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Newspaper
Salisbury Evening Times
Location
Salisbury, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1925
Page
3
The record enumerates attendees at a meeting with names including Mod Wooltford Austin Hirst Mantel Dorchester Gelder Keller Somerset Stagg Oswald Worcester and Wm Couper W F Albert Allen Wm Tibman Herbert Lowe Wm Purnell Senator Dishannon Chas Wilkins Arthur Leonard and Carl Paynter plus Grant Sexteata.
The county agent promotes tobacco growing details in a column with editor collaboration. Col Winfree and Col Tilghman provide samples and notes while farmers drop in to inspect leaves and soil tests. Local figures like Henry Smullen Mayhew Mills and Frank Thomas appear amid crop, seed, and fertiliser discussions.
Agricultural experts urge farmers to use high analysis fertilizers despite varying costs. Maryland offers twelve recommended formulas suited to different crops and soils, emphasizing plant feed availability and proper storage. Proper selection can reduce application costs through labor savings and better efficiency.
In Caroline County a standout grower who has saved his own seed for twelve years shows a strong track record over the past decade. He emphasizes wetting down soil, early cover crops, and substantial manure use plus 300 pounds of fertilizer to boost yields. This story notes interest for Wicomico growers observing regional methods and outcomes.
Wicomico farmers are urged to study profitable growing of truck crops. Results show yields vary by manure and fertilizer use with combinations of green manure and fertilizer boosting early potato and sweet potato outputs. Stable manure with fertilizer, green manure alone, and fertilizer alone are less effective than the combined approach.
Fragmentary text describes day old chicks with scrambled words and numbers, mentioning prices, stock, brands, and possible vendors. readability is limited and key details are unreliable.
report on glycerine mixture used for crop yield and field fertilization with details on cost, returns, and possible livestock use. mentions buckthorn remedy and a drug ad from L. D. Collier Drug Co with local address. also notes Belgium area similar to Vermont.
The article advises farmers with livestock to plant catch crops like Sudan grass for hay or pasture. It notes yields of 8 to 10 tons per acre from some varieties, and explains timing, seeding rates, and cautions about bloat and milk taint if not harvested properly. Sudan grass offers higher forage value than timothy, can be cut green, and regrows if not cut too close.
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