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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1911
Page
3
The article explains adapting strawberry planting to the matted row system. In spring harrow and mark four foot rows, set plants 18 to 24 inches apart, and train runners along rows. Use a spade to open ground, plant with crown at surface, firm soil, and cultivate often to September. Trim excess runners to six inch spacings and encourage rooting by light soil cover.
A horticulture article explains a gentler way to remove a plant from its pot without injuring roots. It advises wrapping fingers around the soil and tapping the pot edge, plus thorough watering to ease separation and aid root health during re potting for growth and blooms.
An article explains water as essential for plant and fruit development, noting many orchards lack soil moisture during fruit set. It lists chief soil prep elements: remove excess water, conserve moisture, use manure and cover crops, apply available potash and phosphoric acid, mulch, reduce trees per acre, manage nitrogen, and employ wind breaks, mulching, and soil conditioning.
Three years of spraying pruning and cultivation can transform an unused orchard into a source of pride. Hire a skilled mentor if starting without experience and seek guidance from a state experiment station or the best fruit producer in your country.
The article advises buyers on tree age and quality noting yearlings perform better than three to four year olds. It recommends selecting clean straight trees with short stems and pruning as needed. It also suggests filling the planting hole after setting the plant, adding soil gradually, then watering.
A practical guide shows how to prevent staining of porch wood from dripping water by using a zinc or galvanized tray under pots. It details soldering an overflow tube, placing the tube so it clears the post, concealing it if desired, raising the tray with wooden shims for air flow, and shaping the tray to fit pot shapes.
A horticultural note explains that applying alum aluminum sulphate or iron sulphate to soil used for hydrangea hortensia prompts blue flower formation. This method depends on soil chemistry and plant uptake.
A windmill on a 60 foot steel tower atop a coal mine tailing mound powers an electric generator. It feeds 27 church lamps, two chapel lamps, two vestry lamps, organ pumping motor, and 30 rectory lamps with a storage battery in the rectory forming part of the plant.
A newborn with severe eczema spread across body including eyes ears and scalp. After eight weeks of bandages a physician labeled it chronic eczema. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the child recovered within four weeks. hair regrew and skin healed. Mrs T B Rosser of Mill Hall Pa provides the testimonial dated Feb 20 1911. A free sample offer is advertised from Cuticura Dept 29 K Boston.
In a playful mythic aside, Hercules declares the twelfth labor his last, rejecting another task and spotlighting the superstition around the number thirteen as a final twist to his famous feats.
The Galveston News theme urges restraint and dignity in adversity. It cautions against humiliating or exploiting a vulnerable person and suggests looking for help or sympathetic action instead.
An experiment by the Long Island horticultural station reports that three years of using wood ashes and well rotted manure produced smooth, oven sized and large potatoes with fine flavor.
A historical gardening note urges restraint in grape pruning to limit fruit clusters and promotes manure use. It warns against excessive branch removal in June to avoid sunscald and advises protective placement for chrysanthemums against cold winds. It also notes codling moth larvae entering apples and the necessity of spraying for fruit health.
A cat chasing across a building roof toppled a boy on a second floor balcony. The boy fell into an empty baby carriage being wheeled by another boy, dislocating his wrist. The cat was killed in the incident.
The notice promotes Cole's Carboni salve promising quick healing and scar prevention for burns and cuts. It claims 25c and 5c sizes sold by druggists and offers a free sample by writing to J. W. Cole & Co. at Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
An antique advertisement promotes ASE FOR ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE antiseptic powder for shaking into shoes to ease corns bunions ingrowing nails swollen sweaty feet blisters and callous spots. Mentions price 26c and address Allen Olmsted Le Roy N Y. Also notes untaxed tobacco and a moral line about men mean to wives.
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