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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1908
Page
7
A practical guide to storing sweet potatoes emphasizes a suitable 40 by 100 foot dry house with five inch rack spacing to prevent touching. Dig on sunny days, windrow them, dry thoroughly, layer with shavings, and pack in boxes or ventilated barrels to avoid frost and decay.
Automobiles have become a notable feature at state fairs alongside machinery displays. Reports from agricultural presses note the growing role of farm use vehicles for general road work, with lower upkeep costs and greater road capacity than horse-drawn cars. The Pacific Rural Press foresees cars sharing farm road work as horses gradually fade.
Apples from cultivated orchards bring the best price per bushel over the past five years, according to Cornell University. Uncultivated apples tend to be smaller but may be more deeply colored and flavorful, though they sell for slightly less overall.
Pacific coast apple growers lead the nation with strong fruit prices while sanitation and pest control are urged. Caution is advised against unscrupulous traveling orchard doctors selling questionable nostrums. proper, honorable methods are preferred to safeguard the crop.
Experiments by botanists employed by the United States Department of Agriculture aim to create a cold resistant orange tree. If successful, orange groves could be grown in Missouri Kansas Illinois Indiana Kentucky and Virginia. The plan is to cross the southern sweet orange with the northern hardy orange. Researchers express confidence in achieving the cross.
The article urges continuous cultivation as crops develop. It argues that proper planting enables cultivation with horse power, easing labor and increasing returns. It notes suitable small vegetable cultivation tools can be horse powered to boost efficiency and long term gains.
The article advises spraying for San Jose scale in both fall and spring where scale is heavy, noting encrusted branches may require two applications. It warns fall sprays reach more scales than spring, so a second spray in fall is recommended where infestations are deep.
Two pieces of railroad iron five feet long are required to make the road drag shown in the accompanying illustration. Drill holes in each end and bolt with iron rods twenty feet apart on one end and two feet on the other. Hitch a horse to each end and drive the narrow end toward the ditch to bring dirt to the road center. Drag after rain when mud stiffens.
Hon. N J Bach elder of the National Grange told the Good Roads convention that farmers suffer most from poor roads and they must drive the push for needed legislation. The Prairie Farmer concurs that farmers are the key force to secure road improvements.
A farmer plus a labeled dollar vanishes into a mail order system and never returns. The piece notes hundreds of millions of dollars leaving towns annually, reducing local prosperity as dollars depart from home communities.
The road drag yields a smooth serviceable earth road free of ruts and mudholes. It achieves this at low cost and labor compared with other methods. It reduces mud in wet weather and dust in dry weather, and also bans weeds and grass from the dragged road portion.
A guidance note encouraging engaging children with farming by showing and explaining farm operations and machinery. It urges making farming appear fun and explains how this fosters a love for the occupation in young learners. It stresses allowing hands-on observation and clear explanations.
A neglected garden sits as an eyesore beside a farm and along a dilapidated weed smothered road fence.
Birmingham Alabama launches a “city beautiful” effort led by Mayor Ward urging women to form block societies to improve backyards fences sidewalks trees and grass plots. The plan aims for widespread cleanliness civic pride and low individual cost, spreading beauty citywide.
A critique notes many buyers spend 250 million dollars yearly to buy items from catalogs unseen. The piece questions why people trust pictures and promises over examining neighbors’ goods in advance. It humorously contrasts catalog shopping with direct inspection.
The Springfield NL Woman's Club announces prizes for school districts including three dollars for the best flower garden and a metal flag for the best kept block, with a commemorative tree for top improvement. A September flower show and a “Springfield Beautiful” badge for participating children are planned.
The piece argues playgrounds shape morals and citizenship and the state’s welfare. It contrasts old praise for the country boy’s labor with the city boy trained on municipal playgrounds poised to come into his own, per the New York Herald cited by the New Haven Journal-Courier.
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