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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1879
Page
3
A weekly agricultural column from The Weekly Globe in Boston invites farmers and readers nationwide to submit practical farm questions. It promises answers from thoroughly competent agricultural authorities and asks communications be addressed to The Weekly Globe, Boston Massachusetts.
The piece reviews Major Morton's Woodlawn horse keeping plan, comparing costs with Buffalo breeder Mr. Hamlin, detailing pasture use, meal feeds, and projected annual costs. It also touches on starch-derived livestock feeds, land value from grazing, and the broader message that careful management can profit breeding in northern regions.
Practical guidance on pruning apple trees in warm weather, thinning outer branches, and yearly light trimming. Encourages planting grape vines, planning gardens for spring, sowing clover, and harrowing to improve wheat and soil. Includes notes on drying raspberries, fertilizer use, cattle feeding, and dwarf trees.
A fragment from Turf Field and Farm discusses severe ankle strain, noting the tendons endure great tension and their sheathing may rupture. The excerpt implies how such injuries occur and their mechanical consequences.
The article discusses why apple trees often fruit every other year. It cites A J Downing on crop load exhausting tree reserves and delaying bud formation, and notes that thinning young trees to a moderate crop and maintaining fertile soil can promote annual bearing.
An advertisement extols Swayne's Ointment as a pleasant sure cure for itching piles and related skin conditions. It claims effectiveness for sores, scaly eruptions, and pinworm-like irritation around the rectum and private parts, urging mail orders to address and price details.
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