Digestibility of fodder and the mule trade discussed
The article explains fodder digestibility and factors affecting feed value, noting that simple analyses fail to capture actual feeding value and that experiments are essential. It includes a long interview about mules, their durability, and a farmer's view on keeping team animals productive rather than letting them age in the field. It also covers how mules differ from horses in usefulness and sale considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. HY
Ohio
Mule Mastery and Misconceptions in Washington County
In a Washington County interview, W B Shaw extols mules over horses for field and road work, arguing mules stay steady, self-broke, and pull true without balking. He dismisses claims mules are hard to break and notes mules eat hay as efficiently as horses while needing less grain.
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W. B. Shaw
Washington County
Southern field rest and new sowing revives worn lands
A Northern observer notes barren South field cycles, explains old fields rest to recover soil, and recommends ploughing, sowing clover and timothy, and winter stock feeding. He details beekeeping ventilation, soil drainage, and a 30 acre cloverTimothy field yielding three tons per acre. He praises old field pine and bartering practices as profitable for Southern agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Timothy
How to Prepare Crave Cuttings for Grapes
Instructions from the Kansas Farmer describe preparing grape cuttings in fall or spring. Use healthy eight inch canes with a bud at each end, bundle and store in moist sand or bury in well drained soil, keeping them damp to prevent premature sprouting. Endings and storage methods vary, some bury ends down, others wax them, and winter moisture is essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Fall Planting of Trees Explained for Transplants
The article argues autumnal tree transplants have advantages like better soil compaction around roots due to thaw and winter rains, aiding growth when the life functions resume. It warns, however, that March winds can loosen roots, so proper staking is essential and balance between roots and top must be maintained regardless of season.
Tree transplanting and root Leaf balance in watering
A Indiana Farmer piece warns that cutting root surface during transplanting leaves trees to die from thirst. It argues branches must be shortened to match leaf area, or trees fail in July heat. It notes folly of removing forest or nursery roots while retaining branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
French Method of Fowl Marketing Explained in Detail
The article details how French marketers fatten and form fowls for sale. It describes careful shaping by bending necks, tightening bands, and packing on trays with straw. It notes crown and head positioning, dressing methods, and how cooks reuse parts such as legs and gizzards.
Selecting Fowls for Best Show Quality
Guidance on choosing pullets and cocks for shows and breeding. Emphasizes correct shape, back contour, feather fluff, uniform color, and strong legs. Advises selecting the largest pullets by body balance, avoiding drooping necks, and preferring well formed tails and combs. Also notes male style and carriage matter as much as size, and warns against excessive red leather in color variation.
Ashland ham curing recipe from Mrs. Henry Clay noted
The document outlines Mrs. Henry Clay’s method for curing hams sent to Boston as Ashland hams. It details salting ratios with salt, saltpetre and brown sugar, cooling, brining, drying, smoking with green wood, and whitewashing before packing in hogsheads with hickory ashes for storage or shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clay
Boston
Ashland
Call for Land Reform and Small Farm Prosperity
The speaker laments vast public lands withheld from landless generations and urges reclaiming acreage lost to private control. A half to ten acres with a modest cottage could lift material, social, and moral well being, aligning with a moral law against large landholdings that enable tribute over neighbors.
Wintering Bees in Michigan College Bulletin
Professor A J Cook discusses overwintering bees noting the main risk is winter logs with losses up to 75 percent. He advises warm climate natives, confinement, steady 40 to 45 Fahrenheit, ample food, and cellar storage to avoid deaths. Bees are moved to cellar before severe weather and kept until mid April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Agricultural College
A. J. Cook
Lansing
Jersey Cow Diet for Maximum Milk Yield
A Jersey cow fed on high quality pasture with supplemental forage and balanced minerals tends to produce more milk. Prioritize fresh pasture, then high protein hay, silage if needed, and a grain mix tailored to stage of lactation. Ensure clean water, consistent milking schedule, and veterinary guidance for herd health.
Best Ration for Milk From Pasture Richness to Clover Hay
Professor W Stewart discusses feeding cows for milk quality and quantity. He argues for varied forage, notes nutritive ratios of grass and grains, cites two cows improving in butter yield with time, and recommends a starter ration of clover hay, fine meadow hay, linseed meal, bran, and corn meal with adjustments as digestion grows. The advice targets N L needs and encourages season-long progress reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. S
Jersey
N. L
Mary Anne of
St. Lamber
Princess 2d
Professor W. Stewart
Orange Growing in Florida and Orchard Management
An extensive discussion by Isaac Strong of Spring Garden Centre Florida covers orange culture area in Florida land types for groves near transport, planting density from forty to one hundred trees per acre, and costs for clearing, transplanting, fertilizing and cultivating. It stresses near-port access saving transport costs, selection of varieties including Navel and Hart’s Tardif, stock quality, and transplant timing. It warns of pests such as scale insects and salamander, and notes that mature fruit can keep from November to June and even July with proper care.
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Isaac Strong
Spring Garden Centre
Fla
Florida Times-Union
Jacksonville
Florida
Nassau
Duval
Baker
Columbia
Hamilton
Suwanee
Madison
Jefferson, Leon
Gadsden
Liberty
Alachua
Bradford, Clay
Franklin
Hillsborough
Hernando
Levy
Lafayette
Manatee
Marion
Orange
Polk
Putnam
St. Johns
Sumter
Volusia
Stark
Hart
Clark’s Cove
Curious Plants and Rubber Trees at the Florist
A florist dealer notes no big money in florists’ trade now but reports brisk season demand. He explains how he grows rubber trees from leaves, describes Begonia rex and Jerusalem cherry, and mentions Skeevias Acacia and wax plants. A collection includes centu plants aged twenty-four to thirty-five, with schools visiting to learn about plant care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Moored Hermit of Weir River Reveals a Turbulent Life
The Nantasket Beach area has attracted attention to a 30 by 10 foot decked craft moored in Weir river near Riverside. Its inhabitant, Amos Pendleton who calls himself Captain Smith, recounts a life of shipboard toil, piracy rumors, and thirteen shipwrecks while living as a hermit aboard the vessel with a vast array of salvaged items.
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Nantasket Beach
Weir River
Riverside
Caribbean
Smith
Captain Smith
Turniorbe
Reeth
Amos Pendleton
Lincolnsville
Camden Mountains
Maine
Lincolnville
Bangor
Cantor
West Indies
Mexico
London
Boston
Merrimac Street
Alington
Mass
Abington
Hingham
Grape Island
Young’s
Parker's
The Weekly Globe Club List Exhibit
A lengthy catalog of periodicals for subscription, listing dozens of journals, magazines, and newspapers with their prices and terms. It notes that no publication ships for less than a year and only one magazine per address, urging readers to specify start issues and subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown Telegraph
Gardner's Monthly
Godey's
Home Circle
Harper's Magi
Harper's Bazar
Harper’s Young Herald of Health
Indiana Farmer __ Independent International Key Journal of
Ohio Farmer
Puck
Portland Transcript
Phrenological Journal
Prem
Prince’on Review
Prairie Farmer
Popular Science Monthly
Philadelphia Medical ‘Times
N. Y
Fashion Bazar
N.Y. Weekly
Senvees Green’s Fruit Reconfler
Golden Argos
Harper’s Wee
Home and
Iowa
Macnn
London Quarterly Review
American
N.Y. Medical Journal
N. Y. Sportema Phrenological Journal
Peterson
Practical Farmer
Rideout's Magazine
New Yorker
Saturday Evening Post
Scientific American
Wit Sunday School Times
Sunny Nouth
St. Nicholas
Banitarian
GLOBE
Hale's Honey and Cough Cure 25c Tale
Patent medicine ad listing Hale's Honey for coughs at 25 cents and 600.81 Glenn's Sulphur Soap for skin care, 250 German Corn Remover for corns and bunions, Hal's Hair and Whisker Dye in black and brown at 50 cents, Pike's Toothache Drops claim to cure in one minute at 25 cents, Dean's Rheumatic Pills advertised as a sure cure at 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Glenn
Hal
Pike
Dean
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W. H. Yeomans
Gerbage
CS Cre
Earl
William Saunders
Horticultural Gardens
Washington, D. C
Ton
Floridas
Jim
Pedler
THE
Weekly Globe Club
Arthur's Home Magazine
American Dairyman
American Poultry Journal
Atlantic Monthly
American Art Journal
American Garden
American Naturalist
Manuels
Svere
Army & Navy Journal
American Poultry Yard
British Quarterly Review
Slackwood’s
Brainerd
Beadle
Burlington
Eee Boys of
New York
Kallou
Bee-keeper's Magazine
Babyland
Boston Phi
Boston Medical Journal
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Christian Leader
Century Magazine
Cottage
Country Gentleman
Connecticut Farmer
C.s
Chicago Advance
Christian Herald
Seers
Courier-Journal
Weelkly
Demorest’s
Donahoe’s Magazine
Detroit Free Press
Engineering and Mining Journal
Eclectic Magazine
Posse
Edinburgh Review Floral Cabinet
Forney’s Progress
Brunk Leslie's Illustrated
M’y
Sete
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