at the Fort Wayne market on Wells Street. Buyers report the lightest sale of the season and predict no remand for horses as prices are high. Prices listed include Draft horses at 200, 215 for Medium and 000? Drivers No sale, Plugs.
Lapayetye Indiana June 20 Professor Troop of Purdue University reports over two hundred insect species infest fruit trees. Woolly aphids attack roots, borers and bark beetles strike trunks, scales and lice infest branches, caterpillars and other pests devour leaves, and moths, maggots, and curculionids menace crops. Remedies vary by species, using soaps, carbolic acid, or poisons suited to habitat.
Farmers invited to obtain land in Western Canada with up to 2000 dollars credit and 20 year term at six percent interest. Land priced from 71 to 20 dollars per acre with occupancy and improvement required. Free booklets available from Manitoba Alberta or Saskatchewan offices.
Rochester Indiana report on Miss Hina Stauffer and Miss Carrie Blosser, former photographers turned poultry farm proprietors, running Sandridge farm without male help. They plow, seed, cultivate, harvest, milk, tend animals, and market eggs, proving self sufficient with discipline and daily routines from dawn.
Washington reports the agriculture department will launch a hog cholera eradication campaign starting in Iowa and Indiana. Using serum from Dr Dorsett, the effort aims to clean up infected areas like cattle tick eradication, with state cooperation and quarantine to prevent spread, costing millions as hog production and meat prices rise.
Practical raspberries guidance by Leroy Cady and Kay Kirkpatrick from Minnesota Agricultural College. Describes soil prep, manuring, plowing, fall and spring work, root propagations, sucker plants, two planting methods, trellis and cultivation, pruning rules, and winter care. Notes on varieties, pests, and diseases as largely absent or minimal.
The guide covers currant and gooseberry planting from August to September cuttings, soil, spacing, and root growth. It details pruning, mulching, and irrigation, with advice on staking, layering, and coppicing for best yields, plus harvesting, storage, and market handling. It notes pests like mildew and berry diseases and references European and hybrid stock sources.
The article debunks common impressions about red clover as a soil improver. It explains nodules host bacteria but nitrogen uptake from air is limited, notes split fertilizer value across roots, stubble, and tops, and emphasizes careful inoculation, mineral plant foods, and long stand time for true soil improvement. Clover hay provides substantial nutrient value, and plowing under young clover offers little soil benefit.
Chicago during a hot spell saw weak wheat and corn losses while oats rose slightly as grains traded unevenly. Provisions fell with pork and lard lower and short ribs mixed, despite some late recoveries. Packers anticipate 1050000 hogs for the week with volumes rising from western markets.
The American farmer now holds an estimated wealth of over thirty billion dollars. He sustains vast acreage and can feed the world while keeping living costs in reach for workers. middlemen may profit briefly, but may raise prices only to hurt their own trade. Florida legislature passes bonds to reclaim swamp land, aiming to restore four million acres in the southern Everglades.
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