Rotation of Crops for Profit in New England Farming
Andrew H. Ward invites readers to discuss farming for profit with weekly contributions and lectures in New England. The article outlines a detailed system of crop rotation, explaining how soil nutrients are exhausted, how different plants impact soil, and why varied crops and careful timing preserve fertility. It stresses soil type, market factors, and domestic needs in choosing rotations.
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Andrew H. Ward
Ward
New England
GLOBE
Boston
Mass
A Homemade Incubator Revealed in Old Guide
A detailed home built incubator construction is presented with step by step measurements for a four by three foot frame, heater, egg drawer, ventilators, and sawdust box. Contains lamp chimney pipes, thermometers, and procedural tips to regulate temperature near 103 degrees.
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Botto
Kore
All Crops but Cotton Better Than a Year Ago
The USDA statisticians report broad gains in grain yields with wheat averaging 16 bushels per acre, the highest in 13 years. Corn and oats show strong finish, barley yields up, and flax acreage rising. The text also discusses icehouse design and cooling principles, linking agricultural progress to natural law and storage practices.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Virginia
Ohio
Territory of
Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
New York
Illinois
Heat Absorption Speeds Dangers in Boiling Water Scene
Henry Stewart of Rural New Yorker warns that slow heat absorption could let water slowly heat to its boiling point and then explode, threatening everything nearby. The warning emphasizes sudden destructive force from rapid vapor expansion.
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Henry Stewart
New Yorker
Deep and shallow tillage boost corn yields across states
Bulletin No. 14 from the Missouri Experiment Station reports corn tests in 1890 showing shallow tillage increases yield by about 21 percent in 1889 and roughly 30 percent in another year, using a special implement with knives under the surface. Illinois and Ohio stations report similar three year or multi year gains favoring shallow culture, concluding that frequent cultivation beyond two or three passes yields no extra harvest.
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Missouri Experiment Station
Columbia
Champaign
Ohio
Missouri Bulletin
Illinois
New York
Feeding Fodder Balance For Winter Cattle Health
In a New York dairy school discussion, Mr Powell argues to feed cattle their best forage in fall while delaying coarse fodder to January or later for sheep. The group urges gradual grain blends with forage, balancing carbonaceous and nitrogenous elements to maintain warmth and digestion as seasons shift.
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New York
Mr. Powell
Mr. Ives
Whey as pig feed studied at Wisconsin station 1890 91
Trials tested whey for pig diets. Pigs cannot be fed whey alone. corn meal and shorts needed 5.52 hundred pounds of mix per one hundred pounds grain. Adding whey to corn and shorts saved grain, effective from two to ten pounds whey per one grain. A 760 pound whey batch saved 100 pounds of corn meal and shorts. At $12 per ton corn meal, whey worth 8 cents per 100 pounds. at $14 per ton, 10 cents. Shorts or similar feeds should mix with whey for growing animals.
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Wisconsin Experiment Station
Beekeeping method for artificial swarming and queen rearing
A Germantown Telegraph correspondence explains a favored artificial swarming technique to increase bee stock and profit. It details selecting brood rich, queen-laying hives, using a frame with brood moved to a new hive, and reuniting hives for quick colony recovery. It also covers later queen cell insertion, requeening, and conserving combs to maximize honey yield.
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Germantown
Improvements in Sheep By Shropshire Downs Breeding
The article discusses optimizing mutton quality while preserving wool value, noting some breeds fail to improve others. Trials show Shropshire Downs best enhance US foundation stock, blending well with merino grades, adding body, vigor, and early maturity while improving digestion and robustness.
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United States
America
Future prospects for the Shropshire Down sheep breed
The article notes the fleece, hardiness, and meat quality improvements from blending Shropshire Down with Leicester sheep. It argues for strong mutton demand and estimates that about 60,000 rams would be needed annually if one quarter of rams used in upgrading are Shropshire Down, signaling a long term breeding program.
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Leicester
Cranberry Bogs Demonstrate Long Term Horticultural Gains
Garden and Forest details cranberry bogs as striking examples of economic horticulture with intelligent soil enrichment, careful cultivation, and pest control yielding 140 bushels per acre. Land preparation ranges 250 to 1000 dollars per acre. trailing plants and a dense canopy follow, producing abundant berries for years. Labor payments include ten cent pieces to pickers and occasional superintendent sums from Boston.
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Garden and Forest
Boston
Express
Caution on Planting New and Untried Fruits
A London Garden writer warns against planting many kinds, urging restraint to avoid wasted effort on unproven varieties. Most inquiries favor new praised fruits, but experience favors sticking to old, well-proved varieties. An intelligent planter bought 300 trees of a promising pear, but the crop failed quality, and no one would harvest it.
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London Garden
Duck care for indoor coops and winter laying start
Advice stresses dry warm duck housing with no straw and a well covered floor to prevent dampness. It notes ducks may swim by day but damp sleeping areas cause lameness and rheumatism and reduce egg production. Begin laying in January for best results.
The annual farm butchering and meat curing guide
John M. Stahl offers practical farm lessons on aging cooling and handling meat. He compares fresh versus cured meat trends, advises rapid cooling of carcasses, proper evisceration, washing, and timing, and warns against rough methods or improper temperatures to ensure wholesome meat.
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Swift
Armour
Chicago
John M. Stahl
Methods of dry packing eggs at New York station
Eggs were wiped with oil and antiseptic, then packed in salt or bran. April or May packing in salt with cotton seed oil and boracid kept four to five months with about one third loss and poor quality remaining.
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New York Experiment Station
Preliminary egg preservation in bran yields high quality outcome
The report notes that eggs packed in salt during March and April, treated with vaseline and salicylic acid, kept for four to five months without loss. Stored in a bar cellar at 70 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit, boxes were turned every two days. No notable difference between fertile or infertile eggs, or among fowl varieties and rations.
Yield comparison of old meadow with recently seeded plots
W J Beale of Michigan State University reports three years of field trials on 5.5 acres of clay soil pastured 25 years. He tests 12 meadow rods across permanent and newly seeded plats with clovers and grasses, finding mixtures yield more than single species and that season strongly affects results. Old soil yields are lighter than newly seeded land.
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W. J. Beale
Michigan State University
Remedies and recipes from a historic home science page
A compilation of old household formulas for resisting moisture in cement, rust removal for steel, brass cleaning steps, welding mixes, and a Salem of water weights. It notes worm mysteries in flour, clover sowing tips with plaster, turkey market timing, and long term egg preservation methods using oils, lime wash, or dry bran in cool storage.
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Castile
Tripoli
Lea
United States
The Money Express Messengers Of The United States
A study reveals 2500 million dollars yearly in US money shipments, four fifths for government. Adams Express lost the contract to United States Express at 15 cents per thousand, 5000 messengers handle packages secured with wax and sender seals, insured rarely, paid up to 100 dollars monthly, with strict rules and rotating runs to deter thieves.
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United States
Adams Express Company
United States Express Company
Workig
Hisnaelt
Express
Treasury
Washington
Quiet death at an open window in New York
A man died of asthma while motionless at an open window as city life surged around him on Sunday. The event remained a mystery for two days as observers recalled the moment of death and the surrounding urban bustle.
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Gotham
New York
Jersey Hills
The Old Man at the Window on Greenwich Street
Richard Harvey, a 57 year old iron roofer, was found dead at his two story Greenwich Street residence after kneeling at an open window facing the elevated tracks. Police and Deputy Coroner Donlin concluded heart failure and asthma caused his death as his wife Lizzie prepared to return from Ohio.
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Donlin
Roosevelt Hospital
Uscd
Dr. Donlin
Christopher St
Tim
Richard Harvey
Bleecker Street Savings Bank
Bowery Savings Bank
Lizzie
Charles Seaman
Reading
Hamilton County
Ohio
Richard
Bachelor's Hall
Hennion
Copeland
Railway Achievements and American Rail Superiority
The New York Herald notes two record rail journeys in the past week. A Buffalo express trip on the New York Central tracks and a Pacific to Atlantic transcontinental run in 4 days 12 hours 41 minutes. The pieces celebrate private railroad competition and American efficiency in mileage and speed.
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United States
New York Herald
Buffalo
New York Central Road
Pacific Coast
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