Farm and Garden Tips for Growing Sweet Potatoes at Home
A practical guide from Kansas Industrialist on planting sweet potatoes in spring. It covers soil needs, ideal ridges, spacing 3.5 to 4 feet between rows, 18 inch wide ridges, and 6 inches high. Set plants along ridge centers two feet apart, with moist roots dipped in water before planting or watered during dry spells. Regular cultivation controls weeds, and vines should be inspected weekly to prevent rooted joints and overgrowth.
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Kansasndustriatist
Simple Gate to Control Animal Entry at Gates
A compact gate design offers a solution to keep animals out of gardens or fields while remaining open to people. The setup uses two stout posts and an inverted V opening guiding fence lines to stop livestock, with a swinging gate on one large post that can seal against the V sides or strike smaller posts. This prevents animal passages yet allows human access.
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Agriculturist
Old English farmers on barnyard manure
The Rural New Yorker notes farmers advise keeping barnyard manure moist and treading it tight to make it welt. The saying captures the core idea in two lines as a compact bit of practical wisdom from farming lore.
Farming With Brains and Safe Bridges
Farmers should ensure bridges are firm before heavy loads and use cover crops to boost humus. The Iava Press bulletin No 12 notes sodium arsenite destroys Canada thistle when mixed one and a half pounds to fifty two gallons of water. Treat hired help fairly, and maintain soils with adequate moisture, manure, green manure, liming, and persistent cultivation.
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Iava
Stock Legumes and Humus for Soil Health in Farming
These notes emphasize three essentials for farming success: growing grain for market, feeding livestock with grain, and using legumes like clover or veldt to restore soil nitrogen. A rotation including barnyard manure and legumes builds humus, improves moisture retention, and sustains crop yields.
Codling Moth A Major Threat to American Orchards
The codling moth is a mischievous pest of apples, considered the worst enemy for growers. It causes extensive fruit destruction and drives up spraying costs. Estimates put annual U S losses at about 12 million dollars. Timely spraying is required as petals close and calyx tubes form.
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United States
Cooling Moth Control Advice for Apple Orchards
An Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station photo outlines timing and materials for cooling moth control. Begin spraying when blossoms fall and work quickly through the orchard. Use arsenate of lead or Paris green with Bordeaux mixture or lime sulfur for summer spray. Typical mixes: about three pounds arsenate or lead to fifty gallons of water or fungicide, or about one third of a pound Paris green per fifty gallons. May require two or three sprays, with the second about ten days after the first.
Remedies For Ailing Fowls And Summer Pruning Notes
Instructions on home remedies for sick fowls include making an adjustable hopper, feeding with a dry mash, oyster shell grit and charcoal, and using epsom salts occasionally. It advocates cheap, self made devices and outlines hopper dimensions. The piece also covers summer pruning to control growth and protect fruit yield, plus a tip to prevent horse halter pulling with a rope across the stall.
Wooden Cannon: Crude Yet Effective Warfare Weapon
Harper's Weekly describes crude wooden cannons used in revolutions in Cuba, U S, and the Dominican Republic. Logs five to six feet long are hollowed, wrapped with rawhide strips, then layered and heated to tighten the binding. The result is a surprisingly strong improvised weapon capable of limited fires before failure.
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Cuba
Dominican Republic
Harper’s Weekly
The Curious Turtle Observations On Its Odd Nature
A septeb naturist notes the turtle as the most unfathomable creature able to live in water and on land. It reportedly survives long periods without food or air, remains indifferent to surroundings, and uses its shell as armor while seeking shelter in weed, then grows harder armor by age one.
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Macdonald
Ibain
Cortright Reg
U.S. Pat
Chopped Meat as Industrial Process Cited by New York Sun
The New York Sun discusses chopped meat with housewives noting a butcher may deliver ready chopped meat or cut a special portion without theatrics. It describes meat fed into a hopper, an electric press, and a machine meter counting as chopped meat exits a spout.
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Euel
New York Sun
Greenland Glaciers Show Layered Ice Formations
Greenland's glaciers and ice cap tongues rise in vertical faces of 100 to 1,000 feet revealing basal ice stratification with earth materials. Layers twist, bend, and sometimes shove over one another. movement at the ice edge ranges from a foot per day to a foot per week, indicating dynamic glacial activity.
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Greenland
Official Boy Scout Hatchet for sale at 75 cents
The ad promotes an official Boy Scout hatchet priced at 75 cents with leather case available for a dollar. Describes a white hickory handle, patented wedge, curved grip, and notes it as the official axe of the Boy Scouts. Card highlights its attractive appearance and durability.
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Boy Scouts
3 Point Hardware Store Closes at C. E. Myer
Local listing notes 3 Point Hardware Store located at 56 N. Cedar Street under C. E. Myer. Details on hours, ownership, and services not specified in readable text.
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C. E. Myer
N. Cedar Street
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