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Newspaper
Nazareth Item
Location
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1927
Page
5
The discussion covers soil protection and watershed care with figures on losses and damage. It notes large annual costs from soil erosion, highlights the value of tiling and pasture, and urges better land management practices to preserve soils and crops.
Inside information covers dressmaking help with Farmers Bulletin 1530 F on fitting dresses and blouses. It argues wax on inlaid linoleum to improve look and longevity and warns wax may soften prints. it also advises insect control, food storage, and bed bug and rodent remedies with precautions and periodic treatments. Apples appear on the table in many forms during the early fall.
Spray for blight continue spraying the potato crop with Bordeaux mixture to keep late blight away. The longer the vines stay green the more tubers grow and the harvest improves. Grow good flowers dahlias are the show flowers this month water and fertilize to build strong roots and perfect blooms. Pick fruit right according to the market not too green or too ripe. Well matured firm fruit carries better to consumers. Alfalfa makes good hay for hog pasture providing forage even in dry weather up to 20 shoots per acre. Consider planting for next year. Exhibit at the fair pick out good animals for the exhibit this year and avoid boasting at home. Prepare pullets for laying with proper care and feed now for best winter production.
An Illinois farm boy from Wheaton rose to lead the United States Steel Corporation. Elbert Gary, born on a modest farm, built a billion dollar company through steady growth and nonviolent competition. He studied at Wheaton College and the University of Chicago before entering corporate law and guiding major steel consolidations. Gary’s era proves farm roots can feed national leadership, with his motto “It can be done.”
Auction notices list cattle including heifers spring calves and Holstein stock at Abler's Hotel Yorks Township and a real estate sale of Ephraim W Moyer near Bethlehem with a dwelling, barn and outbuildings. Sale date September 8 1087 at 2 PM on the premises.
Start Date is specified on the fourth day of December and the Orphans Court will hear Jennie Knecht Messinger and Sylvester Knecht seek authority to sell the undivided half of Allen Knecht's estate. The property Knecht's Dam in Nazareth Borough Northampton County is described with bounds and acreage about five and one quarter acres for the whole, with payment terms totaling four thousand dollars for the entire premises and two thousand dollars for the half undivided interest. The notice also lists a public sale elsewhere offering a 1326 acre farm near Moorestown, to be held December 1, 1807 at 2 o'clock with daylight saving time.
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