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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1890
Page
3
Items of interest from surrounding localities gathered by The Gazette corps. Readers are invited to send neighborhood news and communications should reach by Monday afternoon for this department.
District No 6 reports Geo Gleed selling a carload of hogs raised on his farm shipped to Kansas City. The Poeler orchard shows a merchant can be a fruit grower. Tilting on Jewett farm. wheat growing momentum and Lawns mills wagon trains. U B church conference closes with seventy five ministers and many delegates. church split remains.
Jefferson Heights reports Rupert family arrival in California and J S Wilson recovery. Wild ducks and geese by the river at the bluffs attract nets and blackbird flocks. Ben Petefish sells a fertile Clinton stock farm. A Morgan gathering brings diverse counties and nationalities with Prof Hendricks presenting music. E S Carman’s rye and wheat hybrid work at Rural New Yorker attracts global scientists, with Willits, Bailey, Beal, Stewart, and Johnson named as hybrids. field planting planned and sterility issues noted.
Eight year trials at the Ohio station compare seeding rates from two to nine pecks per acre. Seven pecks per acre yielded the highest output, with five and six pecks close behind. Drilling depth and soil type affected yields, with deeper drilling benefiting lighter soils. Fertilizer trials show nitrogen and phosphoric acid needed on sterile and medium fertility soils, while high-yield soils show little fertilizer benefit. Bearded wheats averaged 40.4 bu/acre. smooth wheats 37.4 bu/acre. white about 37 and red about 38 bu/acre.
A compact guide lists native shrubs ideal for gardens. The wild rose im presses with fragrant pink blooms and evergreen foliage, elder offers ivory blossoms and lace like drapery, dogwoods suit small trees as shrubs, shadblow provides early spring white flowers, sumac displays fernlike foliage and vivid fall color, all praised for year round beauty and suitability with proper care.
The article details the Hessian fly eggs inside wheat leaves, their development into pale red maggots, and subsequent transformations into pupae and winged adults. It notes timing of broods, dangers during seed state, and methods to suppress the pest, including burning or plowing under stubble, fertilization to promote plant vigor, and late planting with straw turned under. It also mentions natural parasites and the possibility of other control agents, with emphasis on plant health as a key defense.
Hon John F Willits and W F Rightmire will speak to Douglas County residents at Bismarck Grove Lawrence at 2 o clock Monday October 3. The event features candidates for governor and chief justice addressing the crowd.
The advert touts Woodward's Round Corner as protecting customers with reliable prices and no humbugs. It promotes paint and glass as in season and invites buyers to purchase.
Fred Read was knocked against a wheel while alighting from a back Sunday, suffering broken ribs. The accident prompted medical evaluation and a brief hospital examination.
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