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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1915
Page
2
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Winter is the best time to spray dormant trees and garden plants to control pests. The piece outlines equipment like a sprayer with an automatic valve, nozzles, and a wooden handle for ease, plus methods to apply thorough sprays on dormant trees. It notes winter pest targets and mentions millet following wheat boosting subsequent wheat yields.
The article argues for keeping two healthy head of stock and pruning grain storage mistakes. It suggests selecting the choicest smooth and healthy cattle for slaughter to ensure a clean wholesome meat supply for winter. It promotes the business farmer as the ideal stock type for steady returns and dairy appeal.
M T Cock elet New Jersey expertiser explains crown gall and hairy root threaten crops variably by locality and stock. He lists nursery and grower steps to minimize spread including healthy stock, careful cultivation, grafting practices, root grafting precautions, and disease avoidance in planting and pruning across apple, grape and berry crops.
Farmers ask how much weight corn loses in a year. An eight year town experiment reports monthly shrinkage rates from November to October, totaling 18.2 percent for the year. Key months show shrinkage between 1 and 6 percent, averaging near one-fifth annual loss.
Farmers should use wood ashes as a valuable soil amendment says A R Whitson head of the Wisconsin state soils laboratory. Fresh ashes topdressings help prepare clover and alfalfa on acid marshy and sandy soils while ashes rich in potash serve as a home source of a needed nutrient. Effective use depends on haul distance and avoiding coal residue or adulteration.
Bark beetles attack weakened trees in cities and along Lake Erie peach belts. They gum many trees such as peach and cherry, while apple and pear trees gum less. Beetles bore sapwood, kill trees, and create shot hole like openings. Control advises removing dead or infested wood, burning debris, whitewashing trunks, and maintaining unfavorable conditions for beetles.
The fragment discusses early planting timing for Cole Frise and Cabbage, recommending seedling spacing of about two feet and careful seedling depth. It mentions plant density to develop strong plots and includes a brief, unclear aside about double yolked eggs and chick development.
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