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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1915
Page
5
The article discusses elephants ears as bedding plants and advises buying smaller seedling bulbs rather than large ones. It notes seedsmen offer sizes from walnut-scale to muskmelon-scale bulbs, but bigger prices yield poorer plants. The author, W. FM, shares personal practice of using small bulbs and selling off the large ones next season.
Weed seeds outgrow flowers in vitality so weed early with a good weeding hook and stir the soil. Don t spade until winter and spring moisture drains to avoid lumpy soil. Do not sow all annuals at once or plant bulbs entirely by seeds. Thin crowded plants and avoid transplanting mignonettes and poppies. Transplant gladioli succession this month for longer bloom. Golden feverfew borders beds. Remember the flower
The article details spring gardening tasks including mulching shrubs roses and perennials, applying fertilizer or bone meal after frost, and aerating soil by deep digging. It covers managing tree and plant protection, hardening off seedlings, timing for setting out seeds and perennials, and suggests cosmos, Dutchman's Pipe for shade, and ornamental planting patterns.
Warm soaking speeds germination for many seeds with sweet peas and Cypress vines benefiting most. Large hard shells like canna seeds may need careful filing. delicate greenhouse varieties just need light surface sowing on fine soil kept moist. Use glass over pots during germination and remove it afterward. Fern spores can be sown on a brick with a thin soil layer and watered from below.
The article explains that in dry farming moisture limits yield, so seeding rates must be modest. Overseeding wastes water, while a thin stand may endure drought and still yield well. Plants can crowd and shade ground when moisture allows, reducing evaporation and improving maturity. Generally planting rate for dry lands should be just over half of irrigated land rates.
The disk harrow is presented as the essential implement for moisture conservation in dry climates. It doubles as a cultivator for summer fallow and helps prepare ground for beets or potatoes, with a 16-inch disk noted for deeper pulverizing action and easier control by individual levers. Proper dust protection and bearing oiling are advised, plus a foot-lever cleaner for the machinery.
A historical note explains that dairying should have a place in land farming as the dairy cow yields the most edible dry matter from 100 pounds of field crop dry matter. It compares sheep steer hog and dairy cow, showing the dairy cow yields about 18 pounds of human food per 100 pounds of dry matter, with hog next at 16 pounds.
If corn fails to mature, stalks can be cut and placed in a silo for silage to feed the dairy herd. Silage preserves feed, using about 40 percent of corn nutrients in the stalk. It enables winter dairying and can be stored for summer use during pasture shortages.
A parliamentary tale explains the name Dominion arose from a Bible verse suggesting Canada as God’s Land. Sir John Macdonald’s confederation united nine provinces and a deadlock over naming was broken when a member cited that “His dominion shall be from the one sea to the other.”
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