Ground preparation for wheat with clover sod and tillage
Farmer T. G. Terry describes a method to prepare winter wheat by ploughing a heavy clover sod, then weekly cultivation all summer. He notes early potato yields of 75 to 160 dollars per acre, discusses sowing methods, seeding rates, and the value of clover and timothy mixtures, and asks readers for straw spreading experiences to mulch clover fields.
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Marek
Leon
Akron
Timothy
New Yorker
T. B. Texay
Mulching Wheat and Clover Field Experience
An old farmer describes mulching a dry northwestern field with a light straw layer to improve wheat and clover growth. The straw, though sparse, appears to boost early vigor and a strong clover stand. the effect is visible from a nearby hillside, with uneven decay and practical notes on future mulching plans and straw quantities.
The Poultry Yard Late Summer Chickens and Bee Hunting
A veteran writer argues for setting hens in July and August and the first weeks of September to yield tender, quick growing chickens. The piece details summer incubation, care, and humane separation of August September hatched chicks, plus notes on breeds and coop management. It also includes a practical guide to locating bee trees and following bee lines for honey gathering, with cautions about safety and timing.
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Auugust
Toen
Brahma
Plymouth Creek
The Apiary August Honey and Bee Breeding Practices
In August honey is scarce and bees are irritable. Italian bees are recommended for better handling. After the honey flow ends, drones are destroyed to aid queen mating control, with drones retained for breeding. Early spring and late summer feeding help brood development for wintering. avoid colonies running out of brood in autumn.
Safe Water Systems for Wells and Cisterns in The Tribune
Practical instructions on cistern filters brick partitions and tile wells. Advocates cemented filtration walls, glazed sewer pipes for contamination protection, 8 inch tile, and brick arches when warping around ledges. Recommends windlass drawing, proper tamping, and checking old curbs to prevent sediment and vermin contamination.
Beehunting Box Plan For August Forest Foray
A guide describes hunting wild bees in forests during August and outlines a crude bee hunting box setup. The box uses abe material, glass lid, hinged bottom, and a shallow feeder loaded with oil of anise and honey or sugar syrup to lure bees. An extra feed portion accompanies the hunter for replenishment.
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Abe
Practical hints for orchard tree planting in autumn
Practical condensed rules for selecting and ordering orchard trees. Emphasizes using well tested varieties, choosing young trees, ensuring ample roots, avoiding harsh autumn transplanting for hardy kinds, delaying non hardy types to spring, proper winter protection for roots, and keeping soil loose and weed free after planting. Includes tips on root packing and mice protection.
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Beny
Silo filling must follow early harvest timing to prevent spoilage
The article warns that cutting and shocking corn for silage beyond a day leads to excessive evaporation and spoilage. Hoard's Dairy explains that stalks must maintain moisture to permit heat during fermentation to kill germs and prevent mould. Proper practice uses a 24 hour window and careful packing to ensure sweet, solid fodder.
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Hoard
How Cuttings Grow In Gardening Practice
How cuttings root quickly in moist sand under light and temperature conditions that mimic natural growth. Sun-loving plants do best in full light while shelter from wind helps. water should be aired weekly. Thick leaved types like geraniums rot if overwatered, so allow a partial separation before planting.
Outdoor planting guide for woody shrubs and bulbs
The text advises on late summer to autumn care for woody plants and trees. It discusses shading, moisture, and leaf retention, glass coverings to conserve humidity, and frequent watering to prevent wilting. It recommends shallow pans or boxes sunk in ground for winter storage, with lifting in November to a cool cellar or hot bed sash, and notes these experiments suit youths.
Insect Destroying Methods In Wheat Lands
The article outlines three main insect control methods. Ploughing wheat fields prevents hoppers from hatching, while fallow adjacent plots still face invasion from migrating swarms. Earlier, ditches with straw burned locusts. tar was used in shallow pans. The preferred method uses kerosene on canvas struck by a sled to kill hoppers. one barrel treats about 1200 acres and 200 bushels. Each farmer receives one barrel to use solely for insect destruction.
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Lugger
The Draught Horse Suits The Common Farmer Best
The draught horse requires less skill to sell and lower costs to prepare for market. Farmers with 1400 to 1700 pound draught horses can easily determine market value and find buyers. These horses are easily broken to harness, calm under labor, and commanded by a ready market that often exceeds supply.
Paint for Tin Roofs Advocates Long Lasting Roofs
Messrs Merchant and Co advise a tin roof paint mix of 10 lb Venetian red 1 lb red lead 1 gal pure linseed oil with no substitutes. Apply under side before laying, add one or two felt layers for cushion and noise reduction, repaint after a year or two, and a top quality roof should last 40 years with proper soldering and lay.
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Messrs. Merchant & Co
How to Build a Safe Chimney For Perpetual Drafts
Instructions on durable chimney construction advise 16 inch square base size use brick and clay not lime plaster inner walls clay with salt. Use top bricks wet laid in cement mortar avoid tight contact with beams to prevent cracks. Cites celaros as safer than wall-hung chimneys and warns shelves not to place stevepips too close to ceiling.
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Celaros
Poppy as a Bank Protector in Opium Cultivation Plan
The Manufacturers' Record suggests poppy cultivation in the South as a self-perpetuating hedge against erosion. It cites French engineers sowing poppy seeds on railroad embankments to stabilize soil and prevent washing, arguing the plant’s root network resists frost and rain. The piece calls the idea aesthetically appealing and worth trial.
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South
Bremen Tobacco From German Cameroon At Half Dollar Price
Consul Loening reports a first crop tobacco from the German colony of Cameroon in Africa, praised as equal or superior to Sumatra Leaf. Bremen pays 50 cents per pound while Sumatra trades at 88 cents. A boom follows with new companies and capital invested in cultivation, foreseeing competition with Sumatra and Dutch tobacco.
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Loening
Bremen
Cameroon
Africa
Sumatra
Ap Tal
Newspaper Pulp Method Repels Rodent Intruders
A correspondent describes soaking newspapers, kneading into pulp, and applying a solution of oxalic acid to force pulp into mouse or rat-created crevices. The tactic provokes a disgusted retreat, leaving intruders with sore snouts and feet.
Hop Growers Hear Scale of Prices for Picking and Board
At the New York Hop Growers Association meeting in Utica last week the tie price for picking and board was set at 25 cents a box and board or 40 cents without card, with pole pulling at 3.5 a day and hard or 1.25 without board. The market shows slow gains though the New York state hop crop is projected at about 75 percent of last year, with European output down and Pacific coast crops larger but pricier to pick. The report also notes a suggestion about saving corn fodder and mentions a Bordeaux experiment in Agriculture to combat grape mildew using copper sulfate and lime mixtures.
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United States
New
Yok Hop Growers’ Association
Utica
Fnally
T.ef
New York State
Henry
Mississippi Valley
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
New Jersey
Our Funeral Customs and the False Gospel of Mourning
A critique of modern funeral practices arguing that Christian burial has become barbaric through wasteful display and mourning fashion. The essay contrasts ancient rites with contemporary habits, condemning excessive tombstone wealth, hired mourners, and morbid etiquette while praising simple, living faith and genuine consolation.
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John Snyder
Greece
Rome
Anther
Pandora
Christ
Paul
Philadelph
St. Lous
Mould
C Rds
Hazing at Annapolis remembered from a Chicago piece
The account recalls plebes at the United States Naval Academy enduring brutal hazing. New arrivals endure marching, verbal abuse, and milk refusals at mess, while upperclassmen exact dominance through intimidation, pranks, and boxing or rowing drills. One anecdote highlights a blackboard color test sparking defiant replies that linger in cadet lore.
Night of Terror and a Heroic Telegraph Trick
In August 1882 I visited a friend in Winfield who ran a variety store and acted as a telegraph operator above the local bank. Late at night burglars attacked the bank while I, a prisoner in the office, signaled for help with a "Sx" call that a distant operator misread, triggering responders who thwarted the robbery and earned me a $1000 reward from the bank president.
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Winfield
Field
Ig Y
Fin
Eight Characters and Fate in Chinese Birth Customs
A Chinese custom assigns eight characters from the birth hour and date to form a pattsz or eight characters. The fortune teller uses this to chart fate. Time is divided into twelve double-hour periods named after animals, guiding marriage, schooling, and major life choices.
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Pattsz
Eller
Love Letters Captivate Even Across Time and Nation
A Chicago Herald note surveys famed historical letters from Dorothy Osborn to Lady Temple, Washington to his wife, Napoleon to Josephine, Marlborough to Old Sarah, and Swift to Stella. It highlights their ardor, personal detail, and Thackeray’s praise, noting Swift’s tragedy of Stella and his posthumous fame through letters.
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Chicago Herald
Macaulay
Sir William Temple
Dorothy Osborn
Lady Temple
Sir William
Washington
Custis
Napoleon
Josephine
Marlborough
Sarah
Stella
Thackeray
Swift
Miss Vanhomrigh
Gulliver
Jerry and the Rubber Goodyear Pants Prank
An Irishman and Jerry influence Goodyear's rubber experiments by dipping trousers into a semi liquid india rubber liqueur. The incident amuses Goodyear as Jerry proclaims an Irishman equal to a Yankee in invention, hinting at a potential improvement in drying rubber without stickiness.
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Jerry
Charles Goodyear
Mr. Goodyear
India
Goodyear Resumes Experiments After Adhesive Troubles
In a moment of mishap he became stuck to a stool while trying to rise and his adhesive trousers clung to him. Two bystanders aided as they realized he was not merely an inventor but briefly ensnared by an accidental bind. Mr. Goodyear, accustomed to setbacks, continued his rubber work.
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Mr. Goodyear
Weather Bureau Mocked in Satirical Poem
A comic verse from the New York Sun lampoons the Weather Bureau as a vain liar. The poet ridicules alleged mispredictions and endless forecasts, calling for a true barometer and accusing the agency of fabricating humidity.
Bruin Outwits Bear Hunters In Madrid Sheep Tale
In Madrid, bears roam boldly as Barden brothers report six sheep stolen. One carcass half consumed, others dragged into woods. William and John Sargent set a trap after informing veteran bear hunters. Brain, the clever bear, dodged the trap by tearing the pen and stepping on the trap’s jaw, escaping with the sheep remains.
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Bruin
Bangor Whig and Courier
Yrenty
Madrid
Barden Brothers
William
John Sargent
Brain
Old Brain
Valuable books given away listing many magazines
A long catalog offers free subscriptions with annual orders to the Weekly Globe. It lists numerous periodicals including Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Garden, Country Gentleman, Prairie Farmer, School and home publications with prices, and states no free copies beyond one year and that orders must start at one address with a yearly subscription.
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Weekly
GLOBE
Rose Arthur'’s Home Magazine
American Rural Home
Andover Review
American Dairyman
Art Interchange Magazine
American Poultry Journal
Atlantic Monthly
American Art Journal
American Garden
American Grocer
Army&Navy Journal
Boston Medical Journal
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Christian Leader
Century Magazine
Christian Union
Demorest
Prem
Donahos's
Detroit Free Press
Engineering and Mining J
Eng Parby
Sserree Cece Coseraseenes
Buget. Co
Besseses
Banner
Brainard
Burlington Hawkeye
Ballou's
Boston Pilot
Castell’s Magazine
Christian Herald
Courier-Journal
Chautauqua Young Folks Journal
Decorator
Engineering News
Edinburgh Review
Farm, Field and Stockman
Forney
Frank Leslie
Germantown Telegraph
Green's Fruit Recorder
Gardner's Monthly
Godey
Harper's Bazar
Harper's
Sseeeseerveren
Home Journal
Indiana Farmer
Independent
Town Homestead
Trish World
N.Y
Yi Weekly
Sssr
Srseeserons
N. Y
New Princeton Review
New York Witness
Ohio
Prairie Farmer
Peterson's Lady's Magazine
Popular Science News
Popular Science Monthly
Presbyterian Review
Philadelphia Medical Times
Philadelphia Practical Farmer
Rideout’s Magazine
Rural
New Yorker
Saturday Evening Post
Scientific American
The
Sunday School Times
Scribner's Sage Fae
Sunny South
St. Nicholas
A Francisco Chronicle Ee
Bit of the Times
Cblic Oriab-Amer
Benton
Tosar Pt EB Nc
Sessed Este Veers
Vick's Floral
Waverley Magazine
Oondamnor
Boston
Mass
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Annapolis
Godfrey L. Carden
Chicago News
United States Naval Academy
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Academy
Plebe
Admira
Eurage
Santee’s
Es Miserables
Naial
Georgia
Pers Senty
Florence Rremont
Weather Bureau
New York Sun
Izzard
Donsaga
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