Farmers Column Seeks Short Parsimonious Readers Letters
A Northern Middlesex agricultural column invites brief, practical reader notes for the agricultural editor. The letter-writers should share succinct, experience-based tips on farming methods, manure, crop care, and fruit culture, with emphasis on usefulness and clarity rather than long discourses. Samuel L. Taylor contributes observations on apples, potatoes, and conditions, while other peers discuss lime, sprays, and equipment.
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Maine Farmer Sees Clover Waste and Lacey Bill Impact
The Maine Farmer argues plowing clover and turning under sod wastes valuable fodder. It notes the Lacey bill's passage as a major step toward protecting game birds and reducing crop pests. Also discusses horses’ continued role, wheelmen’s fruit theft, and bicycle travel causing fences and watchdogs to rise in rural areas.
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Maine
United States
Maynard praises Cuthbert raspberry and burpee wins prize
Prof Maynard lauds Cuthbert raspberry in first place and London second. Burpee & Co of Philadelphia earns first prize for sweet peas at the Paris Exposition. Advice on protecting gooseberries from sun scald and timing root pruning to help fruit bearing. Maine reports potato surplus and a Chelmsford farmer faced no demand in Lowell.
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Cuthbert Raspberry
London
W. Atlee Burpee & Co
Philadelphia
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Clarifying Rats in Farming and Manure Effects
In my previous Journal piece I explored what constitutes rats in farming and how to escape them to maintain balance. The discussion touches on manure use and its impact on harvests, noting Brock and Tam weighing in on whether half the surface manure suffices for an abundant yield.
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Tories
Potash sources and outdoor whitewash tips
Topics range from potash sources for orchards and crops to a method for outdoor whitewash using quicklime, salt, ground rice, whiting, and glue. Includes a note on bird protection and the role of insect-eating birds in agriculture, mentioning a new national law and the gypsy moth challenge.
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Garden Pest Advice and Plum Leaf Disease note
Garden tips list several remedies for rust on bean vines using saltpeter water from J B Morse Michigan and notes on striped cucumber beetles controlled by soot applied to dew damp plants from RB G Martin Dana County Wisconsin. The piece also advises careful spraying of Japanese plums noting their tender foliage and the leaf blight or shot hole disease that can occur under certain conditions.
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Martin
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Purity of Government Seeds Should Prevail Over Quantity
H J Van Deman argues for seed quality over sheer volume in response to Burnett Landreth. Based on personal trials with USDA seeds, he notes several varieties failed to be true to name and type, despite some acceptable lots. He praises Secretary Wilson for improving plant introduction while urging Congress to curb quantity-driven seed distribution.
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Currant Cane Blight Studied by Cornell Experiment Station
The Cornell experiment station has pursued work on currant cane blight, a disease seen as widespread and serious. Initial notice came from a diseased bush from Chautauqua County, prompting study at W. I. B. Wilcox fruit farm. About an acre of currants was inspected, with two thirds of bushes dead or diseased.
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W. I. B. Wilcox
Chautauqua County
Disease wrecks currants and cures for inoculated soil
Cornell observers detail a currant disease with pink tubercules produced by Tubercularia vulgaris, killing canes and stunting cuttings. They warn that mycelium persists year to year, spreads via cuttings, and that removal of diseased plants and burning is the only safe remedy. Separate notes describe Kangae station inoculating soil with bean bacteria to boost nodulation and crop growth using inoculated soil dispersed with a grain drill, yielding promising results and long-term soil inoculation benefits.
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William Macdonald
New York Tribune
Kangae
Amherst
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Rotation of crops defined by the Pennsylvania Board of Agriculture
R J Weld of Warren County explains crop rotation as a fixed order of crops on the same plot to maintain soil fertility. Rotating gain with clover restores nitrogen, conserves natural fertility, enriches surface soil, reduces weed growth, and improves soil structure while aiding in pest control and livestock feeding efficiency.
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R. J. Weld
Warren County
Small Farm To Let On Line Of Electrics
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Poor man receives delayed aid in Philadelphia Press item
A kind lady offers to send a half-dollar to a blind beggar after asking him to wait about an hour. He says he cannot, fearing it will be dark and he will have trouble finding his way home. This item captures a small, compassionate moment reported by the Philadelphia Press.
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