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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1885
Page
2
In October issue the farm department discusses blueberry bushes common in New England. The roots are large and branching, making transplanting difficult though hardy. A letter to Egbert Brown or Simon Hunt in Columbia, Conn., may yield more information.
In a letter from East Ervostoy New Hampshire dated November 11 1885 readers seek guidance on Charleston phosphate rocks. Questions cover soil solubility of fine ground rock plant availability price per ton in Boston and New York supply dealers and the potential effects of mixing with muriate of potash. W HT provides detailed analyses and practical conclusions about solubility value use and market factors.
November's busy for winter prep with fall plowing and manure coatings to boost spring crops. Cover berries spinach and onions to protect from sun. evergreen boughs sedge leaves and forest litter make sturdy coverings. Store roots like parsnips beets and horseradish in deep pits with litter. celery kept in pits or trenches with boards and earth to prevent frost.
The article discusses best preservation of spinach in winter, noting freezing to prevent thawing, and compares celery-like pits with elaborate spinach houses. It covers heating methods for frames, predicting steam and hot water will replace horse manure, while noting manure remains useful for small-scale or special purposes. A Providence lettuce grower’s large experiment may spur wider adoption.
A long survey of potato supply notes widespread disease and uneven yields across dozen localities, with English and Scottish imports carrying the year’s grain, and warns that winter demand may outpace future production. It discusses prices, storage, and the risk of shortages if rot continues, plus potential seed-saving and breed- improving ideas.
In ten years feeding practices improved yet many farms still expose hogs to mud and cold. Dry warm shelter reduces feed waste, as wet bedding forces extra heat from food. Build a simple shelter with plank floors or thatched roofs, keep the pen clean, and use flaxseed as a mild laxative and digestive aid.
The article argues early life feeding determines a horse’s market value and stamina. It stresses monitoring a colt’s dam's milk and ensuring adequate nutrition from birth, noting grasses and pasture aid but dairy support remains crucial for the young animal’s constitution.
Farmers' Advocate advises on protecting a small fruit crop for next year through winter mulching. Strawberries should be mulched once ground freezes, using wheat straw between rows and lightly over leaves. Raspberry currant and blackberry beds need a soil mound, while grape vines may be covered with earth and held by a weight, avoiding premature uncovering.
The New Hampshire Mirror outlines two wintering methods with pros and cons. Above ground walls should be double and packed with sawdust for even temp and quiet. Cellars offer cheaper setup. proper ventilation darkness and stable temperature are key. Bees on summer stands resist better with protection but use more honey.
A reader asks if garden planted figs bear better than box grown and wintered in a cellar and how deep to plant and whether to cover with straw or earth for winter. Falconer responds with guidance on orchard practices and winter protection.
A 19th century guide explains clarifying cider and creating a champagne style. It covers using brandy and spirits to enrich cider, sugar and honey additions, spices, and isinglass or eggs for fining. Temperature controls fermentation, with warm maturing producing dry cider and cooler conditions preserving sweetness. Bottling uses champagne bottles and sulfites to manage fermentation.
A reader asks how to tell male from female brook trout. The text explains that during spawning season sex differences are most evident through body shape abdomen size and color. Males have sharper jaws and straight shoulder-tail lines while females show a rounded jaw and fuller belly. Color differences intensify as spawning progresses with females darker and males more brilliant.
The text explains two main failures in fall planting: roots not healing in time causing tops to shrivel, or loose soil that freezes and lifts the tree. It advises fall as best for moving semi hardy trees, notes better soil conditions and earlier spring planting, and suggests storing roots in a cool cellar with damp earth or sand to aid healing before planting.
A Kansas subscriber asks if paying $30 per ton for oil meal to feed two-year-old native steers is profitable with twenty-cent corn. The advice favors flaxseed as a cheaper, healthier alternative and outlines a plan to grind grain with flaxseed, moisten feed, and feed six quarts of meal per two bushels of cut feed daily. It emphasizes not overfeeding and suggests boiling flaxseed for better digestion.
Farmers advised on cellar rot in stored potatoes and lime treatment to slow disease. Lime does not reverse advanced rot but may dry specks and preserve value. muck as fertilizer depends on muck composition and application, with effects tied to vegetable matter content and soil context.
Practical guidance on manure as absorbent and compost, shelter for sheep and cows, drying and storage methods, and the impact of weather on crops. Advice includes rust remedies, top-dressing with fall manure, feeding cider apples to sheep, and maintaining stock health through cold. Also discusses wheat demand, prices, and storage, plus grafting tips and planting corn among fruit trees.
Baltimore News recalls Edwin Booths boyhood stage debut in 1847 48 in a Calvert Street cellar run by Mrs Hinman. Ned Booth and companions formed a dramatic troupe with Joan Sigener Clarke Stuart Robson and Theodore Hamilton among the players. Admission was three cents, a modest sum for a night of Richard III with Booth in the role, a memory tied to old Old Drury and local boarders and doorkeeper William Duff.
In Norristown Herald style a light piece on chestnut jokes growing tired after years in newspapers describing the worn gag as overused and in need of rest.
Millicent Wilton weighs marriage as Trevanion persists to win her heart in a tale of courtship amid social expectations. Mrs Pemberton Putney flaunts her niece’s status as the Honor able Mrs Arthur Trevanion while her husband wittily observes.
New York Tribune quotes Professor Alexander Graham Bell saying seeing far away by electricity is nearly solved and encouraging investigators to persevere. He recalls work on the photophone, sealed in the Smithsonian, and notes prior sensational claims without verifiable proof. He expects future devices to let people sit in one room and converse with distant friends automatically by their side.
A vintage advertisement lists Hale's Honey as a cough remedy priced at 25c and 50c, Glenn's Sulphur Soap promising beauty and healing, German Corn Remover for corns and bunions, Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye in black and brown, Pike's Toothache Drops claimed to cure in one minute, and Dean's Rheumatic Pills offered as a sure cure at 50c.
A catalog of American periodicals and magazines offered for subscription. The list includes titles across farming, science, literature, and religion with noted prices and ordering instructions. It emphasizes one magazine per address and requires a yearly subscription to Weekly Globe.
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