02 Feb 1870
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1870
Page
1
A Pierce County horticultural note explains the apple tree borer and its four life stages from egg to adult. It stresses that birds like the white spotted woodpecker help control borers, urges roosting dead trees for birds, and warns young trees near infested stock are at higher risk. it previews remedies and notes apple varieties that thrive, with references to local reporters and farming names.
W G Witline of West Point Township shares Buckeye State methods for manure use and plowing. He advocates deep spring and fall plowing to manage moisture, favors top dressing for corn, and warns against heavy straw growth that lodges small grains. He notes regional differences and offers his experience as guidance.
The Damascus Farmers Club reports a crowded meeting with lively discussion led by M. B. Churchill on Young America. Mrs P Hathaway read an essay on What shall we do for the children and the ladies topic for next time concerns forbidding works of fiction to children. The column includes a long note on milk stripping and its value for butter, with a practical method for preserving butter and a letter from D Ranson Chicago seeking faster cream to butter transfer.
Western New York farmers profit from butter making and pig feeding with Joseph Wright's 172 acre Seneca outlet farm selling over $2,000 in butter annually. Butter fetches up to 60 cents a pound in New York hotels, while manure boosts crops, including 1,150 bushels of wheat and 1,000 bushels of Dent corn, improving soil fertility for future seasons.
The text explains that fruit trees exhaust the soil after several fruitful seasons. It notes pear and apple trees may yield ten to sixteen bushels annually and that soil impoverishment causes fruit drop. Remedy includes feeding roots with lime, ashes, bone, dirt, and other renourishing materials.
Rare settlement offer in Vineland promising the best climate and fertile wheat land in New Jersey. Located thirty miles south of Philadelphia on a railroad, with rich soil and high productivity. Reports from Solon Robinson and Dr Charles T Jackson will be provided to buyers.
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