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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1913
Page
7
Cauliflower is easy to cultivate and highly savory though demands cool weather and nitrogen rich soil with phosphorus and potassium. For market crops half the plants may weigh one to two pounds. keep weeds down, harvest heads early, and prevent yellowing by thinning and tying. Use mixed fertilizers, prepare a clean seed bed, grow small packs early and large packs later, grade carefully, and ship fresh to market.
A Nebraska experiment at the state station tested whether using heavier wheat kernels boosts yield. Over eight years, seeds from the heaviest heavy and lightest light fractions showed no meaningful advantage in overall yields or bushel weight, indicating heavier seed does not materially raise output.
The governor announced that farms tied to state institutions will raise pure seed and sell at fair market price. The program aims to benefit farmers, provide revenue, and focus on grass seed production for the state.
Practical ideas and results-driven tips are sought for improving poultry yard efficiency. Emphasizes actionable guidance, cost effective methods, and practical applications to boost egg production, bird health, and overall management performance.
A horticultural note explains that bulbous wild flowers such as spring beauty yellow adder s tongue and Jack in the pulpit can be transplanted if given a site similar to their native habitat. Many die to the ground after blooming, but fertile plants leave visible signs mid summer marking their original bloom.
Guidance on Sunflower seed value as food and medicine notes its grainy oil content and benefits to the comb and fur. It warns against drying seeds in heads, advising immediate shelling and spreading on a dry floor with air and light to dry properly and prevent monetary loss.
The article describes sowing spinach in Virginia using narrow beds with rows about in. edges of beds, alongside cabbages. After harvest of spinach around March 1, cabbage beds are cultivated, with cabbages ready for market from April to early June. millions of cabbage plants have been set in spinach beds.
In a Nebraska experiment, cows of the same breed showed wide variation in milk yield and butter fat. One cow produced 14,05 pounds of milk with high fat, returning $4.17 per dollar of feed. another yielded 1,797 pounds with 2.82 butter fat, returning only 58 cents per dollar. The report urges wider tasting and daily to monthly milk weighing to assess feed value and payback.
A described secure fastening for exterior doors uses three two by twos with a one by two inch insert for a slide to pass through. A slide of one by two inches and an eight by two opening is fitted behind the side, with a pin driven through the side leaving a three inch projection to allow opening from either side.
An old notice argues sheltering dairy feed is as worthwhile as protecting dairy cows. Barns and silos save feed enough in a single season to pay for themselves, warning that rough feed prices will not stay as low as in the winter of 1912 18.
A practical dairy guide emphasizes covered milking stalls and a heavy milker who also eats well. It notes rubbing zinc or wax on udders for relief, cautions dirt in milk, and stresses sympathy in handling. It links feed variety to manure quality, calves’ growth to ration, and warns against rushing cows. Milk fat yields vary with cream strength, and wasted feed means lost money.
Garden care guidance emphasizes simple lawn edges, avoid fanciful beds, and use compost. Advice covers kerosene emulsion for pests, soap-soap sprays, mildew control, and mosquito reduction with goldfish ponds and frogs. Also stresses thorough soaking over light sprinkling and seasonal blooming tips.
W T Gilmerti emphasizes thinning apples and proper spraying as key orchard practices. He advises thinning when fruit reaches about 1 3/4 inches in diameter, removing wormy fruit to boost size and color, with hand thinning preferred for quality. A copper sprayer or modern knapsack sprayer is recommended for applying Paris green or Bordeaux mixtures safely and efficiently.
Remarkable profits from small scale truck farming in northern Michigan are detailed by a refining preserving company. One farmer grew six acres of tomatoes and earned 1090 dollars for the crop. A cucumber yield brought 343.82 dollars, wax beans 119.50 dollars per half acre, and a crop of string beans 224 dollars per acre.
The Calumabia university announces a new agricultural school to be built on the Hutson River Fishkill on the Hudson. Willams Blodgett has donated about 750 seresa of farm land in memory of his mother for this purpose, and an engineering and mining station will be connected with the agricultural program.
Report warns ground squirrels in California destroy over 10 million dollars of fruits nuts and cereals annually. The pest is a public health menace and is stated to be infected with bubonic plague via rats in San Francisco.
A New York child named Alton, living near Central Park West, often plays with a nearby girl. One morning she cried from the fence for him to come out and pray, but his mother reminded him he must bathe, so he stayed in and declined the visit.
A Chicago reader describes two years of itchy burning eczema on both hands. After trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment with warm water, the sores healed and the skin cleared after about five to six months. The notice offers Cuticura products and a free sample by mail.
A Washington student of natural history captured a fine beetle that escaped from his care. In a frantic chase the beetle flew about a dining room with a diamond scarfpin caught in its leg. The beetle eluded the scientist and vanished, with the diamond pin swinging from its body.
Crowds packed the street car as a tall woman fought her way up the aisle and claimed a seat. Twelve men on both sides offered no seat until a small boy offered hers, then the boy jokes that his offer was not politeness but chewing gum stained.
Chief Justice Isaac Russell of the court of special sessions recounts going to see the mayor on a rainy day. He slipped on stone stairs as he left the building, was helped up, and quipped that his honor remained intact though his spine seemed jarred.
A Chicago man recounts restored digestion and appetite after using Grape Nuts, calling it like magic. He credits the cereal with rebuilding strength, brain, and nerves after years of poor digestion and coated tongue, noting relief after four packages. The ad cites Postum Co and references The Road to Wellville.
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