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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1896
Page
3
Washington March 25 The two houses failed to settle Cuban revolutions and adjourned to continue talks today. Senate conferees warned the house to concede to avoid a deadlock while both chambers seek a common ground on Cuba and military action. Entscheidungen on Egypt and European diplomacy also appear in dispatches from Rome and Genoa.
The report covers soil composition and fertility, nitrogen exhaustion risks, and the value of manure and ashes as fertilizers. It notes sources of plant nutrients, effects of nitrification, and crop rotation. A second block details practical irrigation experiments, engine costs, and methods, including examples from Mohawk and James valleys and a Kankakee insane asylum project context.
Washington March 25 Congress man Little of Arkansas introduced a bill in the house to locate a district court presided by Judge Kilmer in the Indian Territory at Duncan He cites a long petition from Duncan residents showing the court would be most convenient to them and urges passage of the bill.
Mr. Williams of Douglas discusses land and irrigation options. He notes 60 acres along the river, land elevation 45 to 46 feet, sandy soil unsuitable for windmill reservoirs, and the purchase of a 10 horsepower engine with 600 feet of 4 inch pipe for irrigation.
Peach growers should prune and burn mummified fruit during late winter to curb diseases that linger in old fruit. Also, Prof Emery notes irrigation timing depends on soil type and crop development, suggesting clay soils need delayed watering to avoid surface baking and to speed seedling growth.
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