Best and Cheapest Way to Obtain Plant Food for Farms
A farmer can greatly reduce costs by using peat or muck composted with soda ash and ground phosphate rock, paired with nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia to supply nitrogen. Ground phosphates offer lasting, immediate availability, often outperforming soluble phosphate, while soda ash provides a cheaper soluble alkali. The article argues for on farm mixing of chemicals over crude materials and urges using home-mixed fertilizers to cut expenses and improve soil nutrients.
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Werekly Globe
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Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
New England
SOME SUMMER CROPS CULTURE OF OATS AND SEED POTATOES
Henry Stewart outlines fall ploughing and deep seed coverage for oats to maximize yields in warm climates. He cites best practices, comparisons of heavy versus light crops, and the value of drainage seed quality, climate, and soil depth, with figures on yields, composition, and feeding value.
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Scylla
Charybdis
Highlands
Scotland
Henry Stewart
Seed Potatoes Seed or Cut for Best Yields
A detailed discussion compares whole versus cut seed potatoes, noting that small whole tubers outperform large cut pieces and that single eye seed often underperforms unless soil is rich. Experiments spanning seven years show small whole potatoes yield more and seed quality matters for vigor, with best results from kept cool and dark storage.
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Manchester
Houghton Farm
H. 2. Alvord
Lee Mann
The
Royal Agricultural Society of England
Man
Edmund Hersey
Hinham
Mass
Massachusetts
H. Reynolds
M. D
Summer Pruning Guidance for Grape Vines
A. H. Warp emphasizes summer pruning's importance to avoid excess useless wood. Vines left to themselves through the season produce weak bearing shoots next year. Regular biweekly visits, tying shoots, pruning weak growth, and maintaining orderly vigor keep vines in proper condition.
Spring wheat and soil salting to fight chinch bugs in Kansas
A Wisconsin style remedy is proposed for Kansas farmers to boost spring wheat yields. Salt dressings broadcast after emergence 200 to 300 pounds per acre are claimed to deter chinch bugs, improve soil health, and increase yields. Supporting anecdotes cite reduced pest damage and higher sheaf quality, with cautions on timing and seed selection.
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Wisconsin
Kansas
Oben
Green Cheese and Garden Tips From Farm and Village
The Farm and Village Garden offers cheese making and gardening lessons. A method for green sage cheese blends colored milk with curd, then molds and cures it for decorative designs. a soft green cheese uses sage juice pressed into milk and cured over weeks. Also tips on using old fruit cans as seed starters, mole control, pea and onion methods, sowing depth, and seedling thinning. How to raise turkeys notes keeping hens tame by feeding near the house with chicks.
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England
New England
How to raise turkeys in shelter and penned runs
The guide advises placing barrels with straw or leaves for warmth and eggs kept in wool, turning every three days. Set seven eggs under a chicken if possible, separate the hens when hatch occurs, build a 10 to 14 inch high pen with a coop, feed hens corn and turkeys soaked wheat, provide shallow water, and keep turkeys dry and out of rain. Train the hens to return home at night and keep poults away from back wetness until feathered. Use separate pens in orchard and near chicken pen, black pepper in feed for cold rain, avoid rushing to prevent birds from flying, and feed corn before sale.
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Build a heavy pulling rig to uproot old trees
A detailed, period style how to describe using a six inch by twenty foot wooden pole as an anchor with two chains and log hitches to pull stubborn trees. It warns against anchoring to valuable trees and outlines steps to pry, tighten, and sever roots while avoiding stumps.
Bee husbandry critique from an old-fashioned apiary observed
A Indiana Farmer excerpt reviews a beekeeping setup with long benches under a low shed, crowded hives, and box hives. It notes winter losses, cross-stick holes, and poor potential for wax reuse, arguing for frame hives, better wintering, and united swarms to improve efficiency and honey value.
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Grafting and orchard practices for pests and mulch use
Advice on grafting when trees bloom, handling tent caterpillars, and applying white hellebore for worms. Guidance on mulching strawberries, weed control, and manure use. Then farm economy tips on feeding systems, corn drill spacing, and crop rotation for superior yields and profits.
Farm gardening notes on crops and care from a rural guide
The article offers practical farming tips on corn, oats, potatoes, and clover, including deep ploughing depths, seed treatments to prevent smut, and methods for transplanting tomatoes. It covers garden practices such as gypsum dressings for clover, beetling beds, cabbage and cauliflower timing, and horse feeding guidance. It also describes a novel transplant cup method to deter cutworms and notes on soil preparation and irrigation.
Odds and ends charm a chaotic column of miscellany
A jumble notes burglars stealing a bath in Detroit, Culpeper liquor licensing, literary quips, big money transactions, Arbor Day stats, wild legal anecdotes, German taxes, marriages, and odd factory details. The item closes with toothpicks and a curious factory process.
Prolific miscellany of oddities and daily life notes
A long jumble of brief items from Williamsport to Paris and beyond. Reports range from marriage curiosities, unusual accidents, and strange legal cases to notable people, animals, and remarkable trivia. Names, places, dates, and quirky facts populate the list of short items reflecting everyday concerns and curiosities.
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