Methods of tobacco leaf assorting in New England fields
The piece details former and current methods of sorting tobacco leaves for cigar wrappers, contrasting old rough grading with table assorting. It explains how to judge wrapper quality by texture, elasticity, body, burn, and color, and warns against top leaves and mixed grades harming prices. It previews future coverage on sweating and packing for processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Havana
J. M
Dairying Rules Outlined for Butter and Cheese Makers
Read by Mr. J. H. Broomell at an Illinois Dairymen’s Association meeting the pamphlet from J. B. Marquis of New York outlines simple dairy rules. Decide dairying line then select cows. test each cow. provide pure water. mix salt ashes and sulphur. ventilate stables. keep clean. avoid sun and foul air. cool milk promptly for transport or home cheese making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churong
Seymour Saye
J. B. Marquis
New York
J. H. Broomell
Illinois Dairymen’s Association
Creamery cooling as safer path than cold water dilution
An Ohio Farmer column reviews dilution of milk with cold water to lift cream and boost butter, arguing it risks adulteration and yields little benefit. It favors modern creamery cooling for uniform results, notes experiments show near identical cream without dilution, and urges integrity in dairying practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Emsley
Ohio
Lore
Rnch
F. D. Curtis
Making Mont d Or Cheese at Home in Early Methods
The article criticizes narrow cheese making tastes and presents a classic Mont d Or method. It details step by step preparation with cow milk, rennet, moulds, straw boxes, 68 degree rooms, turning every twelve hours, brine moistening, and a two week ripening. Originally goats milk, cow milk now dominates due to demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Mont D’or
First Calf Handling Shapes Cow Milking Future
An exchange warns that letting a heifer with her first calf teaches bad milking habits and reduces future milk yield. Disturbances to a cow’s routine harm both quantity and quality, while consistent milking by the same person at a steady time and place yields best results.
A New Location and Miker Irritate Cow Milking
A new location, a strange milker, and a blustering manner annoy cows and impair milk output. Fear hampers a cow’s ability to yield her full supply, as nervous cows do not milk efficiently.
Preparing Land for Grass and Orchard Pests
The article argues for deep soil preparation and grass sod to restore worn clay loams, stressing deep mellow culture, manure, and mineral manures to improve drought resilience and yield. It covers clover, plaster, and autumn soil work to support double crops and lasting sod benefits, noting the role of moisture retention and plant roots in grass growth. It also details round headed and flat headed borers in trees, their life cycles, and preventive washes and pastes to protect trunks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
New York
Saunders
A. J. Cook
People’s Farm
Rock Cyclopedia
Reclaiming and Improving Abandoned Farm Land
The article argues that much land once deemed worthless or poorly cleared can become highly valuable with proper reclamation. It discusses underdraining marshy lowlands near cities for market gardening, timber replants on hills, and the shift from severe burning to gradual drainage. It notes that later settlers faced harder stumps and stones, but modern methods like dynamite speed stump removal. It also emphasizes proximity to markets, railroads, and evolving land value as virgin soil declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poyson
Yale
The Apple Tree Borers Question and Answer
A reader from Rensselaer County asks for preventive measures against apple tree borers. The reply explains there are two troublesome borer species on apples and notes other fruit trees are affected, with discussion of their nature and habits to guide control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer County
W. R. Bedell
Alfalfa Cultivation and Soil Requirements For Success
Prairie farmer explains alfalfa needs deep, rich, clean soil and good subsoil drainage. Long roots reach 15 to 20 feet, irrigation aids start, and early spring sowing with 6-8 lb seed per acre for seed or 18-20 lb for hay yields best results. Quiet drought risks similar to red clover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Cornell Professor Shows Manure Value From Mixed Stock Droppings
The Cornell agriculture professor details an economical method for handling manure from sixteen horses and thirty four cows. By mixing solid and liquid excrement in a covered yard and weighing loads, he finds six and a half months of mixed manure with litter yields worth 162436 dollars, averaging 3250 dollars per animal for the winter, suggesting stock farming can enrich a farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell University
How Long Do Seeds Live and Vitality by Species
Seeds have finite vitality varying by species. Beans last about three years, lettuce five, tobacco ten. Carrot, tomato, pepper four years. asparagus, cabbage, cauliflower, turnip, radish, lettuce five. eggplant, beet, pumpkin, squash six. celery eight. cucumber ten. Fresh seed reliability cautions against buying in bulk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wuoim
Predisposition to Disease in Heavy Cart Horses
Discussion on how breed and conformation influence disease predispositions in cart horses. Roaring links to neck form, round chests to broken-winded, ossification of lateral cartilages common in cart horses, navicular disease rare in well-bred stock, nervous temperament raising risk of nervous diseases, and rain affecting disease prevalence.
Use of Fertilizers in Grass and Crops by Sir J. B. Lawes
Sir J B Lawes discusses limits of manures in experiments noting 600 pounds yearly sulphate of potash on grass yields, and that soils often lack minerals or nitrogen. He claims nitrate of soda can sustain sixty to eighty bushels of corn annually, but profitability depends on nitrogen needs and soil balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Lawes
Manure Saving Method Improves Farm Value
Farmers discuss economizing manure by spreading it in winter rather than dumping under stable eaves. A water tight boat behind cattle collects urine and manure daily, allowing hauling to fields for spring ploughing. This reduces losses by drainage and increases value, saving labor during busy spring.
Peach Culture in Middle States Guarded by Careful Orcharding
The peach, native across America, should be grown in the Middle States despite cold winters. Key issues are borers and yellows. with vigilant, clean cultivation and poultry access, borers are preventable, while yellows arise from poor health. Regular potash and soil maintenance boost tree vigor and resist disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Maryland
America
Middle States
Pear Blight Remedies and Cautions From Observations
Reports on pear blight remedies vary. some cures involve root scraping with potash and lime, others use sulphur lime copper washes or iron filings, while many successes arise from the disease running its course. Strong cultivars and steady growth with prompt pruning reduce spread. avoid overfertilizing and excessive vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neils
Seckel
Weights of Sheep Breeds Show Rapid Growth and Profitable Gains
The Farmer and Dairyman notes that large English sheep breeds can weigh up to 800 pounds, with ten month old lambs from Hampshire Wiltshire Down and other breeds reaching 178 to 208 pounds. By twenty one months weights rise to 263 to 298 pounds, highlighting the Southdown as a strong breed for improvement and profit for sheepmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Smithfield
Eng
Hampshire
Wiltshire Downs
Crags
Oxfordshire
Cotswold
Shropshire
Southdowns
Leicester
Oxford
Lincoln
Cotswolds
Kentish
Leicesters
Dakota farmer finds sunflowers best fuel for treeless plains
A Dakota Farmer correspondent reports using sunflowers as the cheapest fuel after trying turf coal and wood. He grows one acre yearly and gains abundant fuel for a single stove year round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota Farmer
Dakota
Sunflower fuel and farm tips from the agricultural column
Practical notes cover growing sunflowers for fuel, seed processing, and storage. Also included are pest and disease tips for poultry and cows, hedge plant recommendations, a fertilizer recipe, hoof crack remedies, and methods for handling calves, hens, hay, wire worms, and field practices.
Dairying urged as wheat harvests fall in Oregon reports
The Portland Ores Journal of Commerce urges Oregon farmers to shift from wheat to dairying as wheat acreage declines across winter and spring states. Even with a favorable 1886 crop year, wheat output may fall short of 1884 while home consumption rises, signaling higher future prices for wheat and flour. A separate note explains quick elder to vinegar methods and stresses careful sheep care to salvage weak stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egan
Portland Ores Journal of Commerce
Oregon
Toronto Grove
Infant of the Modern Athens Joke From Drake’s Magazine
An amusing sketch recounts Miss Gusher noting a fine Attic infant on a street. She speaks to it with a playful line about a pitiful little tootsie. The baby responds by crying loudly, and the dialogue wittily suggests cultural misunderstanding, calling it a Boston baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Drake's Traveller's Magazine
Miss Gusher
Boston
Hale's Honey and other patent remedies roundup
An old advertisement lists Hale's Honey cough cure in several sizes 25c 60c and 1 dollar plus Glenn's Sulphur Soap for healing and beautifying. Also advertised are German Corn Remover Hull's Hair and Whisker Dye Pike's Toothache Drops Dean's Rheumatic Pills with varied prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Glenn
Hull
Pike
Dean
Weekly Globe Club List catalog of magazines and prices
A dense catalog of periodicals with annual prices, subscriptions, and notes. Includes American, British, and regional titles such as Harper's, Century, Garden, Atlantic Monthly, and various farming and science journals. Mentions minimum one year subscription to The Weekly Globe and limits per address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur's Home Magazine
American Dairyman
American Poultry Journal
Atlantic Monthly
American Art Journal
American Garden
American Naturalist
American Agriculturist
Army & Navy Journal
American Poultry Yard
British Quarterly Review
Blackwood’s Magazine
Brainerd's Musical World
Beadle’s Saturday Journal
Burlington Hawkeye
Boys of
New York
Ballou’s Magazine
Bee-keeper’s Ae
Babyland
Aussie
Boston Pilot
Boston Medical Journal
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Christian Leader
Century Magazine
Srvabaeesy
Aosee
Connecticut Farmer
Secessecerees
Chicago Advancee
Christian Herald
Couriers Journal
Demorest’s Magazine
Donahoe’s Magazine
Detroit Free Press
Engineering and Mining Journal
Eclectic Magazine
Edinburgh Review Floral Cabinet
Forney
Frank Leslie
Chimney Corner
M’y
M'y
Germantown Telegraph
Green’s Fruit Recorder
Gardner
Godey
Harper's Magazine
Harper's Weekly
Harper's Buzar
Harper's Young Peopl
Sessa
Home Journal
Indiana Farmer
Independent
International Review
Eeerese
le Francais
Lippincott's Magazine
London
Lancet
London Edinburgh Review
London Quarterly Review
S.cassees Magazine
American Histo
N. Y. Fashion Bazar
N.Y Weekly
N. Y. Sportsman
Ohio Farmer
Puck
Portland Transcript
Princeton Review
Prairie Farmer
Peterson's Lady's Magazine
Popular Science Monthly
Produce Exchange Bulletin
Philadelphia Medical Times
Practical Farm
Rideout’s Magazine
Rural
New Yorker
Saturday Evening Post
Scientific American
I.ccccereeereeree
Owith Supplement
Sunday School Times
Sunny South
St. Nicholas
Saultarium
Ccseerneeserseeeree
San Francisco Chronicle
the Republic
Bostony
Tscsee
Vick’s Floral Magazine
Westminster Review
Wide Awake
Waverley Magazine
Watchman
Ceeseee
GLOBE
Also Mentioned on This Page
Husbandmal
Great Warnes
Russia
Tartary
Thomas Taylor
Department of Agriculture
Cambridge
James RK
Nichols
Canadian Morticulturist
Marne
Bolobo
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Connecticut
Kentucky
BigTown
Vermont
North Carolina
South Carolina
Ndiuna
Loumiamal
Lecce
Charles Downing
Prince of Fruit Growers
Alexander
Lourie
York
Stevens
Steadly
Henry Wilson
Burton
Massachutset
Jersey
New York Times
Helauus
Miso Omerod
Engiisieutomologist
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
THE
Weekly Globe Club
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!