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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1912
Page
8
The article outlines a multi year plan to improve sweet corn seed. It emphasizes selecting plants in the field, tagging ears with cloth markers, harvesting and testing germination, and using ear to row planting. In later years perform breeding, propagation, and detasseling to isolate best seed.
An article by A. Joseph extols goat milk advantages over cow milk, noting richer flavor and suitability for invalids and babies. It covers breeds like Toggenburg and Saananen, milking frequency, housing, exercise, feeding with oats and alfalfa, kid rearing, and potential market price of goat milk for hospitals.
The article offers old time poultry guidance on raising turkeys, emphasizing moderate feeding, lice prevention, and cleanliness. It details a dangerous, outdated method for eradicating pests using a sealed box with liquid poison, followed by dusting with fire powder, and urges vigilance and collective farm effort to control rats and pests.
A historic note describes a folk remedy called Rouglar Mixture aimed at preventing illness in livestock and poultry. It details dissolving one pound of copperas in a gallon of water with sulfuric acid to keep a solution suspended, stored in a stone jug, and claims it cures cholera in hogs and helps fowl with many diseases when two tablespoonfuls per gallon are added to drinking water.
The piece extols nature study and botany as essential in education from kindergarten to college. It argues that flowers and fruits reveal plant life, urging accessible guides and universal interest to understand growth, forms, and seasons for practical science and culture.
Crosses the Western States shows prairie prairie ant mounds dotting ravine slopes streams and yards. Workers defend nests, close openings at night, and store seeds in honeycombed interiors. Colonies hold tens of thousands of workers with queens and males few in number.
The article explains how woolly aphids infect young bark and hinder sap flow, delaying cambium development and leaf growth. It notes that dry seasons raise infestations, lists natural predators, and offers remedies such as kerosene emulsion, tobacco tea, and carbolic soap solutions.
Goats in a Philadelphia guburvon section have taken to eating lingerie and disturbing women. Residents report goats formerly fed on tomatoes and wash boil, but with roving bands forming to kill the animals, authorities are urged to corral them. The notice also mentions surplus tender plants and advises gardening steps, including shearing sheep to ease wool burden.
Fragments suggest two European apple varieties with origins near the Tagion coast and Caspian Sea. Remnants found in retreat heaps by lake dwellers indicate early European settlements built on water platforms likely to deter animals, dating to a pre-metal era. The preserved specimens are carbonized and show signs of early domestication.
An article by T.E. Livonia outlines dahlia propagation methods including division of tubers, cuttings from tubers, and green-grown seedlings, favoring division of tubers started in May. It covers soil, top-dressings, watering, and topping routines for vigorous growth, plus a list of suitable varieties and storage guidance.
John Smith from Virginia notes new crabapple varieties that are small and bitter while New Englanders echo the finding. The Soulard crabapple is large and pests. Suggestions seek improved sprout sizes and selections from various thickets. An Indiana farmer notes prairie chickens nearly domesticated, increasing from a dozen to over 450 birds.
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