New Act to Encourage Sugar Beets in the United States
A proposed bounty law offers one dollar per ton for sugar beets sorghum cane or related crops grown for sugar production. It details weighing recording certification and annual reporting by factory weighers and Board of Agriculture staff. The piece discusses climate soil fertilization seed varieties European precedents and cautions on scale and technical realities before nationwide beet sugar factories.
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University of California
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B.C
Mr. Ward
R. Ward
Sait River
Israel Putnam
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
J. H. Douglass
Internal Revenue
C. C. Esty
United States Internal Revenue
Massachusetts
Congress
J. W. Douglass
Boston
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Putnam
Fruit Growers’ and Cider Vinegar Association of
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National Grange
Indianapolis
Baum
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Vermont
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I. A. Hedges
New Yorker
M. A. Scovilie
Champaign
Til
New York State Sugar Association
Geneva
BOMRE
Ben
New England Medical Institute
Premont Row
Nosston
Mass
Sorghum Syrup Making Methods and Experience
I describe three years of amber cane syrup making, noting up years of experimentation, improved yields, and shift to alumina clarifying. Details cover cane selection, cutting, stacking, air exposure, weather effects, and a homemade process using a water powered upright crusher, defecation, and lime to neutralize.
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Hedges
Lake Ontario
Sugar Beets for Feeding and Their Profitable Use
A report by Jonathan Talcott presents sugar beets as a profitable feed for livestock, showing a Suffolk pig's weight rise from 360 to 620 pounds between August and November on boiled beets plus ground feed, with beet-fed gains outpacing corn and oats by about 0.5 to 1.5 pounds daily.
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Jonathan Talcot
Staton Record
Profitable Orcharding in New England Spirit and Story
The article argues that New Hampshire and Maine yield the most profitable apple orchards due to late keeping, high color, firmness, and flavor. It notes shipping advantages, rising northern demand, and the Baldwin apple as the leading market favorite. It urges young men to invest locally to meet growing demand.
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New Hampshire
Maine
Massachusetts
New York
Michigan
New England
Canada
Baldwin
Wiite Mountains
Orchard wealth over corn in Maine soil and time
Hon. Z. A. Gilbert argues that a single acre of fruit orchard yields far higher long term income than corn, citing Maine and New Hampshire examples. He notes 5 to 10 year payback, advises planting standard varieties like Baldwin, Rhode Island Greening, and Roxbury Russet, warns against chasing unproven types, and urges experimental verification and grafting for hardy, reliable orchards suitable to northern high latitudes.
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Turus Prince Fapar
Maine State Agricultural Society
Kennebec County
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Duchess of Oldenburgh
Alexander
Wagoner
Hass
Pewaukee
Ben Davis
Mann
Walbridge
Baldwin
Sone
Baldwins
Z. A. Gilbert
Chemical fertilizer price list from historic catalog
A dense listing of fertilizer materials with varying nitrogen and phosphate content. Includes salts such as sulfate ammonia, nitrate soda, and nitrate potash, with prices per pound or per ton. Also lists phosphates, guano, bone meal, castor pomace, and bone white waste with percentage ammonia or phosphoric content and per unit or per ton pricing.
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Storer
Bussey
Vedau
Caeessesestt Verdauesisriss
South Carolina
Abais Ab
Polar
Csseer Yee
Corn Planting Insights From Geneva Bulletin
Director Sturtevant cites Geneva bulletins on shallow planting and germination resilience in dried corn seeds. Experiments show early leaf and root development with shallow soil and firm depth, suggesting broadcast fertilizing may benefit growth and wind resistance, based on station tests and Tribune notes.
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Sturtevant
Geneva
New York
the Tribune
New Coin Plum Bun and Lemonade Ceremony
A London Mansion House event saw Christ's Hospital pupils paraded by the Lord Mayor who presented each with minted coins. Thirteen Grecians received a guinea each, eleven Greeks half a guinea, forty-two monitors half a crown, and 675 rank and file a shilling, plus a plum bun and a choice of wine or lemonade, most opting for wine.
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New York Sun
Mansion House
London
Christ's Hospital
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