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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1915
Page
6
Experiments across New England Florida California and Arizona show fruit enhanced Criddle and bran baits attract and kill 95 percent of grasshoppers at 7 to 13 cents per acre. New formulas use citrus juice double fruit in Criddle mix and moist baits applied at dawn.
A farmer speaker recalls a question from Ohio farmers about whether farming matches knowledge. He argues real knowledge is practiced skill, gained by five years of work under varying hindrances, measuring a farmer’s true capability through results and consistent improvement rather than excuses.
The hot spell this week is credited with speeding the corn crop in Pennsylvania toward maturity after a cool wet August left fields two to three weeks late. Forecaster George S. Bliss says the heat could prevent frost damage and improve yields though official reports follow. Potatoes are also maturing faster with the warm spell.
A city man on a country road notes a powerful clover scent from a field of red clover. Science finds a tonka bean extract whose aroma mimics clover, used in markets as aKubatia for flavoring. trees grow in South American forests along the Orinoco and in Colombia and Brazil.
Department of Agriculture figures show the world trade value of key farm products. Cotton leads at 1.127 billion, followed by wheat and flour 774 million, raw wool 480 million, hides and skins 392 million, coffee 386 million, sugar 382 million, rice 278 million, barley and malt 220 million, corn and meal 210 million, unmanufactured tobacco 192 million, butter 173 million, tea 143 million, rye and flour 125 million, and oats 102 million.
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