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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1912
Page
7
An horticulture expert urges every farm garden to plant a strawberry patch. It outlines soil prep with barnyard manure, planting times, spacing, and two growing methods, plus pruning, mulching, and mating pistillate and staminate varieties for better yields.
C G Hopkins explains lime and phosphate use in farming, noting lime sweetens soil and boosts yields when applied every four to five years. Recommend ground limestone and raw rock phosphate finely ground to pass 90 percent through a 400 mesh sieve, with initial and subsequent applications to raise soil phosphorus from about 1200 to 2000 pounds per acre.
A new prescribed course for freshmen at the University of Illinois College of Agriculture is set to require students to study every department by the end of their second year. This framework allows students to choose their specialization paths after exploring all divisions.
Professor Kildee of Iowa Agricultural College urges attendance at the National Dairy Show in Chicago from October 24 to November 2 to gain lessons from leading dairy breeds and modern machinery. He cites key profit factors as milk quantity and quality, production cost, and dairy product prices, arguing time at the exhibition boosts efficiency and success for farmers.
A rustic speaker in a mock dialogue jokes about expensive city living. He quips that living in New York costs and notes the stock exchange membership price of $50,000 while claiming he could swap cattle cheaply on court day.
Miss Clara Mueller of 1613 Dayton St Chicago describes a month long facial irritation. She reports itching burning and redness that ceased after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for about three weeks. The ad promotes Cuticura products with a request for samples and a mail offer from Boston.
A humorous note on women who read the idle rich baby news and stage life. The column then lists an ailment cure and various ads. Cited products include Cole's Carbolizalve for piles and Lewis' Single Binder cigars, with brief ad lines and a moral about appearances.
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