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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1898
Page
23
A Rural New Yorker discussion argues that home mixing of fertilizers saves cost but risks quality. An New Jersey farmer details a home mixer setup and yields, while guidance covers balanced organics, potash and phosphate tonics, and cautions on lime, manure, nitrate use, and proper application to tomatoes for early ripening.
A fragmentary advice piece emphasizes early plowing and thorough soil preparation for tomato crops. It urges turning and rolling soil, keeping the barrow in motion, and using a weeded rake or hand tools to weed. The text references soil moisture, timely cultivation, and employing a tiller or implement to improve soil conditions.
Advice on economizing labor while planting cotton on varying soils. Notes that poorer land lags, rich land allows later planting, and recommends high beds for drainage and faster emergence. Describes bed formation by scraping and barrow, plus methods to control weeds and conserve labor.
A Morida Parmer report quotes tobacco growers debating new fertiliser ideas. Some favor Peruvian guano, cottonseed meal, or yardyard compost while questioning the balance and effectiveness of these replacements for traditional, well-balanced plant foods.
The text analyzes a tobacco crop fertilizer mix with 10 to 32 percent phosphate and four percent nitrogen, noting minerals must be applied early. It argues against delays or using only commercial tobacco tone fertilizers, claiming quality and aroma can be damaged if mineral fertilizer is not used six to eight weeks before planting.
A rural note explains why cowpeas and oats cannot be grown jointly. When sowed at the same time the cowpeas rot, smother oats, or fail to thrive. Proper timing favors cowpeas or oats separately, with careful windrow curing of cowpea hay. The piece cites W. P. Alaswy in Country Gentleman.
The piece discusses amine-related issues in US oats crops and presents a method to prevent losses by treating seed oats in water at 198 degrees for ten minutes, yielding a clean crop. It emphasizes easy, inexpensive preventives and notes the benefits of proper seed treatment.
A fragmented passage from the American Bus Journal describes a vine related experiment at a university station. It mentions exposure to calery and Lees during growing time, with references to a specific method and the formation of a tune, though the OCR yields unclear wording and misplaced terms.
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