Agricultural decline in New England crops 1868 1881 report
A long survey notes Maine leads in hay and buckwheat, Massachusetts in corn, Vermont in oats and barley, Connecticut in rye. It compares 1868 and 1881 crop totals, shows broad declines and warns that Maine and New England lag in progress. It argues for modernization, farm labor, and reorganized agricultural societies to restore prosperity.
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United States
Maine
New England
Massachusetts
Vermont
Connecticut
Meny
Meehi
London Farmers' Club
Union
A. H.W
Influence of Oxygen in the Dairy at a Society Meeting
Professor L. K. Arnold described how oxygen exposure alters dairy fats and butter flavor. Experiments with cream in glass vessels show oxygen rich air yields stronger odors, tainted milk, and butter with a distinct odor and grainy texture, while carbonic acid alters results.
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L. K. Arnold
Society For the Promotion of Apicultural Science
Cypon
Butter Flavor Intensified by Oxygen and Temperature Effects
An experimental comparison shows that tiny oxygen exposure during milk handling increases butter flavor and odor, while restricting oxygen preserves milk quality. Increasing temperature accelerates flavor development, whereas cooling retards it. dry air and quick churning after separation yield richer butter, though practical methods balance souring and cost.
Practical poultry farming tips from W.H. Warrn
The author argues farming practicality favors poultry and sheep with well kept pastures and separate enclosures. He advises selecting pure bloodlines for breeding, keeping superior hens, and culling inferior birds to raise hearty stock, stressing health and profitability in poultry operations.
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W.H. Warrn
Wholesale Fertilizing Materials Prices Listed
Wholesale prices for fertilizers and related materials are shown with varying nutrient contents. Ammonia products, nitrates, phosphates, and potash salts are priced per unit or per ton, noting ranges for sulphate ammonia, nitrate soda, NPK blends, dried blood, bone meal, phosphate rocks, keis erite, guano, and muriate potash among others.
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Kedeshcheg
Eee
Navassa
Seecee
Method of culture for Havana tobacco by W. W. Sanderson
Farmer W. W. Sanderson of Deerfield Mass shares a Havana tobacco growing method. He cycles land preparation from run-out grass to deep pre-freeze plowing, lime, manure in furrows, and ridge planting. Emphasizes early pruning, sucker control, steady cultivation, and curing in twine tied single bundles. Also argues seed selection improves quality and weight, favoring tenth-year Havana seed over others.
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W. W. Sanderson
Deerfield
Mass
Havana
Bone samples price variances in agricultural bulletin
In a late bulletin of the Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station, several bone samples show valuation discrepancies. Peter Cooper's No 2 Bone is estimated at 799 dollars below its true value, The Celebrated Ground Bone by Lister Brothers is estimated 12 dollars per ton above value, Bowker's Fish and Potash costs 921 dollars more than its estimated value, and George W Miles Bish and Por...
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Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station
Peter Cooper
Lister Brothers
Bowker
George W. Miles
Pig Pasturing Improves the Soil and Pork Quality
The article argues that pasturing hogs on clover improves soil fertility, boosts crop yields, and enhances pork quality. Clover hay adds nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash worth about $29.69 per acre, returning most nutrients to soil when eaten by hogs. Benefits cited include lower production costs, faster soil improvement, and tastier bacon from well fed, pastured hogs.
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Voricke
England
Wheat blight seen in Michigan fields raises fungal cause
Professor Beal reports wheat blight widespread in Kalamazoo St Joseph Calhoun Ingham counties with blighted heads turning brown or yellow while kernels stay green. Fungi such as ventei lium erysiphe and bacteria implicated. no remedy found. Weather and moisture blamed for yearly variation. seed fertility discussed. muck quality and weather forecasting rules also noted.
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W. J. Beal
Michigan
Sumera
Kalamazoo
St. Joseph
Calhoun
Ingham
Value of Skimmed Milk in Pig Feeding Debated
A. F. Lawrence keeps ten cows supplying butter to St Johnsbury families and uses skimmed milk to feed pigs. He purchased four pigs at four weeks old for $12, fed them skimmed milk and meal, grew them to 965 pounds by June, sold at nine cents a pound for $86.06, and reports costs of $27 with labor. He now feeds six pigs similarly and plans December marketing, arguing 9 to 10 months is more profitable than 18 to 20 months.
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A. F. Lawrence
St. Johnsbury
F. Sanborn
Taber
Cornell University
Lobh
Lefert
Germantown Telegraph
Budd
Russia
Shropshire
Massachusetts
California
Alameda
Selection in cereals boosted by early grain breeder
The piece notes stock breeders value selection for seed and recalls Major Hallett of Brighton England who, in 1861, planted ten grains of Bellevue Talavera wheat. Nine died in frost, but one plant survived and proved vigorous, illustrating selection’s potential for winter hardiness in cereals.
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Major Hallett
Brighton
Eng
Bellevue Talavera
Farming Pays or Splits: Observations on Seed, Fertility and Profit
The article argues seed choice matters as no two wheat grains are identical in productivity and several traits determine value. It contrasts bleak farming conditions with prosperous, well-kept farms, asserting farm wealth reflects farmer character and effort, and that farming remains a viable national livelihood.
Guinea Fowls in American Poultry Notes
The piece argues Guinea fowls are often unwanted due to noise, wandering habits, and tough flesh, yet they have historical prestige and insect-control value. It suggests farmers with woods keep them year round, with shelter, and notes their introduction to Jamaica and West Indies centuries ago, where they thrived as game birds and good food.
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Africa
Jatmalea
West India Islands
American Poultry Journal and Coord
Early Maturity in Meat Production Urged by Columbia Professor
Professor Sanborn of the Agricultural College at Columbia Missouri argues early maturity is essential for meat success. He cites data from trials showing older animals require more feed per pound of growth and urges better use of fodder such as corn fodder and wheat straw, noting millions in fodder wasted and potential profit if utilized.
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Sanborn
The
Agricultural College
Columbia, Mo
Europe
America
Seslers
Topping Tobacco Early and Leaf Retention Practices
Farmers discuss timing for topping tobacco and how many leaves to leave. Advice covers waiting for buttoning stage, balancing leaves on the plant, soil fertility, and variation by tobacco type such as Burley versus wrappers. Guidance notes several leaf counts from eight to sixteen depending on season and soil strength.
Grape Growers Maxims From The Vine Dresser
A fragmented guide to grape cultivation offers maxims on ground prep, manure use, and pruning. It notes young vines yield beauty while old vines produce richer fruit, warns against overgrowth, and compares vines to soldiers and politicians, with scattered, imperfect phrases.
Agricultural Notes and A World of Odd Remedies
Practical farming tips fill this column from field ploughing in preparation for winter wheat sowing to rye sowing in August. It cites Andrew Grant’s death from paris green on potatoes, urges soil stirring, praises exhibition-focused machinery tests, and reports a dubious hog cholera remedy using charred corn begins near Lewiston.
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Andrew Grant
Hampden
Paris Green
Biggle
United States
Lock
Lewiston
Farmers Almanac Style Notes on Feed and Orchard Care
Long compilation of farming tips on feeding poultry and cattle, mulching, graft protection, orchard care, and soil improvements. Includes recommendations on skimmed milk for layers, salt in forage, pine and maple saps, phosphates in wheat, pickle making, rye plowing under corn, shelter belts, and breeding notes on Shropshire sheep and ponies.
Captain Webb's Brothers in England and the Fatal Swim
The Advertiser notes Captain Webb's two brothers in Trowbridge Dr Thomas L Webb and Arthur Webb a farmer. A London Times report from Wellington the day after Webb's death sparked shock as crowds learned the drowning news. Webb, 35, had returned to swimming feats lecturing and inventing devices before planning another America voyage. His relatives hoped his wife and two children would receive the promised railway earnings but Webb's restless drive kept him pursuing new dangerous swims.
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Captain Webb
Advertiser
Trowbridge
England
Thomas L. Webb
Arthur Webb
London Times
Wellington
Webb
Weld
Dr. Webb
America
Arena
de Eende
Ireland
Conway
Severn
Niagara
Rami
Boston
United States
Just Like Lincoln at the Cotton Exchange Story
A St Louis Cotton Exchange tale recounts L Norvell recalling an 1864 encounter with President Lincoln. Norvell describes seeking a travel pass to Savannah via Stanton, and Lincoln secretly authorizing it after initial refusals. Stanton and Sherman discussions followed, with Norvell trading wine as a gesture.
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St. Louis
Washington
Savannah
Rawin M. Stanton
Leun
Stanton
Stanton,’ Said L *‘Well,' Said Mr. Lincoln
Weill
Sherman
Little Men Who Lived Long In Dwarf History
The New York Sun notes dwarfs across history lived long lives with Tom Thumb dying young for a dwarf, Richard Gibson reaching 75 and his wife Ann Shepherd 85, Sir Geoffrey Hudson dying at 68, and others like Count Borulawski living to an advanced age. It remarks dwarfs are better constituted than giants, per Barnum.
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Lim
Farmer B
Madison Bridge
Anson
Skowhegan
Maine
Draco
Surk
New York Sun
Tom Thumb
Richard Gibson
Charles
Ann Shepherd
Geoffrey Hudson
Chaves Sr
Westminster
Count Borulawski
George IV
Barnum
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Russ Coe
I . Miles & En
Hapa
Es Male
Stockbridge
Baker’s
Stockbridg
New Yorker
Ben
Perley Poore
Farmers’ Club of the
American Institute
Guinea
Lincoln
Y Pouss
Cannes
A. Vogeler
Teton
Malta
Hostetter
Procossts
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