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Newspaper
Panguitch Progress
Location
Panguitch, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1917
Page
2
Proper thinning helps trees produce marketable fruit each season and avoids alternating crops. Pickers must avoid breaking fruit buds for next year and never leave orchard boxes in sun. Pick during coolest part of day. timing is crucial as fruit picked too early or too late harms quality. Frosted apples and rain reduce keeping quality. proper packing and sorting protect the fruit.
Dormant spray with commercial sulphur solution mixed at one to eight gallons of water. First summer spray before blossom using one to forty gallons of water in ume sulphur with arsenate of lead two to sixty gallons of water. Mix ume sulphur for codling moth control and lead for curculio. Second spray at bloom fall.
The article outlines a three spray program for apples, using the same mix as the first spray. The third spray, about two weeks after the second, targets apple scab codling moth and codling moth like pests. Illinois orchard owners are advised to follow the method, apply thoroughly and at proper times to reduce fungus spots and insect injuries.
A historical reflection argues that a farm needs an orchard to be complete not only for apples but other fruits. Even small plantings enhance home comfort and family enjoyment, making orchards integral to farming life.
The piece distinguishes three classes of fruit growers: the man whose livelihood depends on the fruit he cultivates, the farmer who only has a few trees in a remote plot and is grateful for any yield, and the careless farmer who treats a fruit tree as no more than any other tree.
Multiple Utah items: bridges on canals near Roosevelt washed out after floods. arrests in Salt Lake for sedition and other charges. a Japanese family welcomed in Salt Lake City. drownings near Reno and Salt Lake. school cafeterias at Ogden high. water use to control dust. smallpox fears in Layton. fruit cannery planned for Provo bench. various arrests and curiosities from Ogden, Provo, and Huntsville amid a broad state news round-up.
The article discusses spring versus fall calving, noting fall calves adapt better to pasture while spring calves require winter feeding. It outlines dairy and beef production systems including dual purpose, double nursing, and partial milking, and recommends conservative grain rations before weaning. It covers weaning timing, calendar guidance in Warmers Bulletin 811, and advised feed blends of corn, cottonseed meal, silage, and hay.
Otto A. Reinking of Colorado Agricultural College explains bean anthracnose a fungal disease affecting wax and green beans. He describes early purplish spots on pods, center sunken areas, pink spore masses, and seed discoloration, then outlines control methods including seed selection from healthy pods, Bordeaux mixture spraying, burning infected material, and crop rotation.
A Kansas State Agricultural Experiment Station leader, Macklin, argues farmers should run farming like a business. He says today’s farmer profits depend on market prices and production costs, with profit as the guiding goal. As margins shrink, careful accounting becomes essential to ensure desired earnings.
Utah faces spring crop uncertainty while Nevada contends with flood damage near Gardnerville and waterway washouts. The Provo sale closed with 165000 acres of Uinta lands purchased. Tonopah offers a $1000 purse for a Fourth of July jackhammer contest. multiple accidents, arrests, and civic actions thread through Reno, Salt Lake, and Wells in a sprawling Western update.
The Junior Police of New York City trains boys ages eleven to fifteen under supervision. Origin traced to Mastalde Sweeney of the Fifteenth precinct with a drive to form a junior force with badges, uniforms optional, and duties stressing clean language, safe conduct, and street cleanliness.
The excerpt cites a Puck quip arguing that only the stupid complain about being misunderstood. It contrasts complainers with wise people who seek clearer expression to reveal their ideas and eccentricities to the world. The piece reflects on communication and self presentation.
The inner court features the Church of St Basil and the Tower of Ivan with giant bells. The Kremlin houses massive cannons like the 200 ton bell and an 8 foot bore cannon, yet the Teussan monster cannot shoot.
The 1812 act declaring war between the United Kingdom and the United States was approved by the president at 3 p m on June 18 1812. It was drawn up by William Pinkney then attorney general and passed the House on June 4 1812 by 70 to 49 and the Senate on June 17 1812 by 19 to 13.
A four year old, reciting a prayer, ends with a compact blessing for family and all. He jokes that starting with everybody would have saved God time, remarking it would not have taken up eighty percent of his day. The anecdote reflects childlike humor in a family moment.
Read in a clipped era voice, the article notes grandfathers adopting youthful styles and old stagers rediscovering trends. It mentions a wrist watch, a faultless Van Dyke, and a general push toward refreshed dress among older generations.
Garbled dialogue fragment hints at a marital mystery involving a second wife and a prior dog ownership. Despite unclear names, the brief scene suggests tensions around relationships and past associations with a dog preceding a meeting with a former lover.
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