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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
8
The column explains how premature death of potato tops drastically reduces yields. It cites experiments from Minnesota and Rhode Island showing seven bushel-per-acre daily losses when tops die, and notes spraying against beetles and blights extends the growing season and boosts final yields.
In 1887 French Professor Millardet sprayed his vineyard with copper sulfate and lime to deter thieves. The sprayed vines grew healthier, leading him to test the mixture on potatoes where it proved highly effective against early blight and late blight rot.
The article compares current yields with the ten year average for potatoes. It references United data and discusses how present results measure against the historical benchmark.
The article urges Ohio voters and party committees to support the national call to buy War Savings Stamps. It quotes Rutherford B. Hayes and Daniel Webster to argue bipartisan duty, stating the Democratic and Republican parties should enlist members as selling agents to reach Ohio’s quota of 106 million dollars.
States department lists average yields for major potato states with figures from Maine to Michigan. The note suggests during war and labor shortages the idea of reducing acreage to grow more potatoes per acre.
The notice lists the publication price at 5 cents per copy and a yearly subscription rate of 1.50 dollars.
Mrs. Frank P. Wood of Morrill Maine reports relief from rheumatic and kidney symptoms after using Foley Kidney Pills. She notes improvement for her husband as well who could not stoop due to pain but then felt no pain after starting the pills.
A letter from Mrs. G. I. Ireland of Duncan Millis Illinois credits Foley Kidney Pills with curing lumbago and rheumatism after a neighbor’s recommendation. She reports rapid relief after two to three bottles and says the pills tone up kidneys, improve appetite and sleep, and remove the cause of trouble.
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