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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1885
Page
2
Agricultural notes by William MH Yeomans discuss per acre fertilizer needs for oats barley and beans, using ash content and straw yields from tables. It advises calculating required nutrients from crop demands, warns of manure limits, and recommends wood ash and stable manure use plus land renewal on run-out grasslands.
Swanwicr Illinois December 22 1885 letter to editor argues figs can be grown openly in the North as easily as the South. Advocate M B Benson praises yeilds three crops per year with early ripening from July to October, notes disease resistance and winter protection challenges, recommends tub-grown plants kept in cellar.
A correspondent asks where to obtain improved butter making machinery and how to start with six cows and facilities to enlarge. The piece notes dairymen watch state actions on oleomargarine and urges protective legislation, recommending only first class butter and high standards to sustain the industry.
A reader asks for help diagnosing a two month old calf with a swelling near the jaw and windpipe. The paper cautions that ophthalmic advice belongs to a professional vet and suggests possible worms causing coughing. A remedy is proposed but a veterinarian's guidance is advised.
The Rural New Yorker outlines a method for rapid clover grazing by sheep to prepare land for wheat. It describes stocking bands of about 100 sheep per acre, moving them every five to seven days, and using droppings as a natural fertilizer. It cites benefits to crop health, uniform growth, and fattening meat, with notes on adapting to American farms.
The Chicago Times notes flax as the sole exception to low prices for leading farm products in 1884, yielding about thirteen bushels per acre at roughly 1.10 per bushel and far above wheat returns. It cites strong demand from crushers, steady prices, sizable flax acreage planned for 1885, and 2.5 million bushels of India flax imports in 1884.
A short, practical note explains two old bone preparation methods. One uses unleached wood ashes to leach and boil bones in strong lye to disintegrate them. The process aims to keep bone from burning, noting lye dissolves bones differently than acids or reductions, with further steps implied but unclear.
An article notes bone ash and potash as valuable, with four-barrel kettles for bone boiling in lye. It praises bone meal fertilizer for potatoes oats and barley, urges home production, and criticizes sending millions of pounds abroad as wasteful.
E W Deming of West Point Indiana tests sorghum cane seed as buckwheat substitute for flour. Trials with buckwheat rollers and wheat bolts yield coarse flour with some bran. grinding problems, high offal, and hard seed hinder profitability. Millers see limited market until use is more understood. potential for cane seed flour in grid cakes.
A Southern paper recounts a gardener's experience urging covering tobacco beds with cloth to produce early plants. He claims transplant readiness by April 25 and asserts cloth lasts five years, protects against cold winds, and allows removal ten days before planting. He counters a neighbor's flea bug theory and cites growers in Yadkin Surry Stokes Forsyth counties.
Seasonal notes urge focus on seed variety rather than seed quality. Choose a proven, locally adapted variety with early maturation to avoid frost risk. Small test plots and seed breeding can improve quality while avoiding late, high yielding but unsuitable types for the area.
A Portage County farmer switches from heavy labor and engine driven equipment to a simple horse powered filling system. Two pits are filled concurrently with about 140 tons, then covered and inverted by careful testing. The new method halves work time and yields better fermentation.
The article compares a new form of ensilage to lactic acid ferment and ordinary methods, noting its dry appearance, non-greasy texture, and pleasant taste. It reports better milk and flesh in cattle, with no hay fed, and lower costs with increased value, urging renewed interest from winter dairymen.
The article argues flax deserves greater agricultural and industrial emphasis. It should be grown with aims to process locally, reducing imports and boosting linen goods. It notes climate suitability, ideal soil types, preparatory steps, and cautions against overproduction. It discusses seed use, crop rotation, and market variability.
A Tribune article from roughly fifty years ago describes liming at fifty bushels per acre and clover plus plaster to revive worn soils in Bucks County and eastern New Jersey. It cites long term benefits, notes regional soil types, and offers practices to build soil fertility, including pasture allotment, manure management, and careful handling of stable litter.
The National Live Stock Journal explains the new process linseed meal yields about seven percent more oil than the old process, leaving only 2 to 3 percent oil. It increases albuminoids and phosphates, boosting growth and milk support for cattle, cows, pigs, and young animals. The old oil cake, richer in oil, is fattening but less vital to vitality.
From New York comes practical guidance on propagating ramie by root planting rather than seed. Prepare ground with deep plowing and harrowing, use a pulverizing machine, and create flat beds with three foot square marks three to four inches deep. Plant roots densely. ramie stalks grow straighter and fiber finer with thicker stands.
The article describes preparing one to two acres for ramie by planting roots to propagate, with each plant producing many roots to expand the plantation. It advises light cultivation between rows, shallow soil work, occasional watering in dry periods, and notes ramie as a hardy perennial yielding three or four crops yearly with little care once established, pending a reliable local market.
The London Economist notes wheat prices over more than a century show current levels below any reached since 1786. It records quarterly prices per 480 pounds and cites volatility during the Napoleonic era and the Berlin decree, followed by a steady decline after the 1844 repeal of the corn laws, with England rising as a world wheat hub.
An industry note discusses A B Allen citing English tests on kainite and potash fertilizers. It notes timing of application affects starch content, with German trials showing significant drops when fertilizer is applied late. Wood ashes yield starch levels equal to phosphate nitrogen, while kainite shows mixed results. Mouthis of muriate vs sulphate differ in quality impact.
A long column mixes agricultural guidance with political economy notes. It discusses grass versus cultivated ground for orchards, grazing, top dressing, and pruning, then shifts to reflections on W G Gibbons and Pusey Jones & Co. with opinions on American shipping and insurance costs.
Seasonal farming guidance discusses spreading manure in winter to save labor and boost spring crops on morass and corn land. It notes benefits of pre-plough manure, plus advice on saving blood from poultry dressings for growing chickens. It covers manure value, cattle feeding, raspberry pruning by variety, and keeping house drain plans for repairs.
A GLona reporter visits J. H. Vassar, chief clerk of the sub treasury, to learn coin handling. He explains counting by piece, bagging by denomination, minimum and maximum weights, and stamping light coins. He details how light gold is stopped, dangers of silver dollars, and various counterfeits including the famous 1847 half eagle and 1882 coins, plus methods like sweating and re milled edges.
A compendium of brief items: Lynn to host a baby show. New Haven to host a week long cat show. Bonth Hanson ships 35,000 eggs weekly to Boston. J N Burkett of Florida Mass reports 45 foxes killed this season. Maine cigar makers total 3,950,406 last year across 61 factories. Bristol N H youth lands croquet wicket contract for 160,000 units. Portland exports apples to England second only to Boston. Mrs Nancy Edgerly of Westboro celebrates 100 years. Mrs Albert J Bacon of Hyannis quilts 8400 pieces. D A Putnam North Oxford reports 8 3 4 by 6 Neches Flymouth rock egg. Cape Elizabeth farmers deliver 75 tons of cabbage to Portland. Southington Conn trader ships 300 dozen coffee mills to a Western firm. Norcross Brothers Worcester to build three stone stations for Boston Albany line. Colonel Joseph Say Wentworth 81 drives winter team. Samuel Sharood South Abington Bible 806 years old, London 1579. Deacon Robert Cook South Abington notes first tacks in 1795 by Ezekie Gage Co Boston. plan for ice houses of 90000 tons in Maine. report mentions ring given a Stow.
The famed Confederate horse Little Sorrel, Jackson’s mount at Manassas and many battles, is now on display in New Orleans. After serving since 1861 he lived at the Virginia Military Institute and now, aged about 25, is acclaimed by veterans who recall its sieges and charges before being captured near Knoxville.
A clergyman once tormented by catarrh found a remedy that cured him and saved his life after many years of failure with other treatments. Sufferers may obtain the recipe free by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr J A Lawrence at 199 Dean Street Brooklyn NY.
Hale's Honey cures coughs for 25 or 50 cents Glenn's Sulphur Soap heals and beautifies with 250 German Corn Remover removes corns and bunions Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye browns Pike's Toothache Drops cure in one minute 25 cents Dean's Rheumatic Pills sold as a sure cure 50 cents
A dense catalog of periodicals and magazines with prices, including Arthur's Home Magazine American Dairyman Atlantic Monthly American Art Journal American Garden American Naturalist American Agriculturist and many more. The list notes subscriptions require a yearly commitment to The Weekly Globe and restricts sending multiple magazines to one address.
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