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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1911
Page
3
A Popu lar Mechanics writer describes a self made apple picker to keep fruit intact long after harvest. The device uses a twelve foot pine stick, hinged two foot extension, two tin cup握s, padded cups, and a clockspring to keep the arms apart while harvesting.
A patented plant support shown in the image is useful for vegetables and flowers. The frame is made of galvanized wire that resists rust and offers sturdy support at a low cost.
A versatile frame can be raised or lowered to suit the plant, oiled and packed away when not in use. Useful for training tomatoes, carnations, roses or any plant needing support, offering a compact seasonable aid.
The article explains saving girdled trees by bridge grafting. It outlines dressing the wound with lead paint, selecting slender wedge shaped scions longer than the wound, slipping them under the bark on both sides, tying and wax coating, and using the scions as a bridge for plant food. If growth appears on scions it should be rubbed off, and scions set as close as possible around the stem.
Experiments at the Pennsylvania station show hill strawberries are not larger or better formed than those in matted rows if the matted row is narrow. Both methods yield fruit inferior to narrow matted rows. Soil conditions and manure practices could sway results toward the hill system.
The Dutch queen Wilhelmina reportedly resisted early musical training saying Princess Puliana would not be taught if she disliked it. In Middletown New York Joshua Oldroyd returns after 40 years to testify in a Bridgeport water rights suit dating to 1871, as the sole remaining witness.
A man seeks a free travel pass at the Northwestern Pacific office claiming anti pass law rights for caretakers of poultry fruit and livestock. He jokes that an aunt is a hen a girl a peach and a nephew a mule, insisting he is entitled to a pass, but J. J. Geary denies him eligibility as not an employee.
When work drains you and health fails you, Electric Bitters promise tone and vigor. This tonic claims to prevent further decline and build up the system, with thousands praising its benefits. Each bottle is guaranteed to satisfy, only 50 cents at Rhodes Drug Store and at Wheaton and Sons.
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