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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1885
Page
2
A compact dairy guide from Syracuse expert T D Curtis summarized by W H Yeomans. It praises Curtis for his extensive knowledge on milking handling, butter and cheese making and presents a convenient form for farmers seeking practical dairy information.
Mowing lands suffer when pasturage is poor and fields are rocky and rough. Top-dressing with pulverized manure, ashes, salt, and gypsum is advocated to protect roots, stimulate spring growth, and extend productivity for years. The method, best applied after haying or in fall, should be even and thorough, with manure serving as the preferred fertilizer when available.
A Florida land description from the Boston Weekly Glode extolling a southeast Hernando county area thirty-five miles northeast of Tampa as a healthful, high rolling country with hills, rivers, lakes, and flat woods. It touts abundant citrus potential, game, berries, and fish, noting diverse wildlife and superior soil for crops compared with typical Florida hammocks.
A Rural New Yorker correspondent explains why oil meal and bran are favored over corn meal for ewes with rams to promote early lambing. Guidance covers mating timing, winter housing, feeding, and careful ventilation in barns, plus methods to identify barren ewes and manage pens for uniform strength.
The article urges beekeepers to improve honey sales with neat packaging and smart marketing. It notes comb honey in small sections sells best when displayed attractively, and suggests samples, pamphlets, and small glass jars in grocers to build demand. It also links market growth to healthier consumer use of pure honey and better producer practices.
The piece questions annual egg counts, noting that casual claims mislead. It explains hens molt during a period, typically about three months, as part of their feather shedding and reproductive cycle.
The text breaks down egg laying rates for hens across a year, accounting for molting, rest periods, and non sitting hens. It estimates an average flock yield near nine dozen per year, around 100 eggs per hen per year in large flocks, and assesses potential revenue per dozen at varying counts. It notes variability and rare higher yields in individual birds.
Feeding pigs after weaning requires skimmed milk mixed with fine wheat bran and corn meal. Avoid overfeeding corn and avoid sour swill barrels. fresh milk with grain yields better growth and cheaper feed. Keep pigs in clean pens and discard spoiled milk, using wheat middlings and corn meal to supplement. Our practice uses skimmed milk directly from the dairy without a swill barrel.
In Philadelphia last September at AAAS meetings I heard concern over odors from a large stable due to nitrogenous decomposition products. The proposed disinfectant kainit, containing sulphate of potash and magnesia with chlorides, may both preserve ammonia and add soil potassium, outperforming lime plaster and other common disinfectants in retaining nitrogen in manure.
Advice to farmers to save and burn bones with brush and wood to make a soluble phosphate rich fertilizer. Describes dissolving bones in sulfuric acid to fix ammonia, mix with loam or plaster, and apply to fields for quick pasture and meadow renovation. Warns handling acid, suggests burning whole carcasses for fertilizer value.
A fragmented note references premiums and a 1.00 figure amid garbled text. It mentions Lisnereeeee Wereeeerees and journal context with unclear dates or entities. The passage is largely unreadable and does not yield a clear event or person to anchor a full summary.
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