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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1885
Page
2
The article argues for growing Havana seed leaf over Connecticut seed leaf, noting trade demand for smaller leaves, better wrappers, and potential cost savings. It compares wrapper costs, explains economic merit, and explains planting density, cultivation practices, seed-bed preparation, and a new phosphate-drop implement to reduce backbreaking labor.
The piece discusses a device called the hand dropper to apply fertilizer by hand with less mess. Aimed at New England farmers, it describes a dot and plunger mechanism with a canvas tube and shute to carry and release fertilizer, noting the need to control flow and avoid handling irritation.
A farmer advises on cultivating table potatoes with emphasis on quality over quantity. He favors the Beauty of Hebron variety grown in untreated old fields, using early plowing, horse manure soil dressing, harrowing, and two eyes per hill with phosphate starter. Gravelly loam soils and careful tending yield smooth, superior potatoes.
Mr. E. Meeker, leading U S hop farmer, reports from England on hop growing, drying, and grading. He notes 70,000 acres of hops, hand harvesting, strict skylight sampling, and color and texture standards. He warns Washington growers to match quality and price, and to separate early from late picked hops for even color and market favor.
Home beekeeping guidance covers wintering pollen timing. avoiding disturbances to prevent diarrhaea and bee cholera. methods to cluster, flight, and return bees to the cellar. queenless colony management, brood and feeding practices. and early spring care to boost brood, pack hives, and protect from cold. It also discusses forage, queen introduction, and beneficial summer feeding strategies.
The article explains brood-rearing takes five to six weeks before harvest, with stimulative feeding starting six weeks prior. It notes spring swarming from queenlessness or discomfort, the need for warm hives and ample stores, and cautions about water access on cold or windy days. Water provided in the cellar helps uneasy bees, using a wet sponge at hive entrance.
A farmer recalls trials showing manure boosted potato yields dramatically versus unmanured plots. An acre manured at sixteen loads per acre yielded far more revenue than an unmanured one, even at lower prices, underscoring the value of manure and careful soil-based fertilizer use.
A detailed discussion on bone as fertilizer. Raw bones contain about 50 percent phosphate of lime and nitrogen in organic matter. fat has no agricultural value and hinders decomposition. Burning increases phosphate content but reduces usefulness unless acids dissolve bone-black. Boiling removes fat but preserves value. bone glue removes nitrogen. Grinding coarse bone lasts longer but coarse pieces are less readily used by roots. fine grinding aids immediate effect. Methods to reduce bone include layered bone and unleached wood ashes, or acid treatment, though acid handling is slow and cask-safe.
A Rural New Yorker excerpt explains rennet derived from the calf’s fourth stomach, how to obtain preserving methods such as dry, salt, or compressed forms, and the process of purification and handling to avoid taint while maximizing curd strength. It notes old rennets yield firmer curd and stresses careful cleaning and timing before slaughter to maximize gastric juice.
A historical note explains that eggs left under a hen in freezing conditions do not necessarily kill the embryo. Partial development stages resemble cold-blooded traits, enduring chills that would fatally affect hatched birds. Experiments show embryos tolerate cold better than expected.
An egg incubation study notes retardation when hens leave nests with exposed eggs. Eleven chicks hatched from thirteen eggs after a delayed twenty second and twenty third day. Observations warn that cold, unincubated eggs under hens may still hatch if fresh, while many claimed barren eggs are often misattributed to unfertilized status.
Farmers discuss manure staying near the surface on sandy soils and the slow descent of nitrates. Dr Johnson cites tobacco infusion as a hog cholera remedy after a major outbreak. Lovett promotes mulching in strawberries, while Harris advocates celery seed culture and bed preparation. Salt use, trenching trees, early pig care, and spring wheat protection are noted.
A clergyman long afflicted with catarrh finally found a prescription that cured him completely and saved him from death after many futile remedies. Sufferers may obtain a free recipe by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr. J A Lawrence at 199 Dean Street Brooklyn NY.
Boston Cooking School lecture on cooking for the sick describes beef essence and beef tea, pineapple sherbet, oatmeal gruel, Irish moss lemonade, clam broth, baked egg nests, broiled birds, and broiled beef and mutton dishes. Detailed steps show preparation, serving ideas, and tips for invalids.
The South Boston Iron Company completed the largest gun yet made for the United States government. It was shipped Tuesday aboard the schooner Monautico for ordnance purposes.
A roving station at Sandy Hook New Jersey has been under construction since last August as a mate to a gun destroyed last September. The immense gun measures 82 feet, weighs 54 tons, and fires an 800 pound shot with 150 pounds of powder per discharge. It is rifled with 82 grooves for a long-range experimental rifle gun.
Weston April 14. A group of local women forcibly abducted and immersed a widow named Mrs Dodson in the river at midnight. The assailants, seven or eight ladies, masked the act and escaped before authorities could arrest them. Mrs Dodson escaped with minor injuries and plans to pursue warrants against suspects.
Dover New Hampshire April 15 Mildram Perkins a local poultry raiser found a large egg for breakfast containing a complete shell inside the outer shell with the usual white surrounding it. The astonishing find occurred this morning and was noted by Perkins as a strange anomaly.
An itemized list of old time medicines and tonics. Includes Male's Honey cough cure 25 cents and 60 cents, Glenn's Sulphur Soap, German Corn Remover, Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye, Pike's Toothache Drops, and Dean's Rheumatic Pills with their prices. No narrative or dates.
A long list of periodicals with monthly and weekly prices, orders, and policies. The notice limits orders to one magazine per address and requires a yearly subscription to The Weekly Globe. specifies specimen copies and start issue details. Contains numerous titles such as Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Garden, Popular Monthly, Century, and more with varied prices.
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