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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
7
The article explains proper pruning aims and warns against mistakes by novices. It lists essential tools including an 18 inch pruning saw, quality double-cut shears, a large hooked knife, and ladders. It notes that many soft hardware store shears bruise wood and recommends wooden-handled, long double-cut shears for clean cuts.
The Illinois station reports Bordeaux mixture, applied thoroughly and early, saves over 90 percent of fruit from bitter rot. Liquid Bordeaux is most effective. pure copper sulfate harms foliage. Three applications advised. salt ground treatments ineffective. W. Paddock.
The article notes American plums are good producers and blackberries need heavy fertilization. Plums must be protected from curculio for satisfactory yields. Poor soil yields poor fruit, and farmers with a few fruit trees should learn proper spraying to protect them. An apple grower observes no over supply of good apples, only of poor fruit.
The article notes dry California soils keep vine roots deep and irrigation does not assure fertilizer effectiveness. It urges timing with moisture, deep incorporation of nutrients, fall or winter applications for manure, early spring work for nitrogen rich fertilizers, and cautions that mis-timed application wastes fertilizer and nitrogen.
The article advises windbreakless orchards to stake trees on the west side and pull them slightly to face prevailing winds, tying to stakes. It recommends wrapping burlap or old rubber hose around trunks to protect bark and suggests using similar stays for transplanted large shade trees for one to two years.
Rapid growing pear trees are more susceptible to blight due to their open-textured bark that permits fungal spores to enter via fine, threadlike sprouts invisible to the naked eye.
Silas and Cyrus tease Reuben for buying a one dollar pamphlet claiming absorbing literature. Reuben received a pamphlet titled How Blotters Are Made and another titled Points on Turkish Towers as his purchase.
In Abyssinia a woman maintains ownership of the household and its goods, with the wife legally owning the house and all contents. This reflects customary property arrangements where female heads control dwelling and possessions.
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