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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1883
Page
2
The piece argues for controlled field tests with ten fertilizer strips to compare ammonia phosphoric acid and potash effects on crops. It urges state wide adoption by agricultural societies and cites Massachusetts as an example. It ends with dairy milk quality and feed tips noting two quarts per cow and the SpElaneteeery Stewart test.
A dairy writer argues feeding is the key to cheap milk. He recounts two years of cow care, notes pasture quality, grain mixes, and the value of grass, corn fodder, and glucose meal. Water intake and heating water are discussed as profit factors.
The article cites worn out pastures from overstocking and late grazing, recommends orchard grass with western clover, and urges seeding with mixed varieties. It lists weeds such as buttercup and Canada thistle, offers hoeing, mowing when in bloom, salt to deter cattle, and digging or tipping when necessary. It also notes top dressing with street scrapings mixed with bonemeal and ashes to improve soil and regrow grass.
A Fayette County Kentucky Farming World excerpt reviews hay making methods for clover and timothy. It stresses compact windrows to retain heat, cautions against excessive drying, and notes sun exposure and windrow sizing affect sugar gluten and yield. It also advises proper manure distribution and timothy cutting height.
Practical guidance for transplanting small plants emphasizes timing weather and soil readiness. Avoid rain packed soil and shallow root compression, aim for cloudy moments or shaded watering, and lightly firm soil to mimic natural conditions for rapid root absorption.
A detailed instruction set for making cheese at home outlining necessary vessels heating sources rennet quantities and curd handling. It covers preparing milk to 84 degrees soaking rennet testing curd cutting whey removal washing with hot water pressing curd and salting before final pressing. Includes measurements for vessel capacity heat and pressure requirements.
Instructions on shaping cheese without a press, using a perforated hoop with a tin cover, and turning to create a smooth surface. Emphasizes quick drainage, warm curd, and timely salting for successful moulding without pressing, with notes on home use and curing times.
The article promotes sulphur as a cheap effective remedy against vermin in fowls, usable in boxes or feed, and claims it prevents gapes. It notes eggs contain sulphur and describes fumigation use with saltpetre, and proposes lard mixed with sulphur to protect turkeys from foxes.
The piece discusses rising demand for fine wools amid increasing shrinkage and burr contamination. It cites historical loss percentages, urges standardized testing like France, and highlights Australian wool leadership with Sir Samuel Wilson's ventures. It warns American growers to improve breeding and processing to protect market share.
Mr. Saunders outlines orchard care stressing selective pruning, avoiding excessive pruning to protect fruit spur development. He notes blight factors, lime coatings, and berry root protection, plus raspberry summer pruning to keep canes compact. He highlights native versus foreign varieties, climate moisture strategies, and benefits from chemists, entomologists, and microscopists to improve horticulture.
The article argues for using shorthorns in dairy farming for dual beef and milk potential. It notes Denmark and France record milk yields, warns bulls determine herd quality, and stresses selecting good milking lines. It contrasts Ayrshires and Jerseys and urges careful breeding and calf rearing with cost-saving milk practices.
Local guidance on controlling cabbage worms and tomato worms in gardens. Hand-picking effective for small plots, with safe options like Persian insect powder Pyrethrum. Warns of tomato worms on tomatoes and potatoes, signs include droppings and leafless stems, and notes beneficial cocoons and parasitoids to preserve.
Wholesale cash prices list ton and pound rates for a range of fertilizing materials including sulphate ammonia nitrate soda nitrate potash dried blood castor pomace cotton seed meal bone phosphates and guano. Prices shown cover ammonia percentages and phosphoric content with per ton or per unit figures.
The article compares nitrogen and ash contents in wheat and root crops. It notes wheat yields 45 pounds nitrogen and 28 pounds potash per 45 pounds? It states turnips yield 120 pounds nitrogen and 120 pounds potash per acre, mangels yield 147 pounds nitrogen and 262 pounds potash, with total ash 189 pounds for wheat and 600 pounds for mangels, highlighting soil exhaustiveness of wheat and differences among root crops.
Wisconsin advocate Hon. Hiram Smith promotes one cow per four acres as the core of modern dairy farming. He argues winter milk yields and high factory prices justify this density, outlines corn and manure practices for forty cows, and details planting, cultivation, and cultivation timing to maximize yields and net profit.
The article argues creamery butter offers uniform quality and higher prices despite some flaws in milk grading. It also discusses pumpkin seed planting with corn, feeding before breeding, poultry trends, horse care, underdraining, cattle pulse tests, and broader agricultural strategies including crop rotation, tree quality, and Russia’s fruit production.
Pall Mall Gazette notes a shift in view on cigarettes from total condemnation to a view that their effects may be soothing and recuperative when not smoked in an unbecoming manner. It contrasts English habits with German French and Spanish practices and questions the need to hold cigarettes constantly in the mouth.
New London reminiscence recounts Dr Ulysses Dow famed as a strict harsh pedagogue. It details his brutal punishments using a heavy broad arrow ruler, notch table, gibbet and pinnacle devices, plus taunting rituals, chalked orthography tests, and odd theatrical scenes in a grim classroom.
Report of a love drama where Patrick Foley attempts to swim a stream to reach Kate Marron. No boat or bridge available. The effort ends with Foley drowning as he attempts the crossing.
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