Timing and methods for planting and corn fodder
A farmer advises planting timing based on soil warmth and moisture to ensure germination and strong growth. Delays may yield faster germination and earlier ripening. The piece also argues for late planting of garden vegetables for quality and compares corn fodder to hay, noting thick planting increases fodder yield and improves cattle nutrition, with data from Ohio experiments and New York soil compaction findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Hly
United States
Ereeere
Ohio
Escing
Lazenby
Ohio Experiment Station
the Tribune
New York Experiment Station
Fruit Culture by W C Strong from Newton Highlands
A concise 200 page volume by W C Strong outlines rural homes fruit culture and propagation. It covers land preparation fruit care and insect control with twelve chapters on North grown fruits and a practical guide from a Massachusetts horticulture leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Strong
Newton Highlands
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
American Pomological Society
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Boston
Mass
Corn Planting Tactics From Elmira Farmers Club
A New York Husbandman excerpt reviews corn planting methods discussed by Elmira Farmers Club members led by President McCann. Debates cover manure types including hen and stable manure, plaster and ashes, and application in hills versus broadcast. cautions on phosphate use and Peruvian guano supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Husbandman
Elmira Farmers’ Club
Byesident McCann
McCann
J. Bridgman
Preerar
G. W. Hoffman
D. Bridgman
C. Heller
McCann’s
Eat McCann
Heller
English Culture of Barley Sowing and Harvesting
A detailed guide on barley cultivation emphasizing deep, well-worked soil, spring sowing on a stale furrow, and six sowing methods. It argues for drilling to ensure uniform depth, cross harrowing, and frequent harrowing before sowing. It notes regional practices in England and praises the grubber where no drill exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen
Stephens
East Asia
Essex
Hertfordshire
Cambr
Edinburgh
England
Harley
Montreal
Sandy
Messrs. Dow & Co
Scotland
Acre
Creda
Montreal Journal of Agriculture
Practical Guide to Melons Squashes and Strawberries
Detailed advice on growing melons cucumbers and squashes to resist striped bugs and protect young plants. Tips cover planting times soils rows and hills, plaster insect control, guarding vines, and selecting varieties. Also covers spring culture of strawberries weed control pruning insect remedies and integrating poultry for pest management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiania
Hubbard
Marblehead
Batman
Sealy
Barley Sowing and Strawberry Cultivation Methods
Detailed notes on barley sowing and cultivation including drilling rates two and a half bushels for two rowed barley, water furrowing, and rolling. Also discusses strawberry bed management, plant spacing, matting, and removal of center rows to improve yields with shallow spring cultivation on clayey loam.
Transferring bees and sheep fattening tips in old farming notes
The article discusses moving bees to movable-frame hives during fruit bloom to reduce work and improve comb repairs. It also covers ewe feeding for fattening, dangers of udder injury, and gradual rationing with oats, hay, roots, and occasional carn. It notes breeding value, fence treatments, Lima bean and beet cultivation, soil aeration, seedbed prep, and tests on sprouted peas, corn planting, and nitrogenous fertilizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Moore
Watching Milkmen Milk Adulteration Methods Revealed
Boston’s milk inspection under Professor James F. Babcock details detection methods for adulteration, from sampling across the city to precise lab analyses and licensing enforcement. The system aims to curb cream skimming and improper dilution, with warnings and prosecutions guiding dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Boston
James F. Babcock
Davenport
Professor Babcock
Dennison
How to move and repair a beehive for honey flow
Indiana Farmer explains a practical guide for hive repair and hive relocation to maximize comb honey. It covers tools, safety, smoking, driving bees, rearranging frames, and maintaining brood in the core, with notes on weather and timing for honey flow and queen management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Come Honey
Ohio
Milk inspectors pledge impartial accuracy in audits
An opinion asserts a milk seller must ensure quality before sale and exercise due care. The article notes inspectors will be impartial, scrutinizing all contractors, large and small, with expectations of likely complaints as the season progresses.
Youngest Telegraphist in America Seven-Year-Old Eula Brown
Courtney Texas letter touts Eula Brown of Mount Airy as the youngest telegraph operator in America. Born fall 1878 she works with her father in a telegraph office, handling calls with flawless accuracy and musical talent. Passengers and operators alike note her neat penmanship and rapid learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Courtney
Tex
Galveston News
Eula Brown
Mount Airy
Texas
Eula
Summary of various American periodicals listed
A fragmented bibliography lists numerous historical American magazines journals and journals and periodicals across arts science farming and literature including Harper's New Yorker Atlantic Monthly Garden and others. It resembles a catalog excerpt or publisher index noting many titles without narrative context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur’s Home Magazine
American Dairyman
American Poultry Journal
Atlantic Monthly
American Art Journal
American Garden
American Naturalist
American Agriculturist
Manuela
Army
Navy Journal
American Poultry Yard
British Quarterly Review
Blackwood's Magazine
Country Gentleman
Connecticut Farme
Bassesseesee
Chicago Advance
Detroit Free Press
Ote Engineering and Mining Journal
Eclectic Magazine
Edinburgh Review
Forney
Progress
Frank Leslie
Chimney Corner
Scereresrervers
Germantown
Green
Gardner’s Monthly
Godey
Fame Journal
Indiana
Mother’s Magazine
North American Review
N. Y. Medical Journal
N. Y
Fashion Barz
Sportama
Ohio Farmer
Puck
Portland Transcript
Pri
Phrenological Journal
Prem
Princeton Review
Prairie Farmer
Peterson's
Popular Science Monthly Produce Exchange
Philadelphia Medical Time
Rideout’s
Aura
New Yorker
Saturday Evening Post
Scientific American
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W. H. Yeomans
Paris Green
Riley
Geneva
Franklin D. Curtis
New York Agricultural Experiment Station
E. L. Sturtevant
Colman
Agricultural Department
Professor City
Babcock
Charlestown
Ilands
Beacon
Marlboro
Prof. Babcock
Hale
Glenn
Hill
Pike
Dean
Weekly Globe Club
Leme
Sunny South
St. Nicholas
Sanitarian
San Francisco Chronic Spirit of the Times
the Republic
the Critic
Wick’s Floral Magazin
Westminster Review
Wide Awake
Waverley Magazine
UN Watchman
Western Stock Journal
GLOBE
Magazin
Addres
Secimen
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