Poison for Japanese bugs aids Riverton area eradication drive
The Japanese beetle has established across about 10 000 acres near Riverton New Jersey. The U S Department of Agriculture and New Jersey department of agriculture lead a campaign to eradicate or contain the pest with poison belts hand picking and soil insecticides. Larvae feed on roots and infested sweet corn shipments face inspection or disposal.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Riverton
N. J
New Jersey Department of Agriculture
Home Garden Strawberries Varieties for Ripening Periods
Parm Journal advises home gardeners to select high quality strawberry varieties with both stamens and pistils, noting perfect varieties ensure fertilization and longer ripening. It describes arranging imperfect varieties in alternating rows to maximize fruit production.
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Parm Journal
Filling Up Apple Orchard
It discusses spacing apple trees 32 feet apart and placing smaller fruit between them as a temporary arrangement. It notes etween-tree planting in row centers and that the interpolated trees should be removed before crowding begins as the apples need full space.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Varieties of Fruit Soils and Their Limits
Most fruits grow on a wide range of soils but avoid light sandy soils and heavy clays when possible. Light soils face heat drought and cold extremes, while heavy clays are hard to manage for intensive fruit production.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Keep Orchard Pests Down Through Modern Orchard Practice
The article urges reducing pests by improved orchard methods and pruning, stressing the value to progressive growers. It highlights that careful cultivation and timely operations help maintain pest control and orchard health.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Poultry Feeding Keys For High Egg Yields
A farmer guides poultry owners to prevent hen hunger by balanced rations, fresh greens, and proper supplements. It outlines feeds from grains to mash, protein sources, and the need for lime grit oyster shell and regular adjustments to maintain egg production year round.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bobby Brown
Wien
Poultry Ration for Best Results
A balanced poultry ration needs proper protein and carbohydrate mix and essential minerals to achieve good feeding results. No single ration is superior. farmers adjust proportions based on price and availability and may use home grown grain, green forage, and seasonal supplements like skim milk or buttermilk and beef meal to balance winter rations.
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Poultryman
United States Department of Agriculture
Feeding chicks after hatching and early nourishment
Young chicks should not be fed for 24 to 36 hours after hatching as the yolk supplies all nourishment. This natural sustenance enables shipping over distances. Initially feed five times daily, alternating mash or soft feed with hard grain.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Cost of Producing Eggs and Grain Costs
The article notes grain costs drive egg production expenses and suggests charging home farm grain to the clans to determine true production costs.
Poultry Care Tips From An Old Farm Note
Practical farm guidance on chick nutrition and brooder management. Emphasizes using sand as grit, milk surpluses for growth, coal dust as digestion aid, strict cleanliness to prevent lice, segregating sick birds, and proper incubator ventilation in a well ventilated area. Some text is garbled but health and husbandry points are clear.
Golf notions and anecdotes from social chatter
A column recalls old-time golf ideas shared by women at a social dinner. Tales describe players in red coats, questions about needing dogs to play, and caddies hiding in grass near rabbit holes. One remark contrasts a couple playing golf with a humorous stereotype.
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Az Eman
Hall
Terrifying. A lady of forbidding countenance quoted
A Louisville Courier Journal fragment notes a stern woman as cars stop at the curb and a housewife smiles at a Red Cross Ball Blue basket. The copy promotes laundry products at grocers for five cents while joking about marital fidelity and profit in trade.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Red Cross
Little Elizabeth Chooses Practice to Please an Audience
A mother notes Elizabeth’s dedication to music and elocution with steady practice. Edith, her playmate, often waits while Elizabeth works. Elizabeth anticipates Edith growing up as a mighty good audience for her performances.
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Elizabeth
Edith
Love's Labor Lost Quips in Brooklyn Gossip
In a Brooklyn Citizen excerpt a mother questions Clara about a late night exchange with Mr. Cummings. Clara recalls his remark that gloves hard to button suggest a firm should quit the business, prompting the mother to advise against pursuing that path.
Spring Fever and Grove's Tonic Claim
An ad describes Spring Fever as low vitality from impurities in the blood. It promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as restoring vitality by purifying and enriching the blood, claiming a strengthening invigorating effect. Price listed as 60 cents.
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GROVE
Daily Thought Aphorism by Li Rochefon
It is never so difficult to speak as when we are ashamed of our silence. The line reflects a meditation on restraint and the burden of unspoken thoughts.
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Li Rochefon
Bright
Dean
Indiana
I. B. Murphy
Eighteenth St
Lafayette
Ind
Doan
Boz Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Dorothy Declares Brains Best for Short Story Success
Dorothy argues brains fuel a successful short story. Hopeful ideas give way to darker experiences as the craft evolves.
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Dorothy
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