Green Manuring and the Value of Sawdust and Rye
A Tribune summary of English garden discussion on green manuring. Experiments show fresh sawdust harms crops, especially potatoes, cabbage, and carrots, while turners’ shavings and stable manure can neutralize these effects. Rye and buckwheat are praised as effective green manures, with notes on practical use, labor, and regional suitability.
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Maryland
Virginia
Delaware
Noxious Weeds and Corn Fodder The New England View
The article explains that many noxious weeds such as ox-eye daisy cocklebur and Canada thistle came from Europe and urges persistent cutting before seed set, with rotations to exterminate flora. it notes horse nettle and other weeds as threats and calls for strict laws and yearly July cuttings. It also praises corn fodder as a profitable winter feed, detailing harvest, storage, and milk quality advantages, and suggests experiments to compare fodder with hay and ensilage.
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Coon
United States
Chester County
Penn
Pennsylvania
Wales
The Feeding Value of Corn Fodder for Dairies
The article argues corn fodder after corn harvest significantly improves milk and can rival English hay in value. It cites experiments including two cows fed only corn fodder with Indian meal, noting milk richness and butter color, while acknowledging feeding efficiency varies by feeder. It stresses learning to feed cattle properly to maximize corn fodder benefits.
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Whitney
Whitney Chemical CO
Washington St
Boston
U.S.A
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Winter Street
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No. Oy
Tronis
Poultry House Dangers of Vermin and Cold in Keeping Chickens
An old era guide argues elaborate poultry houses invite mites and chills more than they help. It advises simple, well ventilated roosts, dusting with Persian powder, and flat, surface level housing for twenty to thirty fowls, with open south fronts in summer and modest glazing to manage heat. It links tree roosts to disease and emphasizes education of fowls to stay indoors.
Moveable House Offers Benefits Over Clean Floors
An item from The Tribune notes that a completely open structure can be relocated to a clean site with less effort than thorough cleaning of a permanent floor. It highlights ease in vermin control and other advantages of such movable housing.
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Vermont
Mount Mansfield
Summit House
Lowell
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Northern
Vermont Central
Waterbury
Suwytf C. Bailey & Son
Fertility in Pastures and Fodder Advice from 19th Century Agronomists
Dr J B Lawes of Rothamsted discusses permanent pastures and artificial manures, noting hay profitability struggles and fertilizer mixes including potash and lime. Green fodder options like millet, Hungarian grass, and fodder corn are urged to support dairy production, with practical tips on water for poultry, dust as an absorbent, and home remedies for garden pests. The Louisiana sugar crop estimate is updated at 150000 hogsheads.
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American Agricultural Association
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National Live-Stock Journal
Louisiana
Fashionable August dress work and knitting notions
A long survey of ladies fashions with grenadine dresses trimmed in silk embroidery and Spanish lace, sheer satin surahs, and elaborate basques. It covers collar construction, sleeves, bow trims, and new imported seaside fabrics, plus patterns for knitting cases and decorative cushions.
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Marshal Neil Voses
Knitting Pattern for a Seawave Hem and Needle Case
Directions describe casting on eighty two stitches to form half of a garment with scalloped bottom and sleeve joins, plus instructions for a neck opening and shoulder shaping. Includes making cases for knitting needles and crochet hooks from cloth and felt with decorative stitching and a cord closure.
Sweet Corn and Other Dishes From a Kitchen Chronicle
Recipes describe sweet corn preparations boiling shaved kernels with butter milk and salt. corn custard with eggs milk and sugar. squash prepared as vegetable marrow in England served on toast with drawn butter. spiced grapes using cinnamon mace sugar and vinegar. crab apple marmalade. peach butter with peaches and sugar cooked slowly.
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New York
England
The Twenty-Cent Bible Era Debates Sacred Texts
A satirical verse laments the shift from the cherished family Bible to modern mass produced editions. It criticizes cheapened bindings and the so called new fangled Bible sold by bookstores and the twenty cent version. The speaker contrasts old secrecy with new, implying a loss of reverence and mystery surrounding the sacred book.
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Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure endorsement
Mrs M Arnold credits Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure for relief from bladder catarrh and female weakness. The Globe editor notes Mr Medina offers human hair goods with home inspection before payment and endorses his house as strictly reliable.
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