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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1888
Page
2
The New York Journal of Commerce presents a table of agricultural exports from New York Harbor for January 1 to July 1 in 1886 1887 and 1888. Flour exports remain high while wheat and Indian corn show sharp declines. Cut meats butter and white cheese vary with 1887 trends.
The article discusses winter wheat quality and harvest prospects across states, noting weather influence and improved implements. It outlines timing for cutting, rust prevention, shock and stack methods, and stresses expert handling for weather protection of grain and straw in stacked sheaves.
The article argues against ploughing clover under for wheat, noting high labor needs, slow decay, moisture depletion, and ineffectiveness as a seed bed. It prefers haying then ploughing, or using clover in feed, with emphasis on nitrogen return from manure and the benefits of stock feeding.
Clover hay should stay in the swath until two thirds cured. Turn the swath bottom up with a fork, expose to sun until this side cures. Do not scatter in favorable weather. less exposure yields higher value and saves labor. A test is twisting a bunch to see if juice exudes. Clover dries leaves first and stores well in good weather.
Ohio farmer advice promotes cutting clover hay at full bloom for high nutritive value and easy curing. It urges interposing straw between hay layers, salting, and storing to feed hogs and cattle through winter, reducing grain reliance and preserving corn.
The article offers seasonal farming methods including crop rotation, ploughing under after harvest, and quick soil cover to curb weeds. It covers managing celery, strawberries, corn, tomatoes, eggplants, cabbage, turnips, and squash with pest control, moisture, and transplanting advice from rotation to frost dates. It also notes handling potato pests and pruning celery tops for better growth.
A miscellany of late season garden advice covers staking pole beans, thinning beets and carrots, transplanting cabbage and cauliflower, sowing cucumbers for pickles, and managing kale and lettuce. It notes pinching is not a shortcut, timing for corn and peas, and methods to deter pests and clean root crops while detailing onion curing and frame sowing for winter use.
A farmer and son detail marks of a good laying hen focusing on shanks body head and temperament. They note Spanish breeds excel as layers and stress home feeding to avoid fattening, with a diet plan including mush, bran, potatoes, meat broth, boiled meat, and evening grains.
The article surveys cigar wrappers from Havana to Sumatra, noting price, quality, and weight. It discusses a New York tobacco company growing Florida leaf and importing seeds, with labor drawn from Alsatian workers and local sources. It also covers crop risks from weather, past losses, and varied regional efforts to boost domestic supply.
Farm Journal advises twice weekly light feeding with oat meal and prodding grain, daily water, crushed bone shell and grit. Provide a sunlit shed with dry dirt floor, dusting space, and north wind protection. Exercise and lice control are essential for productive, healthy hens.
A bulletin from the Ohio Experiment Station reports three years of potato culture trials. Whole potatoes yield more than cuttings. smaller cuttings reduce yields for both large and small potatoes. Two-eye cuttings are preferred over single or larger cuts, with one-eye, two-eye, and two-eye lengthwise cuts yielding variably. Fertilizers and barnyard manure increased yields, while single fertilizers were less effective.
A farmer describes keeping potato hills dry to prevent rot by placing a 12 inch square sheet of paper on the hill to shed excess rain. He notes success after observing a hill where a turkey hatched and shed rain, leaving potatoes sound while nearby hills failed.
An historical note on celery farming in Michigan and Lake View suburbs. Market gardeners expanded in the New York and Chicago markets as celery proved superior to home crops. Prices stayed firm despite heavy shipments and large acreages, fueling a strong shipping trade in the fall.
In Kalamazoo and surrounding areas celery farming adapts to high land values and market drops. Growers improve methods by multiple crops per year, use broadcasting of manure, hotbeds for first crops, and blanching techniques to meet July August markets while preserving soil for late plantings.
A historical guide discusses using Paris green or London purple in water to spray trees for leaf eating pests, and warns against overly strong mixes. It covers kerosene emulsion, pyrethrum, and kerosene oil mixtures, noting wind and weather considerations, safe dilution, and labor requirements for spraying hundreds of trees. It highlights Fernald’s pyrethrum as safer though sometimes adulterated, and explains mixing procedures for emulsions and plant lice treatments.
Farmers seek live weight to net weight estimates for beef with a table of shrinkage by breed and age. A rule of thumb shows average shrinkage around 36 1 2 percent, rising with fat. The piece also covers ashes for manure, butter pricing cues, and general farming tips on silage, fruit rot, wheat rye hybrids, and feeding pigs.
Rev. Dr. Hyde, head of a Honolulu theological seminary, recalls a native Hawaiian student seeking admission and a word that could not be found in dictionaries. The student explained his transformation using a foreign word altered by Harrralane speech, where k and p sounds replace other letters, shaping a familiar English phrase for total depravity.
Dr. Hammond argues death is a peaceful process, with pain vanishing as life ends. He cites cases of brain removal, brainless infants, and asphyxia to claim brain absence does not preclude life, and that death is painless when heart or lung failure ends vitality.
A hidden stash in white cloth stirred mistaken belief of treasure. A man bid and became the rightful possessor then abandoned the item amid guilty conscience. The green cloth caught light through the whitened cover as he fled, leaving the alluring prize behind.
Carl Dunder narrates a string of scams and false schemes in a Detroit Free Press piece. He describes a mail fraud, an orange grove pitch, a post office job offer, and a gas-meter ruse, all through a heavy regional dialect and comic misadventure tone.
The speaker asks for no remembrance in busy hours yet invites reflection as dusk falls and night comes. He recalls a past love shared in bright summers, noting that the memory and its gift still glow in the present when the beloved may return.
An Augusta boy pretends to lift weights by swinging two improvised Indian clubs. He ties dogs by teeth to wooden handles, mimicking gym exercises at the Young Men's Christian Association, claiming strength and skill as he grows more confident.
Pall Mall Gazette notes Iona after St Columba, tracing name origins and ruins. It cites Columba banning women and cows, his followers marrying on nearby Elan nam ban, and his death at 77. The article praises his learning and states his greatest miracle was converting kings and slaves through letters and religion.
A Minneapolis Journal note recalls an itinerant Methodist preacher in the city whose tale from the unclaimed express package sale on Thursday has since circulated among his friends. The fragment hints at a gambling outfit connected to the incident.
A one horned cow charged into a funeral procession in Bungaree Victoria as pallbearers moved the coffin from the cemetery gates to the grave. Officials and mourners were scattered and angered by the animal's shockingly abrupt attack amid the somber scene.
A cow trod through a funeral scene creating disruption as a grave-digger diverted the animal with a spade. The procession continued and the service ended with a prayer, leaving the dead and wounded on the field.
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