Side Bones and Mule Defense in Eighteenth Century Farming
The article explains side bones in horses formed from cartilage turning to bone near the hoof, notes prevalence in horses with thin flat feet and differences by soil origin in Europe. It then defends the mule's usefulness, challenges prejudice, discusses care, value, and breeding costs, and contrasts with horses, citing Civil War use and disease resistance. It closes with plant biology curiosities on flower movement and light response, including examples like Star of Bethlehem and Lotus of the Euphrates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Normandy
la Perche
France
Flanders
Great Britain
Donkey Review
Epizootic
Flowers That Whisper Weather Signs In Plant Life
The article surveys how light and electricity affect plant movement and weather prediction. It highlights Bacon's observations on plants like preestae, Siberian sow thistle, African marigold, trefoil, white thorn, and heliotropes as rain indicators, noting how flowers bend, open, or close with approaching rain or sun.
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Sine
England
Lord Bacon
Bacon
Senet
Cassia
The Cherry as a Lawn Tree for Shade and Ornament
The Rural New Yorker advocates planting cherry trees for home lawns to combine beauty with fruit. It notes varied growth habits across Heart, Bigarreau, and Duke types, warns of black knot and weather impacts, and urges liberal planting for ornament and use.
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Downing
America
Napoleon Bigarreau
Rockport
Bigarreau
Coe
Elton
Governor Wood
Cleveland
Ohio
Downer
Richmond
Lucerne as feed and hay crop in mountain farms
Lucerne provides valuable feed for horses and livestock, increases milk quality in cows, and yields two tons per cutting with eight tons per acre yearly on irrigated fields. Cultivation favors broadcast seeding at fifteen pounds per acre, no ploughing if possible, rolling soil, and timely mowing.
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Lucerne
Harrow
Crags Harrow
Lucerne as a drought resistant feed in Utah oases
The piece notes lucerne taps deep roots ten feet or more yet yields good moisture use. It enriches rather than impoverishes land, drawing nourishment from subsoil. In Utah lucerne is valued as the premier hay and fodder crop, essential for transforming barren oases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Corn Fodder Thick or Thin Seeding Question Revisited
A Country Gentleman excerpt discusses whether thickly seeded corn fodder or thinly seeded fodder yields better animal feed and overall weight. It notes taller thin growth but heavier mass with thick seeding, urges side-by-side field tests, and stresses careful cultivation and curing for quality.
Whitewash guidance for outbuildings cellars and ceilings
Instructions from The Plough man on whitewashing walls cellars and outbuildings with lime wash pigments and additives. Includes recipes for lime wash salt zinc sulphate and glue based whitewash plus steps to prepare and apply for durable disinfectant colored finishes. Emphasizes cleanliness and maintenance for neatness healthfulness and decay prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
How to Grow Profitable Horse-Radish In Deep Soil
Instructions on selecting a heavy damp soil not too wet, using subsoil, planting root pieces with crowns, and spacing rows eighteen to twenty inches apart with four to six inch plantings. Second season yields marketable roots. left over sprouts are weeds to be hoed out.
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Perapa
Pretenta measures of labor and profit for market value
Fragmentary line notes a concept of labor and profit to value marketable goods. It hints at a calculation framework, suggesting how labor time and gains relate to worth. No clear subjects or events are identifiable in the readable text.
Corn cultivation tips for higher yields and methods
An agricultural guide discusses fertilization, both stable manure and chemical options, and advises avoiding seed manures contact. It covers hill and level culture, soil amendments like salt and gypsum, planting distances for various corn varieties, shallow seed cover, and practices to deter birds.
Water for Cows in Pasture Lesson on Hydration Impact
The article argues pure running water is essential for milch cows to ensure milk quality. It favors pasture streams over wells, warns against excessive drinking to boost yield, and notes digestion losses from overhydration. It also discusses potato planting moisture, comparing single eyes to multiple eyes for harvest prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sture
Bed-Bugs In Court In Landlady Case At St Louis
Lawyer Campbell Bishop urged a new trial in Peckham v Garvey before Judge Thayer. The landlady sued Dick Garvey, a railroad ticket agent, for a month's board at a hash house, but the lodger fled after two days due to bed bugs. The jury awarded half the claimed amount. Bishop argued instructions were incorrect and cited English Bed-Bug lore and habitable premises law. The court took the matter under advisement.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Campbell
Bishop
Thayer
Peckham
Thayer Poe
Conkling and Blaine in a Senate Schoolboy Feud
Washington dispatch recounts a playful clash between Senator Conkling of New York and Senator Blaine during Geneva award talks. Blaine moved about while speaking and placed notes on Conkling’s desk. Conkling quickly seized a seat as Blaine dodged to avoid blocking him, the scene drawing laughs as notes later fell and were retrieved by Hannibal Hamlin.
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Washington
Chicago Times
Conkling
Blaine
Senate
Mr. Blaine
New York
Scotia
Hannibal Hamlin
Summer Boarder Ad Request from New England Towns
If you want summer boarders and live in any New England town send your ad dress at once to Tus Boston Daiuy GLOBE Boston Mesa Enclose stamp.
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New England
Tus
Boston Daiuy Globe
Boston
Mesa
Boston Daily Globe
Mass
Lipogram and word puzzles from Our Young Folks
Puzzle page titled Our Young Folks presents lipogram style games and word teasers. It lists categories like Wake Square Words Transpositions Hidden Female Names Hidden Mousehold Articles and Diamond Puzzle with entries such as Goose moose noose and names including Cassandra Catherine Cecilia Esther Celia Emma Christiana and Elizabeth.
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Cassandra
Catherine
Cecilia
Esther
Celia
Emma
Christiana
Ernestine
Clara
Emmeline
Claudia
Ellen
Clementine
Elyira
Cora
Ella
Cordelia
Elizabeth
Cornelia
Eliza
Cinthia
Dorothy
Edna
Eleanor
Four Boys Fish Perch on Chesapeake Bay Trip
Four boys and Andy Brooks borrow a horse Bona Parte for a Chesapeake shore trip. They fish long lines for perch, use soft shell crabs as bait, and haul in many fish before a thumb injury slows Ed Maynard. A rough return with a light rowboat ends with Bonaparte found and the horse recovered after minor harness damage. Ed’s thumb is treated by Dr Kenton. supper reveals no loss of appetite.
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Andy Brooks
Bonaparte
His Dearborn
Jo Lee
Ed Maynard
Chesapeake Bay
Andy
Mr. Brooks
Dearborn
Jo Leo
Harry
Bay
Chesapeake
Mr. Lee
Les
Lee
Farmer Bentling
Jo Leé
Ed Ma
Rey
Rio
Bentling
Kenton
Ed's
Stomach Bitters and a Madison Lawyer Showdown
At a Park Hotel dinner, Judge Stoughton of New York faced local lawyers in Madison. A sharp exchange ensued when the “sage of Mukwanago” accused the New Yorker, joking that he had used stomach bitters for 25 years and never saw him until now. The table roared as the old judge departed without finishing his dessert.
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Stoughton
New York
Madison
United States Court
Judge Stoughton
New York City
Russia
Park Hotel
Mukwanago
Madison Democrat
Longfellow Critics Split Over Diplomatic Roles and Legacy
The Whitehall Review notes Mr Longfellow refuses three diplomatic missions. The writer recalls a London banquet by Bierstadt, discusses his reception in England versus the U S, and weighs his place among poets like Whitman Poe Bryant and Fawcett. The piece predicts Longfellow may be ranked among cuckoos, not nightingales, a decade hence.
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Whitehall
Longfellow
England
States
Tennyson
Aes
Hittier
Walt Whitman
Edgar Poe
Bryant
Edgar Fawcett
Eton
Columbia College
Cuckoos
Nightingales
Postponed Booths Theatre Hunchback Miss Neilson
A New York postponement alters Booths Theatre program as Miss Neilson, cast as Julia in the Hunchback, falls ill. The Truth’s dramatic critique notes the performance last night was conventional and not especially appealing to Neilson’s fans. Compton is described similarly conventional in the role.
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Miss Neilson
Julia
Booth’s Theatre
New York
New York Truth
Truth
Dramatic News
Booth's Theatre
Misa Neilson
Iss Neilson
Compton
The Fatal Flirtation That Cut a Love Deep
Edward Thornton clings to a curl of Annie Farwell’s hair as memories of a past romance surge. A tainted “innocent amusement” leads to betrayal, separation, and a reencounter that ends in tragedy as Annie dies and Thornton mourns the lost true love he once discarded.
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Edward Thornton
Annie Farwell
Annie
Edward
Thornton
Sam
Rap
Providence
Ena Shen
The Husband of George Eliot
The report names John Walter Cross as the husband of George Eliot. Cross is a London banker and principal of Cross, Benson & Co, not Brown, Shipley & Co, with prior ties to Denniston, Wood Co in New York. His brother Richard J. Cross, a Wall Street broker, comments on the marriage. Eliot is described as about sixty and admired for her intellect and literary gifts.
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New York
Cross
George Eliot
Cable
John Walter Cross
London
Brown, Shipley & Co
Cross, Benson & Co
Denniston, Wood Co
Richard J. Cross
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Limus
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Jardin Des Plantes
Star of Bethlehem
Euphrates
Theophrastus
Pliny
Scientific American
Vegetable
St. Louis
Conkling and Blaine
Simon
Rose-Mary
Jolly Fishers
ER. G. Walraven
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