Extensive Farming for New England by Rich Cattle Feed and Manure
The article argues for a shift from intensive hay based farming to extensive farming across New England. It cites improved yields from broader tillage, crop rotation, and chemical fertilizers alongside manure, fostering larger profits, better farm life, and opportunities for laborers. It also criticizes breeding livestock young and stresses patience and better planning in farm renovations.
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New England
Chemical Division
the Tribune
Breeding Immature Animals and Horse Care Practices
A treatise argues against breeding immature livestock noting weak progeny and higher disease risk. It stresses that puberty alone is not a reason to breed, emphasizes pre natal vigor, and details impact on horses, cattle, sheep, and hogs. It discusses breeding selection, hoof and leg quality, farm practice, and market demand for large durable horses.
Brighton Livestock Market Report 1881 Trends
The Brighton market shows cattle prices steady from last year with minor cattle declines but overall gains in sheep calves and pigs. State and regional receipts by state Maine New Hampshire Vermont New York and Canada reveal Western markets supplying the majority. rail routes like Boston and Albany Fitchburg Eastern Lowell and New York & New England move cattle and sheep, while 1881 totals show improvements in dressed beef and mutton exports and growing New England demand.
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Boston
New York
Baltimore
Chicago
Montreal
United States
Canada
Europe
England
Exec
Brighton
New England
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
West
Boston & Albany
Fitchburg
Eastern Railroad
Lowell
Old Colony
The Sugar Camp Iowa How to Make Best Maple Sugar
A practical guide urges farmers to obtain the best maple sugar by emphasizing cleanliness in all utensils and steps from sap collection to granulation. It recommends two sets of spouts and buckets, covers on buckets, tin or coated spouts, and careful tapping with a small auger, stressing careful preparation to avoid impurities and improve quality.
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Sumach
What Farmers Should Know About Cattle Trade and Crops
A long-form summary covering a first direct Texas to France beef shipment via New York, cattle dress standards and weight per cental, and calling for selling cattle by gross weight. It includes a farmer’s account of burning cornstalks for winter fuel, with notes on fuel efficiency and logs, plus botanical notes on pineapple structure and origin. It also touches grain storage, climate effects on crops, and the Department of Agriculture’s oats program, including Orion seed weights and yield patterns. The piece compiles diverse agricultural observations and practices from different regions and eras.
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America
Europe
Paris
France
Chicago
St. Louis
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Massachusetts
Loring
Illnois
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Ontario
Canada
Commissioner of Agriculture
England
Charles A. Green
Monroe County
N. Y
Sharpless
Cumberland
Crescent
Captain Jack
Miner
Warren
Longfellow
Hexamer
Linecoln
Miller’s
Glendale
Illinois
Turner
Humboldt
San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Pittsburg
Iowa
Mr. Ruggles
Minnesota
Brazil
United States
British Isles
Norway
Sweden
New England
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Orion
Liebig Coca Beef Tonic Gains Praise at Expositions
Liebig Co société advertises Coca Beef Tonic as a standard tonic praised by medical faculties at home and abroad. It claims to contain muscular fibre elements from carefully selected bullocks and the tonic virtues of Coca and Sherry, warned against imitators and recommended for dyspepsia biliousness kidney disorders female weakness and nervousness.
Celery and Its Uses Now a Matter of General Interest
Dr C W Benson of Baltimore promotes Celery and Chamomile Pills for headaches nervousness dyspepsia and insomnia. He claims permanent cures for chronic cases where no brain or spinal disease exists and notes use for schoolchildren and hard workers. Pills are sold by druggists at 50 cents a box with mail options available. Address Depot 106 North Eutaw Street Baltimore MD.
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C. W. Bens
Baltimore
North Eutaw Street
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O&r Agricultural Editor
J. W. Sanborn
Brighton Live
Scotland
Jersey
P. T. Quinn
Liebig Co
C. W. Benson
Hanover
Wells, Pichardson & CO
Burlington
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