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Newspaper
Neosho Valley Register
Location
Iola, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1873
Page
4
The author argues farmers should grow fruit to improve family nutrition and morals. Growing strawberries currants and other small fruits aids canning and cheap jams, while encouraging labor, garden pride, and refined taste. Neglect leads to lazy habits, poor children, and downward social effects. residents should invest in fruit trees and home improvements for stronger communities.
In Honduras, natives trek into forests each August to harvest mahogany logs for eight months. Logs are felled near mounds and floated to streams for shipment to Europe, with final veneers cut abroad. Night work under torches counters extreme day heat, while epidemics and venomous wildlife accompany the labor.
A Ohio Farmer correspondent explains shade preserves soil ammonia lost by sun on bare soil. Ammonia, vital for most plants, is retained by timely plowing after manure and by applying manures in fall or winter. England tests show wheat gains from extra ammonia, so alternating cultivation beats naked fallow for fertility.
The article advises farmers to sow seeds in hot beds or boxes prepared with half rotted stable manure and warmed near a stove if needed. Soak seeds in milk-warm water before planting, keep boxes near light, cover with glass to trap heat, and raise glass to air circulate. Transplantable crops like cabbage are best raised in boxes on supports to deter insect damage.
A antiquated guide cautions against overheated rooms and poor ventilation as a cause of pneumonia pleurisy and tuberculosis. It promotes using a thermometer kept below seventy degrees and more exercise. It offers chalk cures for corns and a yolk egg glycerine ointment, plus a Bay of Huntington rescue tale and a light anecdote about John Van Buren.
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