Growing Season Techniques For Home Gardens
The United States Department of Agriculture explains hotbeds and cold frames extend the growing season for home gardens. It covers site selection, pit depth, layering manure, and building a multi-sash bed to start crops earlier and protect late vegetables after frost.
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Start Eggplant In Warm Sunny Place
Eggplants need indoor start in a warm sunny spot and rich soil. Transplant to pots or shallow trays as weather warms and use liquid manure for better growth. Flea beetles damage leaves, dust with air slaked lime or tobacco dust. Remove ripe fruits to extend fruiting until frost. Leading varieties include Black Beauty and Improved Large Purple.
Proper hotbeds and cold frames for spring gardening
The article explains preparing a hotbed using manure to heat and then cool the bed before planting. It covers venting, protection for extreme nights, and using a thoraometer to gauge soil temperature. It also defines cold frames as sash covered frames without heat and mentions a combined bed plan for efficient use.
High Price for Corn Crop Confuses Farmers
Study shows farmers disposing of a surplus as prices dip. Despite low yields, market activity remains unsettled with speculation on future demand and policy actions.
Costly Ox Warble Seen Roiling U S Beef Industry
Dallas speaker F C Bishop warned at the Toronto AAAS meeting that the ox warble causes about 50 million dollars in annual losses to the United States. He linked milk reduction and cattle illness to warble irritation and hide damage. He urged owners to systematically remove and destroy grubs every 30 days to protect hides, noting five punctures drop a hide to grade No 2.
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Canada Field Pea Favoring Early Sowing
The Canada field pea is best for early green feed or manure production. Sowing rates vary: two bushels per acre if grown alone, or six pecks of peas with two bushels of oats per acre when mixed. Prepare soil with deep plowing and heavy rotted manure, sow peas, cultivate, cross harrow, drill oats, and roll if conditions allow.
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Cleaning and Grading Seed Practices Benefit Farms
The text argues seed cleaning and grading yield higher returns than other operations by removing weed seeds and discarding light seeds. Proper yearly execution prevents propagation of poorer plants and enhances crop quality.
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Humorous Vignettes From the Personal Column
Mrs Salomy Saddler spanks Claudy Saddler before bed as he starts to pray Now I stand me up to sleep. Hash Beener wears two shirts to catch up on time Gabe Saddler returns a counterfeit quarter after bringing candy Mitch Mudge the weather prophet loses his cornache and steals an umbrella Os Peachblow claims the absent mindedest person can concentrate while removing a porous plaster Wayside Tales
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California Fig Syrup Ad and Wartime Africa Note
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a universal remedy for children with claims it cleanses the liver and bowels quickly. The piece also references a World War I era note about German imperialism in Africa, citing Nachtigal and a ceremonial flag claim in the Cameroons and Togoland under German influence.
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Freda’s sweater grows younger with each wash
A Chicago Tribune note recalls Freda, our neighbor, in a red sweater that seems to shrink her sister’s garment. Freda jokes it used to belong to sister, but after every washing it fits her better, as she stands in the doorway one morning.
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Letter Go Boys Puzzle Keepsling
A playful exchange about a riddle asks for the answer when removing letters. The dialogue hints at a riddle where removing all letters leaves the same meaning, with a cartoonish jab about being a postman and a character labeled Experimenter.
It Is Better to Be Disappointed in Jove Than Alimony
A compact proverb from a column reflects on romantic and financial disappointments, contrasting expectations of marriage with the realities of alimony. The line invokes mythic authority to critique dependence and social judgments in relationships.
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Tanlac marketed as World's Greatest Tonic for indigestion
The advertisement promotes Tanlac as a cure for dyspepsia and indigestion helping digestion, increasing weight, and rebuilding strength. It claims rapid weight gain for thin individuals and tags Tanlac as Nature's Medicine, boosting every body part by improving digestion and blood, with sale through druggists.
When you find the truth in your way you may be sure
The line asserts that pursuing personal truth may misalign with the right side, implying moral ambiguity. It warns that conviction framed by one’s own path risks error and ethical misjudgment.
Humility and respect in a Southern minister’s view
A Southern minister notes that humility as a virtue appears to be fading in some circles. He recalls elders who preached humility respect for superiors and contentment with humble station. One elder remarked that those who are down need fear no fall.
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Canada’s Fish Industry Prospering Across Coasts
Last year Canada earned about 26,153,044 from fish products on both coasts. The industry employs between 80,000 and 100,000 people, roughly 70,000 in sea fisheries, 10,000 in freshwater fisheries, with the rest in canning and processing for market.
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Proposal Bet Sparks Family Bargain
A playful exchange in the Boston Transcript where a suitor bets Bobby a dollar if the conservatory stays empty for half an hour. Bobby doubles the stake with promises from himself and his sisters, inflating the wager into a trio of dollars.
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