Preserving Apples and Pot-Grown Strawberries T:
The article explains methods for storing apples to maintain quality, arguing that tighter barrel storage is superior to open bins and detailing practices for sorting, packing, and cooling. It compares bin and barrel methods, notes risks of decay, and emphasizes careful handling. It ends with a brief note on the benefits of pot-grown strawberries, including rapid full crops and efficient succession after vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marketing Fruits: Advice for Better Fruit Sales
An essay by P. M. Kiely of St. Louis presented to the Missouri State Horticultural Society emphasizes equal expenses for marketing inferior and superior fruit. It covers packaging choices, cooler transit nights, crate sizes, naming in barrels, avoiding bruises, and clear labeling to ensure faster, fairer returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri State Horticultural Society
P. M. Kiely
St. Louis
Pickled Eggs Preservation Methods by J C de la Vergne
Directions from the London Grocer on lime and salt pickling of eggs. Use eight quarts salt, twenty five pails water, and one bushel lime. Slake lime, mix with water and salt, fill casks, layer eggs, and apply milky lime pickle to seal shells. Avoid over lime, cover near top, and keep pickle active. Clean and pack eggs after removing from pickle, with careful washing and drying procedures.
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J. C. de la Vergne
New York
London Grocer
Turnips For Fall Feed In Practical Farming
A concise advocacy piece from the New York Tribune urging farmers to grow turnips as a cheap, productive winter fodder. It argues turnips can feed all stock on free range, improve winter condition, and compare favorably with other crops. Details cover seeding, timing, bed preparation, and soil amendments for flat turnips and late sowing.
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N. Y
Eggshell Cleaning Methods Highlighted by Country Gentleman
The article discusses the high cost and difficulty of rendering eggshells merchantable for private use. It notes several patented processes have been sold widely, but the traditional liming method remains superior, according to Country Gentleman.
Barley culture highlighs soil and harvest methods
Barley requires rich compact mould and good drainage, unlike light or sod soils. Sow early in spring for a bright plump berry to avoid drought harm, harvest when berries are bright and not overripe, and cure promptly in small cocks under hay caps.
Bonanza farms dominate Dakota wheat fields in 1880s
A Fargo Argus snapshot details the Grandin farm at Casa United Counties, with 30,000 acres and 12,000 in wheat, expected 20 bushels per acre totaling 240,000 bushels worth about $240,000, minus $90,000 expenses, net $150,000 in six months. Oliver Dalrymple holds 75,000 acres across Cass and Traill with 30,000 in wheat, foreseeing 600,000 bushels of No 1 hard next season worth over $500,000, two thirds likely net. Other large holdings by Dalrymples and peers are listed, illustrating wide bonanza scale across the Northwest.
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Fargo Argus
New Territory
Dakota
Grandin
Casa, Traill
Barnes Counties
J. L
E. B. Grandin
Oliver Dalrymple
Scofield & Bro
Cass County
J. B. Raymond
W. H. Wright
J. B. Chapin
Casa, Traill Barnes
Bsanntess
Clapp & McCraw Traill
J. W. Morrow
A. C. Batchelor
Colonel Huntington
George C. Howe
A. Leech & Sons
Bonanza
New Northwest
Cass
Traill
United States
Sage Tsebuses
Experiments in Potato Planting Captured in El Mira Talk
Dr. Sturtevant of the New York Experiment Station described potato planting trials before the El Mira Farmers Club. He reported that peeling and planting potatoes in dry soil yields shoots and that deeper eye cuts produce stronger, earlier, and more prolific tuber formation. He noted single eyes and shoots planted in rows lead to earlier, vigorous growth and that eye depth influences yield more than seed size. Green rye as fodder was also discussed with milk and butter outputs in cows fed mixed hay.
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Clyde
Wayne County
N. Y
Scotland
Sturtevant
New York
Elmira
the Times
What Farmers Should Know August Planting Hints
Timely guidance for August planting of evergreens and strawberries. Topics include soil preparation, root handling, watering, and avoiding dry heat. Practical steps cover potless planting with sod cubes, moving seedlings, weeding, clumping, and single remaining plants. Also notes on turnips and suggested feeding ideas from a French breeder.
Mystery in Salisbury Ends in Tragic Death
Captain Thomas Chase of Salisbury Plains Massachusetts vanished while fetching his cow. The search found him dead in an open space with severe head and left side injuries. Observers debate whether gore from the animal or foul play caused the death as a man nearby heard cries but did not reach the scene. A Manila rope lay in his hands and a large staff was found beneath him.
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Salisbury
Thomas Chase
Salisbury Plains
Mass
Chase
George Pousland
Wood Driver
Captain Chase
Bequest of 40000 for Belchertown library
The late John Francis Clapp of Brooklyn leaves Belchertown a 40000 dollar library bequest for a public library building and collection. Trustees Everett and Dwight P. Clapp expect to start construction next spring. The gift with interest may reach about 43000 dollars, with 4000 dollars from Calvin Bridgeman's prior gift used for perpetual enlargement. Girls for general housework wanted at 19 Winter Street.
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John Francis Clapp
Brooklyn
N. Y
Belchertown
Publc
Ph. W. Lyman
Calvin Bridgman
The Woman's Hour Hints for Summer Costumes and Outings
This article extols the modern young woman’s outdoor pursuits and education as enriching both body and mind. It notes pedestrain trips from Cape Cod cottages to bold treks across mountains, praising trained minds and bodies, warning against overexertion, and predicting longer, healthier lives. It then outlines summer dress ideas in ecru cretenne, linen, surah, and lace, with detailed patterns, trims, trains, and color combinations, aiming to reflect period style and practicality.
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California
Aarty
University of California
North Carolina
Lexington
Virginia
Boston University
Cape Cod
Orion
Sirius
Toile de Jouy
Fancy-Work Embroidery Guide and Do It Yourself Frame
A detailed old fashioned guide describes making a light eight by fourteen inch frame, wrapping calico, tracing patterns onto embroidery canvas, and stitching with zephyr wool. It covers framing, threading, stitch order from stems to petals, thorough combing, trimming for lilies and pansies, and finishing touches for a durable, lifetime embroidery.
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Siz
King of Towers
Nouthing
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Woodward
Triune
Marketing Fruits
Goa
Farming Statistics
Bonanza Farms
Sahara
Shelah
Bell’s Messenger
London
Kent
Fry
Canterbury
Putnam Hitely
Groes & Strauss
Darrow
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