Grapevine Girdler Noted as Enigmatic Enemy in State
A Virginia Experiment Station report discusses the grape cane girdler, an insect found across the eastern and midwestern United States. It describes its life cycle, how it girdles young canes to kill growth, and compares it with other girdling insects affecting grapevines and related plants.
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Fred E. Beades
West Virginia
United States
C. V. Riley
Missouri
Benj. D. Walsh
Illinois
John L. LeConte
America
le Conte
Pennsylvania
Reese Row
Handy observation hive for bees and queen
Walter Chitty describes a two circle wooden observation hive with a central hole and bottom entrance. It uses four boards with grooves for foundation and glass, allows viewing all bee activity, and can be heated or darkened with paper for indoor use.
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Observatory
Walter Chitty
Fradication of the Grasshopper Preventive Method
The Ohio station advises using a poisoned bran mash to protect gardens and fields from grasshoppers. Mix two pounds parts green to 25 pounds bran, moisten with molasses sugar water to form a wet mash. Apply a tablespoon per plant or broadcast over fields. cost under $1 per acre, exclude labor and keep poultry away from poison.
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Ohio
Many Fakes With Bees Shake Swarm Method Explained
Dr. D. Everett Lyon outlines a hive swarming technique that moves the bees to a new hive while keeping the queen and brood intact. By shaking bees from each frame into an empty adjacent hive and transferring storage chambers, the method prompts quick honey storage in the new hive.
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D. Everett Lyon
Covering Alfalfa in Corn For Small Farms
Farmers try sowing alfalfa between standing corn and face seed covering challenges. A homemade plank drag, 34 inches by 22 inches, is used on a small alfalfa and truck farm in southeastern Ohio as part of practical trials by the Ohio station to improve methods.
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Ohio
Piglet culling urged to protect sow health
Proponents argue it's better to kill some piglets at birth than overburden sows. They contend overcrowded litters stunt growth and harm the sow's condition.
Fighting Pests in Gardens and Simple Remedies
Garden pests include chewing and sucking insects. Chewers easy to repel with safe surface sprays. sucking insects require surface poisons that don t reach them. Lime tobacco dust plaster or ashes deter striped beetles on squash cucumber and melon vines. Onions at each hill help mask vine scent. Large squash bugs are sap suckers. hand picking remains only safe control. Early hand picking reduces work later.
Imported Potatoes Warn Farmers Against Imported Seed
The secretary of agriculture warns American farmers not to use imported potatoes for home production. Europe has several potato diseases unknown here and using imported seed could introduce them. Foreign-grown potatoes are fine for table use but pose risks for cultivation.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Europe
Bees and Farm Notes on soil humus and crop care
Practical agriculture tips from the period cover soil humus in orchards, weekly lawn mowing, alfalfa nitrogen needs, millet prejudice, and feeding value of soybeans, cowpeas, vetch, and clover. Advice includes watering fields, tomato training, seed use, and cutting oats and peas for hay.
Improved Sweet Corn Seed by Field Selection and Detasseling
Charles D. Woods outlines a multi year plan to enhance sweet corn seed. It emphasizes early planting, manure and fertilizer, weed control, and proper seed selection by stalk and ear traits. The method uses ear to row planting, detasseling, and separate harvesting to advance quality seed over years.
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Charles D. Woods
Costly Lesson in Hay Baling
A new hay farmer learns a costly mistake from rushing baling timothy red top mix on 50 acres. The writer, R A Olmstead, contrasts his own 40 acre yield of three tons per acre with neighbors who sold baled hay and lost soil nutrients, advocating letting hay sweat before baling to avoid waste and improve long term soil health.
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R. A. Olmstead
Rotation of Crops and Humus Renewal
Rotation of crops is essential to keep soil humus from being depleted. Relying on a single crop exhausts the land, so a proper rotation must be followed to maintain fertility, as some have not yet recognized this.
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Ohio Station
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