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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1918
Page
7
An agricultural feature argues U S farmers should join a wartime effort by shifting to Western Canada. It highlights cheap land, free homesteads, modern tractors, easy cultivation costs, high yields, and government incentives to supply seed and duty-free cattle and sheep transport.
The writer urges parents to value a child’s efforts and sorrows, share experiences, and include children in family life. It cautions against isolating children yet allows boundaries with guests, meals, and elder routines.
A proverb compares conceit to paying more than due in a trolley ride. The saying likens a man bragging about closeness to achievement to a passenger with a nickel in a six cent fare, illustrating empty boasting.
Prepared by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for the county examination for elementary school certificates. The list covers soil water capacity farm product conservation, distinguishing tree species, regional locators, hog breeds, school gardens, farm home improvements, and details on the Smith Hughes Law. It includes theory and practice sections with groups from Strayer-Norsworthy Wilkinson and problem solving in carpentry and finance.
A list of eight geography teaching prompts covering national resources map and picture training home locality curriculum fuel interest climate sources city comparisons coal and iron mine locations European zones best fields and sun overhead at noon in Ohio. Each item requests method explanation or analysis.
A set of agriculture exam prompts covering Mendel's laws seed viability soil moisture conservation plant function seeds germination essentials barometer farmer value milk test Babcock 17.6 cc plow invention soil particle size water capacity cattle tuberculosis testing.
Explains how decimal multiplication connects to real work and situational problems. Discusses the benched number concept, plan advantages and limits, and derives a decimal pointing rule from prior work. Provides three approaches to the syra task and demonstrates with examples like .2 times 39.06 and 2 times .03.
A compilation of classroom prompts on grammar, spelling, lyric poetry, history, and literature education. It requests methods for teaching writing letters spelling pronunciation analysis and parsing, with prompts about notable authors and works and war era history topics.
Questions probe general food classes and balanced menus, pupil physical condition and its teaching value, tea or coffee use and teacher outcomes, and the community impact of sanitation and hygiene education with evidence of results.
The article outlines soil needs and fertilization for early peas, preferring sandy loam with good drainage and caution against high nitrogen before planting. It covers varieties Alaska Telephone and dwarf versus tall types, spacing, drilling depth, and strategies for fresh table use versus canning production, with staggered plantings and possible fall crops.
Onions thrive in most good garden soils and are a standard crop. Plant sets 2 to 3 inches apart in rows, as soon as soil is workable, with some varieties autumn planted. Onions can be grown from seed by hotbed transplant or direct sowing. bulbs may form in one season. Frequent shallow cultivation avoids weeds. harvest as green onions when large enough, or leave to mature. Remove seed stalks to preserve bulbs.
A guide to growing muskmelons in sandy loam with manure, emphasizing heat loving, four month growth, and need for warm soil. Recommends starting on berry boxes, transplanting after warmth, hills six feet apart, sowing drills, thinning to 18 inches to 2 feet, frequent cultivation early, weed control later, and notes disease risks.
Farmers are directed to Farmers' Bulletin 856 for guidance on controlling insects and diseases affecting muskmelon. The bulletin provides key methods for managing serious insect enemies and disease pressures in the home vegetable garden.
Spinach thrives in cool mid latitudes and can be grown in open ground over winter in the south. In the north protect plants in winter with mulch. Fall planting recommended where possible. fall sowing resists bolting better than spring. One ounce seed suffices for 100 feet. sow in drills one foot apart. Harvest by removing whole plants, select larger specimens first for others to develop.
Cauliflower needs rich moist soil and consistent irrigation and dislikes frost more than cabbage but tolerates warm weather poorly. Plant after last spring frost using plants from hot bed or window box to mature before heat. space rows 24 to 30 inches for hand work and 2.5 feet for horse cultivation. plant 14 to 18 inches apart. tie leaves over heads to keep light out and whiten the heads.
Watermelons require ample room and heat to grow. Do not plant until soil is warm, about a month after the last hard frost, and use sandy soil with well rotted manure in hill planting. Plant eight to ten seeds per hill, thinning to four plants as they establish. For insect and disease control, consult Farmers' Bulletin 856.
Kale resembles cabbage in habit and is hardy enough for autumn planting across the southern United States. It thrives in good soil with ample stable manure and can be sown in drills or broadcast. A quarter ounce of seed covers 100 feet of drill, with successive plantings through summer and harvest starting from the first crop.
The article discusses hand spading as a practical method for small areas and emphasizes doing spading early. It advises working the ground down only as needed to spread labor and speed drying, enabling earlier planting of crops like peas potatoes and cabbage when the soil is dry enough.
A pupil’s note asking forgiveness for Tommy’s absence cites illness and a doctor’s orders. The master suspects the handwriting and spelling resemble the mother’s. Tommy quips that he is “the image of my mother” in spelling.
A brief exchange between Miss Peacher and her suitor explains her father’s sudden coolness. She suggests the father feared potential draft before he learned they were soul mates.
Ashes from coal can lighten soil and correct acidity with lime. Wood ashes lack fertilizing value but lime treatment improves soil structure.
Plan your garden with an early start by diagramming ground space and allotting acreage for vegetables. Prepare tools and seed purchases in advance to ensure a ready opening of the growing season.
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