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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1915
Page
3
A California grower patents a revolving ladder system to support picking without damaging orange trees. The vertical shaft is anchored at the trunk, with a swiveling top arm to hold the ladder, allowing access around the tree for selective harvests across stages of fruit ripening.
Red raspberry spur blight appears mid July with irregular brown splotches on new canes. The fungus invades tissue around buds that form fruit spurs, destroying them or stunting growth. Control by Bordeaux mixture sprays on canes six to eight inches high every two weeks until harvest. remove old canes after picking and apply a final spray. Recommend adhesive Bordeaux mixture formula 32-50 with two pounds resin fish oil soap per 50 gallons.
H W Collinwood of the Rural New Yorker extols bees as essential partners for fruit growers. He notes bees perform much of the fertilizing work, comparing their impact to wind and other insects and citing a neighbor’s orchard as evidence of their value over time.
The north side of a hill is best for orchards as temperature changes are smaller. South slopes invite early spring bids and cold air pockets that can kill buds. An orchard near a lake or pond buffers frost as water evens temperatures.
This article weighs early versus late weaning for sows with one or two litters a year. It describes teaching piglets to eat grain before weaning, a suggested grain mix, and a day before weaning procedure. It notes drying sows after weaning and feeding regimes to prepare for breeding or market.
Aeneas Experiment Station tested wide and narrow tires. Wide tires pull easier in corn fields, plowed ground, lanes, and pasture, forming firmer roadbeds and reducing draft by significant margins. Narrow tires perform better only in deep mud or ruts with hard ground beneath.
An inexpensive water cover keeps poultry hydrated at all times. A slat frame on a round top and a larger round base above the pan shields the water from sun and prevents tipping. Chickens access water through the slats and cleaning the pan is easy.
The article notes crude oil helps hogs suffering skin irritation from dew soaked pastures and rape crops. It suggests oil applications prevent growth loss and improve efficiency, with burlap sacks and automatic devices as methods to deliver oil and deter lice.
The text discusses keeping feeds dry and away from mud around feed banks. It notes cracks of one quarter inch in trough bottoms allow corn to fall through, which hogs following cattle will eat.
The article discusses aging fields and sheep value, stressing early maturity and selecting superior quality stock. It advises selling aged ewes to a butcher before pastures dry, selling fat lambs when fit, leaving one or two gentle ewes with lambs, and excluding diseased sheep from breeding stock. It emphasizes that good lambs are money makers.
Pullets that begin laying or show promise should be housed away from old stock. Mixing age groups leads to overfeeding old hens or underfeeding pullets, reducing egg production. If only one house exists, separate by a wire partition to keep the young and old stock apart.
Agricultural notes describe several control methods for cabbage worms. Poison bran mash used for cut worms, hellebore effective near market readiness, and tobacco compound Black Leaf 40 showing potential in worm management.
The agricultural press urges attention to pure and improved seeds and notes poultry raisers should focus on improving their flocks. It argues this is as vital as seed grain and highlights the difference between common dunghill stock and superior graded-up poultry.
A household plans to cultivate a complete supply of produce for summer and winter. The idea is to reduce dependence on external markets and ensure fresh fruits and vegetables for every season.
The best sale time is when a sheep is a lamb. An 80 pound lamb with fat quality can fetch prime lamb status year round. If the farm weight is 84 to 85 pounds it typically markets at about 80 pounds.
Purdue steer feeding tests show corn silage in the ration cuts cost of gain to $1.47 per hundred pounds. When clover hay is used the cost rises to $2.30 per hundred pounds and alfalfa hay feeding increases the cost accordingly.
The writer recalls the happiest house keeper who reveals a simple secret. She pins a clean small hand towel to each side of her apron belt and insists on not ironing with a cold iron or cutting with a dull knife. The tip promises time and step savings.
F C Harwood condemns ground and mold in coffee urging careful sourcing. Denison's Coffees are selected by Harwood and offered in cans cartons or bags with emphasis on pure hand picked berries and global respect for growers.
A brief item notes an early shortcake labeled as strawberry in Birtimark with unclear details. The fragment mentions a baked good and a regional reference, hinting at a local culinary note from a 19th century page.
A Klondike gold rush reflection notes the 1898 surge of seekers and the enduring pull of wealth despite danger and loss. Smithsonian scholar H. M. Cadell’s report is praised for insight. In the Kansas City Star bedtime feature a playful fable follows Doc Stork and Sammy Jay as twins travel with a wildcat.
A snippet shows a dialogue on women's suffrage with Mr Meekton and his wife Henrietta debating whether women should vote. The exchange questions if women are ready to be entrusted with such responsibility and hints at public opinion shaping the suffrage debate.
Advertisement claims Red Cross Ball Blue is made in America and the best for the housewife with all good grocers carrying the product.
A judge asks a woman prisoner what she has to say after confessing to stealing a loaf of bread. She replies nothing, noting she cannot plead kleptomania for bread, implying hardship rather than criminal intent.
A witty aphorism notes that a husband faces constant examination at home with a wife as judge and jury. The remark frames marriage as ongoing scrutiny and judgment within daily life.
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