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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1925
Page
6
The article warns U S winter wheat likely the smallest in twenty years or more with abandonments and low moisture across the plains. It notes spring wheat prospects also poor in the northwest, potential high bread prices, and a hoped for rebound if rains arrive.
The text outlines methods for spraying potatoes to combat pests. It recommends mixing arsenate or lead with water in precise ratios or using a paste of parts green with cheap flour applied to vines when bugs are small. It also mentions Black Leaf Forty as a purchasable remedy with cautions on usage.
Agricultural college at Lincoln notes a lead arsenate and hydrated lime dust in a one to ten ratio as highly effective. Apply by dusting over cucumber plants in a gunny sack three or four times daily during early vine growth. Wood ashes road dust and sand plaster are used but less satisfactory.
From Monday's Daily John McDaniel a veteran river riverman recalls the steamboat era on the Missouri from the 1860s to 1870s. He was born May 6 1849 in Andrew County Missouri and came to Plattsmouth in 1855 with family, later piloting boats such as the Colorado and General Grant and working in Burlington shops before retirement.
DeForest Philpot of Nehawka won first place in the Cass county seed corn display at the National Seed Corn Show in Chicago under Sears Roebuck Foundation auspices. His entry earned the blue ribbon with a 90.9 percent germination rate, well above Nebraska’s 61 percent average. The Chicago show drew 27 411 farms in 45 states across 1 731 county exhibits, testing each entry for germination under top American judges.
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