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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1881
Page
2
Instructions for initiating hotbeds and cold-frames in late winter, including seed timing for tomatoes cabbage and lettuce, bed depth and manure requirements, air and covering needs, transplanting dates, seed varieties, and notes on labor and care. Contains amateur agronomy, weather considerations, and practical tips from The World and N E Farmer.
The article extols Burley tobacco as a flourishing home use favorite with favorable prices. It notes its adaptability to varied soils and regions from Kentucky to Ohio and Indiana, outlines soil types and planting methods, and advises deep winter plowing, row spacing, and careful cultivation to improve color and quality. It also discusses pasture care and weed control alongside soil fertility and long term pasture management.
The article details Mr Burnett's centrifugal cream separator, its method, and advantages. It explains how a hollow cylinder forms as milk spins, separating cream rapidly, with skim milk recovered separately. It notes 80 quarts can be processed in 20 minutes and discusses machinery limits, costs, and potential uses in cooperative dairies.
An 19th century agrarian note argues judicious pasturing of mowing lands can help control overgrowth and protect grass health, favoring light-weight livestock like sheep and calves. It cautions against replacing mowing with grazing, urging minimal fences and emphasizing mowing where truly needed.
Mr. E F Bowditch of Massachusetts produced 3474 bushel baskets of corn and 5232. C10 tons of stover on 17 1/4 acres. The yield equals about 100 bushels per acre besting typical crops. He credits thorough seed selection cross of Waushakum and Longfellow and careful culture as keys to success.
The article covers rapid radish growing methods, ostrich import plans, fruit tree blight remedies, ash and fertilizer values, bone dust manure, a vast Hudson Valley orchard, timber use in industries, drainage benefits for harvest timing, cabbage and cauliflower care, stable manure selection, squash bug control with saltpetre mix, animal drinking water concerns, fowl cold risk, egg preservation in salt, hay-to-feed calculation, and a closing nudge to use Redding's Russia Salve for erysipelas.
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