Quality in Farm Horses and French Norman Breeds
An extended rural piece arguing farmers should adopt larger compact thoroughbreds like Messenger and Sir Archy for work stock rather than race horses. It praises French Norman ponies and Percheron influence, condemns soft stock, and urges practical breeding for endurance, strength, and utility across farms and roads. It also touches on ponies, transplanting celery, and general garden tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Messenger
Sir Archy
France
Wellington
Burke
Napoleon
Clay
Grant
Archy
Thrat
Cleveland Bays
Paris
National Live Stock Journal
England
Newfoundland
St. Bernard
New Forest
Exmoor
Dartmoor
Prince Albert
London
America
Canada
Florida
Texas
Safer Celery Winter Storing Method Warns Gardeners
The Sun advises a trench storage method for celery with minimal covering. If mild weather continues after harvest, keep it uncovered or lightly boarded. As temperatures drop, add straw or hay to prevent frosting. To use, open one end of the trench for the needed amount and reseal with straw. This avoids large trenches and is deemed safer for winter use.
Tomatoes for Home Gardening and Hot Bed Method
A detailed guide to starting tomato plants in March using a hot bed. It covers building a sash framed bed with horse manure, heating the mulch, filling with soil, sowing seeds three quarters of an inch deep, and protecting seedlings with carpet or horse blanket during cold nights. It advises thinning to one inch spacing, regular watering, airing, and monitoring with a thermometer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Philbrick
New England
the Tribune
Raising Calves From This One Farmer’s Viewpoint
An extensive guide argues that proper feeding and housing cut calf-rearing costs by nearly half and boost milk yield. It stresses selecting balanced rations from corn stover, oats, barley, and clover, plus succulent greens, roots, and warm, well-ventilated housing. It urges early spring and winter care, calf separation, and gentle handling to speed maturity and milk production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siate
Minnesota
Glasgow
Rotterdam
America
Montana
Dakota
New Mexico
Texas
Toulouse
England
Great Britain
California
Kansas
Canada
Shelton
Vermont
Timothy
Redtop
New York
Flosh’s Neck
Calf Rearing for Easy Transition to Grass
The guide outlines feeding a calf starting with sweet milk then gradually mixing with skimmed milk, hay tea, and finally water as the weather warms. It emphasizes teaching the calf to eat meat in its drink, then provender, and later grass, with early pasture, shelter from weather, oatmeals or nitrogenous feed as needed, salt and gentle handling to prevent annoyance.
Tobacco Setting and Cultivation for Young Plants
Instructions for starting tobacco culture in New York around June 1, detailing planting methods, soil preparation, and spacing. It covers droppers, dibbles, irrigation after rain, and preventing root injury, plus early insect threats like cutworms and the need for reseeding to ensure a perfect stand. It emphasizes rapid growth, soil moisture, and frequent shallow cultivation to prevent hard soil, with notes on implements and variations in hill cultivation and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Woacca
Virginia
Alden Hill
Dr Bullocks Kidney Remedy Nephreticum Ad Uses
It claims relief for Gravel Diabetes Brights Disease brick dust deposit and incontinence of urine with emphasis on female ailments and elderly. Sold by C. S. Roberts Ni proprietor and Geo C Goodwin Co general agents at 36 and 48 Hanover Street Boston. Send for a circular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Bullock
Roberts NI
GEO C. Goodwin ,Co
Hanover St
Sloston
No Money Required at Paris Hair Store Offer
Mr. John Medina, manager of the Paris hair store at the corner of Washington and Summer streets, offers to forward hair work or any hair goods for inspection before purchase. He asserts no reason to keep goods unless fully satisfactory and urges ladies to act on the attractive terms. Lupvia Prxkmam's VectrasSe Compound is advertised alongside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Medina
Paris
Washington and
Summer Streets
Medina
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Louis Napoleon
E. Dillon & Co
Bloomington
United States
Ecettane Waite
Savane Crster
New York City
Irving D. Cook
Pennsylvania
A. D. Bullock
Providence
R. L
Nepereticum
Lupvia
Cn Os
Philadelphia
Thos, Meehan
Mose Skinner
Ribune ’ Farmer
Mont
Tribune and Farmer
Enacteen Tribune and Farmer
Hop
Rochester
N. Yo
Toronto
Ont
D.R.V. Cg, Mfg. Co
Prop's
Syracuse
N. Y
New York Depot
Crittenton
Fulton Street
Harriage
N. Fifth Street
St. Lous
Tervis& Go Free
Jallett & Co
Portland
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