Battle Needed For New Insect Spreading From Coast to Coast
Ohio State University entomologists outline three measures to control the oriental peach moth after its spread from the District of Columbia to Connecticut and Georgia. Winter sanitation with paradichlorobenzene, early spring cultivation, and summer spraying with nicotine solution advised, with New Jersey recommending six applications starting at the shock split spray and continuing at two, four, seven, nine, and eleven weeks.
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Lime and Legumes Improve Poor Orchard Soils
Illinois College of Agriculture extols limestone and legume programs to enrich orchard soil for corn hay and grain crops. It recommends planting sweet clover between newly planted trees with six foot cultivation strips and using cover crops such as soybeans cowpeas buckwheat and clovers, not storing green crops as hay.
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Illinois
Ilinois College of Agriculture
Paradichlorobenzene Best for Peach Borers Treating peach trees with puruill chlorobenzene in fall yields best borer control.
For trees four to five years old apply three four ounces per tree while six years and older receive one ounce. Younger trees may be harmed. some advise half ounce on trees three years old and under. Remove earth mounds a week or so after application and dust around the trunk in a narrow ring allowing some material to reach two inches from the tree.
Horticulture tips for pruning berries and orchard care
Early spring pruning aims to keep trees compact and prevent overgrowth. Train new shoots to reach ideal heights for berries like blueberries and blackberries. Use lime sulfur and arsenate sprays to control pests and apply appropriate feeds, with attention to fruit quality and soil moisture.
Eye for color from Baltimore woman eyed for trolley cars
A ninety four year old Baltimore resident Mrs Edward Block proposed a color scheme for the city trolley lines that may become the standard. She notes that despite being nearly ninety five she still has an eye for beautiful things in life.
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Baltimore Traction Lines
Edward Block
Baltimore
One Bill Later Shoe and Tailor Exchange
In a brief exchange the debtor apologizes for nonpayment saying a shoemaker has just visited. The tailor replies noting the debtor had not paid him either because he expected his tailor and the bill is presented.
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Boston Post
Stone wage remembered as glorious mating era
A quoted exchange frames a legendary period when a man controlled a woman through marriage. The dialogue uses archaic diction to evoke social power dynamics and paternal perspective.
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Papa
The First Shall Be Last Encounter
A brief exchange features a writer, Scribbler, and Miss Gusher discussing a new novel. The dialogue hints at a contrast between opening chapters and a praised ending, implying evolving reader reactions to the work.
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Mr. Scribbler
Scribbler
Miss Gusher
Frog’s Record Hop Discovered After Flight
A frog stowed itself in an airplane at Pensacola Florida and was found when the plane landed at Macon Georgia. The Boston Globe calls it the greatest known hop of any frog in Calaveras County.
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Old Type Wants Marriage Quote Sparks Opinion
A humorous exchange contrasts marrying a girl like one's mother with choosing an old fashioned bride. The remark about the first step being expensive hints at a broader joke about choosing partners and financial considerations.
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