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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1910
Page
7
The article promotes beekeeping as a profitable and enjoyable occupation for women requiring little space and expense. It highlights concrete beehives as a recent improvement, notes a patent on concrete hive manufacture, and advises makers to understand cement types and bee habits.
The column urges heed to food signals from Nature and cites a testimonial from an Arizona man who swore by Postum and Grape-Nuts. He reports relief from stomach distress and headaches after switching diets, credits weight gain and better health to the change, and promotes The Road to Wellville as further reading.
Seed corn testing becomes crucial as germination falls and crop yields hinge on seed quality. Prepare ground meticulously with multiple diskings, harrows, and proper plowing, then use an edge drop planter matched to seed size for an even stand and profitable return.
Farmers urged to learn to identify gipsy brown tail stages and other pests. A state instruction program could help control outbreaks when neighbors neglect control on border trees. U S Department of Agriculture issued Farmers Bulletin No 403 on concrete fence posts with free mailing. Garden tools can be brightened by sour milk soak and kerosene coat.
A Florida experiment station study tested 36 fertilizer formulas on celery to gauge black heart disease. Nitrate of soda and kainit caused severe attacks, while bone meal fish scrap and high grade potash fertilizers showed the best results.
Fertilizers rich in potash strengthen fruit trees and improve flavor. Apply nitrate of soda in early spring after trees grow strong. For new lawns, cover with well rotted manure or commercial fertilizer in late fall, about 500 pounds per acre. Some gardeners worry stable manure promotes weeds.
A crane is described as a practical tool for heating water during hog killing or when suspending a kettle over a fire. It requires setting a heavy post, tamping gravel, attaching a bar of iron, fixing an eye-bolt, and looping a chain through a forked rod to control kettle height.
A practical farmer’s note on weed control and soil fertility. It urges pulling weeds before seeding, saving wood for the stove, and keeping cultivators working on rhubarb, late potatoes, and asparagus. It also contrasts field manure with barnyard piles and mentions bees diluting honey with water to feed larvae and soften wax.
A slang filled taunt warns an unnamed rival that failure to refrain from bragging will trigger violent destruction described as breaking every pane of glass in the face. The text features crude threats and aggressive sentiment with no clear context or attribution.
A Kansas woman seeks a divorce citing bricks thrown by her husband. The joke notes no man should throw bricks at his wife, only bouquets and hot air. An optimist trusts mascots while a pessimist trusts hoodoos.
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