Agricultural notes and farm updates from Salisbury Grange
Inspection spray guidance and timing for second peach spray along with nicotine solutions and oil options. County agent active with state projects and farmer networks. Salisbury Grange to host Cedarhurst anniversary party March 26 with committee in charge. Reports from Easton to Federalsburg show crop progress including cucumbers tomatoes under glass squash and corn seed testing and quality concerns. Emphasis on seed quality supply shortages and the push to form a cow testing association for butterfat milk yield. Advice on baby chicks care and a buyer's critique on quality and seed selection for market.
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Salisbury Grange
Cedarhurst
Tew
Harry van Horn
G. &. Parsons
H. T. Rayner
Principles of orchard care and brown rot control in trees
The article explains how water nutrients and light enable tree growth and fruit production, noting leaves act as the plant stomach and emphasizing balanced pruning. It then describes brown rot disease from a fungus, its life cycle on mummy fruit and blossoms, and recommends spraying with self-boiled lime and arsenate lead to control curculio.
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Cerj Tate
Experimental stations push forward on farm crops on the Eastern Shore
The article highlights work by truck crop experiment stations in Virginia and elsewhere, detailing four year manure and fertiliser trials, green manuring, rotations with corn and potatoes, nitrogen fertilisers for spinach kale and cabbage, and disease resistance in lettuce and celery. It notes the Berton Lexington station near Beeton focusing on research test and demonstration and calls attention to broader vegetable crop studies and pest control efforts.
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Wicomico
Virginia
Connecticut Valley
Berton
Lexington
Beeton
Massachusetts
Jarvis Poultry Fare Ends With Merriment and Banting
A garbled regional notice reports a poultry fare at Jarvis with Merriend Leegest Bevofing and Banting involved. Local readers are advised the event drew crowds and featured prize offerings, though details are unclear due to OCR damage.
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Jarvis
Bestia
Day Old Chicks Offered For Breeding and Laying Stock
Local hatchery announces day old White Leghorn chicks from a pure breed line. Chicks are raised under careful management with free range access year round. Deliveries scheduled for February through May with a single guaranteed shipment.
Poultry Breeders Advertise Seaford Area White Leghorn Flocks
S.C. White Legherna Barred Berka R 2 Reda. Don t take any chance but bay from certified flocks. Every breeder has been strictly culled and bled tested for White Diarrhoea. Write or phone for prices and other information Seaford Det.
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S.C
Berka
Reda
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