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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1922
Page
7
Anthracnose is a serious fungal disease attacking raspberries and, to a lesser extent, blackberries. It harms canes leaves stems and fruit, killing tissue and causing small dry berries. Early symptoms include purplish spots on new canes that enlarge and coalesce as plants weaken.
The Nebraska Agricultural College recommends bagging grapes to protect fruit from weather, birds, insects, and fungal diseases. Bagging speeds ripening slightly and extends fresh use by about ten days, with 1.5 to 2 pound Manila bags suggested for practical use.
The article outlines renewing the strawberry patch after harvest by removing old rows and plowing to plant in fresh soil. It recommends continued cultivation all summer and using nicotine sulphate such as Black Leaf 40 with soap or soap oil emulsion to control aphids. It notes trimming trees to remove finer limbs and water sprouts for better sun and air access.
Prof J G Halpin讲 at the poultry school urges oyster shells and limestone grit for laying hens based on Wisconsin and Ohio experiment data. He notes that without shells and grit egg production drops, though soft shells do not necessarily rise. The practice is to keep shells and grit before pullets and scatter on the ground near the colony on range.
Summary of experiments at Beltsville Maryland showing Rhode Island Reds culled to retain vigorous layers produced offspring with higher egg counts and more winter laying. Daughters of late moulters laid about two dozen eggs per bird more in seven months and generated roughly $1.04 more per bird in value, with margins expected to rise.
A cheap lice powder for poultry can be made from three parts gasoline and one part crude carbolic acid with plaster of Paris for moisture. The mix dries before use and keeps well in an air tight container, but is flammable. Infested fowls can be treated quickly, about 125 birds per hour with one pound per ten fowls. For chick en head lice, blue ointment or Hier curial ointment with vaseline is advised, applied as a pea sized lump rubbed into feathers near the head.
A simple method provides water for chicks using a barrel under a shade tree that continually drips into a clean pan. This setup reduces refills and offers a steady supply of fresh water as the chicks need it.
On Constitution day in Germany the first three mark currency pieces were distributed by the mint. Other denominations will follow. The coin design is by Professor Quackerleo of Munich.
Fragmentary note recalls a dental school in Baltimore established in 1889 linked to the First American Dental College. The text suggests early American dental education origins but lacks full details or dates.
Reports from county agents across the United States show the Better Live Better Stock movement speeding up. In Rockbridge County Virginia county agent M G Lewis notes many farmers have disposed of grade or scrub bulls since January 1 and now use registered bulls, while about 50 men still resist progress. He lists 56 owners of inferior stock. he argues the cost of a good registered bull is small and that purebreds outperform common stock by over 40 percent, with dairy cattle showing about 47.8 percent higher productivity.
Irrigation of cows by flies reduces milk output and disturbs milking. A fly spray recipe is given using coal tar dip, fish oil, whale oil, oil of tar, pennyroyal oil, laundry soap, water to 30 gallons. Mix settles into a spray for 40 cows, used twice daily for 10 days after milking.
The dairy cow is a more dependable profit source than the beef steer because her products are less affected by market fluctuations and provide continuous revenue as cream or milk checks arrive regularly. Growing demand for dairy products and for grade and purebred cattle supports this outlook.
The passage discusses profit from a single good cow and outlines dairy utensil sterilization methods. It recommends immersion in boiling water for five minutes or thorough steam sterilization in a closet for thirty minutes. It also mentions improving dairy through better stock and purebred cattle.
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