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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1925
Page
3
June 2 1904 testimonial describes chronic catarrh suffering and relief after five bottles of Peruna with improved bowels and reduced coughing. June 30 1924 update notes nearing ninety and continued use. The ad cites Peruna as a global remedy for catarrhal disorders and offers a book for 4 cents postage from the Peruna Company in Columbus Ohio.
United States Department of Agriculture showcases cow testing associations as a path to putting more good cows into profitable herds. It highlights records from Newaygo County Michigan and Grove City Pennsylvania, noting higher milk and butterfat yields in well managed groups and urging farmers to adopt associations to know individual cow performance. Free bulletin 1446 explains starting and running such associations.
The article notes hogs feeding directly in fields with corn and soybeans improves profitability and labor savings. Mixed crops yield more pork than corn alone, due to protein from soybeans and balanced nutritious leaves. Field feeding may also offer cleaner, more efficient digestion for hogs.
Rye stands out as the most reliable winter cover crop. Agronomist J C Blair of North Carolina State College notes it grows well on poor soils or various textures, resists winter kill, and can be sown Aug to Dec with Oct 1 ideal. sow one bushel per acre, broadcast over fields or drill in after disking. It provides fall and spring grazing, should be turned under when heads show, and improves soil by reducing leaching, erosion, and adding organic matter. If a legume cover is uncertain, rye should accompany it.
Advice on storing apples for winter highlights wrapping each fruit in paper or using paper lined barrels, keeping them dry and cold in a non freezing cellar, and separating from strong smelling produce. Warns that bad apples spoil the batch and suggests frequent checking. Recommends tart varieties for canning and methods like apple sauce or whole canning for dumplings.
Prospective fruit growers should order their nursery stock in fall, specifying grades and a designated delivery date. Clemson expert B H W Rawl notes trees should be well grown and stocky, then unpacked and heeled in with moist soil, roots placed in a trench and earth packed around them at a 45 degree angle.
Alfalfa may be seeded in spring or fall. A well filled silo of silage offers strong winter profits. Cats threaten nesting game birds, says conservation authorities. Cultivate weeds below the surface to effectively remove them. Feeding 15 pounds or more of green rye an hour before milking mildly flavors milk. Strawberry bed care now largely determines next year’s crop. A well filled row of vigorous plants this fall guards the 1926 crop.
C R Jones explains the native American borer, the larva of a steel blue clear wing moth, attacks peach trees from nursery stock to old orchards east of the Rockies. Larvae winter in various stages, females lay 200 to 600 eggs, and control relies on digging out borers, applying washes, and mounding soil around trunks twice yearly.
Prof C C Newman of Clemson explains grape propagation from this season’s growth. Cuttings ten inches long with two buds are placed in ground at a 45 degree angle in a furrow, November planting, to root at 75 to 95 percent and form plants ready for transplanting in one year.
Store apples promptly after harvest to prevent rapid ripening. Cooling in storage is slow, especially in boxed stacks with poor air flow. Leave a day’s picking in the field overnight and move to the cellar early next morning for thorough cooling on cool fall nights.
The article urges farmers to invest in carefully selected standard bred poultry. It warns that careless breeding yields inferior stock and missed profits, while disciplined breeders with surplus stock can dispose of excess to gain better returns.
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