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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1879
Page
3
A new department inviting farm readers to contribute on all agricultural topics. Instructions urge practical discussions on crops, grasses, grains, fruits, stock management, dairy improvements, and farm life. Communications address Tos Werkly Gopse in Boston and write on one side only.
A skeptical look at new fruit varieties shows limited progress over the past decades. The Wilson Albany strawberry remains a standard, while many claims of doubling size or productivity are questioned. Raspberries, grapes, citrus, and other fruits show modest advances, with emphasis on distribution of knowledge over sheer variety proliferation.
Readers learn the economics and science of dairy farming focusing on feeding regimes for cows through the year, grazing value, fodder varieties, and mineral supplementation. Advice covers green forage, roots, corn, linseed, bran, and hay, plus care, stable conditions, water, salt, and the impact of pasture quality on milk yield and flavor.
The text suggests European ivy as a margin for summer beds, trained and pinned as needed. It also praises Golden Retinispora aurea for edging, which can be kept low or grown taller for contrast. Proper early plant selection yields a pleasing winter effect.
The piece discusses cotton and wheat price effects on acreage, predicts diversified crops yield better long term, and describes Clement attachment ginning saving costs and boosting southwern cash. It notes improved southern machinery, weather favors, and cautious migration. cites English demand, Illinois crops, and rural prospects. Wheat rust in southern Ohio is observed on poor ground, with drought worsening conditions.
A detailed account of menhaden processing into guano describes receiving tanks, boiling, pressing, and oil extraction in coastal factories. The process yields oil for paints, pulp for fertilizers, and finally drys scrap into fertilizer grade meal. Prices range with scrap valued at 35 to 50 dollars per ton and oil at four tenths per gallon.
A Rural New Yorker note details the fish scrap trade from Maine to New Jersey, especially in northeastern Long Island, with 1878 data on factories, gear, crews, and oil and guano yields. It compares muck as a fertilizer and discusses lime’s variable value and soil effects.
European beet sugar output in 1868 reached 1,550,000 tons with 60,000 tons more expected this year. Germany taxed beet roots yielding 12.4 percent sugar. France taxed as well. A New Jersey trial of Wilmorin sugar beets proves roots sweet and suitable for dairy farming. Also notes on Florida Yellow Pine timber potential and long-term timber exports. A Victoria boar castration describes crude coal tar use. Mispronunciation of surnames and tips for selecting home pictures highlight social manners and interior decor.
Governor Hall of Delaware, in Wilmington for synod and convention events, visited a barber shop. Barber Barney Rosenblatt, assuming the governor was clergy, quizzed him about ministerial life before recognizing his error and apologizing as the governor explained his true role.
A Milan magistrates case centers on a dying art lover who sacrificed two nude Rubens canvases to gain priestly absolution, amid family disputes over the wrecked paintings and a disputed inheritance. The son denounces the act, while the priest defends the absolution under moral pressure.
There is Yot Hope. Doctor Engelbart, founder of the Medical Institute at 504 Main Street, Buffalo, N Y, advertises cures for ear, nose and throat diseases. The notice claims years of service and the ability to cure thousands with reasonable charges.
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