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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1879
Page
3
A Boston based farm column invites readers nationwide to submit practical farming discussions. It asks for one side of the page, focusing on crops, livestock, dairy, and orchard topics. The piece highlights currants, grapes, peaches, and autumn visits to Ulster County.
A Hudson River region correspondent argues Ulster County's rocky hillsides successfully grow strawberries raspberries currants peaches and grapes, noting the Wilson strawberry and Highland raspberry dominate while new varieties like Duncan and Roe's Hudson blend flavor with hardiness. The piece recalls berry trade dynamics picker labor and local adulteration tricks, and highlights currants and grapes as profitable crops with shifting markets.
The essay outlines the breeder’s goal to make the trot the fastest instinctive gait, replacing the gallop for escape. It discusses breeding strategy to reorient horse instincts, plus notes on erysipelas symptoms, and ends with a market view of English hare coursing and potential American hunter horses to meet demand in England.
A detailed discussion on when to cut hay, arguing that early cutting near full bloom preserves nutrients and improves aftergrowth. It notes variations by grass type, emphasizes two to three crops per season with proper manuring, and urges shifting to grass as a cultivated crop. It cites Timothy, orchard grass, clover, and prairie hay, with practical tips on mowing height, drying, and seed harvesting.
A reader asks how to raise and treat Alderney cows for best milk and butter, detailing feed, milking, cream setting, and churning. The piece critiques current practices, offers two main methods, and emphasizes milk handling, temperature, and salt, ending with packing and storage guidance.
T J McD of South Hollis Maine offers guidance on selecting fowls for eggs or meat. He favors rose comb brown Leghorns for winter laying, recommends golden Hamburgs with Leghorns for high egg output, and suggests buff Cochins as setters while noting Caliber of mothers when choosing Games for mothers and roosters for breeding.
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