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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1905
Page
7
The article advises using durable labels for trees and shrubs to ensure names stay legible over years. It warns against wooden labels wired with copper or steel and stresses proper fastening to avoid damage or loss.
The article advises using zinc or copper labels to mark trees as they resist weather, lasting for years. Zinc strips three by one half inches with a punched hole and wire secure to a limb, with the name written in lead. Copper tags six by one half inches are stamped and wrapped around twigs for permanence.
An Iowa farmer urges readers to hunt caterpillar eggs now in orchards where pests appeared last season. When trees are bare, eggs form rings around small branches. A boy can cut rings with a knife and detach them, reducing future caterpillar colonies without burning insects.
The Farny Journal notes prune on mill days and scrape bark from fruit trees now. It urges ordering spray-pump catalogs, seeds, tools, and outfits while New York hosts 30,000,000 grapevines on 60,000 acres. It advises whitewashing trunks and preparing for next month’s work.
A Farm and Fireside note urges saving wood ash as a valuable fertilizer. Keep ashes sheltered and apply in spring to fields rather than dumping into ash heaps. The writer cites oats showing positive effect from two‑year‑stored ashes and stresses using all by products to boost soil fertility.
A. D. Apple wee Barnes of Wisconsin reports a remarkable crop of 7 000 buck els of apples this year and through careful sorting and handling sold them for 1515 dollars. He asserts no method beats systematic sorting to make apples pay.
A Prairie Farmer critique warns fruit growers against relying on fashionable theories and emphasizes horticulture as a precise, market-driven enterprise. It urges careful evaluation of authors and credentials, notes industry growth, and outlines the need to master soil, climate, pests, and market logistics for real profit.
Odd pieces of board should be saved and made into small boxes 12 to 16 inches square and six to ten inches deep. They protect tama or other plants from late frost and guard squash cucumber and melon vines from flea beetles. Place around the plant and cover with newspaper or old sack for frost or with glass or cheese cloth for beetles.
The Farmers' Voice advises thawing frozen plants slowly with cold water to save them. Tomatoes and House plants respond to a bath of cold water, but avoid foliage injury. Handle leaves carefully and avoid temperature extremes. use a cold room and gradual warming if many plants are involved.
Baden houses 5,600,000 fruit trees and 2,750,000 apple trees. The grand duchy, about the size of Connecticut, stands with moderate tree density, far higher than Ohio at 333 trees per square mile and far above Minnesota’s 27 per square mile.
A long study by Prof. Willet M. Hays of the Minnesota State Agricultural College yields two wheat varieties, Minnesota 163 and Minnesota 169, each adding about five bushels per acre. Spread to 10 200 farmers, this raises state wheat by over 500000 bushels, costing farmers more but delivering higher returns and national grain supply.
A Washington lawyer recalls an odd Ozark encounter with a gaunt native selling pies at 50 cents each. The tale ends with a weather-caterpillar omen from an Columbus Dispatch reader about winter outcomes based on caterpillar color.
A shopper asks why potato prices stay at 20 cents per peck this season. A grocer explains that price could rise if peck size changes, noting it is easier to alter the peck than the cost.
A New Jersey suburb tale has a school superintendent visiting a grade during a physiology display. The teacher likened the spine to beads and the superintendent quips about the appendix and appendicitis, mentioning an operation to amputate the useless organ.
A fragmented local note shows a family disagreement about food and household rules. The text mentions Pa Twiddles-Mes T and a demand to avoid bringing breakfast items home, reflecting domestic dispute language from a bygone era.
Local blacksmith N B Albertson credits one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing years of Rheumatism that plagued his shoulders and arms. He says neighbors have since begun using the pills after witnessing his dramatic improvement. The Atlanta Constitution notes his successful recovery and a humorous aside about a cookbook rhyme.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Pills and Resolvent as a complete internal treatment for humors of the skin scalp and blood. It markets chocolate coated pills priced at 1.00 along with Cuticura Soap and Ointment as a full regimen. The copy cites long lab experience and claims superiority and reliability from the John A Salver Seed Co La Crosse as a trusted source.
An OCR fragment purports a curious seed offer promising a catalog and large quantities of vegetables for 16 cents postage with return mail. The text blends unrelated items including shoe ads and quotes, mentioning Salter seeds, Berliner Cauliflower, and various context snippets from periodicals.
A promotional notice extols Lydia B Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for nervous exhaustion during life changes. It cites Mrs Mary L Kodine of Chicago as a user who reports relief from dray spells back pains headaches and fatigue after six bottles. Mrs Pinkham invites women to write for free advice.
Through Sleeper trains depart Chicago and reach Jackson and St Augustine with dining and observation cars aboard. Travel highlights include routes by the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway via Nashville Chattanooga and Atlanta known as the Badley fields Route. Contact BRIARD HILL Northern Pass Agent for war folders and literature.
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