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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1913
Page
8
An agricultural piece outlines best practices for silage corn, stressing balanced planting density and harvest timing. It argues that more bulk does not equal better feed and emphasizes producing well developed stalks and leaves to maximize green fodder per acre under typical weather.
The Department of Agriculture expands public farming instruction through colleges and boards of education. It aims to foster interest in nature and farming among the coming generation to counter rural migration to cities, using outreach from headquarters and agricultural colleges.
The Karakul Arabi sheep from Bokhara Central Asia is described as a hardy, long-wool breed with immense tail fat and potential fur value. The text discusses crossbreeding with native sheep to improve meat, wool, and fur, noting profits from fur, mutton, and byproducts, and highlights breeding outcomes across Lincolnshire Shropshire and Merino lines.
Col Henry Fx of the Texas Industrial Congress explains a root rot organism that multiplies rapidly on leguminous roots. The bacteria pull in air to fix nitrogen into nitrates, boosting soil fertility and potentially delivering up to $20 worth of nitrogen per acre annually under favorable conditions.
A detailed guide to making lime sulfur sprays from lime and sulfur, describing methods, safety, and proportions. It covers boiled lime sulfur and self-boiled mixtures, mixing sequences, dilution to 60 gallons, and the Geneva formula for home production. It notes risks of improper heating and emphasizes thorough stirring and proper materials.
A rustic guide notes a uniform flock of broen chickens yields easy Sunday dinners with young fat birds. It advises well feeding after laying season to keep vitality for breeding. It highlights India's vast farming role and the 200 million people dependent on agriculture.
California viticulturist YD Bilotti outlines pruning and training for young gape vines after leaf fall, emphasizing cutting canes to two buds, careful suckering, topping, and tying. It covers thinning, summer pruning caution, and forming a well balanced crown with two to four spurs per vine, tailored to vigor.
A historical column notes that abroad better horse stock contrasts with poor local breeding. Doctor A. S. Alexander reports 60 percent arada stallions and 4 percent pure bred in a Wisconsin study, criticizing public service stock. A tomato eggplant grafting experiment by a Michigan gardener is mentioned, along with Captain Tarbox mourning a 22 year old producing black hen.
The guide warns breeders to examine a colt's feet for cracks and rough edges and to rasp and trim as needed. It advises addressing quarter cracks, tapping deep cracks, and sometimes applying tight shoes, with emphasis on cleaning and removing dirt and parasites before treatment.
Advice warns against crowding in seed beds as over thick sowing injures plants and slows growth. Thinning is necessary once seedlings establish, and seeds germinate best at higher temperatures around 46 to 60 degrees. A note recalls a recent shipment of mules from New York, valued over $2,000.
A long list of seed and grass descriptions follows, detailing seed types and characteristics for oats, bermuda grass, clovers, bluegrass varieties, and other European and American grasses. The text includes plant descriptions, hair or luster notes, and mentions of species like Kentucky bluegrass and Orchard Grass, interspersed with unrelated notes about Missouri cheese consumption and a dairy association president.
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