Standby of Vegetables and Hotbeds for Early Gardeners
Detailed guidance on constructing hotbeds and cold frames, choosing manures, soil mixes, and depth, plus timing for sowing cabbage lettuce tomatoes peppers cucumbers and more. emphasizes eight to twelve inches of manure, loam 6 to 10 inches, and careful venting, plus season timing for February to May plantings and tips from New England Farmer Tribune and The World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Colorado
Farggers
Ellison
Mgr
John B. Lafitte
New Orleans
Houston
Tex
South America
Domestic Silk Growing Prize Exhibition Opens in Philadelphia
The Women's Silk Culture Association began its first Philadelphia exhibition on January 31 with a $500 prize for the best cocoon display attracting twenty five competitors, including three from the South. About thirty exhibitors featured cocoons floss silk and reeled silk plus silks and looms demonstrations. Professor A V Riley showcased foreign and domestic silk and a new osage orange fed worm species. Experts note reeling requires skilled labor and home production could boost family incomes with proper marketing channels and cooperative districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Silk Culture Association
Philadelphia
A. V. Riley
United States Department of Agriculture
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Nellie Rossiter
Lycus
Europe
Sorghum in New England and Western States Soil and Sugar
The article traces sorghum’s mixed history in New England, noting early enthusiasm, failures, and later Western adoption where syrup remains valuable. It compares soil types, climate, and manuring effects on syrup quality, sugar yield, and grain, citing experiments in Massachusetts and Louisiana, plus the role of maturation, acidity, and glucose versus sucrose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
New England
Massachusetts
Sorghum Syrup Prospects Highlighted by The Cultivator
The Cultivator notes sorghum cultivation has declined but syrup can be produced profitably with proper growth habits and soil. Massachusetts and Connecticut have yielded sorghum syrup rivaling Western states, suggesting potential as a healthy alternative to cane sugar and buckwheat cakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Rhode Island
Kansas
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Free Open Sun Exposure Guides Grape Trellis Training
The article outlines grapevines training methods such as Thomery and Guyot, stressing the need for a free open sun exposure. It details trellis construction with posts, wire, and boards, and notes summer pruning, renewal systems, and stake supports. It also provides spacing tips for planting based on variety and soil, plus root preparation and planting steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomery
Guyot
George Husmann
Husmann
Winter Hens and Farm Hints for 1900s Gardening
Readers learn practical winter care for hens to sustain egg production, including clean water, warm breakfast, and daily pen cleaning. The piece also covers cabbage and soil preparation, manure use, plant ventilation, pest control, fruit tree care, and diverse tips on crops, stock, and orchard practices drawn from mixed farm columns.
Care of Poultry in Winter for Better Returns
The text argues for improving hen housing in winter to prevent dampness and disease. Sprinkling coal ashes on pen floors absorbs moisture and eases suffering, noting many flocks are kept in neglectful conditions that profitless and nuisance the yard. It contends it is better to dispose of such flocks than let them endure a poor life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Hinds
Stan
Cuthbert
Patrician
Gregg
Kittatinny
Snyder
Concord
Wilder
Brighton
Eamelan
Delaware
Niagara
Kansas
Charles Downing
Seth Boyden
West
Manchester
Jacunda
Triomphe de Gand
Hudson
Arresting the Progress of Consumption with Compound Oxygen
The article extols Compound Oxygen as a new treatment for pulmonary consumption, claiming early use can cure about one in ten patients. It emphasizes raising vital condition and urges starting treatment at the first signs of lung trouble before serious damage occurs.
Compound Oxygen: a cure for long standing diseases
The text discusses using Compound Oxygen to treat chronic cases, noting many are hard to cure and stating that benefits are often surprising. It promotes a Treatise on Compound Oxygen with case reports and information, offered free by Drs. Stark Kry and PALeN at 1109 and 1111 Girard Street, Philadelphia, Penn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drs
Saved by a Kiss Brings Baby Back From Death
A Louisville mother’s baby nearly dies from convulsions but revives after the infant’s brother kisses the pallid lips and blows air into her throat. The child, once believed dead, gasps, breathes, and gradually strengthens, remaining alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
Joseph Meyer
Meyer
Henderson
Mystery over Poe's death stirs Baltimore archives
Dr J R Moran of Fairfax Court House Va formerly manager of the Washington Hospital seeks access to customs archives to prove Poe died in Richmond from natural causes rather than delirium in Baltimore. Moran, who says he was present at Poe's death, gained access to index records and copies will be sent to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Virginia
Poe
Richmond
Moran
Dowell
Custom House
Coca Borders and Its Remarkable Effects Cited by Experts
Professor H Gonllon M L, physician to the grand duke of Saxony, praises a Coca product as more tone creating than any before. Dr William Searle asserts its value for head ailments, memory, dizziness, blood pressure, headaches, heart palpitations, dyspepsia, and biliousness, warning against worthless imitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Gonllon M. L
Grand Duke of
Saxony
Iron Cross
William §. Searle
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Charm for Ladies
Thousands of women praise the remedy for female complaints and seek information by sending requests to Lydia E. Pinkham at 233 Western Avenue, Lynn, Massachusetts, for pamphlets about her vegetable compound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia KE
Pinkham
Lydia E
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
Weather Office Visit Sparks rheumatism joke tale
A rural visitor to the U S Signal Office examines instruments for forecasting weather. The humorous exchange centers on a barometer joke and the farmer Toadvine’s quips about rheumatism. A Philadelphia letter praises Jacobs O11 but the tale remains a light anecdote from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah Toadvine
United States
Mr. T
Ruther UN
Toadvine
T. A. Gist
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
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W. D. Prilbrick
Erfurt
Boston
Stowell
Strasburg
Daniel O’ Mourke
Eng
Tribune
Consa
Silk Culture Association
Lyons
Scientific American
P. Barry
Iona
Winte
Edgar A. Poe
Liebig Co
Weather Signal Office
Adamson
Assam
GEO. D. Goodwin & CO
Large Weeks & Potter
Cotler Bros. & CG
Smith, Doolittle & Smith
Rust, Bros. & Bird
Carter, Harris & Hawley
Gilman Bros
Wse
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