Around the Farm Poultry Breeds and Manure Debates in News
A farm column debates best poultry breeds for New England farmers, praising Plymouth Rocks and Brahmas for winter laying and hardiness while noting crossbreeding yields limited gains. It also surveys artificial manures versus dung, citing long-term experiments and expert opinions on soil fertility and fertilization strategies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
New England
America
York County
Maine
Plymouth Rocks
Wyandottes
Rochester
N. H
The Farmers Manures and the Value of Proper Manure Knowledge
A concise treatise on manure science stressing correct knowledge of dung and artificials, soil needs, and the role of agricultural chemistry. It argues for proper composting, soil amendments, and rotation to reduce waste and boost fertility, urging farmers to conserve nutrients and use absorbents to capture volatile components, credited to Andrew H. Waxp.
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Andrew H. Waxp
Farmer Robert Valentine’s Bucks Land Study Sparks Debate
The article reports on Robert Valentine, once a Royal College agriculture professor, now managing about 300 acres in Buckinghamshire. He argues for absolute freedom over farm produce gates, challenging prevailing views on farming practices and land use. The piece notes his generation-long experience and the influence of local landholders.
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Robert Valentine
Royal College
Cirentester
Buckinghamshire
Tapers’Club
Kyoto
Japan
Animal Kingdom
Royal
Wetteren
Selgium
Coweta
Suffolk County
New York
Richard L. Peters
Southold
Stuffle Setzer
Franklin County
Setzer
Making Superphosphate at Home From Bones and Wood Ashes
Farmers can save bone material by making a home method using wood ashes and crushed bones rather than dangerous acids. Layer ashes and bones in a barrel, wet with boiling water, and drain slowly. in weeks the bones soften enough to crush and release soluble material for fertilizer.
Experimental Potato Culture and Early Potatoes Profits
The article argues intensive farming boosts yields with over 1000 bushels per acre possible versus a 100 bushels average. It outlines soil fertility, green-manure, drainage, tillage, and increased seed quantity as methods. It notes farmers bias seed size, citing American trials on seed size and fertilizer effects.
Seed potatoes and early forwarding methods detailed
George Thurber outlines experiments on potato seed size and planting density, noting larger seed often yields more per acre when seed cost is considered. He describes Jersey rack storage, Irish sod-frame warming, and home sprouting in flats to fast forward early crops, plus care to protect sprouts from frost and weather.
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Island of
Jersey
Egerden
Dan Frost
Agso
Ireland
Thefternoon
George Thurber
Agriculturist
Vermont Maple Sugar Prospects and Farm Outfit
Vermont farmers can boost profits by improving maple sugar and syrup quality. The piece outlines ideal sugar-house design, storage containers, and equipment, plus tips on sap handling, cleanliness, and avoiding sugar sand. It argues better grades fetch 10 to 25 cents per pound, urges adoption of tin pans, galvanized storage, proper evaporators, and market support through the sugar exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Russia
Burlington
Cooke
Rmer
Sugar Exchange
England
Kitchen Window Box Floricultural Notes For Spring Planting
Garden guidance on using kitchen window boxes as hotbeds with warm soils and careful sowing. Advice covers box size, soil prep, sowing order for crops, spacing, watering, shading, airing, and transplanting seedlings to outdoor boxes.
Floricultural Notes on Early Sowing and Hardy Annuals
Early sowing of phlox drummondi candytuft dianthus mignonette and other hardy annuals yields better growth longer lasting blooms and larger flowers Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora is praised as a superb hardy shrub best placed in a rich open spot A few perennial phlox plants enhance gardens Jania Borbonica is noted for home culture and enduring dry room conditions Asters sown indoors and later transplanted can produce earlier towers than field sowing
Mixed dairy and beef farming push praised by Henry Stewart
Henry Stewart argues in Dairy World for combining dairy and beef rearing. He suggests crossbreeding 20 pound butter producers with milking Shorthorns, rearing heifer calves for cows and male calves for beef. The piece also covers tobacco acreage, fertilizer use, and forage practices in the Connecticut valley, plus notes on coal ashes mulch and crude petroleum for shingles, potato care, and hop export data.
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Henry Stewart
Connecticut
Timothy
Advice on oats sowing and grape varieties for local conditions
The article stresses proper oat sowing depth and early planting to survive frost, recommends two and a half bushels of seed per acre, and notes that deep covering improves emergence. It also argues Delaware grapes succeed where Concord fails, urging local variety choice and cautioning against overreliance on Concord. It adds tips for rice potatoes and storage to prevent seed sprouting, highlighting Pecan as a drought resistant house variety.
Odd items from everywhere headline roundup fun
A scattered compilation of curiosities and oddities from across the country. Anecdotes include a 40 pound Jake trout caught at St. Ignace, a Georgia boy named Willie W Kite Wilson, and a Virginia couple married ages apart. Also noted are patent ice stills, a Cardiff Giant image, and a strange kettle photography-like illusion in Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanter
Washington Post
Montreal
Jake Trout
St. Ignace
New York
Luthersville
United States
Meerschaum
Yorkshire
Ipon
London
Istown
Washington
Polk
Nashville
James Flood
California
San Francisco
Ieunyas
Bedford
Australia
el Paso
Cardiff
Oliver Tucker
Elderville
Penn
Sparta
West Virginia
Revgeer
Mineral County
Chloe Poland
Joe Snow
Macon
Coon
Way Cross
Fox
Jim Wolf
Lamb
Lyon
Texas
Tom Green
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Fort Worth
Alexander Hanna
Apollo
Alexander
Eastern Express
M. Hair
Buena Vista
North Carolina
Hair
Europe
Metz
Ehrenbreitstein
Coblentz
Oddities and Anecdotes From Across the World and Times
The piece lists curious items: a Washington figure cousin to five presidents, a St. Louis home number hobbyist, a San Antonio banker’s horn chair gift to Uncle Sam, an English oyster measuring seven inches, a Greenland whale ashore at Cattegat, and a nil of varied marvels from fashion, science, and folklore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheelsonia
Washington
United States
St. Louis
San Antonio
Uncle Ben
Ite
Cattegat
Denmark
Chicago
Scranton
Renas
Statesboro
India
Erdmann Encke
William I
Charlotteburg
Themperor
England
London
Dilys
Cleveland
John
D. F. Ware
M. W. Phillips
la Grange
Ayl
Arthur Cronk
Gloucester
Grand Banks
Queen Victoria
Petoskey
Mich
Union
Lake Shore Road
Yokoama
Canada
Kindisi
Smith
Falls Township
Ohio
Janesville
Magazine subscription offer from The Weekly Globe list
A dense advertisement urges subscribing to The Weekly Globe with discounts on many magazines. It offers combinations with popular titles such as Arthur’s Home Magazine and Atlanta Constitution, listing prices, terms, and that postage is prepaid. It requests customers to specify start issue and warns only yearly subscriptions accepted.
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News Journal
Weekly Globe
The
Globe
Lo Arthur's Home
Atlanta Constitution
Avis
Agents’ Herald
American Rural Home
Andover Review
American Dairyman
Art Interchange Magazine
American Poultry Journal
Atlantic Monthly
American Art Journal
Geen
American Garden
American Agriculturist
Bee-keeper's Magazine
Momnen
Boston Medical Journal
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Christian Leader
Cleveland
Plaindealer
Eakee
Congregationalist
Ines
Wearnsbass
Ary
Sve
Christies Ari Nicteviesachers
Aia
Hearth
Bas
Jassell's
Family
Wiesd
Country Gentleman
Christian Herald
Courier-Journal
Chantauqua Young Police Journal
Decorator
Demorest's
Prem
Donahoe's Magazine
Detroit Pres Press
Farm, Field and Stockman
Scesseveeseees
S.cceeseevees
Envesteense
Fornoy
Progreas
Frank Leslie
M'y
Forest and Stream
Germantown
Green's Fruit Recorder
Gardner's Monthly
Godey
Spens
Benkse Dean
Harper's Magazine
Home Journal
Indiana Farmer
Illustrated Companion
Town Homestead
Letty Weerliires
Life
Tontaville Weekly Courier-Journal
Lippincott's Magazing
Littell
American History
North American Review
N. Y. Fashion Bazar
Siaevie
Merrie
Sy Ghttho
N.Y
N. Y
Waterversesese
N. Y. Sportsman
Arksmas Seus Estate
Newcaton Review
New York Witness
Our Little Men and Women
Ohio
Puck
Perenet Journal
Phrenolocal Journal
Prairie
Peterson's Lady's Magasine
Popular Science News
Popular Science Monthly
Presbyterian Review
Sesse
Philadelphia Weekly Times
Philadelphia Medical
Philadelphia Practical Partner
Rideout's Magazine
Raihieke
Rural
New
Ronny Booth
Ebeedeseeseees
St. Nicholas
Spirit of the Times
the Reblic
San Francisco Chronicle
Ee Dseen Osvnseares Pa Averié
Gshore
Eoome
Searce
Yankee Blads
Youth's Companion
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Plymouth Rock
Journal of
Oyal Agricultural Society
Woburn
Rothamstead
John Lawes
T. Bowick
Eng
F. Wyatt
Engineering and Mining Journal
Wiley
Hilgenstuck
Aguers
Grandeau
Dyer
Stead
Sury
Peter
Anastasia
Fla
Swaineboro
McKemore
Benjamin Johnson
Rush Valley
Utah
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