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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
7
A Rural New Yorker correspondent notes that using an airtight pressure tank with the water system lets air compress to water pressure, driving spray without costly gas or air compressors. For high water pressure, one or more tanks on the rig provide stronger, uniform output, with separate tanks aiding strength and ease of use. When water pressure is low, a force pump or gas tube can supplement.
A Farmers' Review correspondent argues that white clay and gray silt loam soils are generally ideal for orchards with good drainage and location. He details practices for specific fruits, noting stable manure and cow peas boost apple and peach growth, and emphasizes soil improvement and elevation reduce frost risk.
Caution issued against using formaldehyde salicylic or hydrochloric acid as milk preservatives. Tea and clean methods recommended as the best and safest preservation approaches for health and safety.
The article argues American gardens lack variety, urging more plants beyond common staples. It describes cardoon, chervil root, elves or hives, collard greens, and good methods to grow and blanch endive and kohlrabi, noting frost effects and regional terminology.
The guide instructs building a three sided 2x4 standard around the tree, loosening dirt, wrapping the base with carpet, and tying cross-pieces to the trunk. A rope to each side of the standard is hitched to a horse for a slow pull to move the tree onto a sled and haul it to a new location, then replant using the same method.
Prof J B Smith of New Jersey reports that carbolic acid applied to tree trunks may kill scales that contact it but cannot enter the sap to halt circulation or kill the infestation systemically. The prior year’s advice to paint the trunk likely proved ineffective.
Expert says no farm is beyond gain with dairy conversion. Farmers can increase profits by adopting dairy practices and optimizing milking, breeding, and feed strategies to maximize output and land use efficiency.
About 700 veterans gathered at Albert Hall to commemorate the mutiny’s golden jubilee with Lord Roberts reviewing the march and a banquet. King’s telegram praised their services. Lord Curzon gave the toast, and Lewis Waller read Kipling verses including a poem about the remnant of that desperate host.
Seattle Washington St Louis university football players aided after a head on collision near Brockett Station on the Canadian Pacific line. Medical students helped rescue engine crews trapped beneath debris and steam, operating on three injured men while one brakeman died. The operator fled after the wreck caused by failure to deliver orders.
Washington jurors found Engineer Hildebrand Conductor Hofftmeyer Fireman McClellan and Brakeman Rudder not guilty of manslaughter in connection with the Baltimore and Ohio wreck at Terra Cotta D C on December 30 1906. The court concluded after three weeks of trial and four hours of deliberation.
Omaha businessman J F Carpenter ceasyatary of the Carpenter Paper Company shot himself at his home Monday night at seven o clock. Roosevelt orders medals for Isthmus workers who served two years in Panama with satisfactory service.
A humorous exchange follows a claim that a neighbor’s chickens are kept shut up. One man explains he hides eggs in the grass at night and retrieves them in the morning when the neighbor looks on. Also in the page an ad promotes Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer for nervous diseases with a free trial bottle offer.
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