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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1889
Page
2
Waldo F. Brown argues in Country Gentleman that small fruit crops fail from novelty purchases and neglect. He urges steady weed control from spring to fall, proper mulch, and careful rotation before investing in new plantings. The piece shifts to swine, advocating varied feeding over exclusive corn, citing healthier hogs, stronger bones, and higher vitality from mixed diets.
A farm column discusses black cap raspberries as a durable, low-waste crop and outlines winter cane removal, early spring cultivation, mulching with straw, and hoeing between rows. It also covers harvesting practices for raspberries and advises on growing jack berries in small groups with spacing to optimize yield from midsummer to early September.
A veteran hog farmer argues for rebuilding swine herds in the Midwest after cholera outbreaks. He urges starting with mature sows from proven stock, avoiding pampered breeders, and preventing exposure to contaminated water. He recommends diversified feeds including bran, silage, and roughage during pregnancy to maintain healthy litters.
A long guide advising beginners in floriculture to choose lasting bloomers and avoid common mistakes. It details varieties like Averatum and Adonis, notes on phlox, petunias, and candytuft, and emphasizes proper soil, feeding, and pruning for roses and other ornamentals. It also discusses propagating, seed saving, and selecting reliable rose sources.
Mrs M A Fuller shares experience growing roses for the Michigan Farmer. She notes roses have long been pride and adornment of flower gardens and are likely to maintain a central role in the floral kingdom in any form they take.
A Rural Canadian article argues the rise of commercial fertilizers among wideawake farmers. It weighs profitability, stock feeding as a source of manure, and the skill of the feeder, noting that concentrated feeds enrich manure without bulk, while careless farmers fare worse with improvised manures.
The article compares African and Virginia peanuts, citing 1870 Washington analyses of whole nuts and kernels, husk proportions, and nitrogen content. It notes inconsistencies in older figures, cites Highland Society data on cake composition, and mentions various country oil percentages and nitrogen values. It also references Hueze’s French work and Heuze’s nitrogen data, while endorsing peanuts as a valuable South grown feed crop and touching on May beetle biology per J A Lintner.
The document traces a beotie larva’s yearly pattern from spring emergence to summer feeding on grasses and vegetables, deep soil torpor in winter, a mid year chrysalis stage, and a return to reproduction by spring, noting depth shifts and environmental cycles. It emphasizes the insect’s impact on green vegetation and its dormant, torpid periods between active phases.
Plant Marblehead or Corn corn now with Crosby for steady harvests through July to frost. Also sow Lima beans under glass, transplant May 24, tomatoes and eggplants outside soon, cucumbers and melons after June 1, wax-pod and cranberry beans now, and Champion of England peas every 10 days. Discusses insects, ash and bone analyses, lime preservation, and soil suitability for peach, cherry, and pear trees with notes on soil and potash use.
A wide sampler of curios from an old issue notes a PRR workforce of 89,469, a Georgia man with a duck hatched from a hen’s egg, and a St Louis girl showered with roses and candy during illness. It cites daily New York bar spend at 750,000 dollars, 2.54 million riders on Manhattan elevated during centennial, and tales from Japan, Indiana, and Kansas about weddings, storms, and quirks. Additional items include a geese egg swallowing feat, a cyclone in Lawrenceville, a Handsome Club of 184 women, and a telegraphed parade of oddities from spelling bees to babies in Tacoma and a new London female butler concept. The piece closes with notes on snuff usage, Madagascar bridal customs, and a novel electric watch from Menlo Park.
A long jumble of items covers weddings in Kansas, odd bets on supper prices, a rat carrying an egg, ghost sightings near Akron, and a clocking of fortunes for John D. Rockefeller. Odd notes include a telescope-eyed Pennsylvanian, a Turkish palace plan, and a jailed humor about poetry payments.
The New York Sun reviews Edinburgh and Marshall Life of Washington noting gaps in private life details. It recounts tales of his size and habits, sharp speech and occasional oaths at Monmouth, distrust of religious pretense, skill in managing rivals Hamilton and Jefferson, frugal public spirit, and rare jokes. Washington's influence on cabinet balance and his humane leadership are highlighted along with quotes about his character from World and other sources.
In the New York Tribune the writer lauds the city crowds during festival week praising their better nature. The piece emphasizes American self-government as expressed through restraint under holiday discomfort and annoyances.
A saloon keeper complains that free lunches fail to lure customers amid crowded streets. He notes hunger among celebrants, delays in meal service, and brisk beer deliveries by wagons from daylight. Brewers in cages hire extra teams to meet orders as adjournment looms.
A verse about a baby labeled as king in St Nicholas for May. The poem mingles playful images of the infant’s wardrobe and amusing life, ending with a reflection on the “Hazard of New Fortunes” and the marvel of a baby’s calm in a busy world. The second excerpt describes Mrs. March policing her husband’s behavior in household matters, detailing her rigid ideals and control over domestic arrangements and social routines.
A fragmentary dialogue centers on household power and status with banter about who leads the home. The brief exchange mentions neighborly banter and a humorous claim of authority by the speaker, hinting at domestic strain.
A correspondent’s humorous answer suggests a brisk, madcap approach. The reply advises approaching the sister with affection yet playfully scolding her for taking George away, then crying openly to win her affection back.
Edith and Ethel quarrel over the bill at Delpeonioe's. A pause breaks as a plan forms to pay by sending the bill COD, restoring a glint of resolve and moving the scene forward.
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