Massachusetts Census 1885 Shows Rise in Farm Value and Dairy Output
The 1885 Massachusetts census reports total farm product value at 47.77 million dollars, up 28.82 percent since 1875. It details county rankings, dairy and cranberry production shifts, wheat declines, milk rises, and increased market garden acreage and value.
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Massachusetts
Carroll D. Wright
Middlesex
Berkshire
Bristol
Ban Ee
Commonwealth
Vaue
Iing
Jiu
Wright
Robert T. Swan
Charles F. Pidgin
William ©. Hunt
Bureau
The Flower Garden Notes for Wives and Daughters
A period guide on sowing and care for garden flowers. It covers mignonette peas marigolds asters pansies and cool season practices. It advises sowing times wind hardening plant hardiness and handling cuttings for amaryllis myrtle and other ornamentals.
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Waale
Amaryllis Johnson
Mayries
Forest Tree Planting for Future Farmers and Fences
A rural essay advises farmers to plant two acres of trees over the next two years for timber needs such as fence posts and wagon parts. It favors black walnut sparingly due to mixed utility, extols shellbark hickory for handles and chimneys, and praises white ash for large farm repairs. It also champions chestnut for fencing and sugar maples for profit, noting past plantings in northern Ontario and responses to pests and soil types.
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Sol
Onin
the Tribune
Mr. Hatch
Missouri
New England
Canada
Peter A. Chippendale
Maine
Oatmeal Fattening Test For Cattle At Ontario College
Professor William Brown led six cattle from Ontario Agricultural College through a feeding trial using oatmeal and other rations from Jan 7 to March 10. The study measured daily rations, weights, and costs, with emphasis on nutritive ratios and practical farm applicability for fattening stock.
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Ted
Brown
Proissor Bown
William Brown
Ontario Agricultural College
Ontario Oatmeal Millers
Durham
Leaf Printing Method for Plants and Trees Revealed
A 19th century note explains leaf prints using ink on glass and a roller to transfer vein patterns onto paper. It covers ink thinning, paper choice, pressing techniques, and simple equipment like a three inch roller and damp unsized paper, plus tips on pressure and leaf preparation. It also mentions broader botanical uses and hints at future refinements.
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Gray
Botanical Gazette
Sata
Love and Mystery in a New Hampshire Summer
Clara Vere, rich and aloof, questions love as Morton Levillian pursues her. After a party rift, she flees to a New Hampshire cottage and reveals a secret liaison with a gifted suitor. A letter hints at a planned country retreat with an unsettling romance.
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Clara Vere
Conanhes
Miss Vere
Cty
New Hampshire
Mary Thurston
Clara
Sam
Bone
Mary
Uts
Thurston
Morton
Morton Lev
Lian
S.ser
Bob
Lara
Mrs. Thurson
Southern cow pea proves valuable silage and forage
The cow pea, vital to Southern agriculture, yields high green forage and silage for cows, with seeds not always ripening in New York. Varieties exceed 20 distinct types, many grown as forage. Cottonseed meal can safely feed horses when decorticated and mixed with cornmeal and hay to aid digestion and reduce colic.
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New York City
Gorgia
New York
Ivy growth tips and extensive notes on Hedera varieties
Detailed guidance on planting ivy to cover walls including trenching, manure, and ash use. Describes Hedera helix canariensis and varied cultivars such as Hedera dentata Hedera helix genera, latifolia maculata, azorica and sagittifolia. Explains growth differences between green and variegated kinds and soil preferences for best variegation.
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H. Genenes Lane
Agricultural miscellany and farm practices
A long digest covers farm topics from linseed for poultry health to fruit growing under nets, composting refuse materials, and ox yoke measurements. It notes Russian dairy product trade, beef and mutton insights, and dairy cattle debates between Jerseys and Holsteins.
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Practical Farme
Ussia
Lewiston Journay
Buenos Ayres Durin
Massachusetts Cattle Commissioners
Shropshire
Patron of Princeton Presents Theological Seminary Gifts
A Princeton patron funds four muscular Christianity genre works at his own expense and presents them to students of the theological seminary.
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Cwilliams
T Patron
Princeton
Theological Seminary
Poetry pay in editors’ eyes in Somerville Journal
A reader asks if poetry pays and notes editors are rarely in the habit of paying for poetry, indicating most modern verse earns little. The piece reflects on earnings and editorial practices in poetry markets.
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Somerville Journal
Valuable Books Giveaway Listing Subscriptions Offered
A circular lists numerous magazine titles with subscription prices and notes that only one magazine can be sent to each address. It specifies that no publication will be sent for under one year and requires a yearly WEEKLY GLOBE subscription with each order. Address: BOSTON, MASS. February.
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GLOBE
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