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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1909
Page
19
A regional road guide outlines practical methods for improving dirt roads. It stresses compatible plowing, mixing clay with surface soil for sand-clay roads, and avoiding plowing sand alone. Emphasizes crowning with furrows, using graders and scrapers, layering material, and maintaining moisture for spring and early summer gains. It warns against over-building quickly and advocates gradual, well-packed raises with draughtsmen and drag use.
The article recounts Kentucky figures John J. Critt tenden and James R. Beck planting oak trees in the White House garden named the Peace Oaks to symbolize wartime efforts. The effort stems from a failed peace conference as two acorns produced the first trees. Acorns and spurred growth were sent from botanical gardens to Washington to be planted in Kentucky toward the end of the Civil War.
Mrs. A. T. Woods shares practical counsel on raising young turkeys. Key points include avoiding inbreeding, keeping birds lice and mite free, hatching eggs under chicken hens, incubating separately, feeding with soaked bread milk and milled corn cheese, avoiding pepper, allowing foraging, and keeping coops clean. She notes 80 turkeys raised with only ten lost to mites and others from accidental causes.
A warning urges parents to keep daughters at home to avoid criminal syndicates trafficking girls for vice. Agents prey at railway stations and docks with false job promises, forcing clothing removal and abuse. Proceeds flow to proprietors of houses of fame, with girls seldom escaping. authorities push protective measures and family supervision to curb the trade.
Field notes advise housing and feeding Leghorns to maximize winter laying, warn against relying on sitters, and stress proper pasture management, clover sowing, and drone seeding for bluegrass. It covers oats sowing, drill planting, and herb growth, plus dahlia propagation techniques including staking and timing for robust blooms.
Early sow seeds and plant lists. Azaleas bloom late winter. In the south plant sweet peas and trim roses. Turn plants to prevent draw. Prepare for cold days. Fuchsias stay in cellar until March. Excess fertilizer causes weak rapid growth. Pints tint need no fertilizer. Avoid watering on cloudy days and keep plants dry. Exterminate insects. Keep window garden clean and scrub pots. Tighten loose panes with putty. Use large pots for foliage and small for flowers. Amaryllis and Queen must be brought indoors by end of March for March bloom. Placed bulbs in dry soil, do not overwater or rot.
Missouri farmers warn against breaking up bluegrass pastures urging rotation to avoid long-term losses. Henry Wallace praises seeding on wild prairie land to establish bluegrass, noting higher value as pastures mature and advising patience until the next generation can benefit.
The article compares drilling seed to broadcasting and argues drilling saves seed and gives a better stand. It asserts drilled seed yields more sprouts per bushel and that broadcast seed often fails to germinate due to uneven coverage and exposure.
The author shares practical tips on dahlia culture to improve success. He argues early rooting and careful transplanting are crucial, noting past failures from overly early planting and weak growth. He recounts experiences with starting roots in March and boxes in April, which led to delayed blooming and fragile plants.
Dawson's Ix credited with revealing agricultural possibilities in the Yukon great valley. Seeds brought by old timers grew on cabin roofs and surprised settlers with radishes and lettuce. Now hundreds of acres in the Klondike grow vegetables, with potatoes totaling over 200 tons last year and expected to double in further acreage this year.
Danville Indiana resident Jasper W Thompson grows the nation s only cultivated pawnuy orchard with thirty five across and this year picked about thirty bushels of pawpawas noting exceptional size and color. Farmers nationwide bought 112000000 worth of farming implements last year and thousands of automoblets. Countless millions of grasshoppers damaged crops in Maine and other areas. Two years ago Des Moines Iowa offered 1000 for an ear of corn with fully developed kernels and a Missouri claim valued such an ear highly.
Notes on how bean poles are set in ground in a usual manner to stand against wind and support retained growth. Indicates they are expected to stay upright as vegetation develops.
The report notes A Cottingham of Brownsville Texas raised a lemon weighing about six pounds with a circumference of fifteen and a half inches and claims the city produced large bananas nine inches long and seven and a half inches in circumference. It adds a reference to WRAAT Gren faced at LASSTAS and cites a 1907 value of 2.059815 for the year.
A string of rural proverbs and reflections on farming life and ethics. It praises thrift honesty and community ties while noting the value of lawyers in keeping people out of trouble and the importance of planning and sympathy before death. It touches on farming routines weather droughts and social duty.
A Kentucky Experiment Station report by Professor J Houpel notes sheep numbers decline while mutton demand rises, keeping prices high. Farmers with grazing land can profit from sheep, especially on hilly ranges. Down breeds suit hills, Leicesters or Lincolns fit fertile plains. Careful management is essential for flock success.
A farmer can begin a sheep flock economically by choosing a foundation flock locally, buying careful stock, and dipping ewes before and after relocation. Select a vigorous, pure bred ram, ensure good fleece, and feed a mix of cornmeal, bran and oil meal. Alfalfa and clover pastures support fattening, with caution for bloat.
The White House decor under Roosevelt features growing plants and flowering arrangements. Nowers, fuchsia, Pepper phurts, polmettia, and ferns adorn the state drawing room and wine room, with jardiniere displays and treek bark boxes adding a homely touch to receptions and social functions.
A guide describes selecting seed corn by kernel shape. It compares upper three kernels filling the cob space with poorly shaped kernels, notes white rice popcorn kernels occupying space, and contrasts shoe-peg type kernels with tint kernels. The left pair shows relative shapes to the upper dent kernels.
A historical excerpt argues farmers deserve returns beyond principal from mortgage loans and effort. It contends farming is essential to national strength, government support is lacking, and farming should be treated as a mature business like other trades. The piece urges farmers to apply rigorous standards to their own operations.
The article argues against indiscriminate limb removal and stresses proper pruning to let sunlight reach canopy. It highlights cow peas as a beneficial cover crop for orchard fertility and cites Cornell University findings that clover improves tree vigor. It advises timely plowing to help trees season before cold weather.
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