Brass and Hay How and When to Cut Hay Clover
A late 19th century guide explains choosing grasses for hay and pasture, favoring timothy and red clover, then discusses blue grass, redtop, orchard grass, and meadow foxtail. It covers soil suitability, cultivation details, seed varieties, and tips for curing clover and timothy hay efficiently.
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Brass and
Timothy
Kentucky
Indiana
W. H. Harrison
Middle States
Pennsylvania
Moyland
America
England
New England
New York
Woburn
Europe
Jared
Vot
Flint
Eliot
Weather Aided Clover Hay Curing by a Small Farmer
A farmer describes a cost effective method for curing clover hay using barometer and weather cues. He timelines cutting in six acre strips after a storm when temperatures will stay cool. He notes 25 years of weather experience and a daily routine to avoid spoilage while harvesting about 200 large bales from six acres.
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Grover
Timothy
Danny
Bopham
Ohio
Wisconsin
T. B. Terry
New Yorker
Weather Service
Clover silos and clover ensilage benefits noted by Wisconsin Station
The Wisconsin Station reports clover silos preserve forage well when cut after dew dries. A silo filled in 1888 yielded well preserved, aromatic, slightly acidic forage eagerly eaten by cattle. Benefits include reduced handling costs and year round succulent feed, with mowing possible after dew dries and no cutting machine required.
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Wisconsin Station
Early Cutting Best for Hay From Grasses and Clovers
Advice urges cutting grasses and clovers as they begin to blossom to maximize palatability and animal growth. Warns against delaying haying, emphasizes readiness of equipment, cautions on overreliance on weather services, and notes widespread haying gear availability and maintenance.
Mules and Training Speak to Farm Work and Temperament
A lengthy discussion on mules as work animals contrasts their usefulness with horses. It argues training methods centered on kindness, gradual handling, and early breaking to prevent stubbornness, noting successful outcomes with eight year old colts and steady docility when properly reared. It also touches on potato cultivation and disease, stressing soil preparation, timely cultivation, seed rotation, and yield expectations.
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H. Stewart
How to Prepare for the Harvest in Beekeeping Season
G M Doolittle offers May Gleanings guidance on winter hive checks and brood management. Ensure colonies have two to four weeks of honey, adjust division boards, shrink entrances, and move brood frames to optimize brood expansion. Build strong colonies by transferring hatching brood and replacing underperforming queens in June.
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G. M. Doolittle
New York
Flis
Potato Culture Points From North Trumbull Meeting
N E Woodford delivered a paper to the North Trumbull County Horticultural Society outlining key potato culture principles. He warned that potatoes perform poorly on very poor soil and emphasized soil quality, cultivation timing, and nutrient management for better yields.
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N. E. Woodford
North Trumbull County Horticultural Society
Ripening Meats and Chicken Quality Dwell on Flesh Flavor
Readers learn that home dressed fowl often lacks tenderness and flavor due to under ripening. Epicures and caterers favor aged meats, noting Western dressed beef gains market share by better ripening. The piece cautions local butchers miss aging steps, while mass sellers ship meat that may still be unfit for food.
New Jersey Farmers Debate Potash and Kainit Use
Director Cook questioned farmers across ten counties about fertilizer choices. Seventeen farmers in nine counties backed potash or kainit alone or with manure for potatoes corn grass and fruit, while twelve favored muriate of potash and five preferred kainit for best money returns. Reports cover application rates per acre for corn and potatoes and note crops benefiting most.
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Cook
New Jersey
Ile
Michigan Agricultural College
Johnson
Peck
New York
Agricultural Department
Wiley
Cassidy
Colorado
Paris
Shelton
Parted Forever Temporarily
Dialogue scene where Lucy explains to Papa that a quarrel with Mr Dearieight led to breaking off their engagement after he would not take a hint. Lucy says she was sleepy past midnight and could not think of another way to end it, so the engagement remains broken until Dearleigh calls again.
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Papa
Lucy
Mr. Dearieight
Mr. Dearleigh
School for Scandal dialogue excerpt in Harper's Magazine
A theatre of manners scene where a wife mentions a new maid with dubious references and a husband weighs social credibility. The exchange hints at hidden scandals and elite circles, with wit and irony typical of 18th century satire.
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Harper’s Magazine
Fam Mt
Bill and the Beasts in Central Park Admire Natural Wonders
An 1880 essay by Edgar W. Nye tours Central Park’s animal exhibits near Sixty-fourth Street and Fifth Avenue. He humorously details elephants, bears, kangaroos, hippos, pumas, snakes, and more, mixing mischief with social satire about city life and the park’s diverse menagerie.
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Edgar W. Nye
New York
Congress of Living
Sixty-fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Wall Street
Bas Lucas
Meanus
Bear Cave
Rockyountains
Congress of Wild
Osly Winle
Nyc Jungle Dream Turns to Park Notice at Central Fark
An explorer wakes amid a surreal jungle dream scene at Central Fark. A sparrow chaser and polite park police guard the park as Johen grin boats connect with park phaetons to ensure ocvasi success. Bint Ny
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Eminey
Fark
Park Phaetons
Park
Bint Ny
A Misanthrope in the Tavern Plea for Praise
A gay apoken fellow with a sad mien asks two travelers to speak kindly of him. He seeks only a word of genuine praise to comfort his lonely heart amid jovial voices and feigned friendship.
Cheap Doctoring. New York Weekly Cartoon Caption
An anxious mother comforts a child upstairs while a practical father considers taking him to a dentist. The punchline shows the father replying that no money is needed because the toothache will end before reaching the dentist.
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New York Weekly
Little Paul and the first frost snow blessing
A Lowell Citizen fragment recalls a child named Paul who received a sled at Christmas and, after waiting days, sees a heavy white frost outside his window. He thanks Mister Jesus for the small miracle of snow.
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Lowell
Paul
Jesus
Lemons Out, Lady Demands Oranges at Burlington Grocer
A Burlington grocer reports a humorous demand from a lady customer for a dozen lemons, followed by a demand for the same kind of oranges she had yesterday, highlighting a lighthearted shop scene in a short local item.
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Burlington Free Preas
Grocer
Ma’m
Lley
Curious Parishioner Question Sparks Corner Noise
In New York Weekly a curious individual asks, Why is it Patrick, that you locate your church on this noisy corner. Patrick replies, It’s noise we like when we’re making our commissions.
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New York
Patrick
An Editor's Ignorance Opinion Piece Sparks Debate
The Washington Post columnist criticizes Boston school policy and public education standards, arguing that 18,000 public school children were subjected to harsh treatment last year. He questions whether sending children to school or exposing them to other harsh methods better serves liberal education.
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Washington Post
Boston
That's How He Got the 7 000 000
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recounts a New Yorker worth seven million dollars waiting five minutes for a newsboy to make change and return two cents. The tale humorously notes the pennies may have been for a Sunday collection.
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Detroit Free Press
One of the Outs Rural Relative in New York Weekly
A fragment hints at social gossip about a young lady in a fine carriage and a rural relative in New York. The text suggests speculation about class and suitors and mentions a "New York Weekly" context.
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New York Weekly
New York
Oddities Pack Leads From Goshen To Orkney News
A collection of oddities from Goshen Indiana to Orkney Scotland includes a goat lifting money and a te … An Italian boy with four ears found asleep on a Philadelphia doorstep. A frog embedded in stone shown by a Lancaster quarryman. Railway feats in Australia and a London carriage bound for Persia. A remarkable prodigy girl in Fort Valley Georgia knows catechism and national leaders. A sheriff’s trotting horse and a divorce-reunited couple in Arkansas appear among whimsical reports.
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Peon
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George Lane
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Baby Murphy
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Norristown
Justice of the Peace
Dawson, Ga
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Axter
Ene
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Lord Hopetoun
Faust
Mainz
Fort Valley
Deslie Harris
Crawford
Moss
Island
Burray
Orkney
George Petrie
New York
Officeseeker and President Harrison Joke on Roof
A Burlington Free Press joke notes an officeseeker visiting the White House during a housecleaning day. The applicant, after a prior scene of desolation, expects to revisit next week, while President Harrison is humorously presumed to be on the roof.
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Burlington Free Press
White House
Harrison
A Righteous Protest in Harper's Weekly Reel
A street car conductor demands fare for a child, provoking the passenger who protests that this is the first time ever asked to pay for the baby. The exchange reflects a streetcar etiquette dispute in a periodical tone.
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Harper's Weekly
Vvor & Passenger
Subscriptions Offer for The Weekly Globe and Magazines
A dense plea offering subscriptions to The Weekly Globe and dozens of magazines and journals at discounted yearly rates. Lists many titles with prices, notes postage paid by the Globe, and invites requests for unavailable titles. Includes terms about minimum one year orders and a request to write for combination pricing.
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Globe
The
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