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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1904
Page
7
Fraudulent health and beauty tonic promotion by Dr Charles Co offering Flesh Food claimed to clear blemishes wrinkles and enhance bust with risky promises. Includes free 2200s book and mail order offer amid questionable medical assertions and unauthenticated endorsements.
The Acre area at the headwaters of the Purus and Jurua tributaries of the Amazon becomes the flashpoint in a Brazil Peru dispute. Boundaries among Brazil Bolivia Peru Ecuador and Colombia converge here amid a history of vague claims and periodic arbitration.
Portland reports the Lewis and Clark centennial exposition opening May 8 marking Oregon as show center for a world audience. the event aims to demonstrate Oregon's role in Pacific trade with international industries and defines state and regional investments, with h w goode as director general and h w bratt as president.
The article explains that eastern soils often lack alfalfa bacteria, hindering growth. Government programs offer inoculating material for alfalfa, clover, and vetches. Send a letter to A F Woods, Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington DC, for details. Proper sowing on a prepared seed bed and following instructions yields good hay and silage, though alfalfa is not safe for pasture due to bloat risk.
The Associated Farm Press discusses corn stalk significance in fertility, noting stalk size affects soil fertility and yields. At the South Missouri Institute Mr Radle reported experiments on dwarf, stocky stalks with early maturity, yielding ears larger than average.
The Associated Press notes that udder milk production depends on the cow's nervous calm during milking or suckling. Stress and lack of repose hinder normal secretion, so cows should be treated with gentleness and kept free from excitement to ensure proper milk flow.
An article from Associated Farm Pros outlines tobacco cultivation practices from March to April. It describes seed drying, field breaking, and soil preparation for planting, including a canvas grading approach and steps to ready beds for seedlings.
The source outlines cultivation for tobacco leaves used as wrappers, detailing land quality, row spacing, hill distance, and manure. It notes sowing in late May to June, pinching seed buds, walling off suckers, removing two per leaf, and worm control, with curing by hanging plants in a barn when mature.
An article urges caution with barbed wire for stock fencing and favors woven wire fences. It explains construction tips, heavy posts set deep, the dead man brace method, the need for galvanized wire, and a woven fence described as durable and affordable per rod despite higher material costs.
The article notes that cowpeas are not true peas but related to beans, harmed by frost, and best sown after frost ends. It highlights high protein seeds and excellent hay for dairy cattle. Agricultural station recommends Warren extn early and Warren now hybrid as top seed producers, with reported yields around 3.7 and 3.
Cowpeas, a nitrogen fixing legume, improve soil health after two-year inoculation. Planting in Iowa rows or broadcast, hogs can graze as pods ripen, enriching soil with manure and root nitrogen. A new machine reduces threshing costs and cheaper seeds are promised.
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