Top Tobacco At Proper Time For Quality Not Quantity
The article urges timely topping of tobacco over the next two weeks, emphasizing quality over quantity. Growers should allow many plants to mature evenly, top early but not excessively, and leave about sixteen leaves per plant when conditions are good, lowering cuts on weaker plants to maintain uniform field maturity.
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Nice
Shelton
Kansas Agricultural College
Wise
Partners
Hi. Stewart
Legin
England
J. R. Lintner
London
J. C. Campbell
Albany
Wilson, Kochelle
Snyder
Europe
India
Australia
Boston
Charles Downing
Crystal City
Crescent
Wilson
Massachusetts
New England
Kentucky
N. Y
N.Y
Potash for Crops and Orchard Practices in Fruit Growing
An 19th century agronomy column discusses potash needs of crops, detailing potash contents in straw from various plants, and endorses wood ashes and German potash salts as sources. It notes spring grain straw contains more potash than winter straw and covers fertilizer forms like muriate and sulphate of potash. It also surveys orchard pruning, suckering, and grazing to improve fruit yield, recommends winter pruning, and describes strawberry bed renewal and care for sustained production.
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Eidre
Canada
Germany
California State Horticultural Society
New York
Germantown
The Poultry-Ward Incubator Guide for Home Builders
A long extract from Indiana Farmer outlines a do it yourself 1000 egg incubator. It details construction from poplar or pine, double walls with sawdust fill, four to five foot tanks, lamp and flue design, ventilation, thermometer placement, egg turning, moisture control, and an optional electric regulator. It also covers general poultry advice and feed, recommending corn and sour milk, plus tips on egg shells, bone meal, and beekeeping side notes.
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R. M. Ford
Indiana Farmer
Wade
Pear slug farming and control in orchards
The article warns fruit growers about the pear slug that despoiled last year’s orchards. It notes the slug’s small size, leaf-colored camouflage, and rapid leaf destruction, urging vigilant scouting and immediate treatment with airslacked lime, plaster, ashes, or sifted dry loam to kill the pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drohan Dist
Nationwide cheer lifts spirits in June and July
From nearly all parts of the country, ex cept California, come reports of the most cheerful character. June and July have shown brightness and optimism, with people noting improving weather and upbeat news nationwide.
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California
Measuring Fields Several Yard and Foot Based Acre Claims
The text lists multiple field dimensions in yards and feet claiming acres. It pairs widths and lengths such as five yards by 968 long and sixty feet by 720 long, noting some configurations contain an acre. It reads as a reference table or puzzle on land area equivalences.
Better seed beds lift wheat yields and winter vigor
The article argues that a well prepared seed bed yields several bushels per acre more than an ill one. It recommends early ploughing, multiple harrowings and rolling to firm soil, allowing wheat to root before winter. It notes fall growing season is short and stresses preventing winter-kill by solid ground cover and soil stability.
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B. FP. J
Illinois
New England
New York
Great West
New Yorker
Cut-worms in gardens and preventive remedies outlined
The article describes cut-worms as caterpillars of night flying moths that attack young cabbage turnips onions and tobacco. It notes their hidden activity under cover of darkness and explains identification by Dr J A Lintner along with natural enemies like robins and red-winged blackbirds. It details salt and copperas controls and how to treat seed corn to deter infestation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Linther
Lintner
New York State Agricultural Society
the World
Summer Notes for Housekeepers A guide to pest control and cleaning
A household advice column extols constant vigilance in summer. It covers ant and cockroach control using Persian insect powder and borax, fly and mosquito suppression with Pyrethrum, and odors from sinks and decaying matter. It also gives stain removals for grass and fruit, water treatment with chlorine compounds, and simple DIY filters and ice storage to preserve food and comfort.
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Paris
Uncle Pete Downs a Contrary Mule
A Pittsburg Despatch item recounts Uncle Pete riding to the mill when his mule balked and stood firm as he urged it, prompting him to whip the stubborn animal with a fence as guidance.
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Uncle Pete
Pittsburg
de Mill
A New Hotel Trick Traps Women for Key Swindle
A St Louis Chronicle report describes a hotel scam where women obtain hotel room keys by posing as legitimate guests. The bellboy hands over keys after misread cues, allowing the suspect to raid rooms while hoping the occupant does not return. The clerk notes the scheme targets hotels and shifts liability to the establishment. The ploy, supposedly led by women, risks arrest but tempts thieves with gallantry defenses.
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St. Louis Chronicle
Not Much to Spare in Hammock Deal Dialogue
A brief exchange shows a girl inspecting a hammock offered by a dealer. The dealer promises the hammock supports 300 pounds while the girl negotiates a price, settling on a 120 and 165 combination totaling 285. The dialogue captures a shop scene with casual bargaining.
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New York Times
Patent Medicines Trading Card Ad Roundup
Hale's Honey and Hale's Honey cure sell 25¢ with claims of cough relief. Glenn's Sulphur Soap promises healing and beautifying. German Corn Remover targets corns and bunions. Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye in black or brown costs 50¢. Pike's Toothache Drops claim rapid relief in 1 minute at 25¢. Dean's Rheumatic Pills advertise a sure cure priced 50¢.
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Hale
Glenn
Hill
Pike
Dean
The Weekly Globe Club List
A dense catalog of magazine and journal titles with subscription pricing and order rules. The list names numerous periodicals across literature science farming and culture, followed by subscription terms. It notes one-year minimum commitments and limits on multiple magazines to one address, instructing readers to specify start issues and to avoid specimen copies.
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Connecticut Farmer
Chicago
Advance Christian Herald
Courier-Journal
Demorest
Donahoe’s
Detroit Free Press
Lidinburgh Review
Becesseesi
Forney’s Progress
Teeees
Runk Leslie
Chinmey Corner
Vieasant Hours
Germantown Telegreen
Green's Fruit
Gardner's
Godey’s
Lady's
Harper's Magazine
Harper's Weekly
Harper's Bazar
Jurper
Young Peopl Herald of Health
Home Journal
Indiana Farmer
Independent
International Review
Iowa Homestead
Journal of Microscopy Journal of Chemistry
Stude
Lippincott’s Magazine
London
Lancet
Edinburgh Review
London Quarterly Review
Scene Threees
American Mining Record
Mother's Magazine
North American
Reys
N. Y
Medical Journal
N.Y
Fashion Bazard
N. Y. Sportsman
Ohio Farmer
Puck
Portland Transcript
Prem
Princeton Review Peers Reves
Prairie Farmer
Peterson’s
Lady's Magazine
Popular Science Monthly
Produce Exchange Bulletin
Philadelphia Medical Times
Practical Farmer
Rideout’s Magazine
New Yorker
Cseereereeees
Saturday Evening Post
Delentific American
Wit Sunday School Times
Sunny South
St. Nicholas
Asés
San Francisco Chronicle
Spirit of the ‘Limes
Pesecsnee ‘the Republic
Irish-Amer
Boston
the Critic
Cossaraccese
Wick
Westminster Review
Waverley Magazine
Watchman
Pevesees Western Stock Journal
Tenes
GLOBE
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W. H. Yeomans
Strawberry Culture
Pawad
Waldo F. Brown
Apiary
Scrap-Book
THE
Weekly Globe Club
Arthur's Home Magazine
American Dairyman
American Poultry Journa
Atlantic Monthly
American Art Journal
American Garden
American Naturalist
American Agriculturist
Manuels
Army & Navy Journal of
American Poultry Yard
Kevin I Blackwood
Brainerd
Beadle
Burlington
Hawkeye Boys
Barlow’s Magazine
Bee-keeper’s
Babylamd
Wilow
Boston Medical Journal
Boston Medical and Surgic Christian Leader
Century Magazine
Cottage Hearth
Steers
Steee
Weeee
Lew Lee
Tote
Wee Lee
Bo Aan
Teeeen
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