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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1912
Page
3
A French botanist found that dust from tarred road surfaces stunts growth and alters leaves and bark in several trees including catalpa, black locust, and sycamore. Effects are cumulative over years, delaying visible damage and complicating substitutes for tar in road surfacing.
Agronomist F H Demaree outlines six key factors for profitable oats: choose best adapted variety tested for germination, grade and fan seed, thoroughly prepare ground, drill ten pecks instead of broadcasting twelve, early seeding, and prevent smut with formaldehyde treatment plus crop rotation.
Farmers are advised on oat grading standards adopted by the Grain Dealers' National Association. Lists No. 1 white oats through No. 4 white and mixed categories, with color, moisture, dirt, other grain content, and minimum bushel weights for each grade. Some lines note rustproof red oats with defined color and purity requirements.
The Detroit Journal urges the Twentieth Century club to push the city to spend 25 000 annually on street tree care. It argues existing mature trees deserve maintenance to prevent pest damage and loss, noting trees’ high value and beauty as a lasting civic benefit.
The piece praises cultivating a small garden with edible vegetables and flowers interwoven for beauty. It stresses that garden success comes with interest and routine, inviting readers to experience early morning garden time for a fresh, vivid view of life.
Kansas City in Missouri cultivated its vacant lots last summer. A nine acre tract was planted in vegetables and worked by people in destitute circumstances under the direction of the City club which hired a practical gardener to supervise the cultivation.
An Ontario station study shows heavy seed oats yield more than light seed. Over six years, heavy seed averaged 104 bushels per acre more in the first three years and 22.4 bushels per acre more in the last three. Weight per bushel rose from 3.2 to 9.6 pounds, confirming the advantage of sowing only heavy seed.
The oat crop faces rare but serious insect pressure from chinch bugs and army worms. Grasshoppers cause sporadic damage. A furrowed plowed strip with insect destroyer in the furrow can deter pests by trapping them. Threshed oats suffer fewer attacks due to thick hulls and close grain.
The article notes oats and other grain must be thoroughly dried in the shock before stacking. If overly dry, the stack will dampen in six to ten days, a process farmers call sweating in the stack. Sweating improves grain grade, but stacked oats not fully cured may heat and develop a musty odor, deterring horses from eating them.
Lemmon's Pharmacy announces a new remedy Digestit for indigestion and dyspepsia. A limited number of full size packages will be provided at no cost to test its relief, with instructions to take two or three tablets after meals for quick comfort. The medicine is described as harmless, drug free, and supportive of digestive health.
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