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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1912
Page
5
This piece explains why beekeeping attracts many and can be profitable. It stresses hive placement to catch sun, shield from wind, avoid nuisance, and facilitate easy manipulation, noting alternative sites like rooftops or city lots when ideal conditions are unavailable.
Advice warns against leaving farming tools exposed. Avoid placing forks and a board corner to trap animals quickly and prevent hazards. Emphasizes manure spreader as essential yet vulnerable. recommends a snow bank shed for protection and winter storage to save costs.
The note describes sowing radish seeds in the same row with slow germinating sestle. Seeds will come up in a few days and help mark the rows for cultivation.
The article extols beekeeping as highly profitable with minimal input. Bees require little feed, find their own forage, and pay back initial costs. It suggests bee culture suits children and women, complements poultry or fruit, aids harvest quality, and provides steady cash on farms.
An Ohio man describes a versatile farm cart he built from a 28 by 10 by 42 inch bed with 10 inch hinges and bolted shafts. It uses wooden blocks to catch the bed when lowered, drill wheels about three feet high, and hauls manure from ten cows daily. He notes it is easy to construct, inexpensive, and suitable for one horse, fitting behind a tight stable area where a manure spreader cannot operate.
In Kentucky at London and Lexington stump blasting used dynamite to remove mature oaks. Average stump diameters ranged 16 to 45 inches with 2.6 sticks and 380 minutes per stump at London, and 22 inch green stumps at Lexington costing $1.56 per stump using 1013 sticks. black oaks 45 inches wide cost $3.52 per stump with 28 1 8 sticks. Results suggest dynamite need scales with stump cross sectional area rather than diameter.
A fragmentary guide offers diverse farming advice on seed corn efficiency and bean timing, warm dry soil for Lima beans, manure use versus fertilizers, post harvest potato planting, and careful field planning. It warns against overlarge alfalfa plantings, notes barnyard manure as a strong tomato fertilizer, and stresses proper plow work and garden presentation.
A Farm and Fireside piece argues American farmers undervalue dogs for work, citing Ireland and Scotland where dogs aid daily tasks. It praises well trained dogs that herd, move and gather stock, contrasts with untrained dogs, and urges farmers to train dogs as essential helpers.
A Chicago banquet tale features a Jersey governor boasting on New Jersey wealth and industry while a Illinois politician defends him, earning the title sucker. The article also cites Panama Canal blasting data, noting 40,082,850 pounds of dynamite used in five years and future material needs, including blasting caps and wires.
A New York Press quotation complains that many people overeat and many others under eat, leaving no room for future meals. It argues a rule to stop eating while there is room for more, then dine again later.
Notice states new tariff terms with pricing per unit and bulk rate details for muslin fabric. It specifies six cents each or six for two shillings at the office.
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