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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1879
Page
3
Farmers and others nationwide are invited to discuss practical farm matters. Inquiries on farm topics will be answered by thoroughly competent agricultural authorities. Communications should be addressed to Tak Waekiy GiopEe, Boston, Mass.
The article argues for breeding corn with smaller stalks and more ears to increase grain yield without exhausting soil. It notes tall western varieties waste land energy, suggests selecting for productive branches per stalk, and promotes crossbreeding to double output while reducing plant height. It also urges improved seeding practices and broader land stewardship including crop rotation and manuring to sustain long term yields.
Advice notes that methods for other root crops apply here, urging each person to trial every sort in small amounts until the best options are found for their purpose, then plant the main crops of those varieties. The guidance emphasizes testing and selecting varieties suitable to individual goals and conditions.
The article discusses France’s unusual turkey incubation method and the advantageous role of turkeys as incubators, plus guidance on confining turkey mothers, chick roosting, and orchard fowls. It also covers hard spring wheat varieties, especially Fife and Black Sea types, flour grades, and field preparation for wheat, with agricultural tips from Rural New Yorker and Practical Farmer on sowing dates and harrowing.
Regional essay argues spring wheat yields and flour quality rival winter wheat. A farmer recounts trial results with Minnesota white spring and local winter wheat, noting forest clearing affects winter wheat viability northward. Miller and grain buyers discuss flour quality and prices from Rochester, highlighting spring wheat’s parity with winter wheat.
The Franklin County dairy data shows 20 butter and cheese factories in 1874 averaging 200 cows and 154 days of operation. They processed 11,511,900 pounds of milk and produced 600,010 pounds of butter, equating to about 13 ounces of butter per cow per day and one pound of butter from 208 pounds of milk.
A detailed traditional method for preparing tobacco beds and sowing seed. It covers bed setup on virgin, sod, or drained land, soil burning, compost and fertilizer mixes, seed varieties for cigar stock wrappers and fillers, and bed protection including cold frames and smoke fumigation. It also discusses seedling care, thinning, and later stages toward transplanting and syrup cane considerations.
New York Tribune discusses whether selling milk by the quart, or processing it into butter or cheese, yields better net returns. It presents a table of prices per pound for butter and cheese, adds whey value adjustments, and notes manufacturing costs are near actual costs with no operator profit.
Mr Colman of the Rural World explains sorgo cultivation before the Mississippi cane growers convention. He details planting in four foot hills, pre-plant plowing, early weed control, and smoothing harrow use. Cultivation mirrors corn with emphasis on thinning to eight plants per hill and choosing well worn ground for syrup quality.
The article outlines field preparation for sweet potatoes in sandy soil or with a red-tinted land to enhance color. It covers planting options in hills or rows, manuring, spacing, and watering, with detailed steps from plowing to final cultivation and vine management.
In a summary of trade, American apples dominate English markets with high prices for premium varieties like Newtown pippin and King, while shipments face imperfect packing and weather issues. A secondary fragment recounts Mrs. Gill’s select tea party where a guest Sam disrupts the event with raucous behavior, culminating in his eviction by staff.
A nineteenth century snippet discusses ready sale of standard apple varieties at auction, noting the pippin and Spitz shipped to Eaglens for over thirty years, and describes Holstein cattle as black and white often misnamed and Dutch in origin. Practical grafting guidance follows, detailing when to cut scions, pruning timing, and trunk washing with soft soap for trees.
The article notes that soda is not a fertilizer and soda ash has limited soil impact, with lime and potash preferred despite higher cost. It discusses ringbone treatment in horses, advising early care, poultices, blisters, high-heeled shoes, and months of rest for cure. It also extols stanchions as clean, safe cattle fastenings and suggests cows tolerate them well unless separated from herdmates.
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