Farm remedies for sheep pests and swamp drainage routines
An early agricultural column outlines treating nose fly infestations in sheep during July and August, with tar applications and a tobacco snuff infusion. It then shifts to swamp drainage methods, ditching, and soil drying, plus peat and dung composting practices to boost fertilizer value and plant growth. It also notes peat’s role in ammonia release and advises mixing peat with phosphate and soda-ash for a richer manure. It ends with notes on increasing fruit yields, highlighting Ohio raspberries and evaporated fruit production in Wayne County New York, including large acreages and tonnages.
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Charleston
A. H.W
Applying Water to Growing Plants and Related Crop Notes
At a Michigan horticultural meeting, experts advise watering by removing surface soil to form a hollow, pouring water gently, then reseeding. They warn against watering after planting and suggest timing with showers. Additional notes cover pasture renovation, onion cultivation, broom corn profitability, and fodder crop planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State Horticultural Society
Woodward
N. T
Tracy
Fall farming tips for grain harvest and orchard manuring
Rutland Vermont notes advise farmers to harvest grain as kernels pass the milky stage to avoid waste and low quality flour. If unprofitable fields exist, plow them and reseed with buckwheat as green manure. Soil fertility declines affect fruit trees, so composts need potash. closely planted orchards risk potash exhaustion before bearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland, VT
Small Fruit Profits and Sowing Oats Advice
A.M. Purdy states he would not leave Michigan for the South nor move North for New Jersey Delaware or the South. He asserts ten acres of small fruit can yield more income than one hundred acres of farming in the same locality. The piece warns against sowing oats on newly turned sod due to sod decay and soil loosening, favoring potatoes and other crops with decaying sod creating friable soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne County
N. Y
Rochester
Williamson
Ohio
Marion
W. H. Pulver
Sodus
A. M. Purdy
New England
New Jersey
Delaware
Michigan
South
Early Beet Planting and Other Farm Tips From Old Almanac
Advice on beet growth by layering rings, sowing beets in June or July for stock feeding, and using early soil conditions. Seed potatoes should be smooth and well shaped. Plough early after harvest for wheat following oats or barley. Tar noses on sheep to prevent fly, and calving calves fed grain to prevent stunting. Harrowing drilled wheat before rain to improve root growth and seed-bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
Turnips and Turnip Culture in Farm Stock Feeding
A compact guide on turnips as a fast growing, easily raised root crop for farm stock. It covers cultivation, soil preparation, fertilization, seeding rates, weed control, and pest management, noting Swede turnips ripen earlier and are more nutritious, while flat turnips dominate due to easier cultivation and popularity.
Turnips for stock feed and winter storage explored
The article argues turnips are a cheap, effective green supplement for winter stock diets. It names best ruta baga and Dutch varieties, warns on storage, and suggests ventilated pits or raised platforms to prevent heating and rotting in cellars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skirving
Malta
Robertson
Cabbage as a Farm Crop in the Midwest
A historical guide explains cabbage as a profitable farm crop with cheap plant stock, late June to mid August planting for autumn and winter use, row spacing, and care. It notes high European imports in 1882, market prices from ten to fifteen cents per head, and that cabbages can feed livestock if unsold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
New York
Kural Nebraska
Fertility of Soils and Air Derived Nutrients
The article explains that vegetation relies mainly on air for most nutrients, with soil contributing a small ash fraction from burnt plant matter. It notes nitrogen from ammonia and nitric acid, carbon from carbon dioxide, and minerals like lime and phosphorous, all made available by water and soil conditions, aided by rainfall and cultivation practices. It cites J. B. Lawes’ Rothamsted rainfall data showing about 2.7 pounds of ammonia and similar nitric acid per acre per year from rain, supporting crop nitrogen needs under proper mineral balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Lawes
Rothamsted
Indiana
Farming for Pleasure and Wealthy Landowners
Wealthy urban men increasingly retire to the countryside to farm as a pleasure pursuit or status symbol. English papers note land bought by the rich for hobby farming, seeking top stock and fruit growing without profit as the primary aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weil
Great Britain
London
Pleasure Driving Farms A National Trend Says Chicago Times
The Chicago Times notes New York and Philadelphia elites pursue farming for happiness rather than profit. It observes rich men avoid traditional work for pleasure, while recreation-minded leaders turn to agriculture horticulture and stock-raising for enjoyment, rarely disappointed by the leisure value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago Times
Proper Timothy Seeding Rates per Acre Debate
A writer argues for high seed rates, but an Ohio Farmer column disputes sowing two bushels per acre. It calculates seeds per area and concludes 3.63 quarts of timothy seed suffice for one acre at one seed per square inch, warning against over seeding as wasteful and unproductive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamrow
Ohio
Profitable Orchard Prospects and Dairy Cost Calculations
An 1880s farm note details four cows of mixed breeds fed equally on corn meal bran and middlings with oats and cottonseed meal, computing daily costs, butter yield per cow, and milk prices. It discusses winter feeding costs, butter value, and notes orchard profits from varied New York and Maine examples, plus seed saving guidance and seed-saving tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderney
Devon
Perth
Tuis
Alderne
Ohio
Practical Experiment In Pigs And Crops On A Family Farm
A farmer recalls an 1856 Northwest experiment raising pigs on pease and corn, using a movable fence to feed twenty seven hogs from waste milk and meal. The venture yielded a $286 profit on the $400 pork sale, while critiquing overstocking and wasted grain on the wider farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Apples as a Profitable Farm Crop
An early guide notes apples as a valuable farm investment with apple trees set thirty feet apart yielding about fifty trees per acre. If cared for, each tree could be worth ten dollars in ten years, totaling five hundred dollars per acre, with ten acres valued at five thousand dollars. Initial yields should cover cultivation costs, leaving gains thereafter.
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Vassalboro
New York State Agricultural Society
Cuylerville
Alexander
N. Y
Middlebury
le Roy
Perry
Baldwin
Rhode Island
H. Reynolds
Saving Vegetable Seeds From Seed to Storage
The article advises saving seeds to afford new varieties next year, detailing which seeds are annuals or biennials, when to harvest, how to cure and store, and cautions about pests and staining. It covers lettuce, pea, radish, beans, corn, melon, squash, pepper, tomato, and cucumber seeds, plus specific harvesting steps for each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Florida
New Yorker
Fresh Meat for Fowls in Poultry Yard
Fresh Meat for Fowls explains how to use kitchen scraps and cheaper cuts to supplement poultry diets. It recommends using liver lungs and hearts from butchered animals, sheep’s head chopped and boiled for rich fodder, and that spoiled meat is acceptable if well cooked. The piece notes fowls relish meat and that even tainted meat can be safe when properly prepared.
Southern farmers turn to cotton-seed meal as feed and fruit growing urged
The article argues cotton-seed meal can edge out northern feeders if cheaper to extract from husks, boosting hog protein feeds and sheep wool income. It urges planting fruit on surplus land, explains fruit market potential, and notes fruit prices would rise without expanded supply. It covers agricultural practices, pruning, nursery reliability, phosphate rock deposits in South Carolina, and farming efficiency. It also discusses milk fed to calves, barn care, and cattle ranching gains in Montana aided by railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Plains
E. W. Claypole
Olio
South Carolina
France
United States
Caldwell
Montana
Warket
Northern Pacific Railroad
Minnesota
Feeding and care for productive cows in dairy farming
The article urges generous feeding of milch cows and frequent handling. It notes French cheese makers' earnings and regional cheese reputations, discusses udder health and three teats as a potential advantage, and warns against underfeeding cows. It also suggests experimenting with cheese to demonstrate that skim milk affects cheese yield little.
Education at the Hub Boston pupils rehearse a mock revolution
In a Philadelphia Call piece a Boston teacher leads pupils in a chorus about the American Revolution. The dialogue pits George Washington backed by Congress against Lord Cornwallis backed by King George. Cornwallis is knocked out in seven rounds with King George conceding.
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Philadelphia
Boston
George Washington
Congress
Lord Cornwallis
King George
Weekly Globe Club List with Prices 1890s
A compact catalog of magazines and periodicals with annual prices for many titles including American Dairyman Atlantic Monthly Century Magazine and Ladies' books. Notes emphasize single-address limits and that subscriptions must start at a full year.
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Andrew H. Ward
THE
Weekly Globe Club
Pii
Price
Arthur's Home
American Dairyman
American Poultry Journal O
Atlantic Monthly
American Art Journal
American Garden
American Naturalist
Manuela
Army & Navy Journal
American Poultry Yard
British Quarterly Review
Blackwood’s Magazine
Krainerd
Hbeadle
Burlington Hawkeye
Boys of
Ballou’s Magazine
Bee-keeper's
Babyland
Hedseer
Boston Pilot
Oteeveserse Aa
Boston Medical Journal
Boston Medical and Surgial
Christian Leader
Century Magazine
Country Gentleman
Connecticut Farmer
Chicago Advance
Christian Herald
Courier-Journal
Demorest’s
Donahoe'’s
Detroit Free Press
Engineering and Mining Journal
Eclectic
Edinburgh Review
Floral Cabinet
Forney
Vesesee
Frank Leslie
M’y
Germantown
Os Green's Fruit Recorder
Gardner's Monthly
Godey
Household Journal
Home Circle
Harper's Magazine
Harper's Weekly
Harper's Bazar
Harper's Young People
Herald of Health
Esscecees
Azssnadogeoesn
Home Journal
Farmer
Independent
International Review
Iowa Homestead
Journal of Microscop
Journal of Chemistry
le Francais
Lippincott’s
Magazin
London Lancet
London Quarterly Review
Mother’s Magazine
N.Y
Popular Science Monthly
Produce Exchange Bulletin
Rideout's Magazine
Rural
Saturday Evening Post
Scientific American
San Francisco Chronicle
Spirit of the Times
S.seereee
the Republic
the Critic
Vick's Floral Magazine
Westminster Review
Waverley Magazine
Watchman
Cceeeeenee Western Stock Journal
Ats
Wrens
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