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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1916
Page
10
A farmer argues for growing winter and summer legume cover crops to prevent soil washing and nitrogen loss. He claims these crops can double yields within four to five years by fixing atmospheric nitrogen, improving fertility, and enabling crops like cotton, corn, and wheat to thrive when grown in rotation rather than a sole cotton system.
An Arkansas Florida agricultural note warns silage should not be cut early before maturity. Immature crops yield poorer silage, while corn and sorghum reach best feeding value at hard dough stage. Water can be added if silage becomes too dry, and pastures with Bermuda and clovers show high profitability based on long-term grazing results.
Constipation in chickens often appears in summer and fall. Advice favors oily laxatives or purgatives over violent purgatives like epsom salts. Linseed meal in soft feed is gentler. some add a few drops of castor oil after a meal to stimulate appetite.
A rotation using a legume every two or three seasons can improve soil texture and productivity. Occasional lime may be needed to correct acidity and phosphorus to balance plant nutrients.
Guidance states three daily feedings for chicks and two for grown fowls at this season, ensuring chicks grow rapidly while older birds stay fit without excess fat. Emphasizes ample nourishment for chicks and careful amounts for adults to maintain good condition.
Procedure to monitor cow milk output by monthly weighing of one day’s milk from each cow, multiplied by days in the month, estimating total monthly production. Butterfat percent is tested from a milk sample to calculate the butterfat amount per cow.
Agricultural note urges farmers to plant winter legumes this fall to boost humus levels and soil health. Winter legumes such as clovers provide humus and add 50 to 15 pounds of nitrogen per acre, improving productivity.
The article notes improving dairy business prospects with advances in equipment and methods. It highlights a cow yielding 400 pounds of butterfat annually, electric milking systems, a sanitary comfortable dairy barn, and winter dairying gear within reach of farmers.
A horticultural note reports the blackberry cane borer is widespread and ruins crops. Spraying is useless. cut and burn swollen cane sections at pruning, and destroy all new shoots before end of June to kill grubs. Burn promptly to prevent borers from spreading to nearby plants.
From the Mixouri Agricultural Experiment Station leaf blight causes spots on strawberry leaves and weakens plants in some varieties. Aroma and Gandy show strong resistance. Recommend spraying with Bordeaux mixture after harvest.
The guidance advises renewing treatments, applying three or four more sprayings at two week intervals. For badly infested beds after crop removal, mow everything, let it dry, burn off on a brisk wind, then follow with another spraying.
After pruning, remove all pruned branches and twigs to deny disease and insect homes. Burn the debris to prevent spread. Apply lead pulpt to wounds to seal water out and deter decay. Spray trees with lime sulfur mix of one gallon lime sulfur to nine gallons water to cut costs and protect trees this season.
The article stresses that pears need proper drainage to prevent surplus water on surface or soil. If natural drainage is insufficient, artificial methods such as underground drains or surface ditches should be added, with subdrainage using tile being the preferred option for thoroughness. Subsoiling can provide temporary relief but will recur as soil compacts.
The office of public roads in the United States Department of Agriculture reports that during 1912 13 over 99 000 square yards of various road types were built as experiments and demonstrations. Total road area under this office since 1905 exceeds 4 000 000 square yards. Projects occurred in Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Maryland Mississippi Nebraska North Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Virginia Wisconsin and the District of Columbia.
A surge of visitors to the Hawaiian Islands highlights the need for good roads. Hilo has built concrete boulevards from the wharves, while outlying districts improved highways under progressive local government. The big island offers hundreds of miles of macadam surface and diverse climates for an unparalleled motoring paradise.
The apportionment of federal road funds for the fiscal year ending June 30 1917 lists allocations for New York and neighboring states New Hampshire Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont. For June 30 1918 each state will receive double the above figures and for 1919 triple, for 1920 quadruple, and for 1921 quintuple the amounts stated.
West Virginia campaign uses the slogan Get Out of the Mud to push road bond issues. Counties recently approved bonds for road improvements as advocates highlight the mountain scenery and welcome more motorists to the state.
A farming notice explains that by maintaining roads near a ranch to a permanent good standard a farmer can haul two loads per trip instead of one. It urges starting improvement on adjacent roads and then offering help to improve other road sections, boosting overall farm value.
The piece notes widespread fungus issues this season including rusts mildews and other diseases. It urges using proper fungicides to combat the problem and prevent crop losses.
The text notes selling land to pay debts, reducing hired help as needed, which preserved a sound home for many families who otherwise would have lost their property if the larger farm had been kept.
A San Francisco street vendor unveils a so called infernal machine described as a device for warfare. The cylinder allegedly holds poison gas and 100000 rounds of shrapnel with several foreign governments reportedly bidding for the dangerous invention.
The document explains how dust explosivity varies with purity fineness dryness and air volume and notes coal dust heightens blast severity with firedamp. A M Henshaw testifies that coal dust explosions arise from careless explosive use or lamp safety lapses, and preventing firedamp ignition could limit dust dangers.
An examination of papers with varying rag content and sizing shows mechanical strength rises with more rags. Resin sizing weakens, animal sizing strengthens. More rag and any sizing allows greater loading retention. Loading lowers strength, with about 2.2 times the loading percentage lost.
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