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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1884
Page
2
A detailed discussion of bone content and processing for manuring, including whole bones, bone meal, and bone ash. It explains gelatin and nitrogen release, the value of phosphate of lime, and compares bone products with Charleston phosphate plus ammonia or nitrate additives. It also notes fish meal analyses and practical hay top-dressing considerations.
Calf rearing can yield higher returns by keeping calves to six months or a year and feeding heavily. Properly balanced skim milk, flaxseed meal, linseed oil cake, and grain support rapid growth at low cost. Experts cite Dr Lawes and Professor Stewart on cost efficiency and best feeding mixes to maximize flesh while minimizing expenses.
A reader from Robbinston Maine, J B Turininge asks about using fish guano as fertilizer priced at ten dollars per ton. They seek guidance on suitable combinations and proportions to create an effective fertilizer, noting uncertainty about what constitutes fish guano.
An agricultural column explains whey plus oilmeal or bran can feed young calves, yielding 500 pound calves by six months. It cites Professor Stewart and Elgin creamery experiences, notes daily four gallon rations, and stresses temperature control, saliva mixing, slow feeding, hay, and ample overall nutrition to grow calves profitably.
The article argues farmers must adopt strict cost accounting to know real profits. It cites the need to measure costs per acre and per product, compares farming to other industries, and highlights Dalrymple’s 25,000 acre wheat operation as proof that business principles enable large-scale profitability. It urges systematic records, cost control, and selective focus on profitable processes.
A farmer details daily milk weighing using a spring balance and two and a half pound pails, with each cow numbered and weekly tallies copied into a milk book. The system highlights yield changes, feed value, weather impacts, and milker changes, offering precise monitoring and prompt inquiry into fluctuations. Cream testing uses five inch gauges graduated in inches and tenths, with ready marked options noted.
A Pennsylvania dairyman advocates thermometer use in every dairy operation from selling milk to churning. He says gauge tests fail in profit-driven dairies and that precise temperature control ensures consistent butter quality year round.
Farmers can boost pig growth by providing green foods like clover in summer. A controlled test showed pigs fed clover and cornmeal gained nearly 30 percent more than those fed cornmeal alone. Green fodder aids digestion and overall health, with clover through a cutter improving intake.
W D Boynton urges spring planting but focuses on how to handle roots. Preserve root mass with careful wrapping and staking, ship with moss and wrapped sacking, water promptly, and avoid manure. Keep sun and southwest wind off for a month or more, especially in dry or windy climates.
The piece argues wool is overemphasized at the expense of mutton, noting such focus yields inferior meat. It urges breeders to improve carcass quality, diversify to include more mutton value, and calls for tariff protection to compete with Australia while meeting rising demand.
A farmer’s practice of letting a cow run with her first calf risks establishing a bad milking habit. The text notes cows are creatures of habit. during the first calving season they are new and uneasy, and letting them nurse the calf teaches improper milking that is hard to correct later.
The text argues that calf presence keeps milk flow steady and udder capacity high, while delaying milking or irregular handling worsens yield. Regular milking time and a consistent milker stabilize quantity and quality, with stress and unfamiliar surroundings reducing output. fear decreases milk production.
The text outlines profitable cucumber culture for pickles, detailing planting windows from June 15 to 30, manure and chemical fertilization, hill spacing, and pest control. It covers picking intervals, brine processing, cask storage, salting proportions, brine maintenance, and vinegar choices for flavor and preservation.
The author urges careful hay making in Ontario as a moist season promises abundant crops. He discusses optimal cutting times, moisture preservation, sun exposure, and barn storage to maximize nutrition, plus advice on cost and strategy: feed hay, keep manure, and sell stock rather than high hay prices.
Seasonable notes advise on poultry care and dairy feeding. It covers using milk products as a forage substitute, making an egg food from beans, and checks on comb color and vigor as health indicators. It also notes inbreeding effects on size and fertility and cites Professor Arnold recommending a bran corn linseed mix for dairy cows.
This column advises feeding milch cows green forage when seasonal greens are scarce to boost health and milk flow. It covers currant worm control using hellebore and hot water, farm labor trends, manuring, pumpkin and root crops, beekeeping records, poultry colonization, and efficient feeding. It urges careful dairy cleanliness, breeding diet choices, root crops importance, and wide planting for corn and wheat outlook.
An ad asserts Hop Bitters can neutralize indulgence by overeating or drinking. It promises relief from dulness and distress after meals, claiming restored appetite and buoyancy, with head clear and nerves steady for days after a Christian or sumptuous dinner.
In sworn analysis Green B Raum U S Com Rev finds hop bitters contain pure spirits plus hops and medicinal extracts in amounts that make the product a medicinal preparation not a beverage. He states a wineglassful contains a full adult dose of active medicinal properties besides spirits, subjecting it to internal revenue tax as a medicinal bitter.
J W Money of Buffalo describes five year battle with kidney and liver disease, rheumatism, and edema. After seven bottles of Nop Bitters, liver hardness and limb swelling disappeared, credited with saving his life in an 1881 report.
A workingman recounts years of debt and illness relieved after starting Hop Bitters on a pastor’s advice. Within a month all members stayed well, and he urges others to use Hop Bitters to keep families healthy for less than a single doctor visit.
A catalog blurb listing many periodicals with subscription prices and premiums. Includes titles such as American Agriculturist Atlantic Monthly Century Magazine Garden publications and various weeklys and journals with their respective rates and notes.
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