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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1913
Page
7
A Farmers Review summary explains the peach fruit spot appears as a pin head dark spot that enlarges with a dark center and brown ring. It is worse in moist, dense orchards and upper fruit portions. Control advises fall sprays of lime sulfur or Bordeaux, pruning to increase sun, and thinning crowded trees for better airflow.
Practical guidance on winter mulching for rhubarb and celery storage. Recommends protecting plants with mulch, buying reliable seed, cleaning garden debris, and applying stable manure before tilling. Warns against letting weeds overwinter due to seed regrowth and outlines steps for preparing celery roots and spring soil work.
Reducing cost hinges on optimal herd size and matching machinery to farm size. Overstocking causes idle animals and waste. understocking overburdens working horses and lowers efficiency. Small farms benefit from smaller gear and selective use of extra horses. larger farms gain from bigger equipment. Pig Essentials stress warm sleeping quarters and daytime sun for fall pigs.
Poultry article by J. H. Elston from Caldwell Idaho promotes Single Comb White Leghorns for egg production. Emphasizes housing warmth air flow and exercise plus a detailed winter ration of alfalfa mash wheat bran oats corn meat meal milk and boiled potatoes for steady egg supply.
On November 7 1918 at Will Leber's Sale and Range Stables in Ephrata a public sale will offer numerous cows weighing up to 1400 pounds and several good stock bulls. The undersigned Gees S Demmy urges farmers in need of cows to attend this auction presented as a major stock sale.
On Wednesday November 12 1918 a public sale will be held at the subscriber’s establishment at Alton Station Lancaster County Virginia. The notice lists the sale action and location for interested bidders.
The article urges severe culling to remove runts and deformed birds to improve uniformity in fancy poultry. It stresses selecting birds of good size color and formation and disposing of scrubs or weak specimens. Contagion spreads via drinking water, enabling quick outbreaks.
Prevention is cheapest. eradicating a contagious disease from a poultry flock is tedious and costly. The best approach is to prevent the outbreak by keeping buildings clean and sanitary. If a fowl gets sick, it should be isolated if not killed, and the rest of the flock watched for signs of trouble.
Schedule shows weekday and Sunday trolley times from Lititz and Lancaster with half hourly intervals from early morning to evening. Freight cars depart Litiza at 9.15 AM and 3.15 PM arriving Lancaster 11.80 AM and 6.00 PM. Lancaster and Manheim routes list multiple daily departure times with weekend adjustments.
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