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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
2
Charles D. Woods outlines a three year program for improving sweet corn. It details field selection, tagging, drying, and shelling ears, plus breeding and propagation plots, detasseling, row planting, and selecting ears by germination tests and yield to produce superior seed.
A farmer warns against rushing hay baling after a poor neighbor learned a costly lesson. He notes timely curing improves hay quality, while selling off crops without soil replenishment hurts long term yields. The writer reports three tons from 40 acres versus others averaging two, stressing the value of manure and beef feeding to sustain land.
The piece argues that relying on a single crop exhausts soil humus and that a proper crop rotation is essential to replenish humus. It notes some people still have not understood this agricultural principle.
The West Michigan State Fair entices top automakers to Grand Rapids for a high speed event seeking to beat a five mile record. Promoters and drivers including Louis Dioron and Joe Dawson will participate with protected tracks and safety measures to manage speeds and crowds.
Prizes for Michigan girl under 17 to bake the best layer cake at the West Michigan State Fair in Grand Rapids from Sept 9 to 11. The Herpolsheimer Co offers a fine pair of kid gloves. Porter Stevens Co offers a cake or bread mixer.
The article surveys girdling insects across several U S states noting the grape creeper pest in West Virginia and the eastern region. It describes how species like the hickory twig girdler elm twig girdler and currant stem girdler secure eggs by deep twig grooves and how larvae develop within the sapwood, often killing shoots while remaining in the plant. It contrasts diverse insect strategies from girdling by adult females to larval feeding in heartwood, highlighting the intriguing convergence on a shared defensive tactic.
The Ohio station advises gardener protection from grasshopper attacks with a poisoned bran mash. Mix two pounds parts green to twenty five pounds bran, moisten with water sweetened with molasses. Apply a tablespoon per plant or broadcast across fields, about three feet apart. One treatment costs under $1 per acre, excluding labor. keep poultry away from the poison.
Farmers advise limiting piglets at birth to prevent overburdening sows. Reducing litter sizes is said to yield healthier pigs and stronger sows who recover better and grow more efficiently.
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