02 Oct 1902
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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1902
Page
1
An Orange Judd Farmer correspondent outlines a brick walled fruit evaporator design fed by hot air from a box stove. The plan shows a 6 by 6 foot drier with double doors, a 3 ft 6 in cube tray car, and interchangeable trays, aiming for airtight operation and even heat for fruit. Estimated build cost around $70 depending on materials and location.
Professor Mumford at Illinois tests comparing silage and shock corn for wintering calves intended for beef. Nine advantages favor silage include earlier field access, better manure handling, stable feeding in bad weather, thrift and flesh in spring, faster gains, potential disease-related losses, higher meat per acre, beef-dominant output, and earlier harvest. Disadvantages note larger acreage needs, warmer quarters, and higher capital/labor for silage feeding.
The Michigan station supports late planting into September in northern latitudes, with fall planting more practical farther south. Missouri correspondence notes that many rush to plant when berries ripen, but true fruit yield requires proper spring or late summer planting to grow runners. The guide details bed layout, spacing, and plant selection for propagating runners and yielding fruit next year, including row spacing, plant positions, and recommended varieties Lovett Gandy Brandywine Michel's Hurry Haverland Warfield Bubach Crescent.
Instructions on letting hairy vetch reseed to save seed costs. For pasture, move stock to allow seed ripening and scattering before plowing for a summer crop. For hay, defer mowing to let seeds mature, or cut and regrow to reseed, or raise the sickle bar to leave seed pods.
Extensive Pennsylvania and Maine studies advise letting corn mature before cutting to boost dry matter. Shocks vary by region, with eight to sixteen hill sizes common and weather dictating strategy. New machinery like corn binders reduce labor, while shredders gain use though require thorough curing to prevent mold.
Doubtful mules fail from excessive daily labor on sugar plantations as critics link workload to breaks. Gardeners favor fall crop seed of turnips over spring seed. Fall and winter radishes Black Spanish and White California recommended. Texas census notes 2,000,000 goats, a third of U S total. Georgia reports rust and shedding of cotton per government weather bureau. Florida rises in dried bean production, now fourth among states.
The South Carolina agricultural experiment station reports a dried potato product made from boiled and evaporated potatoes. An acre yielded 357 bushels, producing 105 bushels of dried product, about a pound per three and a half pounds of raw potato, implying a promising new cannery item.
The sugar beet rises as Michigan's leading promising crop this year with 259,513 acres sown nationwide, led by Michigan California Colorado and Utah. Farmers stress deep tillage weed control thinning and careful handling from planting to digging and pitting for high returns.
The onion outlook is unpromising with poor yields in some sections yet average in others. Despite this, large acreage may offset conditions. Georgia expects a record 1,500 carloads. Cutting and curing tobacco progressed well per the government weather bureau. Oklahoma leads in castor bean growing with a good season. Interest grows in a dairy cover crop though seed remains scarce and costly. A consortium of large U.S. harvesting machinery manufacturers formed with capital of 1200000.
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