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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1882
Page
2
Andrew H Ward argues Massachusetts should tilled every acre and grow crops locally rather than rely on Europe or the West for vegetables beef and mutton. He compares farming to manufacturing, notes capital needs, and urges joint stock farming to raise productivity. Bridgewater May 22 1882.
A Lancaster County agriculture note outlines strengthening tobacco plants raised under glass before field transplanting. Remove frames early to loosen roots, plant when leaves reach a table spoon size, and plant between May 1 and June 20 to avoid maturation and frost risks. Emphasizes dry soil, careful watering, gradual hand work, and slow, deliberate planting over crowds.
The article analyzes milk cow feeding methods using pasture and root crops, praising carrots mangels turnips and beans for milk quality and yield. It covers oil cake linseed cake bean meal and salt usage, plus winter feeding plans and turnip management. It also surveys pear varieties Beurre d Anjou Clapps Favorite Vicar Dana Hovey and recommends a home orchard mix for year round fruit.
A market garden advisory discusses yield, seed selection, and cultivation for sweet corn in Maine. It covers top ear seed preservation, drill versus hill planting, fertilizer costs, profitable yields per acre, and notes on early varieties, time for seeding, and methods to improve ear quality and stand. It also includes tips on beans as rotation, lawn grasses, and orchard practices.
Professor J M Carnochan endorses Liebig Co's Coca Beet Tonic as highly beneficial for patients who are run down nervous or dyspeptic, noting marked benefit. He warns against imitations and calls it invaluable to those with bilious or malaria prone conditions.
The Orchard discusses pear cultivation focusing on Bartlett as the best bet for many soils and seasons. Bartlett yields plentiful crops in six years with proper care and can frame a yearround fruit supply, unlike other varieties that vary in growth, disease resistance, or maturity.
An advisory on dewberries praising cultivation and large yields, noting vines should be planted late April to early May with four foot spacing and weed control, plus the potential for dewberries to rival strawberries. It discusses apple crops, noting a likely abundant year but low prices, and mentions experiments to balance supply such as thinning blossoms and fruit, amid a cold storm affecting young fruit.
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