Seedless Apple Fraud Warned by Agriculture Officials
The Spencer seedless apple scheme is exposed as a fake aimed at selling stock and stock, with the Department of Agriculture warning that promoters use misleading literature and press endorsements. No verifiable trees or scions exist, while real fruit experts deem the plan a costly fraud undermining public trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Spencer Company
Department of Agriculture
Mr. Taylor
Department
Spencer
Colonel Brackett
Luther Burbank
Pliny
Bailey
Cornell
Hailey
Spencer Seedless Apple Company of
New York
Niagara County
Taylor
England
United States
Edward
Department of Commerce
Messrs
Shearn
Cern
Tasmanian Government Council
Europe
Iowa
Utah
Colorado
Post Office Department
Brackett
Farm Bulletins Reprinted From Agriculture Department
The Agriculture Department reprints popular Farmers Bulletins free to meet high demand. Available titles include No. 41 Fowls Their Care and Feeding No. 44 Commercial Fertilizers Their Composition and Use No. 63 Care of Milk on the Farm No. 64 Ducks and Geese Standard Breeds and Management No. 113 The Apple and How to Grow It.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Proper Seasoning of Farm Implements
Fall weathering of mowing machines harvesters and other horse implements is advised to weather wood and brown metal parts. Plows and harrows should be covered now but left out later after fall plowing as this widespread practice gains seller support and benefits durability.
Pickles and Babies Mix Up Aged Q A Error
A recent Answers to Correspondents column misprinted a reply. A mother asking about her children with whooping cough received a grotesque misprint advising skinning and brining. The actual onion pickling answer belongs to the Anxious Housekeeper but was swapped.
Same Old Story Repeats in Oxford Rooms Encounter
A young Oxford student resists, his sister hides behind a screen during a visitor’s return to rooms. An elderly man from Australia notices the same table, fireplace, and screen and remarks on the “same old dodge” before realizing the sister is present. The student scolds him for the intrusion as the old man quips about the “same old story.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Australia
Jove
A Few Afterthoughts on World and Society
The column notes shifts in foot binding among Chinese women while American women still practice. It questions railroad interests opposing tariff talk and mocks Lord Curzon’s remarks to Premier Balfour. Officials suspect Havana cigars exceed tobacco imports, and a hickory crop may be involved. Spain seeks a ruler, and Morocco talks satisfy Germany and France. Helen Bertram faces New York magistrate over debts as her husband acts in The Prodigal Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Lord Curzon
India
Balfour
Havana
Spain
Germany
France
Morocco
Helen Bertram
New York
Trial by Telephone in Central Illinois
Robert Willard a farmer near Elkhart Logan county Illinois pleaded guilty by telephone to intoxication and disorderly conduct. Constable Pettit read the warrant and Willard agreed to pay a $14 fine after being informed by the Lincoln justice Rudolph. The trial occurred from a farmhouse after Willard declined to travel to Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Willard
Elkhart
Logan County
Ilinois
Pettit
Lincoln
Illinois
Willard
Rudolph
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Uncle Sam
Appie
The
New York Times
Bufalo Inquirer
American Inventor
New York Farmer
Scientific American
Buffalo Commercial
New York Herald
National Nurseryman
Denver Times
Apple Company
Messrs. Shearn
Harper's Weekly
KentUcky Wagon Manufacturing CO
Louisville, KY
James S. Kirk & Company
Chicago, Ill
Webb Publishing CO
St. Paul Minn
William Bros
Ithaca, N. Y
Marlin FireArms Co
New Haven
Conn
Remington Typewriter
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict
Broadway
HAY Press
Lerd
Main Street
Sandwich, Ll
Eagle Tank Co
N. Green 8T
Chicago, Il
Watson-Stillman Co
Dey St
Missoula
Express
Missoula, Montana
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