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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1880
Page
3
An English farmer explains arguments for and against early cutting of wheat, noting that cut grain at the dough stage yields finer flour and saves space, while unripe grain risks poor quality. Experts caution about starch and gluten balance, with practical tips on timing, stacking, and threshing for best future seed and yield.
An Agriculturist style guide describes how a family keeps a single cow on about three fourths of an acre. It covers feeding from garden crops, clover, beets, and corn fodder, manure management with road dust and leaves, stable care, calf rearing, and the milk and butter yield for a family of six.
Wet days during Maying season curb fieldwork but offer a chance to build soil with muck sods and leaf-mould. The piece extols compost for lightening heavy clay, improving moisture retention, and delivering plant food, arguing muck alone is limited but useful when integrated with barnyard manure and droppings. It stresses practical collection of fertility from roadsides, forests, and urban refuse, and shares farmer examples of successful muck composting and field applications.
A tale follows Joe Berthfield and Hattie Hadwin from grim North River docks and harsh labor to Englecell’s church and a decade of rising fortune. Their strained romance, vows kept and broken, ends with a surprising reunion as Joe returns to claim a life with Hattie and her aging father.
The Western New York Farmers club discussed strategies for eluding and destroying crop insects. One method uses tar wrapped around tree trunks with mis matched window panes, while warnings note tar can kill trees if overused. Alternative plant protection involves loose screen cloth squares over seeds with weighted edges to block bugs, plus a shallow soil cavity with cloth or glass to shield seedlings.
General Miles argues for a broad reform of Indian policy. He proposes placing wild and semi civilized tribes under war department control, relocating them to suitable lands, fostering farming, and using education and courts to modernize until tribes become self sufficient. He envisions transfers to interior control as tribes civilize.
Twelve little calves live in a green pasture tended by Lizzie and Charlie. The six speckled calves are driven to a mountain ten-acre lot, amid rough paths and rocky slopes, while Lizzie and salt feed the red calves. A crow narrates a town of milk and houses, then news arrives that Charlie drowns in a river, and the speckled calves witness the family tragedy and decide to return to the clover pasture.
A playful scene features Torn and Tom in a flimsy raft misadventure by the shore. The voyage ends with a splash and mud as laughter erupts from the kids and animals, while Tom trudges home in a pet.
A clipped weekly puzzle item presents multiple wordplay games including Charades and Cross Parzte. It lists clues for a number of word riddles such as a eight letter metal and a king’s name from crosswise primals, with references to verb parts and language clues. The piece reads like a brain teaser column from a historical newspaper.
The excerpt lists wordplay themes such as Extraction, Bellow, Below and Bow, plus Hidden Proverb and Numerical Charade. It mentions Still waters run deep, Market, Word Squares, and a two-part AR puzzle with clues In-sat I ate and Ear-nest suggesting phonetic puns and letter games.
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