Great Northern Christmas Fare To Eastern Canada
Travel promotion offers a 40 round trip rate to Montreal and eastern Ontario with three month return validity and optional extension. Liberal stopovers allowed both directions. Tickets on sale December 4 to list inclusive. check local agent for details. Also an advertorial piece extols Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs and lung ills as a cure, with trial bottle offered.
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Great Northern Railway
Montreal
Ontario
C. D. Moore
Harpersville
N. Y
Dr. Kings
Home Made Post Driver Adapts Pile Principle For Farmers
Farmers' Review describes a self built wagon mounted post driver driven by a weighted maul. The design uses a running wagon bed, tall uprights, braces, a windlass, and a trip bar mechanism to release the rope and let the maul strike. Materials suggested include oak apple walnut or hickory and straight grain timbers.
Good Roads Advocate Praises Campbell Plan for Canada
A Michigan Farmer correspondent reports Port Huron Good Roads convention praise for Hon. A. W. Campbell of Toronto. Campbell described Toronto’s system with a single township road commissioner, gravel pits, cement culverts, and written guidance on road width and drainage. He argued statute labor hinders progress and urged ample gravel and cement use.
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Port Huron
A.W. Campbell
Toronto
Tim
Tiling Solution for Open Ditch Closing in Ohio Orchard
A correspondent describes closing an open ditch by a large tile system 8 to 12 inches. A dam forms a small pond while a 20 inch sewer pipe sits two to four feet deep. Water is diverted into the sewer then into large tiles laid on a grade. The dam backs water from the ditch so leaves flow into the sewer and rise levels prevent leaf suction. outlets keep rubbish out.
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Ohio
Crop and Field Affairs Guidance for Farmers
Practical farming notes emphasize timely harvest and soil care. Fall plowing aids bank accounts while manure improves thin wheat spots and meadows. Cutting asparagus tops before seed shatter helps prevent spread. Drain tile should be below the frost line for thorough work. Early fall plowing reduces cutworms and ensures better next spring.
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Minnesota National Forest Reserve
Winter vegetable storage tips from a vintage guide
The guide advises boxing beets in dry sand and storing parsnips in a dry dark cellar to stay fresh until June. Do not refrigerate squash in the cellar as they rot, keep them above freezing near a heat source, and store pumpkin in the cellar until winter is settled then cook, sift, and freeze for future use.
Hints on Apple Picking With Simple Ladders and Sorting Table
This piece advises using a common ladder with half round spruce sides and oak rungs for trees up to 30 feet, directly against the tree to avoid damage. It recommends a mobile seven by eight foot sorting table with slats to speed grading, enabling efficient transfer from baskets to barrels.
Transpiration of Trees and Drought Resistance
A 1900s analysis notes that trees lose vast water through transpiration from roots to leaves. It cites a Russian study showing ash trees transpire more water than maples yet resist drought better, suggesting deeper water uptake supports leaf hydration under stress.
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Drouth
Apple scab control advised by writer
A prominent writer urges use of Bordeaux mixture as a safe fungicide for apple scab, advising thorough spray coverage on all tree parts rather than swabbing. He notes kerosene emulsion is not recognized as effective fungicide and should be avoided.
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