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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1927
Page
6
State college plant pathologist W H Martin warns a cool wet spell will trigger heavy apple losses in New Jersey unless growers act now. He notes overwintering leaves host the fungus and urges pink bud spray before rain, with repeated coverage to protect trees and prevent scab spread.
Blackberry planting yields long lasting canes that live two years and produce fruit the next year. New canes rise from crowns each spring to replace dying ones, with pruning guided by fruiting on second year canes. Planting should occur in early spring on well prepared soil, rows eight feet apart, plants two and a half to four feet apart.
To maximize strawberry yields, ensure ample fertility and moisture. Planting is standard, but start strong with about 1.5 teaspoons of sulphate or ammonia per plant, mixed into soil away from the roots. Remove blossoms for two months and maintain steady cultivation unless the weather becomes extremely dry.
The Iowa Horticultural Society reports rising interest in grape planting in Iowa. A southern Iowa vineyard plan of 200 acres emerged, while extension service inquiries on demonstration grapevines totaled 75. Secretary R S Merrick notes pruning and cultivation boost production and describes tang erne pruning with a two-wire trellis.
The San Jose scale infests nursery stock as a tiny flake like shell. Lifting the scale reveals a yellow insect beneath with a sucking mouthpart that feeds on plant tissue. Under favorable conditions one scale can multiply to ten million in a year.
A university dairy study compares grinding and chaffing of soy and alfalfa hays to whole hay. Grinding increases digestible matter little while raising labor and power costs. chaffing proves more economical for soybean hay with coarse stems.
A South Dakota college study shows calves given self-feeders overfeed and fail to balance rations for silage growth. After three years the calves grew too fat and incurred costly feed, with rickets indicating mineral assimilation issues. Sunlight exposure improved health. calves should receive direct sun at least one hour daily.
Farmers assume registered animals guarantee improvement. The article warns many pure-bred animals are scrub due to generations of weak lineage. It urges buyers to study dam and grand-dam records, then evaluate the bull, prioritizing female lines before the sire.
Milk carries a fixed mineral and nutrient balance per cow and stage of lactation. Breeding and selection have produced cows yielding several times more milk than natural counterparts.
Freshened cows produce more and cheaper milk and butter fat. The article argues modern dairy herds suffer from masculine bulls and feminine cows and stresses proper winter ventilation of stables to keep cows healthy and productive.
A reader from Adams Mass recounts lasting illness and sleepless nights eased after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad notes widespread use across generations and urges others to try the remedy based on personal success stories and endorsements.
The Bureau of Standards describes a method to cleanse mercury by vigorously shaking with cane sugar then filtering through a pinhole in paper or squeezing through cloth. The text notes a miser’s face resembles a bank note with every line implying money.
W Kerr Russell of Edinburgh and M B D5 report seedlings under vitaglass in a greenhouse germinated earlier than others and grew taller and sturdier. Russell coauthors Ultra-Violet proposing vitaglass for early strawberry cultivation and greenhouse use.
A fragment from the Boston Transcript shows a brief exchange where a speaker offers cigars and asks where they were bought at a grocery or vegetable counter. The dialogue hints at casual domestic interaction and a setting tied to daily life.
An old advertisement promotes Castoria as a pleasant harmless substitute for Castor Oil Paregoric Teething Drops and soothing syrups. It claims no narcotics and that proven directions appear on each package with physician recommendations.
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