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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1880
Page
3
Practical old time guide warns buyers to inspect eyes teeth legs and hooves, check for signs of lameness and disease, and beware horse trades. It covers stall conditions risks of pink eye and distemper, and advises buying upon arrival to avoid sellers’ polish. plus step by step training drills from harness to cart and basic rules to keep a colt calm and responsive.
A detailed article on chicken raising covers nest construction, incubation, and care. It advises a four inch by thirty inch coop, a rear slide door, and a buried barrel nest, plus egg selection, cleaning, and eye safety during hatching. It emphasizes proper feeding of hatchlings, ventilation, and moving the coop to fresh grass to deter vermin.
Orchard pruning timing and mulching benefits are discussed, with emphasis on large limb cuts during sap inactivity, and mulching to save water. Advice covers soil moisture, hay versus evergreen boughs, leaf litter, and the benefits of surface mulching for tree vigor. Also covers odd year bearing, blossom removal, and insect control for borers and peach grub.
Early sowing is urged for oats to avoid mildew and poor yields. Best results come from a mellow seed bed, fall sod plowing, and moderate sowing density. Mixing clover with timothy and orchard grass improves hay yields, while diverse pastures support more stock and longer grazing.
The New York Sun reports from Guilford Connecticut on April 22 detailing financial and nonfinancial troubles surrounding the Parson Murray case. It notes Miss Ida Hull claims horses and hatreds, Miss Hull’s sister Miss Hink served as housekeeper, and Judge Munson questions marital tensions and possible outside influence. Letters from Liverpool show Murray desiring rest and a return home as creditors press and various parties seek to recover horses and assets amid potential bankruptcy.
A farmer guidance piece from southern Ohio argues that corn yields of 75 to 100 bushels per acre are achievable with deep, thorough cultivation and level soil preparation. It estimates costs at $15 per acre for 30 bushels and highlights cost advantages of higher yields, stressing planting depth and soil pulverization for best results. The article also notes hog feed efficiency and stresses meticulous seed-bed preparation and cultivation as essential to profitable corn production.
The Practical Farmer suggests using a strong tobacco decoction boiled in a covered vessel. After it cools, apply the liquid with a watering-pot to currants to combat the larva. Reapply whenever a new crop of larvae appears.
Notes on second class hotels and aging furnishings expose silent dining rooms, poor bread, over salted vegetables, and slow service. The piece questions brakemen elocution, noisy hotels, lingering odors, few waiters, and front entrance loiterers unsettling guests at three dollar per day inns.
If you want summer boarders and live in any New England town send your ad dress at once to Taz Boston Daily Globe in Boston Massachusetts.
James Allen of Second Avenue and Fifty-sixth Streets testified against his son-in-law in Yorkville police court alleging assault and battery after the man demanded his wife. The defendant denied the charges claiming self defense. Justice Wandell dismissed the case as the testimony proved unreliable.
In Cincinnati Archbishop Purcell declares before God and the congregation that none of the entrusted funds were lavished on luxury or personal use. He asks prayers as his health remains poor following a diocese financial disaster.
A fragment notes summer boarders and fashion advice from a Boston Globe style snippet. It mentions Albock's Porous Piasters as the standard and warns druggists about infectious conditions.
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