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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1927
Page
6
The article notes that large quantities of apples are damaged by freezing during transport or storage. It describes internal breakdown, browning, and watery tissues, with safe storage limits around 32 degrees and 21 degrees for deeper freezes. Thawing slowly at 32 degrees preserves more quality, and careful handling is essential to prevent further damage.
Mulch the strawberry bed to protect plants from heaving due to freeze thaw cycles. Use clean straw, salt hay, or coarse manure as the preferred materials, with manure better on light soils. Apply about two to six tons per acre to form a uniform mat two to three inches deep, avoiding weed seeds.
In orchards without a winter cover crop, ground should be broken with a plow from fall to spring. Deep middles preserve tree roots while improving soil aeration. Early plowing stag es insects, decays organic matter, and clears rubbish, with fall plowing reducing spring work and erosion.
The scions for top grafting apples should be cut in fall when wood is mature and stored cool over winter. In spring grafting is done after cold weather ends. cut the limbs to be grafted, split slightly, and insert a wedge shaped graft, ensuring cambium contact between stock and graft.
Prize winning poster for a 2000 dollar contest promotes Golden Rule Sunday to fund Near East Relief. It depicts the Armenian earthquake disaster and urges donations for Armenia Syria Palestine Turkey Persia and Greece. The disaster left 80 percent of homes destroyed and many children orphans needing care through June. President Coolidge endorses the campaign.
Agricultural experts report plum trees need little pruning after initial shaping. A light thinning and removal of broken limbs suffices. Ten varieties studied show little pruning yields broader heads but does not affect maturity or harvest.
Farming is a business. Better equipment helps farmers. Studying market conditions can boost income. Labor cost is the largest expense for most crops except pasture. Many farmers use cyanide to eradicate groundhogs. Well rotted stable manure is the best fertilizer. use liberally. Lack of standardization in farm products raises marketing costs for farmers.
A prominent Oaklawd dealer explains that diamonds drive a new boring process at Oakland Motor Car Company. A three quarter carat diamond retools piston pin bushings with extreme accuracy, averaging ten million holes per diamond before regrinding surfaces.
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