Sorghum Culture Tips For Best Syrup Quality
The article discusses sorghum as a profitable crop for syrup, noting improvements in manufacturing to remove tang and improve quality. It covers juice saccharine content, proper cooking heat, and herbicide-free growth, with farmer practices for harvesting, storage, and early-season protection from frost. It also lists recommended varieties and regional preferences for black caps and reds, plus winter protection with straw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Weekly Globe
Messrs. Brown & Utley
Columbia, Conn
Brown
The Value of Manure. Experiments in Germany
Experiments in Germany washed plant stubble and roots to remove earth and assess manure value for next crops. The Boston Weekly Globe presents these results with tables showing the impact on subsequent yields and soil fertility.
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Boston Weekly Globe
Germany
Raspberry farming prospects and varieties for market
An article outlines raspberry yields per acre and potential profits at 20 cents a quart for retail sales, or half that at wholesale. It lists desirable varieties such as Cuthbert, Brandywine, Bristol, Herstine, Hunsell, and Reliance, and notes winter protection and regional testing as key factors.
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Bristol
Herstine
Hunsell
Lovell
Philadelphia
How to Grow Celery in Hotbeds and Beds
A gardener outlines the March 1 sowing date for celery seed in a heated bed, noting a 30 day germination in open ground, and cautions against sowing too thick. It covers planting in mid May, soil depth, manure needs, mid July banking, and methods to bleach or keep celery, including pitting and hotbeds with sash covers for spring storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardener's Monthly
The Cost Of Beef And Sheep Farming Savvy
A long Poultry of figures from John D. Gillett outlines steer costs to 12 24 36 months with pasture feed and stock value. The article argues early maturity boosts profit and details Clover hay for fattening sheep water needs and manure value. It also covers farm horse labor value and proper dairy care including temperature control and cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Gillett
Illinois
Gillett
New York
Ohio
New England
Stoess
What Farmers Should Know Hints About the Farm
Practical farming notes cover bull handling and early training, medicine dosing for dogs and livestock, poultry manure as fertilizer, wheat kernel weight after cutting, two-crop hay, fruit borers in stone fruits, firewood quality, boot waterproofing, cold weather stock shelter, cherry manure needs, sheep rack and ram management, cotton and hop markets, egg cleanliness, potato outlook, and land prices. The piece blends livestock, crops, soils, and market insights for rural readers.
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Jordan
Pennsylvania State College
George Geddes
Prentiss
Telegraph
Niagara
Brighton
Lady Washington
Woren
England
Baton Houge
The Tell-Tale Camera in Masher's Blackmail Plot
A Boston merchant becomes entangled with a stylish stranger who flirts in Shawmut avenue and, after a liquor fueled liaison, brings her to his home. A camera captures the affair and a blackmail demand follows as the man pays $60 to keep the compromising photograph. He fears exposure and vows to heed warnings to keep it dark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busness
Seace
Flock in Winter: Feeding Sheep for Profit
An experienced shepherd warns that profit hinges on careful winter feeding. Feed modestly, avoid overfeeding, and vary with season. Emphasizes digestion, regularity, and using corn sparingly with hay for warmth. Cold, wet open winters hurt flocks. better pasturage in summer to condition sheep.
The Dairy in Winter Observations on Winter Dairying
A writer extols the dairyman's skill in conquering winter conditions through housing feeding and milk management. He argues that reason and practical effort enable the dairy industry to thrive despite cold and rigor, urging dairymen to judge their animals by personal observation.
Universal action of Compound Oxygen examined in Starkey treatise
Critics claim Compound Oxygen is a universal cure, but Dr. G R Starkey argues the treatment acts on nervous system and vital organs, restoring life centers and aiding recovery across diseases. The treatise asserts universal action beyond specific ailments and offers to send it free from Starkey Palen at 1109 and 1111 Girard Street Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. R. Starkey
Actio
Starkey & Palen
Girard Street
Philadelphia
Penn
A Black Boy's Odd Fate at Bell's Ferry
A Black boy died at Bell's Ferry last week in a remarkable accident after getting drunk and hiding in a cotton bale. His skull was crushed and an arm broken when the bale was unloaded. Also included is a sensational cure-all advertisement for a vegetable remedy for consumption and other illnesses offered by A NOYES of Rochester, mailed to readers who request it.
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Temple Place
Ina
South End
Greenville
Bell’s Ferry
East India
Y. A. Noyes
Power's
Rochester
Uncomfortable Style of Death by Own Action
Providence Press reports a Shan nock incident where a young woman attempted suicide by tying a rope to a bed-post and dropping to strangulate herself. She was rescued before death. Rumors say she previously tried to kill other family members, but officials keep details quiet.
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Providence Press
Shannock
White monkey arrives at Jardin d Ac climitation Paris
A striking all white monkey, arriving from the Philippine Islands by a colonial magistrate, captivates visitors at Jardin d Ac climitation Paris. In India such a creature would command immense value due to Hindu superstitions venerating pure white animals.
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Jardin d
Paris
Philippine Islands
India
Incident in Virginia praises St Jacobs Oil remedy
An Virginia report quotes Sheriff Wm Claughton of Northumberland County praising St Jacobs Oil as the best German remedy for rheumatism and various pains. He says his family keeps it in the house and uses it for almost every medical need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Wm. Claughton
Heathsville
Northunberland Co
St. Jacobs Oy
Tuppahannock
Maine Matron Keeps Five Foot Alligator As Pet
A Bristol woman keeps a five foot alligator as a pet. She provides a warm bed by the stove at night, and the reptile roams the sitting room by day. The animal enjoys being stroked on the back and opens its mouth in a charming smile.
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Maine
Bangor
Bristol
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Lucerne
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Benadelli
the Tribune
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Lemeyer
Himself
Winetor
R. Stewart
New Yorker
Guernsey
Shawmut Avenue
Orbstone
Charles A. Vogeler Co
A. Vogeler & CO
Baltimore
A. Do
New England Medical Institute
Tremont Row
Ludwytt
Boston
Mass
Amarita
Epps
peorDe
Cividervice Gazette
James Epps & CO
Homeopathic Chemists
London
St. Vitus
Figumond Medical
St. Forph
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington
Club 13
Mutual Investment Clubs
BE. Kendall & CO
la Salle St
Chicago
Sunlight
John B. Gough
A. DL
Worthington & CO
Hartford, Coun
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Hop
Carey
Carte, Harrie & Hawley
J. Reeves
Hathamat
Ruy
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Ieee
Aalogue
Coulter
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