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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1896
Page
2
The Rhode Island experiment station urges water management for apple orchards and warns against trimming lower limbs. It notes mulching to conserve moisture, soil cultivation, and the impact of phosphoric fertilizers on fruit and grain yields. It advocates ongoing farming education and progressive practices for future farmers.
The article explains that full sun exposure increases fruit bud formation and overall yield in apple trees. It stresses preserving lower limbs to widen the bearing surface and compares tree light capture to trimming a sailing vessel for wind. It also notes experiments showing higher bud formation on sunlit limbs versus shaded ones.
Bulletin 71 of the Ohio Experiment Station distributes results from seven harvest years 1889 to 1895 inclusive. The report covers station experiments with fertilizers and the averaged wheat yields over the period.
The speaker urges farmers to adapt to changing times and discard outdated practices that lead to bankruptcy. He cautions against blind adoption of new theories but endorses testing ideas, retaining proven methods, and avoiding undue prejudice against age-old techniques.
A bulletin from the Mississippi station discusses kerosene as an external insect irritant effective against many pests except those in confined spaces. Recommended dilutions vary by insect, with cautions on plant injury and testing. The piece also notes cow dietary differences and ends urging abolition of membership dues for state horticultural societies.
A floating pumice barrier 19 miles long and over 1,000 yards wide closed Telok Retong port in Sunda straits after Krakatoa eruption. The mass formed in hours, floats when air pockets lighten it, then sinks as it waterlogs.
A black cat wandered into the Bristol Methodist Episcopal church during a quiet Sunday evening service. It climbed the choir loft and pulpit, then calmly allowed the pastor to escort it out after perching on a Bible. The scene prompted the pastor to call it a good omen before continuing the sermon.
The article explains Ottoman practice for intoxicated men. A Turk who drinks and is arrested faces bastinado for up to three offenses, becoming an imperial drunkard, or privileged drunkard. If later arrested the man can declare his status and lodging to be released, then sleep on bath ashes.
İnstructional ad promises quit tobacco with No-To-Bac to regain manhood energy and strength. Claims include rapid weight gain and thousands cured, with a booklet and samples offered free from Storling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York.
A note from Ladies' Home Journal states that a boy averages nineteen and a half inches at birth while a girl is about a half inch shorter. The article explains infants lengthen quickly in the first week, with about one inch growth expected in the first month.
In a Detroit Free Press snippet a humorous exchange features Beefly declaring the sun never sets on the British empire while Yank o Doodle counters that Uncle Sam has set its onice in a whimsical jab. A quip style ad follows about cold remedies and laxatives.
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