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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1910
Page
6
The note discusses soil rotation and mulching in potato patches, using steel toothed hoes for soil work, and turning early potato beds into turnips, buckwheat, or late crops. It mentions cornstalk mulch, manure coating, and growing flowers like muskmeiona while ensuring good soil and consistent care.
The guide describes a cabbage growing method with seed sowing in rows three feet apart and planting four or five seeds per spot. Transplanting is minimized by pulling the strongest seedlings early, using potatoes as a first trench companion, and delaying sowing until late in the season after potatoes are dug and smoothed.
W H Bond of Missouri Valley Paltner describes a wooden six foot long six inch high two inch thick runner coverer with iron plates on the bottom and a tight cover. The machine uses two horses and two people one to drive and one to hold the rear end by a handle. The front crosspiece is three feet, rear crosspiece one foot, and it can cover a large patch in a day.
If you plan to buy a farm avoid landpaucity by securing correct information in advance. Do not buy far from a market and ensure you can earn twice the mortgage if you must borrow for land or equipment. Preserve family ties and love of country in decision making.
The American Phytopathological Society warns that the introduction of two dangerous European plant diseases, potato wart and blister rust of white pine, threatens U S and Canada. It calls for national legislation to curb further spread as some pests are gifts from Europe and Asia.
A university experiment shows grain land plowed and grown with humus making crops yields better maturity and fewer weeds than land used for continuous grain farming. Names and details include Yinturny widvar Blas Braae broma graaa and allatia as examples.
An article by Thomas M. Clye in Farm World describes building a concrete wall refrigerator using dressed plank forms for smooth surfaces. It notes a floor ice box, air circulation through an oval opening, water drainage, and easier cleaning. Concrete units are cheaper and may save ice. Also included are Donn’s Kidney Pills ad copy and a joking exchange about a six shooter.
Work teams should be fed greens once daily rather than turned out on pasture in summer. Green grass aids digestion but risks injury to horses. Mare and foal deserve pasture, but work teams are prone to harm, so running them in pasture is unsafe.
Instructions describe building a cistern eighteen feet deep and ten feet across with brick walls. Apply cement plaster, coat with boiled off and yellow ocher paint plus a touch of japan dryer, fill halfway, dry, then pump out to seal and prevent leakage. The old paint supposedly hardens the cement to a glasslike surface and keeps water from hardening.
A historical note stresses timely cutting of alfalfa. It warns harvesting at the one third bloom stage to avoid woody stems and yellow leaves, which degrade quality. It also emphasizes careful gutting and curing, noting those with ample alfalfa are fortunate and that brush control aids regrowth.
A 1909 collection of brief testimonials recounts skin cures and ailments. Patients from Boston and Philadelphia credit Cuticura products for clearing severe skin rashes and pimples after medical treatments failed. The text also includes stray humorous lines and a short note about Murine eye drops.
A fragment describes a family newborns and Jimmy delivering baby brothers as a nurse jokes about more, followed by an advertisement for Allen's Foot Tabs and Foot-Bane claims to relieve foot soreness, with tongue twisters and a stray life motto amid the noisy text.
An advertising snippet touts a female health remedy Ur Martel's Female Pill as prescribed for women's ailments. It claims quick, permanent relief and wide availability at drug stores. The piece also includes a brief interior dialogue about marriage and an inheritance rumor.
Chicago reader Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound helped a patient avoid a third operation after doctors urged removal of an ovarian tumor. The testimonial from Mrs Alvena Sperling claims relief after using three bottles, praising the remedy for feminine ills including inflammation and uterine issues.
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