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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1882
Page
2
The piece compares the sailing system with pasturing, noting benefits of stable manure and earlier green feed, yet highlighting labor costs and higher costs when pastures are affordable. It argues pastures win in three summer months, and that soiling needs cheap pasture to be profitable, with recommendations on haying, corn fodder, and farm management.
The Cultivator reports 1880 census hops data showing New York state dominance with 120,741 bales of a 145,089 national crop. It details county yields, acreages, and per acre averages, noting Oregon and Washington gains since 1879 and likely 1881-82 export patterns.
A farmer explains increasing interest among progressive farmers in green corn as a summer forage to boost milk output when pastures fail. He details his method using Minnesota, Moore's Early Concord, and Evergreen varieties, with early cutting dates, planting method, feeding results, and benefits to cows and working oxen, noting succession from late July to frost and winter feeding viability.
A mid nineteenth century column advises using stone drains and rock work to improve rocky or swampy land. It details trench depths, packing of stones, sinking rocks, and filling holes with boulders. It notes stones can improve highways by lining road edges and forming solid winter passable tracks.
A historical note on ensilage weighing forty five pounds per cubic foot and a bushel of thirty pounds, with methods for cutting and moving, and comparing costs. It covers drill planting of Southern white dent corn, yields of ten to twenty tons per acre, and notes on water lime mortar, wooden silos, and a 16x16x16 ice-house like structure able to hold fifty four tons. It describes feeding results in cows, steers, and a Devon bull, plus issues like lice and shelter.
A detailed excerpt advises milkers to treat dairy cattle with kindness to maximize both milk yield and quality. It covers gentleness, regular milking, cleanliness, hand techniques, and the dangers of rough handling. It also describes two milking methods and emphasizes drawing every drop, plus the link between proper milking and farm profits.
The article details a movable frame hive design with a Langstroth pattern, explaining precise dimensions and construction steps. It covers bottom and alighting boards, side walls with rabbet joints, tin strips to prevent frame adhesion, openings for cold days, two-story box construction, top cover, and exact framing measurements. It emphasizes accuracy, right angles, and the option to adjust opening size with triangular blocks, suggesting space for up to sixteen frames and guidance on nucleus use and frame distribution.
The N E Farmer notes new machines crush large stones as quickly as hogs eat apples. Street commissioners buy cobble stones at fifty cents a ton, a price that favors carting over long distances. Farmers could improve farm roads by excavating loam, laying stones, then repacking with loam or gravel.
A detailed discussion on cranberry culture emphasizing site selection and soil mix, water control, and ditching. Advice covers dam construction, water management, planting spacing, weed removal, and economic prospects, noting yields of 100 to 150 bushels per acre with substantial initial outlay but profitable long term.
The author details a discovery using early and late green material with ample dry earth to litter stables and manure areas. This method keeps manure cellars poultry houses vaults and other farm spaces clean and odor free, sparing labor and cost while improving sanitation.
The article extols mulch as a versatile aid for drought conditions, outlining two methods: surface soil mixing to warm and enrich soil and direct mulch layering to protect moisture. It emphasizes frequent stirring, weed control, level cultivation, and the role of mulch in seed-bed preparation, corn cultivation, and summer fallowing, urging extensive, thorough application to boost yields.
A detailed farm practice guide describes building a simple slaughtering setup with a beam mounted ring and overhead hook, plus pulley blocks to lift carcasses. It then outlines step by step knife work, skinning, gutting, processing, and uses for various parts of ox and smaller animals, with notes on meat preparation and safety.
The article outlines how sericulture can be pursued where suitable mulberry trees grow, detailing worm feeding, temperature and humidity needs, and equipment. It explains egg handling, hatching times, and the five growth ages, with detailed steps for managing meals, cleanliness, and housing. It emphasizes selecting proper mulberry varieties and stages for successful cocoons and suggests methods to preserve superior cocoons and eggs for future breeding.
A truncated OCR snippet notes a method by which something can be separated from flesh easily without cutting or gashing, suggesting a noninvasive approach or technique referenced in a larger text. No other readable context to infer specifics.
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