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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1910
Page
14
A Maryland agricultural bulletin reports cabbage rot stems from soil factors rather than pests. Experiments show vigorous plants under dry, well drained soil resist disease, while excessive moisture and soluble salts depress growth and trigger wilt and black rot across 15 varieties in diverse plots.
A method to create durable plant labels using small bottles with corks. Attach variety name strips from seed packets inside, cork tightly, and wire to stakes or branches. Use copper binding wire to resist weathering and secure the bottle to the plant row or branch.
The text states that labels attached to a branch in this manner may remain for years without causing injury to the branch they are tied to.
A terse note describes a process of cutting and stacking, then thrashing the little stack and selling the seed for 10 shillings. The remark adds that the job quality was decent for the time.
An Orange Judd Farmer item explains a simple device to measure fields. A heavy wire circle with two 5.5 foot crosspieces and a central bored axle forms a circle with a double handle. Mark a crosspiece and rotate. each quarter revolution equals a quarter rod, with sixteens and a half multiplied for field distance. The instrument should stay rigid to avoid errors.
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