Around the Farm Green manuring and soil enrichment methods
The article explains organic manures and green manures including vegetable and animal sources. It discusses fast growing crops like buckwheat clover rye for light soils, lime use on clay soils, moisture retention on dry soils, weed control through double cropping, and the role of green crops in soil pulverization and root development. It cites Professor Johnson and references Country Gentleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Nature
Lime as Soil Improver and Deep Ploughing Debate
The writer argues for surface lime application finely pulverized and well diffused to boost clover and grass. Lime is a true plant food, aids decomposition and nitrification, and improves soil structure, especially in stiff clays and sandy loams, with careful timing and spreading. Deep ploughing is risky in the warmer climate. shallow, thorough harrowing preserves moisture and yields more corn, particularly with drill planting and light cultivation, as shown by personal experiments in Ohio with specific field practices and yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acre
Ohio
Dr. Sturtevant
Gulf States
England
W. L Chamberlain
Country Gentleman
Thomas
Malta
Selecting seed corn at husking time for best ears
The article advises selecting seed corn when kernels harden around September first. It notes look for medium height stalks with two ears per stalk, well husked and tipped. Ears on such stalks should be tied with a string to be kept unhusked during husking.
Seed corn selection tips for corn growers in old article
The piece advises corn growers to cull seed by ear size, row count, and ear shape. Favor medium sized ears, eight or more rows, even rows, small butts that break off, and a small straight cob. It warns against large monstrosities, irregular rows, big butts, and soft, weak cobs that loosen kernels.
Grafting the Grapevine Knowledge for Grafting Vines at Home
This article explains grafting grapevines to switch varieties, emphasizing grafting below ground, preparing the stock with clean cuts, and using wedges, wax, and soil to secure the scion. It notes propagating from roots and cuttings, handling limbs, and the profit and interest in grafting while warning against overreliance on expensive clamps.
Early Seed Potatoes and Seed Quality Tips
The article advises timely spring planting of seed potatoes and favors early varieties for seed. It warns that poorly sprouted tubers yield less and are likelier to disease, and recommends selecting unsprouted or minimally sprouted potatoes. It explains a simple test: cut tubers to check moisture and starch indicators for quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of Agriculture
Peanuts require light soil and careful planting
Soil should be light and sandy with some pebbles to stay loose and prevent baking. Uplands suit peanuts. plant in spring after frost, for red and white varieties with distinct planting patterns and shallow dirt coverage. cultivation keeps weeds down and the crop is tied and dried after harvest.
Peanut Crop Utilization and Winter Handling
The root and vine handling for peanuts includes stacking through winter, hand picking by women and children, and sunning before market. Red and white varieties yield 30-50 and up to 100 bushels per acre respectively, with white typically higher market value. Peanut oil serves medicine, olive oil substitute, lamp oil, lubricants, soaps, and confections. cocoa is often adulterated with peanut root. Vines provide cattle feed, milk, and fertilization benefits. crop praised for fertilization potential and versatility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Indiana
Ashes as Farm Fertilizer Valuable for Soils and Orchards
Farmers are urged to reclaim wood ashes rather than discard them. Ashes, rich in potash lime and magnesia, remain valuable even after leaching. Kedzie notes 100 pounds of ash contain essentials worth more than their purchase price, and a Vermontville anecdote shows long-term fruit yield gains from leached ash applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
R. ©. Kedzie
Michigan Agricultural College
Kedzie
Vermontville
Mich
Paradise
Adam
Prairie Armer
Mellowness in soils rules for best crops and profits
Farmers urge deep soil culture and humus enrichment to retain moisture and improve root growth. Moisture retention, subsoiling, and careful timing, plus fall and spring cultivation, are essential to mellow soil and maximize yields amid varied climates.
Ploughing Advice From Country Gentleman For Seedbed Readiness
The excerpt discusses soil fertility and management, noting that well supplied land with vegetables and manure can skip fallow without crop loss. It suggests ploughing in autumn to benefit from frost, leading to mellow soil for an early spring seedbed, with cultivation and harrowing. reploughing is often unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Stewart
Country Gentleman
Clergyman Is Cured Of Catarrh By Secret Remedy
A clergyman plagued by catarrh for years, after failed remedies, found a prescription that cured him completely. Send a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr. J A Lawrence at 199 Dean Street Brooklyn NY to receive the recipe free of charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Lawrence
Dean Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Boston Cooking School Lecture on Cakes and Frostings
A Boston Cooking School lecture showcases a democratic turnout from Back Bay matron to Beacon Street fashion, detailing recipes for frozen pudding, custards, sponge cake, almond cream, and frostings. Instructions cover cream, gelatine, beating eggs, and freezing methods, with practical tips on sugar, flour, and testing doneness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Cooking School
Back Bay
Beacon Street
West End
John
White Mountain
About Pearls Necklaces and Bracelets in Fashion
The Jeweler's Circular notes winter fashion favors for necklaces and bracelets. Single stone pearl and diamond necklaces dominate full dress wear while gold and silver beads suit daywear. Pearls deteriorate with age and acids. best preserved by wiping and storing wrapped in linen.
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Milady
Pliny
Ceylon
Famous figures take up everyday trades in Boston
A Boston Railroad Advertiser piece notes that once renowned men including Emerson Lowell Webster Calhoun and Blaine now work in ordinary trades such as boot and shoe sales jewelry making grocery shops livery stables and clerical posts across the city. It lists several others and odd placements with addresses and roles reflecting a broad shift into common labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Gore
R. W. Emerson
Summer Street
J. R. Lowell
Queen Vic
Washington Street
Henry W.agfellow
Dorchester
Benamin Franklin
the Highlands
George Washington
Pemberton Square
Andrew Jackson
Daniel Webster
Shawmut Avenue
John C. Calhoun
Devonshire Street
Henry Clay
India Street
Charles Sumner
Bromfield Street
W. ©. Chandler
Central Street
Robert Lincoln
Oliver Street
Benjamin Brewster
Walnut Street
Benjamin F. Butler
Commercial Street
James Blaine
Highlands
John Logan
Isaac Newton
Boylston Station
William Penn
Boston & Maine Railroad
Pocahontas
John Smith
Prices Fall in London Commodities Since 1875
A New York Sun summary notes a London Economist table comparing wholesale prices of staples in London under the gold standard. It shows higher gold value since 1875 across coffee, sugar, tea, butter, wheat, potatoes, beef, raw silk, flax, hemp, leather, copper, tin, and lead, arguing silver has not depreciated versus gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
London Economist
London
S. d
Freshmen condemned for gate destruction after win
Harvard Crimson reports freshmen hailed a victory in the ugly war contest but condemns the needless destruction of private property as unacceptable and disgraceful to the college in Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Crimson
Cambridge
New Haven organ factory ships sixty to Australia
Olde news item notes a New Haven organ factory shipping sixty organs to Australia while fifty nine clergymen serve New Haven's churches. Ice on the upper Merrimac colder than in fifty years and the Berkshire Atheneum holds Daniel Webster's razor. A Torrington roller skate plant sustains four hundred Knochs but cannot meet orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Australia
Berkshire Atheneum
Pittsfield
Mass
Daniel Webster
Torrington
Somers Leaves Ten Thousand to Democratic Widows of Bridgeport
Aaron Somers leaves ten thousand dollars to the Democratic widows of Bridgeport Conn. Carries Palmer of Branford has made 601 words from the letters in incomprehensibility. A Vanceboro Me wooden ware factory received an order from Australia for five thousand boxes or four car loads of clothes pins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Aaron Somers
Carrie Palmer
Branford
Vanceboro
Australia
How to Remove Scars by Manipulation
A New York physician recommends scar removal by gentle vibratory manipulation. Treat the scar with alternating contact between the skin and deeper tissue, changing the vibration site every 10 to 15 seconds. Limit each spot, repeat up to twenty times daily, suspend if irritable, and expect improved mobility and wrinkle formation after weeks of care.
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New York
Phrenological Journal
Wark
Southern Gentlemen and Their Dogs at Connasauga River
In Spring Place Georgia, on Dr Fincher's land beside the Connasauga river, a venerable poplar spans twenty seven feet in circumference. Nearby a hollow stump hosted nine gentlemen and two dogs recently, leaving room for fifteen more companions to sit comfortably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Fincher
Connasauga River
Patent Home Remedies and Patent Medicines Ad Blitz
A vintage 19th or early 20th century advertisement salvo touts Male's Money and The Great Cough Cure priced at 25 and 50 cents, Glenn's Sulphur Scayp for corn removal, Hul's Hair and Whisker Dye, Pike's Toothache Drops claimed to cure in a minute, and Dean's Rheumatic Pike marketed as a sure cure. The ad bundle emphasizes quick fixes and beauty aids with bold product names and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn
Hul
Pike
Dean
Weekly Globe Club List catalog articles and prices
The page presents a list of magazines and journals with subscription prices, including American Dairyman American Poultry Journal Atlantic Monthly Art Interchange Magazine American Garden American Naturalist and more. It notes limits on number of magazines per address and requires annual subscriptions for initial orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur's Tome
American Dairyman
Art Interchange
American Poultry Journal
Atlantic Monthly
American Art Journal
American Garden
American Naturalist
Army & Navy Journal
American Poultry Yard
British Quarterly Review
Coos
Blackwood's Magazine
Brainerd's
Beadle’s Saturday Journal
Burlington Hawkeye
Boys of
New York
Ballou's Magazine
Bee-keeper'’s Magazine
Schupenyder
Boston Pilot
Boston Medical Journal
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Christian Leader
Century Magazine
Connecticut Farmers
Chicago Advance
Christian Herald
Courier-Journal
Wweekly
Demorest
Donahoe’s Magazine
Detroit Free Press
Engineering
Eclectic Magazine
Edinburgh Review
Forney's Progress
Cccsseeeeeree
Frank Leslie
Chimney Corner
M’y
Germantown
Green’s Fruit Recorder
Godey
Home Circlé
Harper's Magazin
Harper’s Weekly
Harper's Buzar
Harper's Young People
Herald of Health
Home Journal
Indiana Farmer, Independent
International Review
Iowa Homestead
Journal of Microscopy
Journal of Chemistry
le Francais
Lippincott's Magazine
London Lancet
London Edinburgh Review
London Quarterly Review
American History
Mining Record
Mother’s Magazine
North American Review N. Y. Medical Journal
N.Y. Fashion Bazar
Nulsoly
Orcccccesese
Beaces N. Y. Sportsman
Orig Pape
Puck
Portland Transcript
Phrenological Journal
Princeton Review
Rideout’s Magazine
New Yorker
Saturday Evening Post
Scientific American
Tarsservreeeaeee
Times
St. Nicholas
Sanitarian
San Francisco Chronicle
Spirit of the Times
Western Stock Journal
GLOBE
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J. B. Lawes
Washington
Yankee Nations
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