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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1946
Page
6
Fall is the time to forestall the 1946 peach borer. Effective control raises productive life of peach trees. Gum and sawdust near the base reveal infestations. Best control is powdered crystalline paradi chlorobenzene PDB applied to the ground in a ring and mounded with earth. Amount varies by tree age from ½ ounce for one year to 1-2 ounces for older trees.
Jersey cattle originated on the island of Jersey and were imported to the United States around 1850. Jerseys are widely distributed across the country and prized for dairy quality. They are alert, clean-cut, angular, refined yet possess large barrels and a milk fat content of 5.35 percent, the highest among breeds.
Tests at New Jersey stations and other states show nitrogen fertilizers for grassland and pasture soils are best applied in late summer or early fall except on very sandy soils. Phosphoric acid and potash only mixtures used for alfalfa and Ladino clover can be more efficiently applied in fall than in spring.
Early 20th century flax industry faced losses from flax sickness caused by wilt fungus. Introduced with flax crops, the disease persisted in soil until challenged by resistant flax varieties.
The USDA warns that corn fields planted with hybrid seed of a given strain yield inbred crops, as all plants are related first cousins. Inbreeding reduces vigor and grain yield, so saved seed should be avoided. instead farmers should plant freshly crossed seed from tested strains each year.
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