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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1910
Page
7
The piece stresses market awareness for growers buyers seek reliable sources. It urges visiting major markets or consulting commission merchants to learn selection packing and uniformity. Emphasis on selling salable, well packed produce and observing rivals to achieve best prices.
The guide stresses selecting four products that insure sale of the better articles and packing them with similar specimens. It warns against picking vegetables too ripe, as overripe produce decays before sale. Overripe items should be sold quickly. very ripe should be consumed or canned. All vegetables must be cool and dry before packing. Heat and moisture hasten decay and lower value.
The article extols beekeeping using removable comb hives to inspect colonies and harvest honey. It argues bees can store millions of pounds of honey wasted in the west and that sting risk is minor while beekeeping offers profitable, underutilized potential.
A writer describes protecting young apple trees from rabbits by wrapping the trunks with old newspapers and tying with twine. The paper remained intact through winter and prevented further damage, though the method may not suit large trees.
If the garden is dry pour water from a can onto the stone boat and have the horses pull it to the garden for celery and other thirsty crops. The effort will pay off at harvest time.
Farmers are urged to pick cakes regularly to prevent vines from stopping their productivity. Remove ripe fruit promptly even if not desired to maintain healthy growth and continued yield.
A Kentucky correspondent notes peas planted with sweet corn aid growth. Wild prairies yield valuable hay, and much manure is lost in poorly arranged stables. Bees are essential for fruit fertilization and nectar becomes honey. Bermuda grass thrives in heat while Kentucky blue grass can parch. Queenless bee colonies become irritable and curious bees follow the keeper.
The tuberculosis crusade has grown from 30 clubs to 800000 women under the United States banners with over 2000 clubs actively supporting the cause. At least 500000 dollars is raised annually by these clubs plus sizeable state and municipal funding. Mrs Rufus P Williams chairs the directing department as education campaigns reach thousands through the American Medical Association and allied groups.
Mrs Alfie Elson of Battle Creek Michigan writes that after five years of severe itchy bleeding eczema she was cured using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. She states nine years with no relapse and invites others to write for details.
A startled exchange unfolds as a young man admits he was drunk when proposing to Miss Bings. The judge weighs the scene noting the oddities of the confession and the line between foolish whim and serious intent.
An old advertisement touts Dr Martel's Female Pills as a seventeen year standard remedy for women's ailments. It claims quick, permanent results and prescribes them for sale at all drug stores. The copy jokes about men not proposing to a strong minded spinster, reflecting period advertising humor.
An old advertisement fragment promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming teething relief for children and gum soothing effects. It also references Lewis' Single Binder cigars and a humorous proverb about fools and admiration, with no coherent event.
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