The Pear Slug Threat to Central States Orchards
The pear slug or cherry slug damages cherry pear and plum trees by defoliating leaves and weakening trees. It reappears in mid June and late July, with control options including hellebore, lead arsenate, Paris green, and to a lesser extent soaps and kerosene emulsions. Soil cultivation and high pressure washing also help, while spraying remains the best remedy though care is needed during fruiting.
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Central States
Berlese
Italy
L. ©. Howard
Bureau of Entomology
Washington
World’s tallest trees chronicled in age and height
The Australian eucalyptus reaches 480 feet, while California giant sequoias measure 276 to 376 feet with bases up to 108 feet in circumference. Some trees, dated by rings, are 2,000 to 2,500 years old. The oldest is said to lie on Kos island near Asia Minor, enshrined by masonry with a trunk 30 feet in circumference. Start right by getting better hens, end right by keeping them better.
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California
Kos
Asia Minor
Raspberry pruning and planting guidelines from old horticulture text
The article outlines pruning and planting methods for red and black raspberries. Red types favor removing old canes and limiting to four-year-old wood, with one-year shoots best for planting and 3 feet rows apart. Blackcaps require summer pruning, pinching tips at 2 feet, and wider spacing of about 8 feet. Both need thorough cultivation to control suckers and promote healthy fruiting.
Philippine coffee and tropical products earn riches for Philippines
The piece argues that Philippine coffee sells for twice the price of imported coffee, yet the U S buys $70 million in South American coffee yearly. It notes cocoa and copra exports from the Philippines are far below potential, with $15 million imported while only $3 million exported, and claims overall tropical imports total about $200 million annually.
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Philippines
South America
Philippine
Torer
Uncle Sam’s Implements Spread Across African Fields
The article notes American farming equipment in use from the Zambesi to Cape Agulhas. McMillan brings wagons to Kenya from Wisconsin. Illinois plows are used in Rhodesia. Cape Colony adopts threshers, mowers, and reapers. Canadian harvesters compete, English and German tools ship in, and windmills and irrigations pumps appear nationwide. Cape Colony grows fruit and seeks spraying machinery.
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Sam
Zambesi
Cape Agulhas
British East Africa
Uganda
Wisconsin
McMillan
Nairobi
Rhodesia
Illinois
Cape Colony
South Africa
England
Germany
Africa
Chicago
Indiana
Cutting and Transporting Lumber Through the Forest System
The article explains conservative lumbering selecting trees, marking, felling, and skidding to minimize forest impact. It details methods to move logs via horses, ropes, sleds, streams, rafts, and rail or road processes, plus saw types like circular and band saws and the use of flumes, mills, and planing shops to produce finished lumber.
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Puget Sound
Pacific Slope
Alsike Clover Proves More Hardy Than Red Clover In Grass Mixtures
The author advocates alsike clover as a reliable, long lasting legume that tolerates acidic and wet soils, reseeds itself, and blends well with timothy and red clover to secure a steady forage supply. It outperforms red clover in several soils and supports grazing, with practical farming methods for seeding and mowing.
Green Food Lures Pigs to Grub with Found Cash
Western rancher, in a pig pen, loses $100 in greenbacks that tumble into the trough. Six piglets dive for the cash like lettuce, gobbling it up before a sale in town. Contracts require the stomachs be returned, with proceeds sent to the treasury to recoup the farmer’s loss.
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Treasury Department
Healthful foods for liver and digestion from old notes
The article lists tomatoes aiding torpid liver and avoided by gout, celery as a nerve tonic, onions boosting nerves, spinach for constipation, beetroot and potatoes as fatterting agents, parsnips like sarsaparilla, apples carrots and Brazil nuts aiding constipation, carrots aiding goat tendency, celery sulfur for rheumatism, bananas for digestive issues, cranberries correcting liver activity after overeating, dates nourishing and preventing constipation, and honey as a cod liver substitute.
Bean Support Using Early Stakes and Wires
Gardens face yearly pole shortages for beans and similar crops. Drive stakes early and string wires or cords so beans grow upright without disturbing root systems. This method helps maintain yields when conventional poles are scarce.
Tick control and Rocky Mountain spotted fever spread
The article traces the role of ticks in Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Montana, noting transmission by ticks, early experiments by Wilson, Chowning, Ricketts, and King, and the death of Howard T. Ricketts. It argues long-term tick elimination on domestic animals as the key to reducing the disease, with two years of tick-free status needed for cattle and horses.
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Rocky Mountain
Hocky Mountain
Bitter Root
Wilson and
Chowning
Man
H. T. Rickets
University of Chicago
W. W. King
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
J. J. Moore
Ricketts
State Board of Health
Montana
Whitewash Remedies for Walls and Poultry Care
The article advises whitewash as a cheap alternative to paint for walls and chicken houses. It provides a recipe using lime, salt, ground rice, Spanish whiting, and glue, and notes to use magnesian lime. It also stresses keeping grit available for fowls and avoiding overfeeding.
Buttermilk Cheese: A New Profitable Creamery Product
Buttermilk cheese is made by curdling buttermilk with heat then draining the curd and salting. It promises a palatable food equal to lean beefsteak and can be sold at half meat price. requires advertising and careful packing for market uptake.
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J. L. Sammis
Untitled wire and twine fencing note from older guide
A brief guide recommends strong damp resistant twine and wire for fence supports. Posts can be spaced variably to match pole strength. It mentions a 2 inch pipe as an excellent support, noting cost concerns and practical alternatives.
Radishes Through History Mentioned In Brief Note
The article traces radishes origin to China where cultivated for centuries and notes large radishes once grew. It mentions German folk remedy using radish juice with sugar candy for hoarseness and cough. It laments today radishes lack flavor and character.
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China
Germany
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R. L. Webster
Uncle Sam
Resiger
Mountains
Lombardy Poplar
Oregon
South Carolina
Minnesota
Frank C. Carpenter
Jonat
Daches
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