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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1899
Page
6
The article notes superphosphate reacts with soil moisture, becoming insoluble in dry ground. Moisture is needed for root uptake, and in dry springs phosphate shows limited benefit. Best results occur when drilling phosphate with the seed for winter grain.
Michigan experiments by Professor Cook show pastured stock suffers no poison from sprayed orchards. Grass beneath sprayed trees fed to a horse caused no ill effects, and three sheep under a sprayed tree ate all the grass with no injury. Tests repeated with similar results and arsenic residues on paper under trees measured at .4 and 2.2 grains.
The New York Turkey Raiser outlines the early育 period for turkeys. It warns that fever may accompany head coloration and molt, advises feeding, vermin control, and use of insect powder grease and coal oil. It recommends kerosene wash and sulfur around coops and roosts, then leaving poults to self care by week nine.
Growers debate girdling grape vines to hasten ripening and enlarge fruit. Ringing a shoot stops sap flow to roots, enlarging the shoot and boosting fruit size, but excessive sap dulls flavor. In some sections it may help late varieties to ripen before frost.
The article argues farm poultry is neglected due to lack of time and recognition of profitability. It notes overworked farmers and a need for better care, especially in winter, to keep fowls productive. It highlights poor roost maintenance, drafts, and inadequate lighting as factors limiting returns.
R W Davidson in the Epitomist argues that a small flock of fowls can yield about $100 yearly with little effort, while eggs go to groceries and chicken proceeds fund clothing. He says wives deserve sole control of the extra income and its interest, plus better feed and pure blood to boost returns.
The article outlines simple field practices for sweet potato cultivation including crust breaking, ridging, and weed control. It warns against allowing vines to root, advises delaying harvest until frost danger passes, and details drying and moisture-free storage methods such as packing in dry chaff or newspaper in a dry, ventilated space per American Agriculturist.
The summary covers May planting advantage, optimal 12 to 14 inch stalk spacing, thin stands yield larger ears, dense planting lowers ear size, heavy manure not profitable in continuous corn, four inch cultivation lowers yield, and similar yields across varied cultural implements with preference for spring-tooth cultivator on similar soils.
A Texas visitor in a Washington hotel lounge provides a humorous portrait of Texas life and crops through a reporter's interview. A Nature correspondent explains a heat transfer quirk with iron, while a Philadelphia North American quip ends with a farmer’s thrashing remark.
The fragment notes vast unlabeled areas on Earth with Africa Arctic Antarctic America Australia Asia and islands totaling tens of millions of square miles. A doctor questions a patient about pain location and remarks that the wise person knows where it aches, concluding with a Chicago Tribe reference.
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