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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1917
Page
4
Farmers who planted the right wheat variety saw higher yields. Demonstrations by 135 growers on 3,343 acres produced an extra 18,845 bushels. State agriculture colleges provide guidance on adopting adapted varieties for local seeding.
Article urges winter pruning November to January to improve fruit size color and reduce sap loss. It outlines steps by tree age explains removing three fourths of top on old trees over two years and avoiding crotches on young trees. Recommends thinning weak limbs water sprouts and painting larger cuts with grafting wax.
United States Department of Agriculture advises saving sound potato scraps for farm use. Feed call potatoes to hogs or mix with cornmeal and bran for dairy rations. Grading potatoes can raise market prices. gradual introduction and root cutter avoidance recommended.
Ohio experiment station recommends potatoes as a leading preceder to alfalfa. Land is well fertilized and weeds are killed by cultivation before alfalfa seeding. Potatoes harvest in late July to early August. field peas also work as prep crops for alfalfa. Midsummer alfalfa seedings outperform spring sowing in oats or barley. Weed competition and too much shade from nurse crops cause most alfalfa failures.
Miss Pansy Dyal of Indianapolis came home to spend the holidays with her family in town.
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