Horticulture Budding Techniques for Fruit Tree Propagation
Detailed guide explains budding as a grafting alternative for peaches plums and cherries. It covers stock and bud preparation timing T shaped cuts insertion methods bandaging with raffia or waxed cloth and steps to promote growth after budding including sucker removal.
Plants Pump Water From Soil Into Air
Plants continually move water from the soil into the air. Utah experiments show moisture loss through evaporation per foot of gioj over summer, equating to about nine pounds per foot per acre. Extrapolated globally, plants pump vast amounts of water, returning it to the air daily as part of Earth's water cycle.
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Utah
Soil Plan For Timothy Crops And Food Yield
A fragment discusses following timothy with a small cereal grain crop to improve soil feeding power. It notes conditions where overturned sod delays outcomes and affects any potential groups gathering food with sufficient prickness to produce Henired WL.
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Timothy
Cooling Fruits Gain Favor in Shipping
Studies show cooling summer fruits before shipment reduces decay and ice usage, with better fruit condition when the car and contents are thoroughly chilled. Experiments indicate significant savings and the method could become standard at major fruit stations within a few years.
How to Cut When Pruning
The article explains that exposed wood cannot heal, and new tissue forms from the cambium to cover wounds. It warns against leaving large stubs and advises cutting branches as close as possible to the trunk. It notes the wound will take years to heal and should be protected with paint rather than tar or wax.
Horticultural Tips for Grapes Strawberries and Blackberries
Garden advice covers spraying grapevines with Bordeaux to prevent rot and removing infected plants. It urges continued cultivation of strawberries, selecting runners, and pruning grape bunches. It recommends bagging remaining grape clusters in simple paper bags to protect fruit and improve quality.
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Farm Journal
Fully Up With The Times Oklahoma Amazes An Easterner
A New Yorker visiting Oklahoma City marvels at its modern streets and shops, noting porcelain bathtubs in hotel rooms as proof of urban development. An Oklahoma resident wryly questions if such comforts exist in New York.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
New York
Cure for Baby’s Itchy Rash With Cuticura Remedies
Mrs. Hattie Currier of Thomaston Maine reports a nine month old suffered rash on face and feet causing night time distress. After trying Cuticura Ointment the feet healed within hours and cradle cap cleared. she notes quick improvement after one box and lasting relief. Dated June 9 1906.
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Hattie Currier
Thomaston
Canal building drives cost and long term benefits worldwide
The Manchester canal cost 75 million dollars for 35 miles, with indirect benefits outweighing the high expenditure. Germany has 3 000 miles of canal plus 7 000 miles other waterways, France 3 000 miles, and northern canals support rail prosperity. England Germany France Holland Belgium plan further canal expansion and improvement according to Century Magazine.
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Manchester
Germany
France
England
Holland
Belgium
Punishment by Inches in Genesee County Court
Bergen justice of the peace conducts a novel sentence for Henry Meyer 27, seven feet two inches tall. Meyer in court for stealing four bags of oats receives 90 days in jail one day per inch of stature and one day per bag. News brief from Nunda New York.
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Bergen
Genesee County
Old Bell Still Tolls Curfew at Bury Parish Church
The curfew bell in the belfry of a parish church in Bury England still rings at sunset each night, preserving a tradition dating back 300 years and signaling parting day.
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Bury
England
Coffee or Postum? Sleeplessness and sour stomach linked
A California woman reports sleepless nights ended after stopping coffee and using Postum. Her brother also improved sour stomach after switching. The ad promotes a ten day trial and the book The Road to Wellville as evidence.
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Calif
Postum
Pruning Fruit Trees for Better Harvest
The article argues pruning yields larger, sweeter fruit, countering claims that it goes against nature. It states nature rarely produces quality fruit and notes apples show superior results from pruning, with data supporting more and better fruit and overall yield from pruned trees.
When you die you expect to meet all your husbands
A snappy line from Mrs Tartleigh prompts Mrs Muchwedde to vow she expects to go to heaven rather than meet dead spouses. The exchange, in Young's Magazine, highlights sharp wit in a domestic skit.
The Reason Why Roped In Laughs At Arena Meeting
In a humorous exchange a Mexican bull and an old acquaintance meet in the arena. The bull confesses he was roped in during the encounter, prompting a playful back and forth about how he ended up there.
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisement
An old time ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease to cure painful swollen feet from new shoes. It claims quick relief and offers a free sample, with purchase through druggists and shoe stores. Address given is A S Olmsted in Le Roy New York.
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N. Y
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Richer quote and nerve restorer ad from physician notice
An advertisement touts Dr. R H Kline's Great Nerve Restorer claiming cures for nervous disorders. It urges sending for a free $200 trial bottle and treatise from 931 Arch St Philadelphia. The text also includes a literary quotation about kindness and dewdrops.
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Kline
R H.kline
Arch St
Philadelphia
Prosperous France Wealth Estimated at Fourty-Two Thousand Millions
The article notes France's wealth is estimated at forty two thousand millions, signaling a prosperous economy with broad wealth assessment across the nation.
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France
Krause's Headache Capsules Advertising Line
An old newspaper ad promotes Krause's Headache Capsules from Norman Lichty Mfg. Co. Des Moines Iowa priced 25c. Also promotes Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup and a Franklin quote. The copy includes archaic spellings and claims to ease headaches and teething pain.
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Krause
Norman Lichty
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