14 May 1892
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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1892
Page
1
Geo W Kendall advertises as abstractor of land titles in Shreveport area. The notice cites services for tracing title histories and public records, inviting inquiries at his address near Teske Street, PO Box.
An agent offers diverse city building lots and tenements at 205 Milam Street for sixty days. Properties include Jordan Street ground on Bolt Line 140 by 155 feet, a corner Texas Avenue and Marpha Street 185 by 208 feet, Crockett Street lots with a two story residence, Murphy Street rear lots with tenements renting 8 per month, Sprague and Lawrence corner lots with three tenements earning 20 monthly, Donovan Street Belt Line lots with two small tenements renting 6, Davis Street lots with a house renting 3, Butler's Hill area plots, and a rear Judge A. W. Hicks place. If not sold, the sale closes and listing withdrawn.
The writer argues labor costs for corn on hill farms, comparing corn and cotton profitability, and presents a calculation of labor per acre at 50 cents to estimate 7 cents per bushel. He cites last year’s average yield about twenty bushels, fertilizer effects, and asserts fertilizer helps cover costs, urging practical farming balances and prudence for future security.
An article describes experiments by Mr. B I Galoway of the Department of Agriculture at Washington and agent Cartie on fighting rot in apples grown in Virginia Mississippi and Arkansas. Spraying with copper compounds and pounds of materials showed reduced rot in Abraham Limbertwig and other varieties. notes on timing intervals and need for vigilance in fruit protection.
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