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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1884
Page
2
Alexander Scott and Benjamin W. Passmore present a report on farm profitability and feed schedules. The fifth annual fat stock show at Chicago 1882 shows averages for nine animals under twelve months, five animals twelve to twenty four months, and two animals twenty four to thirty six months with costs and weekly pasture figures.
The article argues for cattle farming as a stable, profitable independence strategy amid factory downturns. It compares stock farming to West Coast ranching, advocates cooperative investment, and outlines potential returns, costs, and herd growth, noting New England lags in cattle and sheep but offers cheap land and local markets.
Professor J W Sanborn summarizes cattle feeding trials and pasture practices including grain use for dairy and beef cattle, the rising trend of grain feeding at pasture, and the economic considerations. He cites German studies on albuminoids to carbohydrate ratios for growing and fattening cattle, notes pasture quality varies, and warns that pasture alone can be the most efficient diet if digestion is optimal, with extra grain costing more per nutritious pound.
An examination explains the greater value of liquid manure over solid excrement, citing German experiments showing about 56 per cent of valuable digestible nutrients appear in urine. It argues liquid excrement is readily plant food, while solids are largely insoluble refuse, with tables illustrating nitrogen and ash amounts. The piece urges saving both forms via a watertight receptacle and combined collection to prevent loss.
The article argues mixing liquid manure with water and using a liquid manure distributor saves labor and spreads evenly over soil. It claims manure spreaders reduce manual work, justify gutters as a minor cost, and note vast fertilizer waste from liquid excrement. It calls for adoption to improve fertility and cites agricultural press urging better practice.
The article traces a century of growth in horticulture from limited fruit varieties to a broad, profitable market with diverse fruits vegetables and flowers. It attributes progress to hybridizing and selection, stresses practical trial, notes moral and intellectual uplift with cultivation, and discusses sunflowers as a case study for seed yield and oil production across countries.
An experienced farmer argues peanuts can grow on limestone land, citing Perry county success and $5 per acre rent offers. He details soil prep, drilling depths, seed selection, weed control, and harvesting methods, noting white varieties fetch better prices. January cold snaps and stock losses are also mentioned.
A Toronto Globe correspondent discusses sunflower seed value for feeding fowls and sheep and notes leaves fed to horses. The letter warns that care is needed in selecting seeds due to large variation in quality and usefulness.
The article argues that draining waterlogged land releases soil fertility, enabling crops and animal feed production. It explains the role of air in soil, compares mining to agriculture, and notes lime improves soils with high organic matter. It cites nitric acid formation and Rothamsted, England, as scientific context.
John F. West of Fayette Mississippi describes his 1882 test of the Yengen upland rice from Mobile Professor Steele. He notes early ripening, bright white grain, easy hulling, drought tolerance and high yield on high ridge land. West argues it can yield 60 to 80 bushels per acre under good corn land, offers stock feed value, farm uses, and potential profitability across Southern and Middle States with a five month frost-free season.
W Z Hutchinson explains practical bee management using two water pails with a fountain pump to deter swarms from absconding and to prevent multiple swarms from uniting. He favors natural swarming and unclipped queens, noting quicker, more vigorous work by unclipped queens and misdirected clustering when clipping is used.
The article argues against deep ploughing of manure for the present crop and promotes top-dressing on furrows, shallow incorporation at second ploughing, and sowing after harrowing. It notes rye and oats on stubble, discusses future soil preparation for grass, and suggests limited manuring when corn ground was heavily manured before break-up.
Reporter tours a large dairy yielding hundreds of pounds of rich milk daily. Cited ration includes clover hay, a small grain portion, and about half a bushel of sugar, noting feeding practices observed on the farm.
A Canadian Farmer letter notes thirty to fifty day calving windows and questions why cows fed beets and clover hay yield over eighty pounds of milk weekly. It argues green succulent foods supply juices aiding production, suggesting beets may boost yields beyond dry feed values and invites dairymen to experiment with sucrose beets next season.
Preparatory to weaning pigs should be encouraged to eat dam milk early and then solid food by three weeks. When skim milk is unavailable, cook rations like wheat middlings oats corn meal or mixed grain. Corn meal alone is poor. a balanced ration with proteins and minerals is needed to avoid weak bones and stunted growth.
W. D. Curtis wins first prize ten dollars and fifteenths at a Wisconsin Dairymen’s Association meeting for an essay on butter making. It advises selecting cows with butter making qualities, dry pastures, proper feeding, and careful handling from milking to churning. The piece emphasizes cleanliness, temperature control, gradual churning, washing, brining, and final packaging with precise steps and equipment.
The article explains bovine mastitis known as garget or ropy milk. It outlines symptoms swelling hard udder tense teats ropy bloody milk and discusses treatment including warm baths, bandaging, poultices, milking with a tube, purging, simple diet, limiting fluids, iodine ointment, and calf rest. It warns against premature calf removal and stresses natural recovery.
A long survey of rural techniques covers spring budding for peaches in the stock, watermelon growing using straw mulch, German marine puddling for beets and cabbage, apple evaporation yields, and soil care to boost orchard profitability. It notes not forcing nature, proper soil prep, weed control, and defending trees from pests as keys to abundant harvests.
Practical notes on double cropping to maximize yield, from seed to harvest, with guidance on soil readiness, crop succession, and manures. It covers orchard and strawberry care, pruning, grafting, and pest control, plus feeding strategies for poultry, sheep, hogs, and horses, including beekeeping and fertilizer notes.
The ad extols Hop Bitters as a harmless cure for overeating and drinking, promising heightened appetite and pleasure before meals and relief from distress afterward. It asserts mental clarity and steadiness, with buoyant feelings lasting for days after a celebratory or substantial dinner.
A careful sworn formula analysis finds hop biters contain hops and medicinal roots making them a medicinal preparation rather than a beverage. Each wineglassful delivers a full medicinal dose. the product could be taxed as a medicinal liquor. Green Be Kavum U S Com In Rev.
Five years of kidney and liver trouble left J. W. Morey unable to move. Liver hardened, limbs swollen with water. Doctors said no cure. After seven bottles of Hop Bitters the liver softened, swellings reduced, and improvement deemed a miracle. Buffalo October 1 81.
A brief testimonial claims illness and debt plagued a family until a pastor advised using Rep Bitters or Hop Bitters. After one month of use, the family reports everyone well and motivates other workers to try the remedy as a cheaper alternative to a doctor visit.
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