Nut bearing trees for roadside planting advocated
The piece promotes walnuts, butternuts, chestnuts and hickories as ideal roadside trees. It notes adaptable soils, regional ranges, grafting of chestnut, and market value of nuts. Pioneering advocate Wilma FR. Lazenby of Ohio urges planting these varieties for beauty and profit, highlighting pecan as southwestern and adaptable where peaches grow.
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Latituie
Kentucky
Ohio River
Willina FR. Lazenby
Ohio
Ground Gypsum in Stable Manure Improvement
A Canadian farm investigator reports practical uses for gypsum in stables to fix ammonia as ammonium sulfate, reducing volatilization from urine. Keeping the manure heap compact and moist minimizes ammonia loss, while fermentation increases phosphoric acid availability. Potash loss occurs due to drainage into the floor, suggesting a water tight concrete floor to prevent moisture-related losses.
Movable fence and orchard notes from Ohio Farmer
A movable fence design uses long hinged panels with interlocking ends, requiring no posts except at the start. Panels sixteen feet long can be moved quickly by two men with a team, ending in a lock when straightened. Other items discuss spraying fruit trees to retard blossoming, peach varieties, sod culture versus cultivation, and advice on trees and onion seed in warm weather for crops like sweet potatoes.
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Ohio
New York Fruit Growers’ Association
J. H. Hale
L. H. Bailey
Q. C. Butterwick
Sumatra
Exceptional Pennsylvania Rail Tour to Yellowstone Park
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers an extraordinary $150 round trip package from New York and Philadelphia for the National Educational Association Convention in Minneapolis July 7 to 11 1902. Tour includes a six day Yellowstone visit with a Pullman train, rooms, and park sightseeing under a guided, all inclusive itinerary. Departures July 5 return July 20 with Pittsburg reductions and limited space. Apply early to Geo. W. Boyd Broad Street Station Philadelphia Pa.
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Transcontinental Railroad
National Educational Association
Minneapolis
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone Park
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Park
Yellowstone Lake
Mt. Washington
Geo. W. Boyd
Broad Street
A Brief Letter From Africa Miss Mavie Stephens Reports Greeting Custom
Miss Mavie Stephens writes from Kuno West Africa describing local arrival greetings. The party signals with a peculiar yell, then the mission bell rings to mark reception. She notes isolation, the palm slap greeting, and a hymn after meals amid letters home.
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Mavie Stephens
Cherryhill Township
Kuno
West Africa
Kunso
W. Ar
Ephors Prograss
Clarke
Freetown
Boardman
New York
They Crush the Powers and the Weather Crisis
Mid October mood recalls last winter of 1900 01 with cruel cold and heavy snow. The narrator warns of coming fog frost rain and snow and recalls thousands killed and maimed by the season. Benson's Porous Plasters praised for easing coughs and throat ailments in the hardship.
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Benson
Benson's Plasters Stated as Universal Cure All
An advertisement extols Benson's Plasters as superior for coughs, colds, rheumatism, and other ailments. It promises universal usefulness and urges readers to buy genuine plasters, prepaid by Seabury & Johnson in New York, at 85 cents each.
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United States
Seabury & Johnson, Mic. Chemists
N.Y
Buckwheat Club to Hold Annual Reunion Picnic
The Indiana County Buckwheat Club plans its annual reunion and picnic on August 7 in Coleman's Grove near Goodville West Mehoning Twp. The executive committee named managers and committees for invitations entertainment and excursions with notable figures and towns listed. The article also adds historic etiquette on table service and discusses sowing times for tobacco seed across various regions.
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Indiana County
Coleman’s Grove
Goodville
West Mehoning Township
N. ©. Coleman
John L. Stear
A. N. Lukhart
D. A. Ritchey
McQuilken
Wilson Bowser
D D. Gond
Lottie Redding
William Barreth
Elen Marshall
D. A. Lukehart
Melba Davis
Rev. Phil. Miller
Minnie Lukehart
Henry Hikin
Pittsburg
Frank Shaffer
Wilkinsburg
Luther C. Lowe
Harry Robinson
DuBois
James Lukehart
Falla Creek
Hastlere
A. S. Moorhead
I Odiana
Cora Redding
Dayton
Romalng Stiteler
Charles Condron
Verona
Mis
Lewis Silvia
Kural Valley
Dr. Walters
Punxsutawney
Frank Redding
Kurtz Good
John Hare
Maple Sugar Making How Side of Tree Affects Sap Yield
A Vermont 1901 study tapped north south east and west sides of four maple trees to compare sap and sugar yields. South and east sides produced noticeably more sap, about 0.3 pound more sugar, with sun exposure and leaf area boosting starch and spring sugar. Results vary little in sugar percentage. open, sunlit trees yield more red sap.
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Vermont Station
Farmers urged to insure barns and leases in county paper
Farmers are warned that many burns and lease losses occur with no insurance and urge self protection. Messages encourage contacting J. W. Botseord of Marion Center or James Sphedy of the Office in Indianapolis to obtain coverage from the Olympia Manufacturing Company.
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J. W. Botseord
Marion Center
James Sphedy
Oly. Manufacturing Company
Indiana
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Adiats
John $. Fisher
Lairsville
Mary A. Snyde
Freeport
McTimb Ossiter
Maggie Pounds
Indsey James Groffins
Patbmel Wef
Emma Rudolph
Pathizel
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Conemaugh
Nora L. Kennedy
John G. Marshall
Blairsville
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Scottdale
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Ingdaled
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Western District
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Pitea
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Pittsburg Trust NO
Fourth Ave
Pittsburg, PA
Dr. King
Daugherty Bros
W. I. Moore
Homer City
L.N. Park
Rowe College
Johnstown
D. J. Rowe
A. M
Rossmoyne Flouring Mills
Frantz Bros
Rossmoyne, Indiana CO
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L. McFarland, Smith & MacCartney
A. L. Smith
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