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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1880
Page
3
Spring farming urges immediate insect control using sulfur dust, lime, ashes, and tobacco solutions to curb pests in poultry coops and crops. It notes efficacy, cautions on timing, and suggests London purple as an arsenic-based option for the Colorado potato beetle, alongside early spring vegetable planning and seed per acre guidance.
Garden guidance on seed selection and planting from Rural New Yorker, detailing which varieties to choose for asparagus, beans, cabbages, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cucumbers, melons, onions, parsnips, peas, squash, tomatoes, turnips, and raspberries. Includes seed testing, sowing rates, planting distances, and cultivation tips for pruning, mulching, staking, and winter care to maximize yield and vigor.
Instructions on soil types and preparation for raspberries. It covers soil depth, moisture, and texture preferences for various varieties, fall and spring planting timelines, and steps like manure, ashes, and bone meal applications. It emphasizes thorough tillage, deep plowing, and mulching to ensure moisture retention and robust root growth.
The Ploughman endorses Parmales's Crescent Seedling, comparing it with Wilson and Charles Downing. He reports high yields around 8000 to 10000 quarts per acre on poor soil, better color and transportability, and notes Crescent is not fully pistillate requiring every eighth row planted with a staminate variety for full crops. He warns against overplanting and urges proper spacing and autumn soil preparation.
The light sandy soils offer the best cultivation due to their porosity and air access. Drainage and subsoil plowing restore land, while peat additions and clover rotations boost moisture retention and nutrient availability, enabling profitable crops with careful fertilizer use.
A farmer outlines pumpkins as feed for dairy cows and fattening cattle, noting well ripened pumpkins for milk quality and green pumpkins for milk quantity. He describes an on field trial planted with corn, observations on soil, drought, and pumpkin yield, and asks why pumpkin seeds fatten hogs and affect ducks. He cites pig feeding anecdotes and hints at broader experimental needs.
Rural readers learn about onion smut a fungus similar to corn smut that contaminates leaves and bulbs. Control centers on stopping seed carrying spores soaking seed to remove spores and leaving land fallow for four to five years before growing onions again. The article notes soil health helps but cannot cure established smutted fields and warns buyers to avoid smutty seed sources.
A ragbag of curiosities reports 13 14 15 as a continuation of My Grandfather's Clock and notes a clocking joke. It claims actress Mary Chapman mothered twenty children. A royal marriage rumor links a prince and a debutante tied to a Scottish earl. A polar bear dies of bronchitis at Central Park menagerie amid climate quips. The New Haven Register mocks a solution to 18 15 14 with a hair-loom reference and fading nerves.
The poem depicts a stormy March giving way to spring as children shout and swing through rain and wind, celebrating the coming warmth. It contrasts winter's end with lively anticipation, noting the urge to play and enjoy the season's first signals.
A list of riddle like clues pairing words and phrases, plus hidden wordplay sections titled Hidden Drugs Magic power and leave damage Drop Letter Puzzle and Decapitations. Each item hints at paired terms across categories such as animals plants and places with extra wordplay prompts and scripture quotation.
An OCR fragment lists capitals and places with a letter puzzle theme. It includes sequences like St Pauls and Westminster,\nVirginia, Ottawa, Indianapolis, Columbia, Providence, Washington, Fredericton, Charlottetown, Halifax, Comayagua, San Salvador, Managua, San Jose, St Domingo, Port au Prince, Havana, Spanishtown, with a mixed set of names for girls and boys and groupings for Popes and animals. It mentions findings: Caroline among girls. boys named Cain Colin Carl Noel Ira. animals Lion Leo Leon. river Nile. a Malf Square and a puzzle header.
A compact excerpt on proper preposition use and grammar pitfalls. It discusses how prepositions relate objects, common errors like using you and I, and the rules guiding case, repetition after conjunctions, and context for since and into. Included are examples and admonitions to preserve correct usage.
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