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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1893
Page
8
October 14 1893 editors urge farmers to request the Experiment Station bulletins. The station has no money to waste and will send current and past issues only to readers who value them. To receive materials write to Dr. H B Battle Director Rabich NC.
Bulletin 92 The Culture of Orchard and Garden Fruits is printed ready for issue at 148 pages, the largest issued by the Station. No. 92 edition prints 14 500 copies using 7 168 pounds of paper, 3 1 2 tons, while paper on ground would cover 48 435 square yards or about 100 acres. If stacked end to end the pages would span 268 250 yards or 153 miles from Raleigh to Richmond in a straight line.
An Raleigh Agricultural Experiment Station test finds wheat yields per acre of 24.5 at two inches, 32.1 at three inches, and 23.7 at four inches. The study, sown December 24 after turnips, favors three inches though deepest planting produced large plants.
A North Carolina Experiment Station bulletin No 93 explains grazing rye and barley depends on weather fertility and moisture. It notes four to six weeks may be needed before grazing and emphasizes careful stock management and soil condition to avoid damage.
The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station at Raleigh releases Bulletin No 92 on fruit culture. It runs 148 pages with 91 cuts and covers propagation planting and care of fruit trees and fruit bearing plants, plus handling preservation shipping and canning. It also details insects diseases remedies grafting pruning and equipment. Free to state residents and outsiders can obtain by sending 10 cents to Dr. H. B. Battle.
On Sept. 16 at the Station farm, fall-grown Irish potatoes from 1892 remain sound despite shriveling and sprouting. The author notes the importance of keeping these full-grown potatoes in good condition to plant for a more certain late crop. A Virginia gentleman previously sent similar seed potatoes that were smooth, firm, and well-eyed.
W F Massey of the North Carolina Experiment Station explains a plan to keep seed potatoes in a cool dark cellar until sprouting begins then move to a dry light place. Eyes form stout green growth but sprout slowly making sprouts firm enough for July planting. He proposes trials and reader reports comparing with the season's seed.
Practical guide by F. E. Emery of the North Carolina Experiment Station on training calves to drink without force. It advises using the palm to guide the calf to milk in a pail, easing finger use, and starting with warm milk to reduce resistance.
F. E. Emery from the North Carolina Experiment Station urges stock owners to test winter care practices. Compare two or three Mildh cows, giving one a dry, bright, well ventilated stall free of drafts, while the others remain in ordinary housing. Note differences in food intake, milk yield, and compost value, then apply results for growth and soil benefits.
Readers are invited to send questions to the N C Agricultural Experiment Station Raleigh NC with answers by station staff. A reader asks about feeding cotton seed boiled with cym lings and Irish potatoes to growing hogs and saving corn.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Castoria and related terms creating confusion. No clear event, date, or identifiable names visible. Summary relies on fragmentary text only.
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