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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1894
Page
8
The station at RPalrich North Carolina offers farm guidance on agriculture topics, cooperative support, and distribution of its publications to interested farmers, aiming to spread practical knowledge and improve yields.
Thousands of farmers have already subscribed to the station bulletins under a standing offer that ends soon. To receive the bulletins, send a postal card to Dr. Hi B. Battle Director Raleigh North Carolina and indicate your desire to read them.
Gerald McCanrray of the N C Experiment Station reports on clover seed in hulls versus hulled seed. Hull weight equals ten percent of total, viability about 95 percent for cleaned seed, with real worth around 38.85 percent for unhulled samples, suggesting hull seed should not exceed forty percent of hulled seed price.
Advanced meteorological bulletin reports November 1893 in North Carolina with monthly mean temperature 48.3 F, precipitation 2.64 in, and varied extremes. Notes include daily highs and lows, snow flurries on the 14th and 21st to 24th, gusts, halos on multiple dates, an aurora at Currituck Inlet, and one severe cold wave from 24th to 26th.
Agricultural note compares Ruta Baga turnips and sweet potatoes for hog fattening, favoring sweet potatoes and pea fields for cheaper pork. It gives hams curing steps with brine, molasses, saltpetre, and smoking, plus guidance on aging and storage. It also cautions against chinquapins as a profitable crop and tempers pecan tree fortune expectations.
The Station invites questions on agricultural topics from readers and will reply promptly by the most competent staff member. When of general interest, answers will appear in these columns to enlarge usefulness for practical farmers and enhance assistance.
J W H asks if copperas improves compost heap and if commercial saltpetre or guano best grows cotton potatoes and vegetables. Battle says copperas hardly aids decomposition and recommends lime and salt mix to decompose compost. saltpetre is nitrogen only and should accompany acid phosphate and kainit, with complete fertilizer preferable.
Tarred paper bound tightly around the base of the trunk with soil banked at the edge prevents the moth from laying eggs. Odor of tar repels the moth, while ordinary wrapping paper fails to seal well. The tarred wrap also protects bark from winter gnawing by mice and hares.
A NC Experiment Station agronomist advises using spring water cooling via an 18 to 20 inch deep tank or wooden trough to chill milk. If ten or more cows are present, install a separator to skim and chill cream. shipping cream to a nearby Charlotte Creamery may prove economical for several farms.
A compact historic review of The Sun announcing Charles A. Dana as editor and celebrating The American Constitution, the American Idea, and the American Spirit as guiding constants.
The Sunday Sun lists pricing for single copies and mail subscriptions including daily, Sunday, and weekly options with annual rates for New York readers. Subscriptions shown include daily by mail at two dollars a year and six dollars for daily and Sunday by mail, with weekly at eight dollars and one dollar a year.
A Pottsville woman describes long heart pain and breathing oppression, regained appetite and sleep after using Dr Miles New Heart Cure. She weighed 125 pounds at start and reports dramatic health improvement and satisfaction with the treatment. Sold by druggists or Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana, guaranteed.
An advertisement for Dr Starkey and Palen's Compound Oxygen Treatment promotes cures for chronic diseases. It offers a 200 page testimonial book and lists multiple cities for correspondence including Philadelphia San Francisco New York City and Toronto.
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