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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1899
Page
7
Peach tree borers can be kept from laying eggs by chilling soil around trunks and using tarred paper or wheat around the base. Noxious washes help deter pests. Lettuce trials at Geneva show compact clay loam with fine sand and silt yields best results, with texture influencing fertilizer impact more than fertilizer type.
Aaron Low of the Massachusetts horticultural society argues that high grade fertilizers, with green manuring, can lower costs and raise crop value compared to stable manure. He notes urban hauling costs favor manure in cities but not in rural areas, and cites twenty years of experience with vegetables. He urges reducing costs where fertilizer proves more economical than manure.
A National Stockman letter from Pennsylvania notes variation in apples of the same variety due to environment and tree age. It cites older trees producing finer fruit, with Rumbo showing the greatest variation from green to deep red and fine to coarse grain, illustrating grafting and soils influence.
A discussion from American Cultivator on how grafted apples retain traits of the stock and root to which they are grafted. It notes the uniqueness of Baldwin apples and explains how even in the same orchard different stocks, including seedlings from old pomace, can yield varied fruit color and keeping quality.
The author argues that cows yield between 30 and 40 dollars yearly for butter or milk, with costs around 25 dollars per cow. A 15 cow herd could produce 200 pounds of butter annually, worth 40 dollars per cow, and profits hinge on the farmer using family labor. He urges owners to calculate annual costs per head and compare with receipts to gauge growth potential.
Hundreds of American horseless carriages and other vehicles will be shown in Paris during the universal exposition of 1900. U.S. contracts for about 5,000 electric carriages are let in Chicago and other cities. Major railroads plan extensive exhibits featuring a large upright reef profile of the United States with electrical devices marking each line.
Early eighteenth century saw stove use in America with imported models from Holland and Germany. In 1745 Benjamin Franklin invented a stove that surpassed earlier designs, followed by coal burning and inverted base burning variants in 1771. Between 1785 and 1705 Benjamin Thompson of Woburn Mass made further stove, oven, and heating advances, and in 1788 soapstone lined ranges appeared in New York.
The article argues for maintaining and expanding the Texas Rangers Frontier Battalion. It details structure, pay, and equipment, recounts their role on the Rio Grande frontier, their actions against Indians and outlaws, and their ongoing duties in tracking criminals and recovering stolen stock. It cites past successes and two notable incidents in Galveston and San Saba County.
The excerpt lists approximate letter frequencies to aid cryptogram solving, noting A at 85 and E at 120 as high usage while letters like K and Q are scarce. It explains knowledge of relative frequencies helps cryptogram readers unravel mysteries.
Despite the claim that ducks thrive without water, the text notes many duck raising plants in the country producing thousands annually without exposed ponds. One farm reportedly yields 20 000 ducks per year, while it warns cold water in the stomach can slow digestion.
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