Virginia Agriculture Advises on Clubroot Disease in Cabbage
The Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station outlines how cabbage clubroot first appears as dwarfing and wilting in susceptible fields. It explains swollen roots, plant death at seedling stage, and soil decay, then recommends crop rotation, lime application, avoiding contaminated soil and cabbage plants, and applying lime well before planting.
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Virginia
Agricultural Experiment Station
Farmer Works Plows Without Grasses
A farmer toils to farm without grasses pulling a load with weight on hind wheels. He chops with a dull ax as he moves through his field.
Coal Ash Remedy Cited Against Hen Mites
A Rural New Yorker note from spring 1909 describes treating a small henhouse with fine coal ashes after removing a muslin curtain swarming with mites. The author kept ashes in the house for hens to dust themselves, reporting no further mite problems and hens largely lice free.
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New Yorker
Local Notes From Sheldon Area Socials and Visits
Sheldon residents and visitors fill a busy schedule with guests from George Edna Ramona and Hospers. Frequent social calls include Mrs J Chadwick Miss Helen Rittenhouse and families at Stoker and Behrends homes. The International stock food agent canvassed farmers while Mrs Ubbenga recovered from gall stone surgery.
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Frank Wilsey
Sheldon
Agent Stoker
Mrs. J. Chadwick
Mary Greenfield
Frank Uden
George
L. Getting
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Frank Bissel
H. Beldt
Cherokee
Wm Houens
Wif
Edna
J. Rindier
Hospers
Jne Post Hamas
Felix Patterson
Harry Beldt
Geo Harms
H. Behrends
Helen Rittenhouse
Elc. Co
Jno Westerman
Geo Ubbenga
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