How to Grow Crops Profitable and Maintain Lawns
A detailed guide on lawn care with a peat enriched soil, a broadcast mix of nitrate of soda, muriate of potash, and ground Charleston phosphate, and timing for spring sowing and autumn applications. It notes two dressings per season, the blue-green lawn color from the mixture, and peat’s moisture retention. It also recounts a Detroit Free Press anecdote of a young woman mowing artfully on Led yard street, followed by a section on codling moth life cycle and a banding method to trap larvae and protect stored fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
Charleston
Detroit Free Press
Ledyard
A. H.W
Destructive Insects Threaten Fruit and Shade Trees
The article catalogs destructive insects affecting fruit and shade trees, detailing the Chorpia moth, apple tree aphis, plum weevil, and codling moth. It explains life cycles, damage, and practical remedies such as removing cocoons, soap sprays, kerosene emulsions, and targeted spraying.
Ensilage Debate Draws Mixed Dairymen Reactions
The article surveys opinions on ensilage for fodder with focus on bacteria risks, preservation methods, and test analyses. It cites Professor Miles of Amherst, the New York Condensed Milk Company, and dairy meetings in New York and Vermont showing broad support for ensilage for cattle but skepticism for horse feeding, plus French observations on exposure enhancing taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Miles
Amherst Agricultural College
Mass
New York Condensed Milk Company
New York
Department of Agriculture
Washington
State Experimental Station
Vermont Dairymen’s Association
St. Johnsbury
France
New York World
Breeding and feeding pigs and cows for profit in plain talk
A farmer explains that pork value hinges on feed efficiency and breed traits, favoring small breeds like three-quarter or full blood Yorkshires. The piece covers crossbreeding to boost fattening, sow care during farrowing, and a detailed trial showing cows paying back hay and grain via butter and beef, with careful rationing and milk tracking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
Rogueton
Butter Making Pays Experiment in North Orange Farmers Club
A farmer reports to the North Orange Farmers Club on a dairy trial begun last September. He describes a poor feed period, a stressed cow with late calving, and questions whether butter production paid despite adversity. The tale focuses on experimental challenges and conditions affecting milk yield and profitability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Orange Farmers’ Club
Jersey
Enriching Orchards and the Value of Manuring
A farm focused piece argues that judicious manuring enriches apple orchards just as crops like wheat or corn. It urges annual soil enrichment, notes fall or spring top dressings, and recommends fall compost or well-rolled manure. also advises consulting successful fruit growers on orchard practices and suitable apple varieties per locality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Middle States
Thorough soil pulverization boosts farm field quality
Farmers should value complete ploughing and harrowing before planting to create a mellow seed bed. Proper soil preparation reduces weed growth, saves labor, and increases crop yield. rough, partial ploughing leads to crooked rows and uneven depth, forcing extra hand labor and poorer results.
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Tou Ptake
Bnd
Proper Ploughing and Harrowing for Profitable Crops
The New England Farmer argues for economical soil cultivation in New England and across states. It stresses the need to prepare land with good ploughing and thorough harrowing before planting to reduce later weed control and labor costs. It warns that late-season changes won’t fix prior faults in field preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Deep and Shallow Ploughing Report to American Institute Club
A New York report discusses deep versus shallow ploughing and its effects on corn yields. It argues shallow methods preserve surface fertility, while deep ploughing aids drainage and moisture retention, with cautions about exhausting root systems and soil structure. It cites natural soil layers and root systems to explain plant nutrition and cautions against burying surface soil when deepening culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Institute Club
City of
New York
Greeley
Blue Ridge
Plum Curculio Threatens Plum Culture in State
An older agricultural note details the plum curculio as a major orchard pest damaging plums and other fruits. It describes the beetle’s life cycle, how it lays eggs in young fruit, and the damage caused by larvae. The article urges proactive control: ground baiting with bark traps, daytime hiding under bark or debris, regular raking of fallen fruit, and encouraging hens with chicks to patrol orchards to reduce larvae. It notes practical steps and emphasizes daily work from bloom through July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaryam Matur- Inn
Farmer's Advocate
Earth
Michigan
Custody of Plum Orchards and Shelter Advice
The note warns plum orchards should not be planted near a wood because curenes will find shelter there and be more humorous. It urges removing rubbish around trees to deny shelter, keeping ground under trees free of grass and weeds, and improving surface hardness for better results.
Roots as Stock Feed Shows Economical Value for Western Farms
A Kansas Farmer urges Western breeders to adopt root feeding for stock. Roots like mangolds and turnips can replace hay and grain, improving health and growth with less land and effort, while noting the need for manure, proper orchard care, and wider tree spacing to boost yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. K. Slosson
Verona
Ill
Kansas
Mr. Slosson
America
Bogusti
Cain
West
Farner
Care of Young Ducks and Feeding Tips from a 19th Century Guide
A detailed poultry note explains duck rearing from early days, stressing egg and bread crumb feed, buttermilk batter, and shortening for tenderness. It covers bread making, salt, saleratus usage, and avoiding wet or smoky down, plus shelter, water, greens, and restricted sun for the first weeks. It warns on hens not making good mothers and suggests confinement strategies.
Care of Annie Orchards Promises Strong Apple Crop
Farmers express optimism for an excellent apple yield first time in three years as trees set nearly full fruit despite prolonged drought. Experts urge heavy manuring and careful cultivation under bearing trees, noting recent frost losses elsewhere and potential for profitable prices this season.
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Annie
Thoughtful apple and crop notes from a late 19th century farm journal
A farm advisory piece covers selecting apples for flavor and sale, pruning sprouts, crop rotation, and avoiding wheat on young trees. It also discusses sowing turnips, horse radish propagation, barley versus wheat, cauliflower and celery soils, strawberry bed care, and sea mud fertilizer. Additional tips include garden slug control, cattle feeding with blood cake, cream rising techniques, and dairy cow care for milk quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhinghouse
Germain
Warner Moore
Richmond
Botanical Gazette
Denmark
Hop Bitters Praised For Plain Honest Merit
A compact defense of Hop Bitters as a plainly advertised remedy. The piece extols the hop plant’s virtues and notes wide favorable notices across religious and secular papers, claiming large sales and the product’s dominance over others.
Hop Bitters Praised After Prolonged Illness
A patient lingered suffering for years while doctors provided little help until a widely publicized Hop Bitters cure. The account emphasizes gratitude for the medicine and the relief it brought, reflecting old era medical sensationalism.
A Daughter's Misery Promises Hop Bitters Cure
A concerned parent recalls eleven years of their daughter's illness described as kidney rheumatic and nervous debility. Despite visits to many physicians, relief never came until a simple remedy, Hop Bitters, was finally used and the daughter recovered to good health.
Hop Bitters Promises Recovery From Long Illness
A testimonial notes improved health after using Hop Bitters. A Utica reader claims the remedy aided a relative's recovery from an incurable disease and praises the product’s reputable labeling while warning against inferior preparations.
Weekly Globe Club List Compiled Subscriptions
The Weekly Globe lists a long catalog of magazines with prices and a note that only one magazine can be sent per address per order. It states monthly or yearly subscription terms, mentions various titles such as American Dairyman American Poultry Journal Atlantic Monthly and Harpers, and includes ordering instructions and limitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ween
Arthur's Home Magazine
Renee
American Dairyman
New Straceee
American Poultry Journal
Atlantic Monthly
American Art Journal
Reaves
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 Linkeye
Boys of
New York
Bailey's Magazine
Babyland
Boston Pilot
Ssouseszecs
Boston Medical Journal
Boston Medical and Surgl Journal
Christian Leader
Century Magazine
Tervecses
Nium
Connecticut Barmer
Chicago Advance
Christian Herald
Courier-Journal
Demorest’s
Donulee’s Magazine
Detroit Free Press
Edinburgh Review
Floral Cabinet
Forney
Leslie
Chimney Corner
M'y
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Andrew H. Ward
Destructivs Insecta
Ife
Chorupia
Utis
Willebe
Witteh
Tato
North Orange
Athol
Leo
Farmers’ Club
Fort
N. F. Bioaget
Utica
Mwfsn
Weekly Globe Club
BSS
Germantown Telegraph
Green's Fruit Recorder
Gardner’s Monthly
Godey
Harper's Young People
Anesdanads Sha Herald of
Sceersee Home Journal
Indiana Farmer
Hoomestead
Cereseeeseees Journal of Microscopy
Journal of Chemistry
Seeeesee le Francais
Lippincott's Magazine
London
Lancet
Tulldisy
Tmiuime
Oosseerseesees
Princeton Review
Prairie Farmer
Peterson’s
Lady’s Magor
Popular Science Monthly
Produce Exchange
Bullet
Philadelphia Medica
Rideout’s Magazine
Rural
Saturday Evening
Pout Scientific American
Owit Sunday School Times
Sunny South
St. Nicholas
Sanitarian
San Francisco Chronic
Spirit of the Times
the Republic
the Critic
Vick
Westminster Review
Wide Awake
Waverley Magazine
Watchman
Ican
Tee
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