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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1929

Page

5

Agricultural Squibs on Soil, Weeds, and Hay Quality

The piece notes that proper planting timing depends on soil, not moon phases, and praises sweet clover for soil building weed control and forage. It warns that early weed death preserves soil moisture and nutrients, discusses barnyard manure handling, and links alfalfa hay leaf loss to poor curing, recommending windrow curing to save leaves.

Farming Advice and Observations on Crops and Soil Health

Agricultural notes emphasize weed control and timely alfalfa cutting, spraying potatoes, and using millet and Sudan grass for hay. Manure fertility loss via leaching should be reduced by field spreading, while ground cover prevents bare spots with crops not weeds. Overpasturing alfalfa harms yields and one quarter of U.S. soil favors timber growth per experts.

Capon Bridge High School to Hold Commencement May 26

Capon Bridge West Virginia. Commencement exercises begin Sunday May 26 at 8 o clock in the high school auditorium. Rev Murray D Mitchell of Braddock Street Methodist Church Winchester to deliver the sermon with theme Blending One's Life With a Divine Standard.

Capon Bridge W. Va Capon Bridge High School Murray D. Mitchell Braddock Street Methodist Church Winchester Mr. Mitchell Vernon Whitacre Kenneth Haines Vada Catlett Ervin Gardner Lyle Spaid Ruth Spaid Clara Frye Lillian Roomsburgh Roomsburgh

Quality of Milk From Healthy Cows and Proper Feed

The text argues milk quality depends on cow health and a well balanced grain mix. It praises silage as a succulent feed and shredded fodder with clover or alfalfa hay as the best roughage, supplying ash, protein, and bulk.

Wider roads and brains could reduce motor accidents

Some argue wider roads reduce crashes, but others claim broader thinking and smarter policies would have a greater impact. The statement contrasts physical infrastructure with cognitive safeguards in road safety.

Government moves to curb fruit fly threat

Government efforts to control a fruit fly outbreak face local challenges as children in neighborhoods are described as a new peril to crops. The report notes ongoing measures and community concerns about protection of orchards and produce.

Associated Press Helen Wils Paris

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