Rhubarb and asparagus guide early spring gardening
An intensive guide to planting rhubarb and asparagus, detailing site needs, soil, fertilization, and spacing. It covers forcing methods, winter storage, and yields, noting varieties, bed life, and how to manage for a sustained supply of sauce and pies. The piece also includes strawberry and lettuce notes and tobacco cultivation tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Cumberland Triumph
Mount Vernon
New Jersey Horticultural Society
New Yorker
EL. P. Roe
Wilson
Care of the Horse and Forage for Stock
An instructional note on horse stomach health, feeding practices, and the risks of colic. It covers grain balance, hay quality, oats, corn fodder, clover versus timothy hay, regular feeding, water timing, and sanitation of troughs. Also included are annual forage crops, drilling corn, pearl millet, Hungarian grass, and sorghums as drought-resilient feed. It transitions to spring sheep management, lambing care, feeding, docking, castration, wool and mutton stock planning, and the economics of Merino and Cotswold crosses with attention to transport and market dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Delaware
Maryland
Cotswold
Harris
Moreton Farm
Merino
United States
England
Atlantic
Cross of the Merino
Seaboard
Proper Clover Hay and Horse Care in Winter
The article warns that clover hay cut late and rain damaged rot creates hay stacks that cause heaves and indigestion in horses. If clover hay is good, horses may need no grain during winter with light work, provided water is clean and abundant. It stresses feeding quality, thirst, and proper winter care for horses.
Sowing and harvesting hay from mixed seed fields
The article outlines sowing intervals for field hay seed with Cahoon's sower for even distribution. It recommends thorough pulverizing, level ground, three pecks per acre, covering with a harrow, rolling, and mowing after two months. It notes two to three tons per acre on good land and suggests the crop as fodder for cows.
Poultry Challenge to King Cotton in Uproar
An article argues poultry and eggs in the United States are valued at over 500 million dollars, three times the cotton crop. It notes rival farm sectors like sheep cattle and hay surpass cotton and invites readers to verify by counting eggs and chickens themselves.
Summer boarder ad invites in New England towns
A brief notice urges readers to send ads to Tor Boston Daily G. Losee in Boston for summer boarders. It mentions a floating island topic from Oregon, then pivots to a church fair offering the item at twenty five cents for two spoonfuls, with spilled portions charged back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Tor Boston Daily
G.losee
Boston
Mass
Oregon
Our Young Folks Poem of a Kitchen Hearth and Lost Feet
A nostalgic verse recalls a kitchen hearth lit by firelight where six young feet once danced and the later loss of four tiny feet leads to a sombre meditation on virtue, reunion, and a sisterly love. The poem laments missing faces as rain falls and old memories linger.
Night Skate to Willistown Mystery
A group of schoolboys at Dr Drake's boarding school plot to help Sneak by sending a telegram to Willistown. Jack Anderson races nineteen miles on skates through a moonlit night to reach the town and deliver the message before trains shut. He encounters a wounded deer and traps, frees it, then completes the mission, narrowly escaping the doctor’s scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stub Lawrence
Gordon
Jack Anderson
Grinshaw
Jack
Crd
Prince
Anderson
Grimshaw
Dr. Drake
George
Willistown
Jake
Ape River
Schwartz
Snow
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N. Ohmer
Dayton
Horticultural Society
Gregg
Turner
New Rochelle
Albaugh
New York
Hammersmith
Lancaster County
Frantz
West Indies
Lancaster, Penn
Crogan
Thomas
Matton and Wool
John Todd
Leri Wilson
Charley Gordon
Will Atkins
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