Our Dairy Interests by Hon Edward Burnet of Massachusetts
The article summarizes Edward Burnet of Massachusetts and his New Jersey board of Agriculture address on dairy farming. It covers his farm practices, feed like clover hay and corn cob meal, milk from 500 to 600 cows, use of creamery, two daily milking, and emphasis on refrigeration in summer to produce year round butter. It notes his 15 year plan, root feeding, and emphasis on proper barn routine and manure.
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New Jersey Board of Agriculture
Edward Burnet
Massachusetts
Burnett
Mr. Burnett
Ile Hag
The Hog Weight Guiding Pig Feeding Changes
The article explains changes in hog feeding and market weights. Farmers moved from post winter heavy feeds to full feeding from birth, producing pigs reaching 250 to 300 pounds by 10 to 12 months. This shift increased profitability and reduced reliance on older 400 pound animals.
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Jess
Primitive butchery methods described for ham salting process
The text details slaughtering animals and hanging carcasses until heat departs, then cutting into eight portions for salting. It explains bulk salting, separation of cuts, and the use of open joints or half-headed platforms to drain tainted fluids, noting flavor and shelf life impacts. It also covers salt ratios and meat treatment including skin rubbing and salting around bones.
Salted ham curing method with brine and smoke guidance
Advocates describe a brining process for ham using salt, saltpetre, brown sugar and spices in a four to five gallon brine. Hams are packed in a hogshead and immersed, tested by an egg, then hung to smoke with hickory until colored. After curing, hams are wrapped and stored in cloth bags for up to six months or longer.
The Apple Pear and Peach Chapter in Orchard Practice
Agricultural guidance on soil, fertilization, pruning, and disease control for apple pear and peach trees. Notes on fungi, washing trunks, mineral manures, and winter trimming to promote growth and yield. Also discusses poultry and beekeeping practices and early chick mortality, with methods to control lice in hens.
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Josiah Hooper
the Tribune
Mode of Preserving Eggs for Poultry Yards
An article urges farmers and egg producers to study egg preservation methods. It notes prizes at London and Birmingham dairy shows for eggs preserved in a specific compound months before exhibition. It reports limited success beyond lime and salt, based on inspections by Mr Tegetmeier and a dairy show judge amid many trials.
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Egermeier
Islington
England
France
Professor James Long
London
Mark Lane Express
Birmingham
Tegetmeier
Phosphoric Acid Sources and Farm Yield Comparisons
A Germantown Telegraph summary notes Maine experiments 1886-87 comparing dissolved bone black fine ground bone and South Carolina rock as phosphoric acid sources. Ground rock costs less and may boost longer lasting yields, with oats used in trials showing varying grain and straw gains.
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Maine
South Carolina
Germantown
Manure and bone meal notes from farm horticulture column
Practical tips on manure handling from compost storage to bone meal as a fertilizer. Advice covers leached ashes versus unleached, fall fertilization, and soil impact. Bee brood management stresses hive tightness and heat retention for strong colonies.
New Year’s resolutions lampooned by Tricotrin in Puck
A humorous verse from Tricotrin in Puck mocks self improvement as the speaker vows to tell only facts and avoid weak stories for schoolgirls while aiming to build a bank account. He jokes about not smoking, drinking only with friends, borrowing when possible, and resisting theft, ending with a botanical quip about pansies on a distant bush.
Beards in History and Hair Fashion Across Civilizations
The article traces beard customs from ancient Britons to Persian royalty, noting Normans resisting shaving and Chinese attempts to attach false hair. It highlights literary references from Epigrams of the Muse's Recreation, Decker, and Shakespeare showing humor and social attitudes toward facial hair.
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Chicago
Cesar
Strabo
Sicily
St. Chrysostom
Cranmer
Knox
Cardinal Pole
Remarkable Ingram Township Wife Boasts Unusual Feats
A Smithville Herald item notes a married woman in Ingram's Township whose husband claims she splits 200 fence rails daily as a routine task and dips seven barrels of turpentine each day. He asserts no other county in the state can match her industrious feats.
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Smithville
N. C
Ingram's
Popping the Question A Fact Man Proposes Directly For Fun
A long read on how men propose and why, with examples from Ruth and Boaz to a Yale student note. It notes women’s caution, humor in schemes, and a few famous romantic anecdotes from 19th century society, ending with a comic aside about a tailor.
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Chicago Tribune
Cee
Ruth
Boaz
Maud Muller
Monsieur
Mademoiselle
Yale
Orange Conjugal Incompatibility in Chicago Divorce
A Chicago Mail column discusses striking divorce case details and expert views on temperamental factors in women. A physician discusses how nervous temperament can trigger drastic actions, citing a well furnished home and an indulgent husband, with fragmented remarks about a Mrs Carter.
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Chicago Mail
Carter
Chicago
Fragmented Readings From a Personal Note
A garbled excerpt reveals a troubled speaker confessing doubt about others and expressing nervous insecurity. The unclear lines reference self observation, honesty, and speculation about whether people are genuine, with a focus on inner struggle and unreliability of judgment.
Odd and Curious Items From An Early Era
A roundup of quirky notes and world trivia from an Indiana editor’s era including presidents, wages, cabs, cables, romances, curious animals, curiosities in science, and odd local anecdotes. It mentions 19 000 cigars, a 113 000 mile cable network, a 1800 pound cow, a 30 pound book, and a Michigan wolf hunt among other curiosities.
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Indiana
India
Lord Hartington
Grand Rapids
Mich
United States
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Europe
America
Snelby
Hartwell
Savannah
Georgia
Deadwood
C. T
Dakota
Cass County
George W. Childs
Philadelphia
Daniel Stoneman
Wabash County
Ind
California
Calif
Bradford
Venezuela
City of
Mexico
East Limington
Queen Victoria
Primrose League
Samuel Washington
Cincinnati
Washington
Loafer
New York
Windley
Hunter's Bridge
N. C
Wes
San Fra Palace
Shakespeare
Bacon
Elmira
Philadelphia Evening Star
Tuscola
Inl
Ignatz Freund
Detroit
Shamokin
Penn
Northumberland County
M. Blowitz
M. de Frezcinet
Freycinet
de Freycinet
M. de Freycinet
France
Paris
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ohio
Omaha Road
St. Paul
Stillwater
Litchfield, Conn
Market Street
Harrisburg
Court of Common Pleas
Columbus Phio
Birds Clash Over Nest Site On Clearings Edge
In Audubon Magazine style a mother bird frets over a nest location as she calls and flits, her mate buzzing by on the branch, scoffing at her fears yet following her until she finally retreats into the woods with him.
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Audubon Magazine
Conjangl
Importation of Champagne Corks and US wine mockery
The piece notes consular reports show American firms importing half a million dollars worth of champagne corks. It questions branding on corks and links New York firms to making foreign wines from Missouri and California wine, using carbonic gas injections. It warns the artificial method harms stomach coating.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
United States
New York
Missouri
California
German Professor Spaces Out Over Dinner Riddle
A Texas Siftings column tells of a German professor who, while deep in a studio problem, is fed pancake and molasses by his wife. When she leaves, he notices only molasses, asks why, and misreads the meal, leading to a comic misunderstanding about the bread and sugar. The tale relies on language mixups and a playful cultural joke.
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Cupid
Herr Driesbach
Driesbach
Worcester
Cupi
Mississippi
Jacques
Blondel
Sam
Earn St
Hymen
Kismet
Joe
Anders
Baltimore
Annie
Joseph Thomas
James L. Bradford
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Philadephia
Someta
Aroun
New York
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Texas
Ennsylvania
Ohio
Kaneeh
Ow York
Chicago
Senora Frances Folsom de Cleveland
White House
United States
Philadelphia
San Salvador
Ketchum
Kings County
N. Y
Russia
Moscow
Montmartre
France
Diogends
Bledsoe
Congress
New York City
Sim
Tim
Pentty
Santy Claus memories in Riley verse
A nostalgic reminiscence of Christmas folklore through James Whitcomb Riley's voice as a child awaiting Santa. The piece evokes family scenes by the fire, Santa’s rule bending, and the longing of both boy and girl for holiday magic across past Christmases.
Valuable Books Giveaway List With Subscriptions
A wide catalog lists magazines and journals available at reduced rates, noting that no publication ships for under a year unless tied to a yearly THE WEEKLY GLOBE subscription. Numerous titles across farming, gardening, literature, science, and general interest appear with prices and occasional premiums.
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Pairy
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Gottfried
Boston & Maine Railroad
Fraternity Club
Portland
Gretchen
Santa Claus
James Whitcomb Riley
Santy Claus
Arthur's Home Magazine
Andover Review
American Dairyman
American Grocer
Secceses
American Agriculturist
Scccser
Army &Navy Journal
Pooks Bayee
Osiscecccser
Banner Weekly
Brainard's Musical World
Burlington, Hawkeye
Wees
Ballon's Magazine
Bee-keeper's Magazine
Babyland
Boston Pilot
Boston Medical Journal
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Christian Leader
Christian Union
Sosseseess
Cassell
Christian Herald
Courier-Journal
Vashvesect
Chautauqua Young Folks Journal
Decorator
Demorest
Donahoo's Magasine
Detroit Free Press
Engineering
Edinburgh Review
Forney’s Progress
Frank Leslie
Wreekly
Forest and Stream
Green's
Gardner's Monthly
Godey’s
Harper's Caonon
Sane
Harper's Weekly
Harper's Eazer
Sanleoeass
Harper's Young People
Herald of Health
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Cseccsssseeseeee Loo
San Francisco Chronicle
Home Journal
Vick’s
Wide Awake
Indiana Parmat
Vocesens
Trish World
Journal of Microscopy
Lippincott's Magazing
Littell
London Lancet
American Histi Mining Record
North American Review
Medical Journal
Pashion Bazar
Warcote Hia
N.Y
New Princeton Review
New York Witness
Our Little Men
Sake Steat
Practical Farmer
Prairie Farmer
Peterson's
Lady's M
Popular Science News
Jet Science Monthly
Phila Elphia Medical Times
Practical Farm
Rideout's Magazine
New Yorker
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Ae Sunday School Times
Scribner's Magazine
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Seeres
Nicholas
Evooes
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