Around the Farm by Andrew H Ward
A concise weekly farming column by Andrew H Ward offering practical notes, tips, and observations from rural life. Covering crops, weather, equipment, and community farming events with a steady, plainspoken tone.
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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1884
Page
2
Value of Clover and Cropping for Profit in Indiana
The article explains clover as a valuable legume forage, its varieties, soil needs, seeding rates, and best practices for sowing with grasses. It covers harvest timing, manuring, and soil improvement, and discusses seed production, clover seed quality, and yield potential for soil renovation and lasting fertility. It also discusses sorghum syrup production prep, seed selection, planting time, and the importance of improving grain varieties through careful selection and propagation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lindley
Agriculturist
Cropping Rotation Keeps Land Value Growing Steadily
The passage explains that steady land value growth relies on careful crop rotation. Without rotation, more manure is needed and the farm cannot stay self supporting in fertility.
Care of Table Potatoes in Spring
The season arrives when potatoes rapidly deteriorate in eating quality unless special efforts prevent sprouting in piles. A potato is dry and mealy because of starch, but when the sprouts begin to grow the texture worsens and flavor declines.
Keeping April Potatoes Fit for Table Use Across Spring
In spring portions of starch in potatoes change as sprouts grow, making them watery. Several methods exist to preserve eating quality. Deep cold cellars help, but sprouts often extend before May. A practical method is to move potatoes between barrels weekly to bruise sprouts and slow starch loss. Two workers can handle large quantities. single pouring requires lighter barrels. This method has long been recommended by the New England Farmer for June harvests and remains valuable for readers new to the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Sympton
Future cotton demand and vine training notes
The Textile Record projects a dramatic rise in cotton demand over two to five years, estimating 13,127,200 bales for the year and potential 15,000,000 bales in five years due to Europe and Asia consumption increases and American exports. Separately, a horticulture piece advises on grape vine trellis construction, pruning, and training for Concord vines, detailing wire trellis setup, post spacing, and seasonal pruning steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. John Basilie
America
England
European
Faree
Great Britain
East Indies
China
Japan
Europe
United States
Textile Record
Bees and honey crops from wheat straw and wild flora
Mrs. L. Harrison notes that bees can forage widely to avoid losses and that honey yields vary with weather and plant sources. She highlights honey from wheat straw, smartweed, and sweet corn as rich, minty, and plentiful, urging farmers to harvest local nectar rather than buying syrup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Harrison
Bee- Keepers’ Magazine
Concord grapes for the million harvests and care needed
A farmer proposes Concord as the easiest grape for beginners, noting its resilience and wide adaptability. He outlines practical planting steps, site needs, and field practices from initial planting to training, pruning, and preventing grape rot with a high horizontal trellis for better air circulation and sun exposure.
Hog Health: Advocates Clean Pens and Water for Pigs
A health-minded argument urges swine farmers to keep pens clean and provide clear water. It compares pig management to dairy practices, noting contaminated water harms blood and meat and recommends elevating pig houses to ensure drainage away from living and feeding areas.
Siloing Green Forage: Cement Pits Preserve Fodder Quality
A German discovery shows that properly built pits filled with green forage stay stable through winter. By sealing floors and walls with cement and covering with a tight roof, air is excluded, limiting fermentation to a vinous stage. Silos keep fodder edible for months, with preserved chlorophyll and rapid digestion in animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
New England
Journal of Chemstry
Good Pastures and the Dairyman’s Challenge
An analysis of pasture quality in dairy regions urges relying on native grasses over artificial seeding. It warns against overstocking, neglect, and plowing impoverished land, arguing for sustained pastures, soil renewal, and natural regrowth to prevent weed overrun and forest reclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olo
Mississippi River
Gulf
Doubling Soil Utility Through Grass Quality Upgrade
An Ohio Farmer note argues land value hinges on land use efficiency. It compares fifty acres half brush to fully grazed sweet grasses, claiming pasturage for ten cows versus twenty, and suggests testing soil utility to double productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Profitable mule breeding hinges on good mares and jacks
A Prairie Farmer excerpt notes how keeping mares and a jack on a mixed farm can yield steady profits. With corn fodder and pasture, a mare costs about 8 dollars yearly, jack service 6, total 14. Prices for foals and mules rise with quality, from 25 to 50 for colts, 80 to 100 for yearlings, and 300 to 500 for three to four year old harness animals. Continuous premium mares enhance returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Prairie Farmer
Feeding young chicks and sheep farming tips
The article covers practical chick feeding methods using bread crumbs and cooked bran, with alternating meals of meal and bran and occasional red pepper in cold weather. It stresses frequent small feedings, high protein sources, and moderation to promote healthy growth. It then discusses sheep farming profitability, arguing generous feeding and care yield high returns, citing England as a benchmark and urging expansion of sheep feeding in the Middle and Eastern States.
Wholesale Fertilizer Prices and Raw Materials Listed
A dense catalog of wholesale cash prices for fertilizers and related materials. It lists sulfuric and phosphoric compounds, nitrate soda, ammonia, potash forms, phosphates, bone meal, keiserite, and other chemicals with per ton and per pound rates, followed by reflections on assessing fertilizer value and rural work. The piece emphasizes calculating actual values over estimates and hints at using machines to separate valuable from useless fibers in the jute plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navassa
Oes
Lobos
South Carolina
Charleston
The Best Farm Life and Practical Households
A rural essay advises on farm life, home stability, and practical farming. It covers crops like currants, gooseberries, raspberries, tobacco as insecticide, and tobacco ink for branding. It compares mules and horses, cow and calf management, milk fever risks, feeding, and dairy hygiene while stressing soil health, clover nitrogen, deep vs shallow plowing, and double-farm productivity.
Spring's Delusions The Dangers of Spring Time
An 19th century style warning about spring's health risks. It asserts nature harbors disease beneath growth and urges strengthening vitality to ward off illness. Promotes Warner's Tippecanoe as a fortifying remedy, framing springtime dangers as preventable with proper care. Promotes timely action over procrastination to protect life and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
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