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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
6
Inventor George B Paine of Winslow Maine proposes a sheet metal trough style basket holder secured by a waist strap. The device grips two small berry baskets in place with an offset lip and inclined wall, preventing displacement as workers move.
An orchardist advises diligent early care for young trees emphasizing frequent spring and summer cultivation. Avoid sod around trees to prevent slow growth and death. Mulch is acceptable if it does not harbor mice. weekly ground checks or after rains keep soil surface cultivated, with crops like potatoes between rows to aid soil.
The rules advise yearly light trimming rather than heavy cuts. Peach trees need substantial pruning removing at least half the new growth each season, while cherry trees need minimal work removing dead or crossed limbs. Other trees require thinning and careful cuts, avoiding stubs and painting wounds.
A farm writer urges widespread use of winnowing machines to clean corn and grass seeds. He notes foreign seed often causes poor results and warns farmers against careless handling to avoid bad seed entering crops.
Farmers face lower prices when fruit is packed in old or mixed packages and when ungraded lots are sent. Commission houses sort, repack, and price by quality, often yielding higher returns for selected small, uniform lots while the grower bears the same freight on all fruit.
The article advises using ladders in pruning to protect tree limbs. It recommends tripod three leg step ladders with a bread base for stability and notes eight feet as a typical maximum for ordinary ladders. For tall trees, long single ladders may be needed and pruning is best done in late winter or early spring.
Professor Taft of Michigan Agricultural College announces a spray treatment for curl leaf in Elberta peaches. Spray 1 pound copper sulphate in 25 gallons water to cover trees in a single application between leaf fall and mid March. earlier spraying yields better results.
A garden implement made by repurposing a damaged pitchfork into a cultivator. Cut off broken tines leave up to six inches, bend at right angles like a hoe, and sharpen. It outperforms the hoe for cultivating small plants and keeping ground pulverized with less labor.
Mrs. Thomas Dunn of 153 Vine St Columbus Ohio reports ten years of backache and fatigue ended by Dean's Kidney Pills. She describes relief from misery including headaches and dizziness and credits the remedy with permanent care. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
The article explains a blow pipe test to distinguish genuine pure White Lead from adulterated pigment. It notes metallic lead returns to metal under heat with pure lead, while adulterated samples resist. It promotes National Lead Company and their Dutch BoyPaint packaging, offering to send a blow pipe and test guide free, plus related health and consumer tips.
A letter from W A Spice, a former Iowa resident now homesteading near Paynton Saskatchewan, extols Western Canada. He cites warm summers, abundant grain yields, rich fishing, timber, and cheap lumber, saying Canada offers both money and a good life. He compares Canadian prospects favorably with 18 U S states and endorses three cheers for Canada.
A collage of testimonial style notices touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure with a $100 reward for failure and claims of constitutional treatment. Also promoted are Allen's Foot-Ease, Brown's Bronchial Traches, and Lewis' Single Binder cigars with brief aphorisms and generic moral theorems.
A remark questions a reformer's aims and predicts broad disruption. The critic says the reformer would jail many, implying sweeping changes would destabilize society and commerce. The exchange highlights public skepticism about reformist plans.
Mrs H F Budke of LeSueur Minnesota recalls a two month old daughter developing a facial rash that worsened to widespread sores. After failing remedies a Cure cures remedy was used and within two months the child recovered with no eczema since, dating April 15 and May 20 1907.
The piece presents tongue twisters about Hottentots and tots and asks which words should be taught. It then notes that hundreds of notices were received about public lands, and quotes Thomas a Kempis on the virtue of yielding when required by reason or a special cause.
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