Directions for Spraying Fruits in Illinois
A university circular updates methods for controlling insects and fungal diseases in fruit crops. It classifies insects into sucking and chewing, notes sprays such as lime sulfur and nicotine for pests, and lead arsenate for chewing insects. It describes fungal diseases like brown rot and apple scab, explains spore infection, and provides spraying schedules and mixing instructions for apples, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, berries, grapes, and strawberries.
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College of Agriculture
San Jose
Bordeaux
Tes “Nots College of Agriculture
Leaf Rollers Ramp Up Injury to Fruit Trees
Increased activity of the fruit tree leaf roller is reported in eastern apple regions and western producing areas. The pest can cause up to 40 percent fruit injury with premature drop and deformity making much of the harvest unsalable. Spraying at the cluster bud stage protects leaves and fruit. oils help. neglecting spray risks invasion.
Easy method to start a vineyard and maintain orchards
Horticultural guidance notes that starting a vineyard is simple and bearing vines take a few years. It advises pruning trees, destroying diseased limbs, timely dormant sprays, and proper spray rig trimming. It also says manure in spring can bother workers and that extensive spraying equipment is unnecessary for small orchards. It questions why grapevines are limited in many regions to personal use.
Water glass method to preserve eggs advised by Colorado college
A columnist cites water glass as a proven method to preserve fresh eggs. Use one quart water glass mixed with cooled water, store in a crockery vessel, keep one inch above eggs, and cover cracks to reduce evaporation. Do not reuse beyond one year and handle eggs without irritation from the solution.
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J. A. Helmreich
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Colo
Increase Yield of Eggs by Destroying All Mites
Poultry farmers are urged to combat red mites in hen houses. Even with good feed, hens stop laying if roosts are infested. kill mites by hot whitewash and coatings of cresol tar disinfectants. Proper treatment boosts vitality and egg yield.
Infertile Eggs as Feed for Baby Chicks
An Orange Judd Farmer note discusses feeding infertile eggs ground and cooked to chicks. It notes odor concerns and urges thorough cooking to avoid danger, says shells can be ground with eggs, and that even eggs with dead germs can be used as feed if processed before issues arise.
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Orange Judd
Poultry Notes On Incubation and Housing
Notes advise selling male birds and producing infertile eggs while brooding chicks to full feathering. Emphasizes careful egg selection and incubation, plus choosing poultry house design to aid handling, noting wood floors rot easily and tight monitor hog-house style is common.
Small Community Driers Built From USDA Directions
The article outlines a small cooperative air heat drier for homes using a thermos or fireless cooker principle. It details a 6 by 12 foot house with a furnace at one end and a stove pipe system to create heat circulation. Plans include four drying sections, tray design, and ventilation to prevent moisture buildup.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Several Ways to Cook Cucumbers
United States Department of Agriculture notes cucumbers can be cooked as a vegetable. Methods include steaming, baking stuffed halves, frying like eggplant, or mashing after steaming. Cucumber dishes are prepared with butter, onion, and seasonings and served with sauces or alongside other vegetables.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Switzerland
France
Hungary
Bacon in Sandwiches A Flavor Boost For Quick Meals
The article advises using bacon in sandwiches to save time and enhance taste. It notes plain bacon sandwiches with bread and crisp bacon cook quickly, and outdoors bacon can be toasted over a fire. Additions like onion or pickle, club-style fillings, and combinations with egg or liver are discussed for variety and meal occasions.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Improving Cattle in America A Brief History
The article traces dairy cattle from Europe to America, noting Columbus brought early cattle, native stock persisted until improvements from 1820, and dairy breed associations formed 1860 to 1880 to promote and register pure breeds. It concludes with pride in American dairy progress and future potential.
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Europe
America
Columbus
New England
Southern
Seaboard States
B. W. Fairbanks
Colorado Agricultural College
United States
Garget Destroys Herd and Treatment Steps Outlined
The article explains garget as a major cause of loss in cattle herds and advises not milking an affected animal, washing hands after milking, and not dumping diseased milk on the floor. It lists a treatment mix with lubricants, wool fat, belladonna, pokeroot, and saltpetre, plus udder massage and strict isolation of diseased cows.
Feeding Schedule for Milk Cows Improves Health
The article advises feeding concentrates before milking and roughage after, both morning and evening. A noon roughage feed is optional due to the cow's large paunch. Two regular daily feeds suffice and frequency has little effect on milk yield.
Cooling Milk for Summer Transport
The dairyman Tho is preparing whole milk to cool before delivery to transportation companies. Reducing temperature before shipment prevents milk from churning and becoming lumpy in transit as warm days approach.
Box Stalls vs Stanchions for Dairy Cows
Box stalls yield more milk and butter fat than stanchions but raise costs for space bedding and labor. They should be used only when maximum production matters, such as in record testing scenarios.
Feeding values of hay and grasses for milk cows
The passage notes that Hays Sudan grass timothy and millet offer similar feeding value and are inferior to alfalfa for milk cows. Their deficiency in bone and muscle-building material requires feeding more expensive purchased feed like bran and oil meal.
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Sudan
Onyx Lilith Sets Record Milk Yield for Jersey Three Year Old
Feed consisted of alfalfa hay corn silage and mixed grain with a ration of twenty percent digestible protein fifty percent carbohydrates and five percent fat. In ten months the Holstein cow Onyx Lilith produced 21 887 2 pounds of milk earning 727 61 pounds of fat equal to 9 enhanced butter value.
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Onyx Lilith
Fragmented Historical Snippet Reflects 19th Century News Style
Early returns show few headline writers breaking down on receipt of a Philadelphia sesquicentennial report. The text mixes references to trials, treaties with Spain, Indigenous histories, and commodity notes, ending with musings on weather and social behavior.
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Philadelphia
Thaw case insights and European financial notes
The text cites a fragment on the Thaw case claiming endocrine balance drives psychological changes. It also quotes Wilhelm Hohenzollern asserting America defeated Germany and won the war, while noting Germany will keep a reserve gold bank outside the country until it can manage funds responsibly.
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Wilhelm Hohenzollern
America
Germany
Niles
Wilhelm
Dentists Note Carrot Effects and Odd Chin Talk
A quirky convention hears that eating carrots may influence chin shape. Observers remark on cows' strong chins and old claims about paper origin by Chinese, noting it as an example of fanciful theories. The piece ends with a playful forecast about future bold statements on the sun.
Soviet Penal Policy Sets Ten-Year Cap for Murder
The Soviet government fixed ten years as the maximum penalty for murder, signaling a limited punishment scope in Bolshevik policy. The stance reflects an attempt to balance punishment with perceived value of murder victims within bolshevism.
French Aviator Surpasses English Pace In Three Days
A French aviator matched an English counterpart’s one month progress in three days and faces the challenge of matching the English rate of currency exchange as he presses the pace for faster travel and economic performance.
Mall to cross continent by air in under 36 hours
A Washington Star item notes a mall will fly across the continent in less than 36 hours, setting a travel speed record. The feat surpasses the railway by a larger margin than the stagecoach did in earlier times.
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Washington Star
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