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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1883
Page
2
Practical guide on training plants into decorative forms and improving yields. Covers grapevines and fruit trees, chicory salad, lawn care, pruning, strawberries, raspberries, and kitchen garden tasks for early spring. Emphasizes careful planning, soil care, and season-long cultivation.
The article explains hop cultivation with focus on soil choice, land preparation, and manure, detailing planting in May, row spacing, and hillside setup. It covers planting from root sets, cultivation similar to corn, midseason ploughing, pole setup, harvesting starting September, drying in a dryhouse, baling, and marketing to speculators.
A farmer shares methods for profitable potato growing on well drained soil, including fall manuring, deep ploughing, light cultivation, and avoiding hilling. He favors selecting large seed tubers, storing near freezing, and compares Early Rose with other varieties, noting cost and yield differences.
A farmer outlines winter to spring potato culture with dry-season precautions, drilling, harrowing, weed control, and hand picking bugs. He cites costs, yields, and net profit from a six acre strip, stressing seed quality, soil prep, and early planting for best returns.
A detailed guide on barley germination, ideal seeding timing, and farming practices. It covers regions best for barley, roll-and-drag techniques to boost yields, seed size and cleaning methods, fertilizer choices, and the importance of uniform, plump seed for malting quality.
An extended discussion on farm fowls and cross breeds, praising light Brahmas for size, hardiness, and early laying. compares Plymouth Rocks, Leghorns, Dominiques, Houdans, and game fowls for egg production and broodiness. Notes on rearing, feeding, and profitability, plus brief agricultural tips on cattle, pigs, grafting, and pasture management.
The article asserts robe remains a profitable crop, matching wheat per pound and sometimes per bushel. Barley yields 30 to 50 bushels per acre on good land, with harvest timing crucial to maintain grain value. Long beards and dust reduce farmer interest, limiting acreage but boosting profits for willing growers.
A remark by H. Stewart extols poultry keeping for women and girls as a year round, steady and pleasant pursuit. It promises light work, moderate start up costs, and potential for substantial income with gradual scale up.
Agricultural estimates show last year’s wheat yield likely to fall short due to poorer winter wheat condition and rising acreage. California China reports warn of drought while Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri show mixed fortunes. Willow wood tasks highlight fireproof flooring value and a popular white willow specimen at Stockbridge, Mass. The piece covers pear varieties and cultivation tips, cane seed meal feeding trials, and budding and fruit propagation methods for stone fruits and other plants.
A jealous Joseph Sanchez fires three shots at his young mistress in San Francisco. Believing she is unfaithful she faints and he shoots himself. She survives and recalls his jealousy while doctors treat her wounds. A memorandum book found on Sanchez lists family events and songs but no mention of the mistress.
A village hotel party invited to "take something" repeatedly do so then drift to a dry goods store and each selects a collar or shirt. They realize the foolishness of the "treating" practice after paying the bill and leaving.
In Newburyport a rural sleigh ride ends with a couple bound by a scarf for warmth. The man forgets their bond as the sleigh stops and both tumble into the snow. she escapes uninjured.
An old physician, retired, claims a simple vegetable cure for consumption and related lung and nervous ailments. He offers to mail the recipe in German, French, or English with instructions to any who request it, at no cost, from Rochester New York. The Item, Yarmouthport, touts its large paid circulation as a local advertising medium.
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