Wheat Crop Prospects Improve Across States in July Report
The July Department of Agriculture update shows winter wheat harvests in the South yielding beyond expectations with gains in the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama. Spring wheat also improves, promising a large yield, as do corn and tobacco sectors amid variable region conditions and weather impacts.
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South
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Ohioe
Indiana
Ilinois
Pacific Coast
New York
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
California
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Dakota
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Winter Wheat Weather and Slope Effects on Yields
The article analyzes how winter wheat endures drought, frost, floods, and heat, noting Ohio yields at 55 to 60 percent of average. It emphasizes snow protection and easterly slopes with windbreaks as key to better stands, citing a personal 25 acre field where eastern slopes yielded roughly three times per acre due to windbreaks and drainage advantages.
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Terry
Cleveland Dryer Company
W. IL. Chamberlain
Ohio
Monterly
Fall Wheat in Canada Needs Special Care and Action
The Canadian Farmer argues fall wheat faces serious damage across Ontario due to drought, wet springs, and salt-affected soils. It urges soil preparation with drainage, ridging, proper manure, and timely sowing by early September, warns against overfine soil, and calls for salt reduction and temperature regulation through drainage to restore crop viability.
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Ontario
When to Cut Wheat
Agricultural note explains timing for cutting wheat and links high Minnesota prices to dry growing conditions. Describes wheat kernel structure with bran gluten starch and phosphates, noting gluten content ranges from 10 to 15 percent while starch makes up 50 to 60 percent.
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Minnesota
Wheat Gluten and Starch Development for Bread Quality
Research notes explain gluten formation lags behind starch in wheat grain development. As grain matures in milk, gluten cells are indistinct, then doughy stages show crowded starch and small irregular gluten cells, and full gluten yields a dense kernel. Proper harvest timing and cultivation on dry land are key for strong gluten bread flour.
Our Low Wheat Average Across the Nation
The Tribune notes a persistent puzzle in wheat yields, citing 12 bushels per acre locally versus English averages. It blames mild climates, short growing seasons, and frost if grown early. A Idaho Snake River report records 35 bushels on 60 acres, with 40 to 60 bushels possible on virgin soils, while Mediterranean climates offer varieties with valuable grain.
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England
Northwest
North Pacific
Europe
Snake River Valley
Idaho
Washington Territory
Pyland
Mediterranean
Algeria
the Tribune
Sowing Rye as a Leading Soiling Crop for Farms
A Kansas Farmer article excerpts advice on rye as a reliable early spring feed crop. It covers sowing timing, yields, and methods, including mixing oats to improve winter protection, using rye for winter pasture, and rotating to corn in summer with thorough manure to support multiple crops. Practical experiences from N. J. Shepherd discuss pasture use for cows mares sheep and sows and the benefits of careful manure application.
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Toave
N. J. Shepherd
Kansas
Quack Grass Described and Combat Methods for Farmers
An 1880s agricultural note details quack grass, also known as quitch and by many names, its hardy creeping roots, and tall slender stems. It notes the plant’s nuisance in gardens and fields, plus methods: fall plowing, spring harrowing, frequent cultivation, and deep green-state plowing to bury roots.
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Beal
Timothy
The
Agricultural Gazette
Farming Tip on Turning Roots Between Ploughings
A St. Louis Farmer notes that raking and turning plant roots between successive ploughings is tedious and costly. In wet seasons it may be unsatisfactory, but repeated ploughings can smother the plant by keeping down any green growth.
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St. Louis
Vinegar Making From Apples A Farm Guide
An 19th century practical treatise explains cider vinegar quality, contrasting natural fermentation with quick methods that yield harsh flavors. It warns against adulteration from whiskey blend, urges farm production from apple juice, and outlines steps for maintaining stock, temperature, and turnover to produce rich aromatic vinegar.
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Greer
Jellies and Jams Tips for Making Firm Colorful Preserves
Practical guidance on jelly making from ripe currants to crab apples and grape jelly. Tips include avoiding overcooking sugar, using apple juice to firm jellies, combining currants with raspberries, and methods for clarifying and finishing jars. Also notes on storage, color preservation, and using crab apple juice for extra firmness. Gooseberries for preserves get a classic recipe and timing.
Alfalfa Growth Report From New Jersey State Farm
Report details first year results of alfalfa on a New Jersey State Farm trial. Ground formerly in corn, compact clay subsoil, seed sown after yard manure applied. Drilled plot cultivated May and June, broadcast plot weeds. First blossoms June 25, height 40 inches by June 29, first cut July 7 yielding 7.3 tons per acre. Broadcast plot reportedly lighter due to second growth differences.
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New Jersey
Planet Jr
Small Michigan dryer for evaporated fruit by Arnold
Mr. Arnold describes a home built fruit drying setup in Michigan horticultural notes. A brick frame supports a box stove and a 27 by 28 inch drying chamber with ten 27 inch square trays. Family workers dry apples peaches corn and more, achieving steady output and a daytime moisture target around 160 C down to 120 C. Adjustments to tray spacing improved airflow and evaporation efficiency.
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Mr. Arnold
Michigan Horticultural Report
Mustard and potato farming tips from an old journal
The article discusses mustard as a profitable crop in California and Europe, contrasts it with weed concerns, and covers potato planting, thinning, and pest control. It offers advice on timing, green manures, and frame-based beetle protection, plus notes on grafting apple trees, dairy cow yields, copper production, and neat packaging for market goods.
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California
Central
Hawkins
New England
London
Erenkan
Handsome Feet Proper Shoes and Care For Beautiful Feet
Baltimore News reports that aristocratic feet can be cultivated through proper shoes and care. A fashionable dealer cites Vanderbilts and Goulds as examples, describing daily bathing, suitable instep shoes, and stockings to develop high arches. Emphasizes avoiding too-short shoes and ensuring proper fit for growing children.
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Baltimore News
Jay Gould
Commodore Jandervilt
Vanderbilt
George Gould
Bill Nye as a Sportsman and a Dream of Loans
A satirical prospecting plea mirrors a bulging old sport section. The author lists expensive fishing tackle worth about 500 dollars and a contrast with Cholly Von Tinkeybob a wealthy New Yorker. The piece shifts to humorous anecdotes about a shooting dog and ends with reflections on youth, wealth, and the famed Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland.
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Cholly
Price
Gould
Benjami Harrison
Grover Cleveland
Ambitious plan to buy hunting gear and a dog for field shooting
A friend suggests buying a hunting suit at half price to repay a loan, then lists exotic gear including a Hepagine revolver and Westley Richards gun. The narrator envisions ornamental shooting and defending against a tomtit, while seeking dog food and a bird dog to keep company, all wrapping in odd, impractical details.
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Westley Richards
Seaside Sights of Sandy Shores and Surf
A coastal scene unfolds with vivid alliteration as sea, sun, and surf set the mood. Readers glimpse bustling seaside life through imagery of ships, shore, spray, and spectators amid lively summer scenes.
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N. C. Dodge
New York World
Roses in Pots New Ideas on Domestication and Pot Culture
Vick's Magazine discusses how pot growth differs from border planting. Roots cannot seek nutrients, so plants must take up what is in the pot and what the gardener provides. Drainage and sour soil are key issues, with causes including oversized pots, overwatering, compact soil, and finger testing soil moisture.
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Vick’s
How People Die by Drowning, New York Telegram
A health board doctor explains drowning steps in a reporter interview. He cites lung filling with water after extended submersion, a 10 second deep inspiration phase, followed by respiration arrest and unconsciousness. Immersion raises blood pressure, slows the heart, which may beat feebly for up to 20 minutes.
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New York Telegram
Health Board
Didn’t Expect to Catch Live Fish
A Chicago Journal fragment recounts a brief chat at the government pier with Captain Hammond of the tug Lorena. The captain appears young yet seasoned, a stout man who values listening and humor in a sailor’s life.
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Chicago Journal
Government Pier
Hammond
Young couple’s fishing mishap amuses lake crowd
A recently married couple aboard a steamship outing laughs at a perch catch. The young man struggles to hook fish while the bride reels in a lively catch, thinking the fish might be dead. Her husband explains otherwise, prompting refunds of the poles and a humane release.
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Marrie
Poes
Under the Rose Secret Love Letter in Verse
A poem narrates a secret romance under a rose wall with a shy couple. The speaker plans a private life in a snug house to escape meddling relatives including maiden aunt and siblings. The verse ends with a resolve to propose “under the rose” despite autumn winds and family scrutiny.
Fish Stories and Claret Punch in New Orleans Picayune
A brief, humorous piece references seaside tales and a bright summer mood. It hints at social gatherings, drinks, and small anecdotes likely tied to local culture and leisure in New Orleans. The tone is light and observational.
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New Orleans Picayune
Valuable Books Giveaway Catalog For Subscriptions
A lengthy list outlines subscription offers for numerous magazines and journals with prices. The notice states no publication can be sent for less than one year and requires a yearly subscription to The Weekly Globe, noting one magazine address limit and that orders covering more than one title to a single address will be returned.
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GLOBE
Arthur's Home Magazine
American Rural Home
Andover Review
American Dairyman
Art Interchange Magazine
American Poultry Journal
Atlantic Monthly
American Art Journal
American Garden
American Grocer
American Agriculturist
Banner Weekly
Brainard's Musical World
Burlington Hawkeye
Ballou's Magazine
Bee-keeper's Magazine
Babyland
Boston
Pilot
Boston Medical Journal
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Christian Leader
Essere
Century Magazine
Christian Union
Ssereeseee
Cassell's Magazine of Art
Decorator and Purnisher
Demorest's
Donahoe's Magazine
Detroit Free Press
Engineering and Mining Journal
Engineering News
Edinburgh Review
Field and Stockman
Companion
Ssssesereeres
Forney's Progress
Frank Leslie
M'y
Germantown Telegraph
Green's Fruit Recorder
Gardner's
Harper's Magazine
Harper’ S Weekly
Harper's Bazar
Harper's Young People
Herald of Health
Home Journal
Indiana Farmer
Coesseres LO
Independent
Town Homestead
Journal of Microscopy
Lippincott’s Magazine
London Rae Review
Littell's Living Age
American History
North American Review
Peete Ketenes
Eaveonceel Ae
Gitler Es
Cs Aihinisuesen
Cse Sssenssenen Cois Ce
N. Y. Sportaman
New Princeton Review
New York Witness
Ohio Facmerii
Puck
Seeee Journal
Prairie Farmer
Peterson's Lady's Magazine
Popular Science News
Popular Science Monthly
Presbyterian Review
Philadelphia Medical Times
Philadelphia
Practical Partner
Rideout's Magazine
New Yorker
Saturday Evening Post
Scientific American
School Times
Scribner’ S Magazine
New
Sunny South
San Francisco Chronicle
Times
Ublio Pea
Texas
Vick’s Floral Magazine
Waverley Magazine
Watchman
Wee
Jon
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