Timely crop hints for pests and profits
The article lists garden and farm tips to prevent diseases and pests. It covers cabbage wilt and cucumber beetles using seed treatment and sanitation, asparagus beetles control, willow borers by cutting, lime dusting for slugs, and cautions about dangerous chemicals. It notes seed resistant cabbage varieties, shading for gooseberries, and root maggot control with sublimate. It also mentions tomato leaf spot, Bordeaux spraying, equipment care, potato spraying, cane borers in raspberries, aphids on asters, and farm budgeting for fruit production.
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Luvenby
Wueneu
Bureau of Plant Industry
Vania Department of Agriculturuy
Youser, Valea
Wisconsin No
Pennsylvania
Farmers Day at State College in June
The annual Farmers Day at Pennsylvania State College will be held on Thursday June 14 replacing the usual Farmers Week. Farmers prefer one big day to a multi day schedule, aligning with lighter farm duties and haying. An agrical program begins Wednesday June 13 with remarks by State Secretary Willits and others.
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Pennsylvania State College
Folk
State College
Ial
School of Agriculture
Willits
Spee
Cold in the Head Remedy Promises Blood Tonic and Ointment
An old advertisement describes cold in the head as a nasal catarrh attack and markets IREE MEDIC as a home ointment for local use and a tonic that supposedly acts through the blood to strengthen the body. Sold by distributor Cheney & Co, Polede.
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Cheney & Ce
Polede
Eight Steers Die of Hemorrhagic Septicemia on Berks Farm
On Neff H Parish’s Yellow House area farm in Berks County eight steers died from hemorrhagic septicemia. Farm manager L Stranahan inoculated 46 other cattle as the herd was cleared. The dead cattle were valued at about $125 each and illness appeared suddenly with several deaths occurring before signs were noticed.
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Neff H. Parish
Yellow House
Goethals Engaged for Reading Railway Crossing Plan
General George W. Goethals accepts appointment as consulting engineer to oversee elimination of trade crossings on the Reading Railway at Reading. City council approves a six day week at 1500 total and 250 per day for any further time he remains engaged.
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George W. Goethals
Reading
Gal Goethals
Judge Keller Attacks Auto Tax Fight at Lancaster Meeting
Judge Keller of the State Supreme Court denounced motorists who opposed Gov. Pinchot's tax plan at a Lancaster convention. He called the slogan Millions for defense and not one cent for tribute foolish and noted delegates paid high travel costs. He said license fees do not fund street upkeep and warned past legislatures overspent despite warnings. He favored doubling automobile taxes.
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Pennsylvania
Gov. Pinchot
Lancaster
Judea W. TL. Keller
State Supreme Counrt
Keiler
Buncombe
Keller
Lancaster Woman Grandmother at 87 in County Notes
Mrs. David Suter of Lancaster, aged 87, is grandmother to 17 month old Norman M. Pitt. Her birthday is August 12, highlighting Lancaster's unusually young grandparents. Levi Hoover of West Earl comments on household hints like hanging a mirror in a corn flat wall to deter crows.
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David Suter
Lancaster
Norman M. Pitt
Suter
Mr. Suter
Levi Hoover
West Earl
Tailor Wichorn Patents Adju Vie Waistband for Trousers
Joseph Wichorn a Columbia tailor has patented an adju vie waistband that allows trousers to be tighter or looser at the waist for a better fit. The innovation promises to adjust waist size and comfort with a simple alteration.
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Joseph Wichorn
Columbia
Tobacco Purchases Grow by Philadelphia Firm Since May
Worth Bayuk Prothers of Philadelphia have since May 1 bought upwards of 8,008 cases of tobacco in the county, mostly for fem Ladi, with Ditity and Lancaster packers accounting for the bulk of the purchases.
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Bayuk Prothers
Philadelphia
Fem Ladi. Ditity and
Lancaster Packers
Bogus Five Delar Bills In Circulation In Manheim
A bogus five dollar note is circulating in Manheim. The bill was received by F. L. Dichm of that place a representative of the State Department of Labor and Industry in charge at the ticket office of the Pennsylvania railroad. A similar counterfeit note is said to have passed at the Philadelphia station earlier in the week.
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Cirlenlation
Manheim
F. L. Dichm
State Department of Labor and Industry
Pen Ivania
Philadelphia
Lancaster County Farm News Broadcasts to State
Lancaster County farm news will be broadcast statewide via State College station. Local farm bureau leaders host Saturday round table talks, with results sent to the college for inclusion in the farm and garden program each Monday evening. The Lancaster report will allow listeners statewide to compare county farming activities.
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Farm News Directrom
Lancaster County
Farm Bureau
State College
Ench
Lencaster
Newly Found Cave Opened in Berks County
A cave near Kutztown in upper Berks County named Onyx Cave has been opened after years of prior known holes. Dietrich explored the site between Shoemakersville and Virginville, revealing hundreds of feet of carbonate formations and a nearly 209 foot long natural bird formation across a chasm. College observers call it a major find with significant mineral wealth and plan to install water and power features to support further exploration and possible cave use.
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Berks County
Crystal Cave
iKutztown
Shoemakersville
Shool
Virginville
Mr. Dietrich
Dietrich
My. Dietrich
New Cave
Onyx Cave
Colege
America's Marvels Natural and Otherwise
The Robert Morris house, the Jumel Mansion near One Hundred and Sixtieth Street and Amsterdam Avenue in New York, is a famed Georgian relic tied to Gen George Washington and Revolutionary War events. It served as British HQ in 1777, hosted Washington’s cabinet, and later hosted Burr era figures. now housed by the city and the Daughters of the American Revolution for Revolutionary relics.
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Robert Morris
Jumel
New York City
Albany
Washington
Stephen Jarmel
James
Juanel
Weehawken
New Jersey
Attorney Chase
Burr
Mme. Damel
Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Fome, Sweet Home Al Seeks Help From Neighbor
In a garbled moment from a local scene, Al toils in the garden as a wolf sits on the porch while a neighbor asks if the wife is home and whether he would be working there if Bho tg. The fragment hints at domestic life and neighborly interruption.
Apple Scab Threat and Farm Calendar Broadcasts
Apple scab conditions in Pennsylvania favor an outbreak. state plant disease specialists urge thorough spraying with EME sulfur. State College launches WPAR radio with Monday night Farm and Garden programming featuring agricultural faculty and extension staff. station airs Wednesdays and Fridays with farm news. Northern mountain counties anticipate fall sprays for apple trees. advise control measures for insects. Poultry concerns noted with coccidiosis prevented by liberal feeding. Garden guidance asks about a suitable flower garden and encouraging local spray rings. mares should not be overworked before foaling.
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Pennsylvania
State College
WPAR
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