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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1911
Page
7
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Washington reports on agricultural experiments under state college direction using dynamite to loosen soil. The piece cites a 1909 census showing 550 fertilizer producers with $103,960,000 in output and notes potential benefits in cotton and corn, plus a critique of labor motivation and eight hour work norms.
Instructions describe using a wooden box as a fumigation chamber for nursery stock with potassium cyanide and sulfuric acid to generate gas. It warns to avoid breathing the gas, ensure cyanide purity, and to ventilate after 30 to 40 minutes.
Instructions note cyanide purity at about 95 percent with adjustments for weaker material. Guidance covers purchasing through druggists, labeling, and using two thirds ounce per 100 cubic feet for grafts. Fumigation should occur before bud break and evergreen fumigation is discouraged. Lightning fatalities were 169 in 1906. risk is under two in a million. Electric Bitters touted as cure for severe liver issues. Oregon Yellow Newtown apples from Houston Bros. win at Spokane National Apple Show, carload prize, cash and merchandise rewards.
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