Apple and fruit crop prospects improved in Missouri reports
Goodman, secretary of the State Horticultural Society, reports apple prospects in Missouri look fair with 60 percent of a crop expected in good orchards. Pears and plums show promise. peaches damaged north of the Missouri River. Strawberry and berry crops fall short. raspberries and blackberries severely injured. Illinois plans southern field work to combat bitter rot in apples with spraying experiments at Tonti Flora and Tamaroa, with Salem as a headquarters.
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Missouri
Feale
Goodman
State Horticultural Society
Missouri River
Hinoly
Department of Horticulture
Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Illinois
Iinois
Milneis
Ilinois
Salem
Spraying Fruit Trees in Bloom at Illinois College
The University of Illinois College of Agriculture department of horticulture studies spraying fruit trees in bloom. Preliminary last year showed blossoms damaged by spray fail to set fruit due to pistil injury. This season aims to determine injury extent to pistils and pollen and effects on crop quality and quantity.
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Department of Horticulture
College of Agriculture
University of Ilinois
Missouris Horticultural Society Sets Meetings
The Missouri State Horticultural Society plans the summer gathering at Eldon from June 10 to 12 and the winter meeting at Springfield from December 2 to 4.
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Missouri State Horticultural Society
Eldon
Springfield
Sugar Beet Pulp as Feed Preserved in Silos
Government publication notes sugar beet pulp can be preserved in silos with fair quality for stock. Cattle eat even slightly spoiled portions, with trenches or pits used in Europe, while corn silos offer lower losses. Since beet crops exhaust soil, feeding pulp helps fertility. farmers growing beets should combine pulp feeding where practicable. If you want to know what a dueat worth, try to borrow one.
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Europe
Reclaiming Alkali Soils with Flood Waters in the West
The piece explains that alkali soils worsen after years of irrigation as capillary action brings alkali to the surface. It notes initial distribution hides harm, but surface deposition destroys vegetation. Arizona station suggests flooding lands to at least eight inches, washing alkalies down and away, carrying portions into subsoil.
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Arizona
Campbell Method Approved Across Western Kansas
The Campbell soil culture system gains support from Kansas figures and experts. Professor H M Cottrell backs its use in arid regions, citing improved crops on Campbell's Hill City farm where other methods failed amid drought.
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Campbell
Illinois
Wisconsin
Kansas
H. M. Cottrell
Kansas Experiment Station
Hill City
Graham County
Seasons in Porto Rico contradict planting calendars
Porto Rico growers report that planting times do not dictate harvests. An island agriculturist grew corn in every month for a year and still reaped twelve good crops, with only minor height and ripening differences. Another farmer yielded pineapples in March, three months before their usual season, illustrating year round fresh fruit and vegetables for the United States.
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Porto
Porto Rico
United States
Porto Rico Agricultural Journal
Pasturing Rye Proves Value For Farmers' Feed
A Farmers' Review correspondent notes twenty acres of rye last year and a good crop expected this spring. Pasturing rye saved about $50 in feed this year, proved handy as hay rose to 8 per ton and corn at 65 cents per bushel. Rye complements other crops, aids those without silos by adding succulence and fresh silage, and remains an old yet viable practice amid modern methods.
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The
Farmers’ Review
Old Marblehead a Quaint Seaport of Longstanding Lore
Marblehead on the Atlantic coast is a historic seaport resembling Salem with narrow crooked streets and storm battered old houses. Its origins trace to 1633 with Allerton and early fishermen. it played a role in the Revolution, with patriots Hilbridge Gerry Azor Orne John Glover and James Mugford noted. The town sent 800 men to the Continental Army in 1776 and many residents faced imprisonment in the War of 1812. The piece recalls local legends and notable figures, including Mary Dimond born in 1728.
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Atlantic Coast
Marblehead
Salem
Hoston
Allerton
Plymouth
New England
Marchinhead
Hilbridge Gerry
Azor Orne
John Glover
James Mugford
Boston
Mugford
Marblehead's Historic Landmarks and Patriot Tales
Old Marblehead lore highlights Moll Pitcher as a famed fortuneteller, links Agnes Surriage to Marblehead romance, and notes the Tucker house from 1640, the 1775 powder house, and the 1727 town hall. It recalls Marblehead’s stance during the 1774 Boston Port Bill, the “Faneuil Hall of Marblehend,” and St. Michael's church with a bell cracked during the Declaration of Independence celebrations.
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Moll Pitcher
Lyne
Robert Pitcher
Old Powder House
Boston
Marblehead
David Mussolin
Martha Curtis
George Washington
Morris Wade
Detroit Free Press
How Fine Furnitures Made From Grain and Cutting
An article explains that bird's eye maple and curly walnut are not distinct species but terms for grain patterns created by cutting methods. It describes bird's eye maple as veneer over solid wood, curly walnut as a figure from the walnut trunk just above the ground, and notes similar patterns can occur in other trees.
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Central Park
The Youngest Soldier and Civil War Vets in One Page
A collage of Civil War anecdotes and veterans notes features Gilbert Van Zandt of Kansas City claiming the title of youngest regularly enrolled drummer boy, age 10, plus stories of James Buckham and Henry Garr. The piece notes Mrs Lincoln's pension petition, Col. Walter H. French’s scrapbook collection, and Hiram Cronk’s status as the last surviving War of 1812 pensioner, with Cronk celebrated modestly on his 103rd birthday.
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Mr. van Zandt
Gilbert van Zandt
Kansas City
van Zandt
Seventy-ninth
Ohio Volunteers
Port William
Clinton County
Ohio
Lincoln
Walter H. French
Washington Times
Congress of the
United States
A. Lincoln
Henry & Garr
Mr. Garr
Louisville
Souleville Courier-Journal
A. Garr
Garr
Western Park
Hiram Cronk
Ava
Cronk
Mr. Cronk
Frankfort
Herkimer County
Wright Settlement
Then & More
Sackett's Harbor
Congress
Pen with History at Vienna’s Holy Alliance Center
A fragmented riddle recalls a pen used to sign the Holy Alliance in 1815 by Francis I and Frederick William III. It asks a puzzle about a man returning home and hunting for a keyhole, prompting the reader to deduce where he has been.
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Vienna
Francis L. Alexander L
Frederick William III
Crasity recalls Civil War era brigades and leaders
The speaker reflects on past military service with General Jacob H. Smith in the Second Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. He notes the lack of cruelty among older soldiers, mentions Illinois and Ohio origins, and recalls battles from West Virginia to Shiloh and Stone River as part of his wartime experiences.
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Jacob H. Smith
Philippines
Illinois
Ohio
Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
Anderson
Fort Sumter
West Virginia
Shiloh
Smith
Hils Company
Stone Fiver
Iron Brigade sacrifices at Gettysburg recounted in grim detail
The piece recalls the Iron Brigade’s advance at Gettysburg as Reynolds falls, detailing casualties by regiment. It notes the Twenty-fourth Michigan with 60 percent killed or wounded and 83 missing, the Nineteenth Indiana 66 percent and 60 missing, the Second Wisconsin 43 percent and 20 missing, and the Sevent h Wisconsin 41 percent and 43 missing. overall killed and wounded near 50 percent with many missing. It ends with a Lydia M Child quotation on maintaining cheer.
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Gettysburg
New York
Iron Brigade
Reynolds
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
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Daprticoltore
Old
Mary Dimond
James Buckham
Christian Advocate
Farragut- Thomas
Department of Missouri
Itnesin & Cragh
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Lydia M. Child
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