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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1897
Page
8
Dish water helps grape vines and avoid summer pruning. Overloaded trees ruin fruit. thin out for fine harvest. Paranips are loved by all stock and can stay in ground through winter. They yield 400 to 1,000 bushels per acre with good soil and cultivation.
Instructions for propagating tomatoes from cuttings detail selecting 12 to 18 inch sticks, trimming leaves, planting four inches deep in furrows, and covering all but six inches. After planting avoid water unless soil is very dry, expect earlier fruiting and sturdier plants, and steps to protect from frost. Also describes hillside preparation with manure mixing and watering practices to prevent surface crust and overheating.
Jonathan Periam, veteran gardener, spoke at the Cook County Farmers Institute on home gardens. He urged growing an acre to supply most family needs, outlined costs for beet and carrot production, and offered spacing tips for tomatoes asparagus lettuce and radish rows.
Growers who spray intensively to harvest early fruit often neglect post harvest care. Allowing orchards and vineyards to run wild damages the next crop far more than the cost of a few extra treatments. Trees and vines need full assimilative power to recover and grow new wood and buds for the succeeding crop. Leaves are the lungs.
Gerald Mc Carthy, entomologist, recommends spraying grape vines, blackberry bushes and plum trees after harvest and again after washing off. Use Bordeaux mixture with one quart of black molasses per barrel to prolong foliage coverage and add 4 ounces of Paris green.
Practical notes on horse and sheep care, salt licks, and clover hay. Warns on June calf and lamb care, notes European demand for horse meat, and farm tips on scratches. Cites Wisconsin Farmer hog cholera skepticism and absurd remedy of Winchester rifle and dry wood for treatment.
A Cottonwood False Leader satire extols the razorback hog as a breed from the South, noting its architecture inspired Swiss cottage style, backward ears, limp tail, and upright back. It trots like a locomotive, climbs trees, forages acorns and roots, and can squeeze under gates to help harvest corn.
A rustic critique of crossbreeding razorbacks, claiming only a locomotive cross gives a prized result and comparing razorback meat to other odd analogies. It notes hogs’ work ethic, lack of luxury, and critique of breeding, then shifts to manure value noting dry earth absorbs ammonia and enriches rotting piles.
Practical guidelines urge early morning feeding and varied diets for fowls, with celery or green bone boosting egg flavor and sand or grit aiding digestion. Keep types separate, use open sheds with sun, and ensure dry duck housing. avoid excessive mixing of soft foods. Headlines note breed care, egg production, and market knowledge from Exchange.
The article describes a market lesson on egg demand tied to trust and supply. It notes a neighborly egg trade, then argues that feeding hens with kitchen scraps yields high egg production, claiming scraps from a family of six can feed twelve hens for a year, equating to 180 dozen eggs.
If other methods fail, clean the poultry house and turn fowls outside to roost. Lice disappear where hens don’t congregate, but the preferred method is to kill all the lice. Burn four or five pounds of sulphur in a tightly closed house, using plenty of sulphur for dense fumes, and keep the house closed for two hours after burning.
A California Poultry Keeper notes a lasting cure for feather eating. Bind a hairpin-thick wire around the top of the bird's bill to prevent gripping feathers while still allowing eating and drinking. The habit reportedly fades quickly.
Directions from Jeff Welborn of Kerrs Arkansas in Western Rural on producing a second potato crop. Dig spring crop as vines yellow and before dying. Dry seed several weeks in shade or under trees. plant after cool nights return, north in cotton belt late July to early August, south later. Cut every tuber a quarter from bloom to stem ends to limit eyes. Plant shallow, press dirt with a log or roller. avoid soggy soil. Leave in ridges if season requires. For table use harvest just before freezing. for seed dig before frost and dry thoroughly.
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