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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
2
The colonial garden, admired by homeowners with means, has been a fixture at the White House for years. Roosevelt laid it out south of the presidential residence, and Mrs. Taft, inspired by its beauty, continued and expanded it after becoming First Lady.
The Old Dominion preserves many colonial gardens showing box hedges, terraces, and wind of old trees. Virginia estates of Washington Jefferson and others cultivated formal and informal layouts with sundials, summer houses, and vine clad walls. Despite Civil War damage, these gardens retain beauty through hardy plants and patient care.
Boston collectors showcase a Paris siege bread considered unpalatable yet legendary. Emile Bergerat writes Souvenirs d un Enfant de Paris detailing monthly rations of 300 grams and debates whether the miraculous bread could survive the armistice. Bakers Weekly notes rumors of catacomb bores and nails in the bread.
The system credits Brown with high esteem as a weather prophet. It notes his method as bio optimiam and claims he predicts rain during drought and clear skies when rain is falling.
Historic overview of sheep scab noting the mite cause discovered circa 1835, its tiny size, and life cycle. Describes itching, initial dermatitis, patch formation, wool loss, and progression to death if untreated. Dipping as treatment, federal efforts to reduce cases, and regional eradication successes and challenges.
Article urges using red clover as hog feed while preventing flowering and seed set. It explains that blooming reduces feed value, and with sufficient rain clover can feed pigs from June through early fall in suitable districts, emphasizing avoiding seed formation to maximize nourishment.
The article praises President Wilder as the best liked currant variety for long bush retention, and notes Cher ry Fay's Prolific and Perfection as very good. It advises deep soil preparation, 6 by 4 foot spacing, shallow cultivation, mulching, July buckwheat cover crop, and using wood no older than two years with pruning after harvest.
Antwerp dispatch shows Belgian horses that pull dock trucks at a rapidly growing Flemish port. Each can draw two and a half tons and is gentle, with drivers guiding them by a simple pace card. Lunches are shared on the trucks, and every horse receives bread apart from grain and hay.
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