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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1912
Page
9
Pruning aims for symmetrical heads, sunlight, air circulation, and protection from sun. Start at planting with top 12 to 15 inches high, then shape branches evenly around the stem. Regular winter pruning maintains a balanced head and prevents crowding, with wax or paint on large wounds.
Plant a simple vine each year along the base of the dwelling and care for it. Watch it grow and mature through the growing season. In autumn its foliage and blossoms will repay the effort manyfold and endure through winter’s cold.
A large tradition in England sustains more than twenty thousand hounds including staghounds foxhounds harriers and beagles used for hunting activities across the countryside.
The Director of the Office of Public Roads reports Indiana leads in improved road mileage with many gravel roads built by farmers. The eight top states include Indiana Ohio New York Wisconsin Kentucky Illinois California and Massachusetts. Nationwide, 800000 miles must be improved and only 190476 miles are now improved, about 8.66 percent. Experts say 20 percent will be needed for efficient travel.
A breeder with 33 years of experience explains a method to induce milk flow in mares that fail to milk after foaling. He heats a pail of water to the hottest tolerable and uses it to massage the udder and teats for about thirty minutes while a warm bran mash is fed. He claims milk always appears within that half hour.
The article notes that young trees require different care from old ones and may receive insufficient sunlight due to their location by the old orchard. It discusses practical reasons behind its cautious planting strategy and remarks on expected satisfaction with results.
The potato was cultivated in America before European discovery and is native to Chile. Spaniards are said to have introduced it to Europe in 1580 and 1585, with the English bringing it from Virginia around 1660. The sweet potato and Jerusalem artichoke are also believed to originate in America.
The text notes bees gathering honey from blossoms and fertilizing trees, aiding orchard harvests. It mentions hives under the trees as a good place and references troublesome yeeds and stock prospects for the fall season.
Farmers are urged to test seed by digging 100 hills to show variation within a lot. Open planting could yield 155 bushels per acre if each hill’s three tubers average 1½ pounds. Select and save the best hills for future seed to improve yields.
The article explains how smooth cross sections reveal thin whitish modulatory rays and annual growth rings. It notes rings form yearly during healthy growth, with possible false rings from interrupted growth such as caterpillars droughts frosts. The rings persist as younger layers form atop older ones.
A writer argues against confining bulls in pens for long periods. He notes a chained bull with overhead wire and a fenced yard, praising open exercise as humane and key to a gentler disposition and better breeding.
A farmer guide explains how ants protect the corn root aphis by farming the insects for honey dew. Ant nests near stalk bases signal root louse activity and reduced corn yield. deep soil stirring to six inches disrupts ant nests and lowers damage.
A farmer's wife saw a missing hen return during a snowstorm in the Northwest. The hen had hidden a nest in an abandoned cellar, hatched a brood, and led the chicks to a warmer barn despite threats from a buzzard.
Do not let dealers pick the best lambs. Sell all lambs together at a single price that is fair to both you and the dealer.
Fragmentary quote highlights a warning about memory and effort, noting a downhill side and a jog as a figurative reward. Insufficient context for concrete details or named entities.
The garbled text mentions a bitter taste and a reference to cheese or cheese flavoring with unclear source terms. No identifiable persons, organizations, or concrete facts are discernible from the fragment.
The passage argues green forage is digested and assimilated more thoroughly than dry food. It suggests experience shows cows process and utilize green forage more completely and satisfactorily, questioning energy wasted on dry fodder during mastication and digestion.
The piece celebrates early spring in New England with vivid nature scenes. It notes maple sap flow, bluebirds nesting in old martin houses, and accessible birdhouses inspiring backyard nesting. It references a new book on attracting birds by Gilbert H. Trafton and lists common spring birds and sounds.
Guidance favors two persimmon trees per family plot with Hyakume and Goshio. Hyakume is early, nearly stringless, and can be eaten firm with brown flesh. Goshio is late, should soften before eating to achieve the traditional persimmon texture.
An 1910 estimate shows the U S peanut industry worth 15 million with about 20 percent damaged by insects, mainly Indian meal moths. Mechanized threshing raises loss to 30 percent. heat and fumigation offer effective control, alongside improved handling and better storage conditions.
The article explains there is no fixed rule for when winged orchard pests lay eggs. Codling moths are night flyers laying eggs late dusk into night, while curculio is diurnal, active by day. Insects vary with moths often flying at night and beetles showing day or night activity.
Catalpas are quick growing trees with heart wood useful for early marketing or home use. The wood is light, strong, durable and straight grained. Once planted, sprouts recur from stumps, with later growth faster due to deep roots. Regular trimming and burning of excess sprouts may yield value in manufacturing or fertilizer. Also notes that butter quality spoils if cream is kept too sour.
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