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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1896
Page
8
An August outbreak of the grape leaf roller Desmia maculalis devastates leaves in North Carolina vineyards. Warns spraying with Bordeaux mixture plus Paris green and thorough kerosene emulsion in infected blocks. Rake and burn webbed leaves to destroy pupae. ensure future crop by protecting ripened wood.
Complaints from several counties describe a whitish scale insect harming spindle trees and euonymus shrubs. The pest is Chionaspis euonymi, introduced from the West Indies about twenty years ago. Remedy advised: August and September apply a double-strength kerosene emulsion with soap, dilute five parts water, wet leaves and twigs, or scrub with a stiff brush, reapply every ten days for two months.
H Price of the Texas Experiment Station argues fertilization is essential when soils fail to produce adequate crops. He warns against waiting until exhaustion sets in and notes some soils endure long periods of cropping without fertilizer, while stressing the need to balance soil health with profit and quality in fruit and crop yields.
A French study details a fruit preservation method using 61 cubic inches of alcohol at 96 degrees in a sealed brick receptacle with air and light excluded. Grapes remained firm and mold free after 20 days and stayed fresh after a second month, unlike control chambers. The process promises inexpensive, practical fruit preservation.
A special American Agriculturist report notes a robust fruit crop in 1896 with plentiful supplies in most regions. North and East see strong yields across apples, peaches, cane fruits and melons, while Southern areas and the West face narrower shortages. Early August grapes near the Great Lakes promise large markets. Canada also reports a good apple crop.
Large quantities will be exported from the provinces and the eastern States. England and western Europe have a fair but not large crop of summer fruit which will soon be out of the way, and those markets will absorb several hundred thousand barrels of American apples.
A report summarizing U S cheese imports and domestic production values notes nine tenths of cheese come from eight states led by New York and Wisconsin. It details Griswold of Wisconsin comparing separator and portable creamer methods, plus a shortfall paid for butter despite higher churn yield, illustrating dryer seasons and creamery shortages.
A Clinton Iowa report notes cream income of $557 89 and total dairy income of $743 51 for 1895 from a nine cow herd of high grade Guernsey stock. The piece includes local anecdotes on cattle and butter, with a Tyrrell County meeting summary and a New England Typographical Union resolution urging government telegraph ownership.
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