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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1913
Page
18
The University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture reports spraying potatoes from August 16 onward reduces early blight damage. Three to four applications per season boost yields, with 100 gallons per acre typical for coverage. Proper nozzle care, soil, seed quality, and tillage affect success.
Article discusses improving clay soils through drainage and tiling, maintaining surface humus, and using manure top dressings. It notes drainage extends the growing season, aids bacterial processes, and enhances nutrient availability for crops.
The article argues against setting strawberry plants in late July or early August. It recommends spring planting with no fruit in the first year to achieve a plentiful crop in the second year.
About 40 grape species exist worldwide with over half located in North America. Few plants in this continent grow wild across such varied conditions and expansive areas.
A compact guide outlines three small border garden plans 2 by 8 feet each for busy women. It details plant groupings, seed sources, and planting times from May to frost, with routines of five minutes daily or half an hour weekly after setup.
The article argues for simplified transfer from farm to city buyer to reduce losses from careless packing. It details standard barrel and crate sizes, packing methods for potatoes onions and fruits, and urges standardized packaging to aid retailers and consumers. It also notes methods to deter cabbage worms using flour dusting.
About 19 billion acres in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta are under cultivation in 1912. Farmers are projected to realise roughly 200 million dollars from their crops.
A historical newspaper ad lists Mrs Winslows Teething Syrup for children and Groves Tonic as a general class tonic. The copy boasts soothing gums reducing inflammation and relieving pain while claiming to curb malaria and boost the system for adults and children. It also includes a humorous exchange about an uncorking party and markets the products at low prices.
A humorous exchange from the Brooklyn Citizen notes that the United States prints enough currency annually to circle the globe twice, while a grocer explains he refused barter from an undertaker, quipping about money’s reach.
An old advertisement promotes RUB MY TISM as a remedy for rheumatism and various aches including neuralgia cramps colic sprains bruises cuts old sores and burns with an antiseptic anodyne sold for 25 cents.
A brief dramatic exchange shows a father focused on insects and a child reacting with urgency. The father threatens to swat a bug, while the other character urges flight and answers with a startled memory of a bite.
City Attorney Daniel W. Hoan recalls an ad offering 25 cent advice to stop fountain pen leaks. A young man sent a quarter and received the blunt answer Don’t put any ink in it. Milwaukee Wisconsin.
A western millionaire newly in New York bought diamond cuff links for 250 dollars. After two days one link vanished and a hotelwide search failed. A week later at a dinner he lamented the loss and quipped that he cannot find it. A guest joked Darwin spent a lifetime on a similar quest.
A playful exchange recalls serenading a woman with a mandolin when a different man arrived with an auto horn to escort her out. The scene captures a lighthearted neighborhood interaction and a quirky response to romantic attention.
Egbert-Nothing. "Is it good?" "Well, it's good for nothing."
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