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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1882
Page
2
Agricultural essay outlines beet growth conditions deep soil and proper moisture. It covers ploughing and manuring practices including potash combinations, green manure, seed vitality, germination timing, and plant thinning. It promotes sugar beet profitability and notes beet pulp value for feeding stock and industry potential in the United States.
An 19th century critique outlines high startup costs for commercial nurseries near towns, heavy advertising and catalog expenses, and the burden of transporting and preserving stock. It notes limited demand beyond amateurs, risks of credit sales, and transportation challenges impacting tree and vine sales.
The German millet Setaria Germanica proves productive and drought resistant, with high yields per acre and versatile use for hay and seed. In Tennessee and surrounding markets it commands strong demand, with seed heads six inches long and potential 50 to 75 bushels per acre in rich soils. Proper sowing rates, early planting, and rich soil fertility are emphasized to maximize hay and seed output.
Insights on practice in Massachusetts emphasize lush pastures and proper watering to fatten cattle and boost milk. Authors discuss manure, brush control, soil fertility, spring fertilization, buckwheat to curb quack grass, and farm routines from clover to hay, corn fodder, and early pullet and turkey management.
Reporters recount a ferocious mosquito outbreak across New Jersey with bonfires in Newark and Essex County doing little to curb swarms. Spencer and Depuy describe brutal bites and a bath to recover as Elizabeth and Camden residents report similar havoc with clouds of insects invading homes and streets.
Princess Soulouque daughter of Emperor Soulouque and widow of the Marquis of Lubin visits New Haven. Ex-Minister Bassett hosts her as she tours America, with shewn wealth and refined education and a famed Havana style horsemanship on a Venezuela gifted horse.
In a Sunday school meeting after services, teachers stayed to decide on a summer treat for children. A motion to have something was carried without dispute, prompting playful satire on the era’s morals as the meeting adjourned. The scene ends with a quip on the times.
The Columbus penitentiary housed 1185 men and 17 women. Males are about seventy times more likely to be jailed than females. Only 115 of 664 last year cannot read, with 72 colored, 26 German, 6 Irish. Most use tobacco and seven eighths drink. Among 564, 17 are college graduates. Parents: 156 Methodist, 117 Roman Catholic. about 80 with nonchurch parents. Nearly half were Sunday school scholars. One third of 564 are married. one is a widow.
The census estimates New Mexico Territory population at about 100000 as railroads arrive. It breaks down into 60000 Mexicans 26000 Indians and 25000 Americans, highlighting how rail expansion spurred the reckoning and development of the vast region.
Ex President Davis and Mrs. Davis stay a week at the Brierfield plantation in Davis Bend. They are greeted by the Bend’s colored residents and the Brierfield band plays a grand serenade. Davis thanks the crowd and praises racial harmony. He buys new uniforms and instruments for the band on the trip through New Orleans.
An Atlanta Constitution anecdote recalls a physician noting many natural deaths occur around noon or midnight, especially in children. He says no explanation exists for the pattern, calling it one of death's mysteries.
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