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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1889
Page
2
The article explains feeding as a tool to maintain bodily heat and support production. It stresses that protein supplies muscle and tissue, while carbohydrates and fat fuel the body. It warns that imbalanced rations can deplete heat and cause poor growth, especially in severe cold, and notes judicious adjustment by farmers.
The passage explains digestion coefficients and nutritive ratio in cow feeding. It shows amounts digested from 20 pounds of clover hay, including huminoids crude fibre and fat. It then derives the nutritive ratio as 1 to 5.89, meaning for every pound of albuminoids there are about 5.89 pounds of other feeding matter.
The article explains feed terminology and digestion coefficients for fodder. It defines water, ash, albuminoids, amides, crude fibre, nitrogen-free extract, and fats. It describes digestion coefficients and shows how to compute usable portions of hay for rations, using a clover hay example and a 20 pound daily intake to illustrate multiplication to yield usable amounts of water, albuminoids, and other components.
Field experiments in oats by Illinois Experiment Station led by Professor G E Morrow and Mr T F Hunt during 1888 on prairie loam soil. Varying sowing rates from 1 to 4 bushels per acre yielded 6 to 42 bushels, with peak 66.8 bushels at 2 bushels per acre and straw yields up to 522 pounds per acre. Early sowings produced higher yields. seedbed conditions affected germination and vigor, with 13 percent of kernels failing to germinate and broadcast seeding yielding about 45 percent mature plants.
John M. Stahl in Indiana Farmer argues farmers should kill and cure their own meat. He prescribes pork weights of 200 to 225 pounds for home slaughter, stresses cold weather for cooling, and details equipment and steps from killing with a rifle to scalding, scraping, and gutting.
An amateur farmer describes planting four acres with Mapes fertilizer, splitting between Tennessee and Long Island white corn, planting three feet apart, topdressing with fertilizer, and cultivating until ears formed. Result: 398 bushels of Long Island corn measured in field and by farmhand.
Henry Stewart describes detailed corn trials on his Hackensay property, comparing Tennessee corn Pride of the North and Everreen varieties. He explains plots, row spacing, fertilizer applications totaling 150 pounds per acre, weekly cultivation, and yields ranging from live 25 bushels to 161 bushels per acre under varied conditions, with a final note on extensive ear counts and dairy farming context.
Farm Journal outlines early year broiler operations for Middle States poultry keepers. It covers egg quality, breeding diet, nest quality, incubator settings, sitter care, brood housing, brooder warmth, feeding regimes, and a sample cake recipe to support chick growth in the market window from January to March.
The article advises turning surplus apples into vinegar as a steady money maker. It covers buying barrels in off seasons, using large tanks or barrels, keeping air minimal, not disturbing settled vinegar, and reusing barrels for faster production. Emphasis on reputation, persistence, and steady supply to build a market in cities, villages, and farms.
Georgia fruit growers report peach success depends on elevation and shelter. Ideal sites include mountain slopes up to 800 feet, sheltered valleys and coves, base-skirted ridges, and river-adjacent tablelands. alpine-like slopes show advantage for North Carolina as well.
The report notes that late frosts threaten peaches and other fruits across North Georgia. Orchards on elevated ridges and high mountains largely escaped, while lower locations suffered greater injury. Support cites testimony describing frost impact on fruit crops and the diverse geographic risk.
A familiar authority discusses substituting india rubber for metal in horseshoes. The rubber shoe would fit over the frog, with a protective rim and a steel band to secure it. Studs pass through the heel, allowing grip, and designs include a detachable front wing and a possible swivel bar to adjust width for positioning.
A 19th century home butchering guide explains selecting pigs near 100 pounds dressed with lean back meat. It details side cutting, salt and sugar mixtures, rubbing and piling the meat, reapplication as absorbed, and smoking or pickle methods. It also outlines ham curing, starting with salt layering on warm meat, then washing or drying after 10 days to two weeks, noting warmth preserves sweetness and avoids over salt.
The Storrs Experiment Station at Mansfield Connecticut reports in its second bulletin on moisture retention in soil during hot summers. Tests show dry spells cause greater water loss in heavy soil when unstirred than when stirred, with surface agitation improving moisture retention by enhancing porosity and allowing better air movement and dew formation.
The Geneva bulletin summarizes chemical makeup of feeding-stuffs including grasses clovers grains and by products. A graphic page displays water ash crude fibre fat nitrogen free extract and alluminoids for timothy red clover corn stover corn oats wheat bran patent meal linseed meal cottonseed meal mangolds and ensilage to aid eye comparison against traditional figures. Red clover rich in albuminoids matches corn fat similar. wheat bran rich in albuminoids and nitrogen free extract. gluten meal higher in valuable nutrients. ensilage lower than timothy or corn stover but better than mangolds except nitrogen free extract.
Newhouse explains trap preparation with blood, beeswax, and wood base. The pan is covered with ashes and packing materials, while meat smeared with honey is scattered across the trap. Some trappers use preserved animal matrix on the trap and boots, drawing circles to lure and guide game to the trap.
Ripening cream before churning raises butter yield from sweet cream by 15 to 20 percent, when dried the same. Mixing sour cream with sweet cream before churning offers no advantage. An acid addition to sweet cream yields a similar gain, one ounce of glacial acetic acid per pound of cream, with no off taste or odor, explaining hard churning with cider vinegar.
Mr. Fletcher Moss of Manchester reports on Herefords as dairy cows. He recounts an old Hereford cow named Patricia and her calf yielding 470 gallons in one season and 20 quarts daily at peak, noting promising milking potential if Hereford breeders focus on milk traits.
The article reviews pear varieties including Bartlett and Keffer, noting quality, bearing, and market value, and discusses winter care for stables. It covers stable cleanliness to prevent disease, tanning and dyeing hides, use of gypsum in manure, seed storage, and feeding tips for cows, horses, ducks, and hens as winter approaches. It also notes mulch recommendations for strawberries and comparing mule teams to horses, plus pruning guidance for young orchards in winter.
A rural speaker recalls Sally as plain, kindly, rooted in family and farm life. He imagines her in the crown she wore in better times, and longs for a simple cabin with bluegrass where Sally would again wear her old gown. He rejects grand visions of wings or saintly airs, preferring humble, familiar comforts.
A terse street scene features a tall husband urging Abigail to proceed, noting his near sightedness as a reason. The exchange hints at a tense moment as the couple moves past a risk or obstacle, with the wife’s whispered reply heard from below.
In a informal court moment Guileys comments on Miss Livingston-Read taking banjo lessons. She responds with enthusiasm explaining four strings are broken and she can only play one string, needing an octave lower for harmony. She jokes about having to give it up, and Guileys assures her there’s no problem.
A humorous scene centers on Officer Kelly and Miss Sarah after a New Year dinner. They discuss a mistaken olive and a quick arrival from Malligy. The exchange notes reactions and a brisk misstep in stage timing.
Fragmentary item quotes Gilhooly about forming resolutions this year and De Smith planning to reuse last year's set, suggesting a light personal reflections column. The text shows informal dialogue and garbled OCR, with names and phrases only partially legible.
A New York Press survey details top female earners in the nation, led by Miss Mary Louise Booth with about $5000 yearly from Harper Brothers. It covers editors, authors, actresses, teachers, and clergymen’s assistants, noting wide gaps between salaries for men and women and the high cost of costumes and travel for performers.
A verse fragment depicts a man contemplating his funeral, recalling Eleanor preparing a wedding robe, and noting a young wife with two rosy boys upstairs. He questions the day, time, and who will bend at his bier, while the bride appears radiant in youth and purity as a carriage departs through a dark street.
A brief humorous exchange questions how long someone has been in the first class operator trade. The quick punchline reveals a three year tenure, delivered in a newspaper-ticker style with playful banter.
A brief exchange scenes Mrs. Taussig and Mrs. Lakeson of St. Joel discussing Patti. Mrs. Lakeson replies she has seen Patti's picture many times and notes she writes charming testimonials for facial products.
In a brief, cryptic exchange the question of professional whistlers’ earnings is paired with a grim remark about the wages of sin being death. No concrete pay figures are provided, leaving the fate of the profession’s income unclear.
A historic promotion invites readers to subscribe to a variety of magazines and weekly publications through The Weekly Globe. The offer bundles affordable yearly rates with free postage, listing numerous titles and prices, and requires a single annual Globe subscription per address.
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