Spring care of bees and hive management tips
Practical guidance for beekeepers covering feeding to stimulate brood, handling two story hives, uniting weak colonies, removing dead bees, locating cellar bees, preventing robbing, supplying warm water, avoiding slippery dishes, insulating hives, securing dry ground, and maintaining an orderly apiary. Emphasizes early spring readiness, proper equipment like a whade board, and keeping stocks home while noting rising grain prices and a cited cooling spray method from Virginia for dairy farming.
Farming in the Canal Zone Survey of Agricultural Limits
Representatives of the government studied Canal Zone farming under Secretary Wilson. They found farming limited to patch work by natives and West Indians with tropical vegetables fruits rice and corn often exceeding local needs. Terrain and poor roads hinder access to farms, trails and ravines impede travel, and few bridges exist. Natives use machetes and sharpened sticks, while Chinese gardens along the canal show best technique and sale in canal towns. West Indians near settlements adopt small, more systematic plots with basic implements.
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Canal
Wilson
Canal Zone
Commission Experimental Gardens
Panama Canal
Peter
Root Chopper Makes Quick Work Of Chopping Roots
A historical note explains a slow task of root chopping. It suggests making a root chopper with an old handle secured firmly by screws. Emphasizes a sharp edge and a strong blade to withstand vigorous use.
Dairying as steady and profitable farm cash crop
The article argues dairy farming provides a reliable weekly income through milk and butter, making dairying the constant, most funds-generating crop on mixed farms. It notes good feeds and care secure regular sales, aiding moderate farmers, and cautions against overdoing new ventures. It also mentions tomato roots and milking cow nutrition.
Pruning and Training Grapes
A detailed exploration of grape growth forms, propagation methods, and grafting techniques. It covers bench nursery and vineyard grafting, pruning principles, sap flow effects, winter pruning timing, and summer regulation. It also describes various training systems including Munron, spur, fan, four-arm, and overhead, with notes on California practices and general vineyard management.
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Tome
California
Munson
Ambreia
Making War on the House Fly
A spring pest control guide urges screening doors and windows early, argues flies spread disease like typhoid and cholera, and advocates prompt removal of horse manure and strict cleanliness. It predicts city changes with fewer stables and possible screen disposal laws to reduce outbreaks. It also includes gardening notes on Naples peppers and transplanting tips.
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Kent
Expensive Conversation and Gardening Tips Across Regions
A Southern woman abroad turns to long distance calls to speak with her feathered pet, costing $30. The text then shifts to farm and garden guidance: cow safety, tomato spacing, fly control, natural fly enemies, and watering plants. It stresses proper moisture, soil type, and watering frequency, noting how plant type dictates needs and warning against overwatering.
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Partor
Polly
Alther Cana
Painting and Wallpaper Tips For Home Renovation
A practical guide urges homeowners to prefer painting over full remodeling, detailing modern paint use, color harmonies, and simple methods for kitchens and dining rooms. It covers plaster sizing, three light coats, brush care, ceiling paper application, sample books, paste, and room color choices to suit light, size, and mood, with cautions on cheap papers and professional help.
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Harmonia
Raising Soy Beans Successfully
A historic guide notes that soybeans require good seed, testing germination above 30 percent, proper seed bed conditions, and appropriate planting depths. It recommends row or broadcast planting, fertilizer like 60 to 150 pounds per acre, shallow irrigation, and early cultivation to prevent crust and weeds. Beans fix nitrogen, improving sandy soils, with maturation in 90 to 116 days and pest considerations for rabbits and gophers.
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Aoil
Rex Ke, Wiklard
Growth Care Tip: Water Sparingly Until Foliage Restored
The guidance warns against evening watering as foliage stays wet overnight, increasing fungal diseases. Water sparingly until plants regain foliage to reduce disease risk.
Timely Garden Hints for Tender Vegetables and Perennials
sow seeds of beans corn cucumbers eggplants melons okra pepper pumpkins squash sweet potatoes and tomatoes none tolerate frost first thinning and transplanting label spacing transplant tender plants from hotbed to garden set bedding plants if needed consider perennials finish second thinning transplant celery keep an eye for Jack Frost and cabbage cauliflower insects potatoes and small fruit garden care when petals fall remove soil from roots orchard spray paths borders and paths durability noted
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Jack Frost
Handy Wire Tool For Moving Small Stones
An implement of strong No 9 wire is described as very handy on the farm for raking stones with moderate movement and for handling vegetables. The device is a homemade affair likely to aid rural work.
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Herma
Virginia Experimental
By D. L. Puta
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