Forests and Forestry Urged as Key to Rivers and Droughts
A thoughtful editorial argues that reckless timber cutting drives floods and droughts, cites German forest laws as a model, and urges U.S. legislatures to adopt strong, unified forest protection to preserve water power, farms, and national prosperity. It traces history from German duchies to New England, stressing trees as vital to climate, economy, and public welfare.
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Seine
Loire
France
Paris
Danube
Rhine
Willer
Black Forest
Germany
Baden
The Profit of Ten Acres and Its Farm Accounting
A small farmer recounts purchasing ten acres in 1861 and building a practical farm account. He describes clearing land, building walls and drains, removing rocks and hedges, grafting trees, and planting rock maples. He notes yields of hay, oats, corn, potatoes, and apples with rising profits, and reflects on contentment over cash gains and field work.
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Boston Weekly Globe
Tor Giron
Horace Greeley
Huis
PRO FORMA FARM ACCOUNT LISTS CROP COSTS AND RETURNS
An agricultural pro forma account shows interest and land taxes, ploughing, seed, sowing, rolling, harrowing, harvesting, and threshing costs. It itemizes fertilizer inputs nitrogen potash and phosphate, labor, straw value, and barley yield with per acre costs and total crop cost.
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CMI
Eocdo
Pro Forma Account for Crop Costs and Returns
Analysis outlines cost items for rye crop including seed, ploughing, harrowing, carting, and fertilizer. Details nitrogen, potash, phosphorus inputs, total crop cost near 200 dollars, 36 tons straw valued, 600 bushels rye at market price, with notes on rye nitrogen efficiency and labor costs per acre.
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Boston Weekly Globe
S.ser Rere
Andrew H. Ward
Fruit Growing Seasonable Hints From An Old Journal
Fire blight in pears has diminished but remains a concern. Remove affected trees promptly and replant. Dust stems with whitewash to remove old bark and insect eggs. In greenhouses sulphur helps mildew. For fertility, spread fresh earth under trees or a thin layer of road sand. Gooseberries and currants love partial shade and mulching with chestnut burrs or sawdust.
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Barry
Renee Ny
The Jersey Cow Milk Debate and Calf Care Notes
In this piece on Jersey cattle, breeders weigh milk yield against butter quality, urging selective breeding to increase milk output rather than butter. It covers calf treatment, noting rich milk endangers calves, and prescribes phased feeding from dam’s milk, with careful handling after calving and temperature-controlled feeding.
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Jerseys
Jersey
Neve
Feeding young cattle for eye appeal in dairy breeds
The piece urges restraint in feeding, warns against fattening calves or bulls for show weight, and promotes a thrifty, growing condition focused on milk and butter production. It contrasts flashy fattening with the goal of a sturdy cow, advising oils, chalk, and limited rich feeds to avoid long-term harm. It cites Country Gentleman as the source.
Hungarian grass and corn seed notes for farmers in 19th century wordage
General guidance on Hungarian grass as winter feed and fodder for drought years, sowing windows from June to July, soil preferences, and harvest timing. Also discusses corn seed quality, grafting methods, Lima beans and vines, potato and beet cultivation, grape propagation, seed testing, pest and soil tips, and fertilizer practices. Includes observations on global sugar consumption and practical farm tasks such as beets, beans, and hens for soil enrichment.
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England
New England
Europe
What Farmers Should Know Hotbed Mat Making Notes
Hotbed mats are made by hand on a simple frame built from two 2 by 6 inch planks six feet six inches long. The frame rests on legs about three feet high and holds plants one inch apart with end blocks, leaving a six feet four inch clear gap for the mat.
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West Philadelphia
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Nuremberg
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Iif
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Ownersitep
Citchy
Forest Tribunal
Minng
Duchy
Switzerland
Switzerand
Aise
Science of Forestry
Hartz
Aes
Ames
Merrimac
Vienna
Bohemia
Oder
Billd Yenas T
W—e, N. H. George Sons
Globe
Veeses
Harrow
Bss Hiee
Be. Is
B.ac
Stresiav Exe
Andrew H
Massachusetts
Alabama
Illinois
Japan
Waey
Draggista
Deslers
Charles A. Vogeler
Orste A. Vogeler & CO
Baltimore
New England Medical Institute
Tremont Row
Bostom
Mass
Cena Bayare Sco Ie
Rowe
Jr- Graves
Jr. Graves
Graves
Heart Regulatory
Uraves
Grave
Ucart
Steart
Concord
N.Y
EPPS
Cl Service Gazette
G James Epps & CO
Gsteiter
Eopathic
London
Ilgista
Carter, Harris & Hawley
Boston
Ehman
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