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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1882
Page
2
A Rural New Yorker inspired essay outlines a five field crop rotation with corn oats wheat and pasture, argues on crop profitability, and discusses fallow benefits and manure use. It includes details on market prices for corn, potato and cabbage timing, and practical hotbed construction and seedling care for early vegetables.
A practical guide to building and maintaining a kitchen garden hotbed for family use. Details include size, frame construction from boards and scantling, sash dimensions, slope for drainage, corner blocks, and assembly steps to ensure smooth sliding sashes.
A cautious lecture argues that forcing cows to maximum milk or butter yields while breeding calves of equal quality is unethical and harmful. It notes higher risks of illness, poor calf performance, and disrepute to dairying, urging more natural, science based, long term breeding practices. It contrasts dairy and beef breeds, praising restraint and health in proven breeding programs.
The article argues that farming benefits from science and outlines air and soil plant foods, highlighting nitrogen, phosphoric acid, potash, lime, and other elements. It discusses water as a carrier, not a plant nutrient, and details methods for preparing and curing beef and sausages, including Arles style saucissons, noting Paris market price at $1 per pound.
The article warns of a dangerous tendency among breeders, describing a high pressure system used with some of the finest dairy herds the world has seen. It urges earnest attention to these practices as a key concern in breeding quality stock.
A Chicago packer family, the Hubbards, shares the traditional method for curing beef. The guide covers cutting, salting, draining, and packing into a cedar tub with a cold pickle of salt, saltpetre, sal prunella, and coarse brown sugar, detailing eight to twelve pound flank pieces and the process from cutting to barrel packing.
A farmer argues for scientific feeding of live stock to balance flesh and fat while saving costs. He contrasts hay, straw, cornmeal, and linseed meal, cites waste of cornstalks and straw, and calls for systematic experiments to match food value to animal needs. He notes bran’s value with cornmeal and stresses timely cutting and curing of feeds.
A broad survey covers cattle transport ideas from Mr. Tingley’s humane live stock plan to feed stations every 200 miles, sugar maple sap science, dairy feeding optimizations, compost heap gains, Alsike clover trials, calf-raising tips, fruit variety recommendations, and general farm management practices including manure, budding, tobacco, Havana tea and future animal breeds. Strong entities include Mr. Tingley, Alsike clover, A. W. Cheever, Sheldonville, and various fruit varieties.
An agricultural note on winter manure making. It stresses rich feed for rich manure, the impact of the animal's use on fertilizer content, and the need to protect manure from rain. It advises covered, well rotted heaps and warns against wasteful leaching. It recommends cow feed of wheat middlings and cornmeal in equal parts, three quarts morning and night.
The excerpt discusses lime types and application rates, distinguishing gas lime from oyster shell lime, and advises pulverizing gas lime before use. It covers pasture needs, land value, and grazing expectations, plus practical pest control with kerosene oil and lard mix. It notes mineral nutrients like phosphoric acid and potash, sourced from phosphate rock, animal bones, wood ash, and marls.
A Boston Herald note discusses disappointment and illness, referencing Burns and a postponed Florida trip for Dr H due to sciatic pain. It cites Dr Lorenzo Waite of Pittsfield Mass endorsing St Jacobs Oil with a claimed complete cure after two bottles.
Physicians praise Dr Benson's Pills for nervous diseases including headache neuralgia and sleeplessness. The preparation claims to cure nervous disorders and dyspepsia, with testimonials from Baltimore and New York doctors. Sold by druggists 50 cents a box. Depot 106 North Eutaw St Baltimore MD. By mail two boxes for $1 or six for $2.50 to any address.
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