Weedy Wheatfields Threaten Yields Across Regions
A long discussion outlines common wheat weeds including cockle chess pigeon weed and charlock. It explains growth habits seed viability and spread, plus control tips such as clean seed sowing hand weeding ploughing and crop rotation to prevent infestation and protect flour quality. It notes pigeon weed is particularly persistent and can devastate future crops if unchecked.
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United States
England
New York
A. H.W
Seeding to Grass Promotes Efficient Grass Cropping
Farmers shift from spring oat seeding to fall ploughing and seedbed preparation for grass. Experiments show unseeded plots can rival sown areas, with thicker, finer grass and better fertility maintained by top-dressing. Carlos Collins recalls a tract previously hard to cultivate yielding better grass after change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Collins
Early Chickens for Garden Farm Prosperity
An article on raising early chickens in south Jersey, stressing abundant pullets for fall laying and the value of a warm barn cellar. It covers sourcing hens, brooding in winter, careful culling, and using speculators, plus the role of incubators, roosters, and capons. Emphasizes cleanliness, vermin control, and year round care for steady egg and market output.
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South Jersey
Tey
Growers Urged to Maintain Health and Profits in Flocks
The piece argues that moultings demand excellent health to endure and profit requires attentive care. It warns against neglect, noting large farms with little attention often waste resources as flocks must fend for themselves, and emphasizes that ignorance of investment costs disqualifies one from claiming profit.
Weeds as Nitrogen Consumers and Meadow Succession
The article recounts Sir J. B. Lawes on how weeds deprive crops of soluble soil nitrogen, the role of roots in absorbing nitrates, and how weather, soil organisms, and organic matter affect nitrogen availability. It then shifts to a farmer's notes on meadow succession, timing of clover and timothy, and practical considerations for hay quality and pasture management.
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J. B. Lawes
Lawes
Succession in Meadows on Late Cut versus Early Cut Hay
The article argues late cutting yields more sugar, but reduces digestibility and weight due to woody fibre. Early bloom cutting offers higher albumen content and palatability, while sugar-rich late-cut hay attracts less stock. Sheep favor green, early-cut hay for lambs and lactating ewes, with regional notes on timothy, wheat, barley, and corn fodder.
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Timothy
Department of Agriculture
Stahl
Florida
Louisiana
Peninsula
Gardner
California
Tus Bay
Gramines
Sanborn
Machay
Uuinthy
The
Graminew
Luis
Management in the Dairy by Mrs Wing of Vandalia Il
A Mississippi Valley Dairy and Creamery Association paper argues farmers should keep many good cows and feed them well. It urges clean cow housing, careful milking, tin pails, deep cans in cold tanks, and strict hygiene to produce pure cream and butter. It warns against inferior stock and poor handling, noting creamery sales pay if rules are followed.
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Mississippi Valley Dairy and Creamery Association
A. H. Wing
Vandalia
Ill
Cremery
Poultry Roup Remedies and Feed Formulas from a 19th Century Guide
The article describes roup in fowl flocks and outlines remedies including nostril cleaning with a syringe, copper solutions, coal oil and carbolic acid, and roup pills made with assafoetida. It covers egg production boosts via a homemade powder mix, dust baths to combat lice, and iron and copper supplementation to improve health and egg quality.
Poultry Care Tips From a 19th Century Household Guide
The text advises copperas as a disinfectant and medicine for many diseases in fowls, recommending a tablespoonful in drinking water for a dozen birds to combat debility. It explains moulting, feeding, warmth, and remedies for respiratory issues, including trimming a blocked tongue and using butter with coal oil, plus castor oil for bowel problems and clean water.
The Future of Wheat Raising in a Global Market
The essay warns that Britain and India already flood markets with wheat and predicts Africa may become a major supplier, challenging American farmers. It cites rising Indian exports, canal projects, and railways as shifts in supply, urging U S producers to improve machinery, highways, and rail access to maintain standing.
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England
Africa
India
America
Egypt
Livingston and Stanley
Lome
Sucz
Soudan
Chicago Tribune
Effects of Manure on Wheat and Barley Yields at Woburn
Dr Voelecker reports experiments at Woburn Farm England comparing mineral, farmyard, and nitrogenous manures with untreated plots. Nitrogenous dressings boost one season, while farmyard manure shows slower, lasting benefits. Barley and wheat yields varied by season, with nitrogenous salts often outperforming mineral fertilizers in wet years.
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Voelecker
Woburn Farm
Eng
Ontario Experimental Farm
Woburn
Voelcker
Toronto Globe
When to Till Hoed Crops for Best Harvest
A writer argues ongoing tillage can boost yields and reduce weed pressure across corn potatoes and beans, urging flexible timing per crop. He warns late cultivation risks and cites benefits of extended tilling for cleaner ground and higher production, while noting exceptions where restraint is advised.
Stacking Grain for Weather Safe Storage
A Colorado farmer urges careful grain stacking to minimize weather damage. He notes most Northwest farmers lack barn space, predicts low grain prices, and warns against inward inclination causing center moisture. Proper technique uses outer courses packed with a fork from the center, with thatch or slough grass protection to endure long rain.
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Northwest
Colorado
Farmers as experimenters on every farm
Every farm should be an experiment station and every farmer an experimenter. Farmers must test manures seeds and cultivation methods on their own soil to find what pays best. They should prove all things and hold fast that which is good, rather than rely on secondhand advice.
Garden and Farm Advice on Watering and Soils
Practical guidance on watering without creating crust, soil preparation, earthing celery, and timing for barley. Emphasizes soil health, independent farming, education, and potash in apple orchards. Recommends lime, crop rotations, and lime and wood ash use. Also notes insect pest remedies and churning tips.
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Swan
Geneva
Agricultural Advice For Daily Cream Handling And Livestock Feeding
Daily cream collection timing and gentle stirring in small dairies to avoid mould. Fattening store animals may begin this month as corn feeding now counts like double later. Abortion in cows may be caused by improper food or contagious forms. daily stable disinfection with diluted acid is advised. Feed grain to horses sparingly, water is essential for milk flow, and oats quality affects value. Feeding strategies vary by animal and season with emphasis on avoiding waste and overstocking native grasses.
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Salmon
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
L. M. Bonham
Olio
Plains Rangers
Weekly Globe Club List catalog of periodical prices
A long list of magazine and journal titles with subscription prices, including American Agriculturist, Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Ladies' magazines, and various weeklies. The fragment shows multiple titles and price figures, indicative of a catalog or price list from a periodical supplier or newspaper insert.
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Arthur's Home
American Dairyman
Art
American Poultry Journal
Atlantic Monthly
American Art Journal
American Garden
Army Navy Journal
American Poultry Yard
British Quarterly Review
Clackwood's Magazine
Brainerd's Musical World
Beadle's Saturday Journal
Burlington Hawkeye
Boys of New York
Ballou’s Magazine
Tee-keeper's Magazine
Babyland
FGM
Boston Medical Journal
Hboston Medical and Surgical Journal
Christian Leader
Connecticut Farmer
Chicago Advance
Christian Herald
Courier-Journal
Demorest’s
Donahoe’s Magazine
Weve
Detroit
See Press
Engineering
Eclectic Magazine
Edinburgh Review
Floral Cabinet
Forney’s Progress
Vesewareeteee
Frank Leslie
Chimney Corner
M’y
Forest and Stream
Germantown Telegraphs
Green’s Fruit Recorder
Wy Gardner's Monthly
Godey
Harper's Bazar
Harper's Young People
Herald of Health
Home Journal
Indiana Farmer
Independent
International Review
Iowa Homestead
Journal of Microscopy
Journal of Chemistry
London Edinburgh Review
London Quarterly Review
Methodist
American Histo
Mining Record
Mother's Magazine
North American Review
N. Y. Medical Journal
Avons
N. Y
San Francisco Chronicle
Spirit of the Times
the Republic
Vick’s Floral
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Andrew H. Ward
Columbia
Vonn
Weekly Globe Club
Aan
GLOBE
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