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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1884
Page
2
The report analyzes 100 pound lots of fertilizer showing 150 pounds of seed cotton yield with composition including 12 pounds phosphoric acid, 3 pounds nitrogen, and 2 pounds potash. It notes overuse of phosphoric acid and suggests lower phosphoric acid and higher ammonia and potash could boost lint yield and reduce cost. It discusses prices, mix formulas, and the need for affordable, properly balanced fertilizers.
The article compares farming losses to leaks in a cistern, detailing how fuel shortages, neglect of liveStock in winter, improper manure use, and delayed harvests reduce productivity. It warns that poor care, delayed cutting, and misdirected fertility drain profits and animal performance.
Advocates converting waste and worn lands in New England into forests to restore soil, protect springs, and provide timber. Describes birch and pine planting methods, seed sourcing, and expected yields, with examples from Enfield Shakers and L. Stoughton. Also discusses chestnut and pine growth, economic returns, and land value improvements.
Science links nitrogen rich albuminous foods to proper animal nutrition while economy demands minimal albuminoids. Excess carbohydrates or fats waste feed. excess albuminoids raise costs without improving digestibility. Analysis and feeding tests determine optimal ratios for drug foods.
The article surveys dairy farming in France noting breed selection depends on location and market, with Alderneys favored for cream and butter, while Ayrshires and Holsteins are common elsewhere. It discusses milking traits, dairy housing, feeding, and the varied milk yields across breeds and ages, and touches on historical and international dairy practices.
A farmer shares his method for calves raised without milk, using rye flour mash, cord meal, oat meal, and bran with water, plus a skim milk supplement when scarce. He reports multiple calves thriving, no scouring, and one cow producing a weekly milk yield while rearing a calf without full milk.
Prairie Farmer extracts urge farmers to lead in education by creating evening classes to teach agricultural basics in schools funded by taxpayers. The author argues for profit from farming knowledge over classical topics and stresses practical farming literacy for urban and rural children.
P M Augur shared forty years of peach growing trials at the Connecticut State Board of Agriculture meeting. He cited nine orchards with varying methods, noting budded trees are as hardy as seedlings, early and late frosts shielded on high ground, and that high land with balanced cultivation yields better fruit. He recommends potash, limewater soap to deter borers, and alternating rows of pears to extend orchard usefulness.
In a Florida soils and products report William Saunders discusses rust on fruit arguing the cause is disputed between a microscopic insect and an incipient fungus. He notes uneven infection on trees and interior fruit, and mentions lime dust and tobacco decoctions as remedies while urging further study.
Reports from London describe a 17 year old Pimlico youth Julin Nunn who died after eating tinned salmon. Post mortem showed extreme stomach inflammation and nitrate of tin formed as tin leached from an imperfect can. Verdict: death by tinned salmon. Authorities urge better tin quality until glass becomes cheaper.
The article advises selecting apple varieties by intended use, listing Baldwin and others for market value and Rhode Island Greening and more for home and culinary uses. It adds notes on beet and mangel feeds for cattle, sugar beet production, dairy expansion, and fodder values, with observations on sheep and pasture management.
A historical pricing list shows wholesale cash prices for drying blood ammonia phosphoric acid and various phosphates and potash products, including per cent compositions and per ton or per unit rates. Prices range from 12 to 16 cents per pound for dried blood to 60 per ton for ground plaster and sulfuric compounds.
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