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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1906
Page
6
A discussion of spray outfits for Mee MLY and CERDEN systems notes that arrangements can be small or medium in size with varied forms of spraying equipment. Makers offer many spray pump models, praised as efficient and successful, oriented for different setups and plantings.
An article describes a portable spray pump mounted on ordinary whisky or Bereseng barrels for orchard spraying. It explains options for wheel or cart mounting, tank shapes including square, rectangular, or half-round, and the convenience of elevated platforms for spraying. It notes variations in pump length and mounting locations on the wagon or cart.
A historical note describes a mand pump setup on a wagon with a tall elevated platform to reach treetop trunks. It notes a scaffold or tower built atop the wagon, allowing ten to twelve feet of lift for work on trunks and mixtures tested at an experiment station. It discusses barley plowing depth, soil fertility, and seed-bed requirements for crops like alfalfa and rot crops, emphasizing rich, penetrated seed beds and timely grooming for optimal crop growth.
New guidance discusses onion maggot life cycle in Michigan and recommends repelling adults and promoting vigorous growth. It highlights carbonarack emulsion diluted thirty times as the best repellent and outlines a recipe using hard soap soft soap water crude carbolic acid and boiling water, with weekly reapplications and caution on dilution if injury occurs.
The illustration shows a hay barrack roof that can be raised or lowered. It uses four 22 foot straight poles set 18 feet apart, joined at the corners with brace framing, light roof boards of pine, and a corner post intersection designed to shed rain with minimal harm. Cottonseed and linseed meals have long been standard feeds, yet linseed meal remains underutilized.
Garden hints advise planting cucumbers in open ground late May and in frames with sun and airing. Transplant eggplants in pots, protect from potato beetles, and plant sweet potato slips 18 to 24 inches apart on enriched ridges. Parsley makes a pretty border. nitrate boosts growth for beets cabbage and other vegetables. early tomatoes may be set out late May with protection if cold. Bordeaux mixture with Paris green advised for potatoes. warns beetles attack young crops. sow Brussels sprouts and peas soon.
Major General Adolphus W. Greely commands Pacific division troops and led relief after San Francisco disaster while away for his daughter's wedding. He commended Brigadier General Funston for preserving order. A West Point graduate, Greely fought in the Civil War, led the 1870s US Arctic expedition, and later built military telegraph networks in Puerto Rico Cuba and the Philippines.
A Cleveland moving roadway for teams handles 600 vehicles daily on a 420 foot 65 foot high bridge driven by electricity. It parallels moving stairways and elevated railways in novelty. General General Greely became the first volunteer private soldier from the Civil War to the rank of brigadier general in the regular army.
Positive remark on Dean's Regulars as effective for mild action and bowel regulation. Quotation by Geo. B. Krause of Altoona Pennsylvania.
A liquid cold cure advertised as pleasant and effective for children and adults. It claims to act on the bowels and treats Coughs Colds Croup Whooping Cough and all curative lung and bronchial affections. Sold by Chas Rhodes.
An advertisement urges avoiding imitation celery products and promotes Celery King as a valuable medicine costing 25 cents. It warns against health risks from cheap imitations and invites readers to the Record office for offers while supplies last.
An old advertisement touts Dade's Little Liver Pills for relief of headache and constipations. It claims to cleanse and tonify the liver and lists Geo Sharrar as the seller.
Land sale notice invites farmers to relocate to the southwest Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain Route areas. Describes rich soils in Southeast Missouri, Eastern Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas with yields of corn, cotton, wheat, potatoes and vegetables. Prices from 4 to 315 dollars per acre, with rents possible after clearing. Promotes mild climate, free water and stock country potential. Mail for map and literature to H D Armstrong Detroit and H C Townsend St Louis.
F C Hyde of Riverdale announces a few topics of teachers contracts available at the Record Office at a moderate price. School directors should remember this.
A dealer claims to have secured the agency for Dr Colwell's Egyptian Pile Core, described as the most certain remedy for piles. The notice promises a refund of the purchase price on every package that fails to deliver results.
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