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Newspaper
Hamilton Evening Journal
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1911
Page
28
A railcar placard from the Agricultural special train emphasizes selecting good seed corn early from standing stalks and storing it thoroughly dry before cold weather. The article urges careful field selection in fall and thorough drying to ensure high quality seed for next season.
The text argues nine coking corn yields vary and poor curing does not ruin crib power. It notes the finest ears may stem from favorable field conditions and stalks with few kernels, or near missing hills, and that big ears are not always best seed. Select seed from standing stalks at maturity to judge stalk and ear maturity and adaptability.
Advice from T. J. Wheeler of Ohio State University on selecting ears from three-plant hills or drilled corn, marking chosen stalks, and waiting for full maturity before cutting. Emphasizes thorough drying to prevent germination loss, mold, or freezing damage. Also discusses safe handling of toads and frogs, debunking old myths about harming livestock.
Directions detail constructing four concrete tanks twelve feet long three feet wide and two and a half feet deep. Include form sizes, wall thickness, bracing, wire reinforcements, bottom preparation, mixing ratios, curing, inlet and outlet pipes, overflow setup, and removing forms after one to ten days.
A cut shows a make shift crush tool built from waste for field or garden use. Ty is formed from welded waste with bolts and screws securing a post edge and a top board fastened by lag screws. A large washer prevents the bolt head from passing through and the device drags clods along between posts before crushing them.
Readable fragments show advice on plowing before sowing fall turnips and potato planting cautions. It mentions silo as a money maker, early plowing risks, corn packing methods, pie plants as a commercial crop, strawberry cultivation, water and soil moisture, alfalfa yields, and root expectations for palania. Also includes a drugstore interaction about waiting for a prescription and a clerk’s prompt service.
A Boston court finds a husband guilty of non support for five children and sentences him to one year in the house of correction. The piece notes the irony that the wife and children bear the penalty while the man is punished for failing to provide.
A historical note on wind as a power source, detailing its study in England. It discusses using wind for mechanical power and especially electrical heating, noting mean speeds around ten miles per hour for about half the time and higher in winter, with long calm periods posing challenges. Gasoline motors could supplement wind to create economical heating plants.
The article argues that removing weed cows from herds dramatically improves profitability and renews interest in dairy farming. It urges replacing removed cattle with purebred, high-milk strains and notes growing adoption among dairymen, with some performing weedings themselves and others joining cow-weed associations that contract and pay well.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture proposes a new Bureau of Inspection to inspect grain feed seed and hay with the aim of raising standards for these commodities. Chicago and Lewis already operate similar bureaus, highlighting regional precedent for the move.
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