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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1879
Page
3
A new department invites farmer inquiries on crops, stock, milk and cheese, with practical essays. Topics cover horse digestion, feeding oats and hay order, blinders debate, age estimation from teeth, goitre in horses, strangles treatment, molasses feeding, and post meal rest for horses.
A historical table estimates global wool output by country with Great Britain United States Germany empire and British colonies listed among others. It discusses sheep classes native wool and mutton sheep and notes Merino impact on Europe and colonies, plus per-head and total production figures and implications for quality and weight.
Buckwheat, its English name from buckweitzen, includes Fagopyrum esculentum and Tartarian buckwheat. Silver-hull and Tartarian types differ in hulls and grain, with Tartarian favored for cold climates but often misrepresented as India or merino wheat. Sowing varies by latitude, aiming for bloom as autumn cools, with two bushels per acre typical, harvested by cradle, then swathed before final drying.
A detailed overview of buckwheat cultivation and harvesting techniques, including field threshing versus floor threshing, drying and curing to prevent heating, and the role of soil fertility. It covers weather considerations, equipment adjustments for threshing, and the impact of proper curing on flour quality and market price.
A remarkable neighborhood theft ends in a man stealing 250 Worlds from a delivery wagon in New York. He sold them for a penny each and, still craving more, was captured while attempting to steal a further package. In his cell he reflects on the futility of amassing the entire cosmos.
A Philadelphia Bulletin derived critique discusses the theatre orchestra's poor quality and its disruptiveness to drama, noting managers skimp on players, overuse familiar tunes, and neglect true musical interpretation. It praises some actors and riffs on Hermann Vezin’s celebrated Richelieu performances at the Adelphi in London.
The New York Times reports the Philological Society of England has labored for 22 years on a comprehensive English dictionary to be finished by 1890. It will compile every word used in literature with etymology, quotations, and history, aiming as the highest authority on usage.
A bizarre tale from Van Buren County describes a figure with a horse head and human body appearing near a plowman. The man allegedly exchanged limbs with a horse, gaining hoofed feet while the horse took human feet. The event ends with the figure fleeing and no further miracles recorded, framed as neighborly superstition tied to a Fort Smith railway locale.
A Bohemian observer considers an incident where a dog barking provokes a passerby to throw a stem at an ill behaved canine. The stem strikes the canine owner in the body, prompting debate if punishment or commendation is due for upholding municipal peace.
A Manchester dispatch to the state department paints a grim view of English agriculture and industry. Crop failures threaten meat and grain demand from the United States, while improved methods could expand American butter cheese beef and other exports. Lancashire industry remains depressed with low spirits and heavy charity needs.
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