Intensive Horticulture on Nine Acres in New York
On a nine acre eastern New York farm I P Powell reports success with intensive horticulture over extensive methods. He outlines profitable crops including raspberries apples pears and grapes, notes plant breeding advances, and explains experiments to prolong fruit tree life using iron sulphate injections through roots and bark.
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New York
I. P. Powell
Germany
Seadee
Indianapolis News
Homemade Kerosene Emulsion Recipe for Pests
A home produced kerosene emulsion recipe explains mixing one gallon of kerosene with two gallons of boiling water after dissolving half a pound of hard soap in the water. It notes thorough churning for ten minutes. Dilution varies by use from one to six and a half parts water to one part kerosene to more dilutions.
A Climbing Plant for the Farm Bos ton ivy Aes
A detailed note on the Bos ton ivy or Japar ivy a climbing plant ideal for farms. It belongs to the Virginia creeper family and is noted for rapid growth. Its leaves resemble common ivy and mature into a dark color. It climbs by sticky tendrils that grasp wood stone or brick and holds firmly. The vine enhances trees walls and buildings, making a green covering.
Rotten Potatoes and Fusarium Blight Sources
The infection of potatoes by rot fungus occurs mainly in the field before digging and stems from diseased vines. Transmission is usually via soil, with spores from the prior year also a factor. Experiments show Bordeaux mixtures are less effective as preventives than the regular Bordeaux mix.
Cabbage Worm Remedies and Succotash Profitability
A Wallace's Farmer correspondent recommends concentrated tre for cabbage worms using well water and four times as much as in a gallon of wash water to spray cabbages. Succotash is praised as a valuable garden product and a quick, popular crop. Corn oats and peas planted by a grain drill at standard depth could yield feed in 60 to 70 days if sown now.
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Wallace
Marketing Poultry and Toad Value Report
Marketing poultry guidance advises dressing and packing practices for transport maintaining cold chain and clean straw with wings and legs tucked. The piece notes toad values in different markets with England offering 25 cents each and U S farmers about 18 dollars each. It also recalls Christian Lancer a Danish boatman who saved five hundred from drowning across forty eight years and notes the leech has three jaws each with eighty to ninety teeth.
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Christian Lancer
Harboe
Jutland
Bryan in Fall When Government Ownership Question Revisited
The speech revisits government ownership as a practical proposition, arguing it fails to solve the issues. It recalls Louisville remarks and Democratic platform claims, warning that tariffs and debt will worsen if the party wins in 1907, while Republicans demand tariff reform focused on revenue instead of protection.
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Bryan
St. Louis
Madison Square Garden
Waseso
Louisville
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Tarif
Manmer
Public ownership debate amid tariff and Maine election notes
The column cites Mr Bryan arguing for government ownership after regulation fails, warning that tariffs and protection harm the public. It notes Maine election results showing Republican strength but local dissatisfaction, signaling higher stakes for national politics and the next House. It urges Republicans to field strong state and national candidates across issues.
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Maine
Afonday
Maine -Mary
House of Representatives
Finest diamonds worn by high society ladies
The three finest diamonds in London society belong to the Duchess of Westminster the Countess of Dudley and the Duchess of Portland It is right and fitting that these wealthy noblewomen be wives of peers The auctioneer at a public sale is described as cheerful and vocal.
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London
Duchess of Westminster
Countess of Dudley
Duchess of Portland
Ana
Liberal churches blamed for decay in moral life
A minister laments liberal church trends that bend toward modern theology and personal righteousness, accusing them of abandoning authority. He urges believers to turn from self indulgence, seek God, and restore sober, orderly living through strong church leadership.
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W. A. ‘Bartlett
Heaven
Earth
Truths for all men from Jacob’s dream sermon
Rev. C. Q. Wright frames Jacob’s dream at Bethel as a lessons on wandering, homesickness, and spiritual awakening. He portrays Jacob’s night journey as a doorway to divine revelation and argues that humble hardship can yield noble blessing and heavenly vision.
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C. Q. Wright
Jacob
Sermon Fragments on Souls Law Vacuum and Virtue
Rev John Rusk speaks on the soul as a house swept and garnished by a sevenfold occupancy. He cites a powder mill disaster near Little Miami proving a natural law of vacuum and restoration, then urges inner reform through faith and conscience.
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Little
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