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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1888
Page
2
Louis Farmer shares practical advice from nine years managing a large farm. He details weed control, summerfallow, deep plowing, seed cleaning, harrowing, and rolling to conserve moisture, with a 4000 acre seeding yielding bushels per acre.
Henry Stewart reports at Medina Ohio Farmers Institute on practical farming lessons. He compares costs and yields for wheat corn and potatoes, notes many farmers lose money growing wheat and corn under certain conditions, and details manuring inputs yields and profits with specific figures from 1886 1887.
In a concise note the Ohio farmer states that profit would have been greater if the season had been moister and that he regretfully would have cultivated four times instead of twice after harvest, reflecting on agricultural choices and outcomes.
The Ohio Experiment Station compares sixteen early potato varieties with fifteen late ones over 1885 to 1887. Across three seasons the early group averages 194 bu per acre versus 169 bu for late varieties, with early types generally superior in yield and quality though not always in storage. W Jd Green.
A historical guide explains growing the navy bean, noting steady demand and high winter prices. It favors dry mellow loam, non rich soil, and corn stubble planting. It warns against fresh manure and suggests careful land preparation, cross-shovelling, harrowing, and proper drying and storage to maintain merchantability.
Plant end of the poles firmly and stack vine parts on a foundation of old rails. Slipping the vine from the tops and topping with straw allows stacking. On corn stubble no cultivation is needed, while sowing on cultivated land requires weed control and 2½ feet row spacing for cultivator access. The navy bean is noted as highly prolific and saleable.
Guidance for poultry keepers on hatching timing, incubator use, and feeding to raise fast fattening broilers. Emphasizes hatch by mid February, specific diets from egg food to meal, green fodder, water and cleanliness, and rapid one week fattening with careful feeding and housing.
A description of Brie cheese production notes Brie now produced in several U S factories including Orange County New York. It explains milk handling rennet moulding draining salting aging with zinc bands and osier frames, and details the curing rooms and final texture and flavor sought by consumers.
An experimental report records lettuce trials to determine optimal age and size at final setting. Varieties tested include New York, Womanhannock, Oakleaved, Hard Head, and Boston Market. Results note differences in head size, tenderness, seeding tendency, and market suitability under greenhouse and open-field conditions.
A brief excerpt discusses sowing lettuce seed thinly in the seedbed and transplanting when plants have four to five leaves directly into their final spots to speed growth, reduce labor, and improve head perfection as advised by W. H. Buti.
An English authority on butter making claims that adding one pound of salt to every gallon of cream immediately after milking ripens the cream and yields 15 to 20 percent more butter. He prescribes a salt-to-cream ratio, specific churn temperatures, and a butter-worker for handling.
The article outlines constructing a hotbed using fresh manure to form a bed a foot to a foot and a half high, with careful layering and vented sash to prevent sun scorch. It covers frame placement, adding five to six inches of rich soil after heating, planting seeds such as lettuce cabbage tomato and cucumber, and notes timing and basic care for a beginner.
Bees kept for winter should be moved to quiet, light-free cellars or caves with stable temperatures. Use double entrances, remove dysentery affected colonies to a separate room, provide water, and release on warm days. prefer chaff hives to reduce maintenance and watch for flight when snow covers ground.
The author urges planting cow peas after frost danger, broadcasting one bushel per acre or half a bushel when drilled, harvest by picking or threshing, and notes good yields of 15 to 25 bushels per acre. Varieties include black eye and black pea. unknown pea may yield more. Peas boost milk in cows, offer silage value, and make hay when cut green, praised for dairy and forage use.
Rosaline Wilkes ran a mile in 2.15, Skylight Pilot 2.19, Hours 2.19, Susie 8 2.20, Governor Hill 2.20, Conde 2.20, Ansel 2.20 as California fields set swift marks. In 1886 the fastest two-year-old was 2.25, fastest three-year-old 2.23, and fastest four-year-old 2.16 in the state.
The dairyman should test each cow to know its value and determine if it yields a profitable animal. He can keep the best heifer calves, select a suitable bull, and steadily improve the herd while weeding out inferior cows. Raising the best calves proves more advantageous than buying mixed-quality stock. The text notes sun growth helping plants and flowers in greenhouses, with insects blooming as a related observation.
The article offers home remedies for plant pests using tobacco fumigation and infusions, plus guidance on training a heifer and Illinois mules. It discusses poultry lice, suggesting dusting with ashes or insect powders, sulfur ointment, and kerosene emulsion, and notes differences in ashes and a vendor named Mr Stevens.
A dramatic, cautiously written account describes a siege of New York by Canadian forces, detailing naval bombardment, a near-crippling strike on Liberty statue, and a city rallying to defend bridges and sites. It notes heroic defense by volunteers and regiments, including the Seventh, Sixtyninth, Twenty-second, and Twelfth, as streets and walls endure bombardment and fear.
A fragmented dream sequence shows treason fears and calls to recall the Seventh, interrupted by a wakeful narrator to find Kitty the cook urging timely departure for a morning place of business, ending the warlike reverie.
A witless exchange unfolds as a king seeks a greater fool to bear his cap of complaisance. The fool, true to form, finds no crown grander than the king's own, dubbing the cap as the king's true excellence. Amid odd news briefs, a note on cremation and a rumored return of a baronet hints at shifting social tidings.
A vintage advertising list invites readers to subscribe to The Weekly Globe with yearly terms. It enumerates numerous magazines and journals with prices, noting a limit of one magazine per address and detailing required subscription actions and a fixed mailing rule.
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