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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1883
Page
2
A. P. S. from Rock Hall Md discusses Sandy soils and how to improve them through drainage, peat, clay, and clover rotations. He explains nitrogen in peat, potash and other constituents in clover, and the cost savings of self-sustaining soil management versus expensive commercial fertilizers.
A correspondent disputes N and sulfuric acid use for 64 pounds of nitrogen with about 250 pounds of salts, arguing costs and outcomes differ from claims. The author recalls experiments with nitrate forms and ammonium salts, criticizes twenty-five cents per pound nitrogen, cites field results favoring potassium and muriate mixtures, and questions available phosphoric acid definitions and the chemistry of superphosphate in farming practice.
The article advises regular top-dressing of lawns cut close to sustain color and growth, favoring light applications of commercial fertilizers and occasional plaster or salt. Meadows benefit from fine old stable manure or bone dust, with caution to avoid smothering clover, and suggest a post haying top-dressing to protect crowns and winter survival.
Experiments reveal corn can yield more with better seed and breeding before planting. Across states, yields improve with improved soil work and fertilizer, yet many farmers learn that seed quality drives profitability more than stalk height or grain alone.
The article by Professor Arnold in the New York Tribune notes vast quantities of spent grains from U S breweries are consumed by domestic animals in brewery neighborhoods, highlighting the waste and use of byproducts. It discusses scale and local impact of this feeding practice.
A historical note explains how brewers grains boost milk yield but reduce butter content, warning that feeding grains to cows solely to increase milk is unfair to other patrons. It argues watering milk occurs whether before or after milking and stresses cows should avoid sour or fermented feed.
The article stresses that water is vital for all life, essential to bodily processes, and that impure drinking water harms both humans and animals. It warns wells near barns and surface drainage contaminate water, urges rainwater collection and house cisterns with filters, and notes milk quality depends on animal water intake. It also discusses soil restoration via green manure and deep cultivation to sustain fertility.
The article argues that adding vegetable matter and barnyard manure transforms heavy clay into a mellow, porous soil, improving drainage and allowing earlier spring work. It notes long-term fertility benefits, better drought resistance, and higher yields, especially wheat, with dairy-derived humus and clover roots aiding subsoil drainage.
The Philadelphia Record notes that sandy soils poor in clay resist clover. recommends fall seeding, green manuring through spring, and staged rotations using oats pease buckwheat millet cow pea and rye to build fertility. Emphasizes lime plaster ashes and excess seed, with long term payoffs despite time and labor costs.
J B Lawes reports thirty five years of trials comparing mineral food with and without ammonia on wheat. Over twenty eight years ammonia enabled crops to gain more minerals from soil and raised average yields, adding about seven bushels per acre and seven hundred pounds of straw annually. The study notes potential soil exhaustion differences between minerals alone and ammonia treated plots and promises further combined manure experiments.
An article argues that breeding for size hinges on proper feeding from birth to culthood and consistent muscular development. It emphasizes that ample nourishment and steady exercise build muscular vigor, ambition, and agility, warning that underfed colts lack tone and courage to endure training.
A historical note explains how an underfed colt becomes weak in digestion and growth. Exposure to bad weather early in life worsens digestion and slows development, and pushing feed cannot compensate while illness persists. It cites English and Scottish experience showing nourishment at birth shapes profitable, well formed farm animals.
J A Brown describes calf rearing from birth to weaning note by note. He covers early nursing, hand feeding from a pail, progressing to skimmed milk, warming, and turning milk into porridge with flour. He advises separate housing, summer stanchions, hay when possible, free water, and eventual strong growth.
Professor N. B. Shaler argues in Science for introducing wild forage plants to western rangeland. He proposes three experiment stations in Nebraska Texas and Arizona with $10000 per year each plus $5000 for a traveling student to test species from Asia Patagonia Africa Australia and Algeria to boost grazing value and national wealth.
This piece contrasts ideal pasture creation in Britain Holland and top dairy regions with common American practice. It notes careful soil preparation seed selection water management weed control and use of rollers scarifiers and fertilizers. It laments that many farmers neglect these steps and pasture land is often former crop land or waste.
The article notes Pekin ducks surpass puddle types, with Aylesbury and Rouen yielding better meat. It explains crossbreeding Muscovy drake with common ducks creates hardy, fast-growing progeny, but the sterile mule-like limit stops breeding beyond. Muscovies are scarce and should be preserved for farm demand.
Propagation tips describe selecting half ripe cuttings of roses, evergreens, and other shrubs in late July. Details cover wound healing with soft callus, maintaining moisture, shaded beds, sandy well drained soil, and use of a frame or glass to retain moist air. Instructions include leaf retention, watering, and daily leaf misting.
Five Liverpool auctioneers operate in a large amphitheatre where samples are poured from a barrel for each mark. Auctions run three 30 minute sessions daily, selling twenty barrel lots from ten year old practice. Prices vary by quality with Baldwin commanded at twenty five shillings per barrel for tight packs, four shillings less for shakers, and half price for wet or wasted stock.
New England could raise enough apples for home use while New York growers began shipments. The practice described places high colored and medium apples in the barrel with stems down, packs tightly, shakes, and screws the head to create an even surface. Faced apples reportedly fetch 25 to 50 cents more per basket, while demand for sweet apples remains low and shipments in warm weather spoil more quickly.
A late December start outlines methods to save urine and both solid and liquid manure in cow stalls. Experiments compare drainage, absorbents, and weather exposure to assess losses and improvements via chemical analysis and field tests.
A census bulletin shows U S farms rose from 2 66 million in 1870 to 4 million in 1880 a 51 percent gain. Growth is greatest in the South Northwest and western states with Alabama 10 Arkansas 1 Florida 119 Georgia 98 Louisiana 70 Mississippi 60 North Carolina 73 South Carolina 60 Virginia 106 Texas 60 Iowa 59 Minnesota 99 Nebraska 415 Oregon 114 California 51 and territories 78 in Montana up to over 900 in Dakota. The expansion reflects postwar social and industrial shifts and widespread conversion of plantations into small farms as immigration settles the region.
A Miller correspondent asks about restoring musty flour. The reply cautions against adding substances but offers an opinion from a reliable source: three parts carbonate of lime to 76 parts flour can restore color and yield, with caveats from Dr Hassell that public value is unclear.
The article explains how loams form from natural sand and clay mixes and how inferior soils can be improved by admixtures. It outlines methods such as adding sand to clay heavy soils or mixing subsoil layers, and notes limits when labor and cost exceed benefits. It cites strategies for sandy, clayey, and mixed soils and mentions lime and green manures as aids.
An old kitchen note describes a pickle brine using five gallons of strong vinegar, one pint of pure alcohol, alum, and ground spices. It advises adding cucumbers daily, keeping them submerged, and suggests using horseradish, with optional additions like beans, radish pods, green tomatoes, and plums for mixed pickles. It notes cider vinegar can be substituted and claims the pickles are very good.
Gardening Illustrated advises on saving cabbage seed to avoid cross pollination with broccoli and other brassicas. Isolated plots reduce intercrossing. bees in large fields keep to local blooms. Autumn plantings may bolt to flower in spring, so seeds from such plants should be removed promptly.
In Webster Parish Louisiana a club of fourteen year old boys is organized with a goal of corn cultivation Each lad tends an acre and the member producing the most bushels receives five bushels from every participant The concept suggests a model for broader agricultural clubs adaptable to various crops and seasons
The article praises rising enthusiasm for farmers clubs among youth, urging fathers to involve their sons. It stresses that dedicating land and seed without grudge will foster ambitious, independent effort and steady rural progress, noting the club's Southern origin as a hopeful sign.
W. G. W. of Tyrone Penn cites Professor Bessey of Iowa Agricultural College explaining crop rotation to stop the spread of smut in wheat. The argument: pests and spores stay in soil and seed, increasing each year, so switching crops purifies soil and breaks the infection cycle.
A compilation of rural guidance on tree growth rates and manure use, horse feeding effects on speed, wheat planting timing and Hessian fly damage, dairy practices to prevent off flavors, and cattle fattening methods. It covers Canadian agricultural data, livestock counts, and crop yields, with practical advice on insect prevention and animal care.
A fragment from a letter dated July 6 1859 from Memphis shows Twain contrasting Adam’s satisfaction with love and a desire for exertion in work. The writer jokes about preferring a cool shady spot and perfumed ice water to a risky romance while imagining a glorious death. The note mentions a girl in Vicksburg and reflects humorous social observations.
On a Bradford county farm between Greenwood and Mouroeton a horse died after a black python coiled around its neck. A boy spotted the reptile while ploughing, alerted his family, and the snake was killed before it could threaten others.
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