Horse care and orchard tips from Farm Journal era
Practical horse and farm advice from the Farm Journal era covers skin sores on horses, mange remedies with carbolic acid and creosote, wound care with lard and salt, and cautions about proud flesh. It discusses teeth and wolf teeth, blinkers to curb shying, and general riding safety, plus raspberry and blackberry winter protection methods and detailed grape cuttings propagation and bed preparation.
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Colorado
Lawford’s
Farm Journal
Ensilage and Horse Health Warn of Dangers in NSW
From the Agricultural Gazette London summary of Mr. E F Stanley government vet for New South Wales on a fatal outbreak among sixteen horses at Coonong. He links ensilage as feed to blood poisoning and urges mixed feeds with chaff bran oats hay and salt, warning against single diet and air‑exposed forage fostering mold.
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Agricultural Gazette
London
EF. Stanley
New South Wales
Coonong
Mr. Stanley
Great Britain
Europe
America
Winter garden notes offer storage tips and pruning advice
The column gives vegetable storage tips including lettuce under glass at 55 degrees, dry storage at 38 for long-keeping graves, and boggy land cabbage practices. It advises pruning tender vines by Thanksgiving, mulching strawberries, root-cutting black berries, and safe seed-saving practices. It also covers hotbed setup, parsnip storage, seed jars, and fall garden planning by J. S Hubbard of Fredonia, N.Y.
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Hubbard
Fredonia
N.Y
Sue Dabor
Winter storage of vegetables and fruit by farmers
Farmers seek to store surplus for winter sale as prices rise. Instructions cover pits for roots, turnips, potatoes, onions, squashes, spinach, and apples with cooling, ventilation, and moisture control. Quince trees discussed, including borers, pruning, and possible salt or manure use for vigor. Ramie fibre yields and cost economics for Louisiana plantation included.
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Stephen Powers
Country Gentleman
Germantown
Care and Culture of Fruit Practical Orchard Tips
A detailed guide on harvesting and handling apples, quinces, pears, and grapes. It covers using an Indian ladder adapted from sassafras, combining ladders for various grounds, and correct picking technique to avoid damage. It discusses timing, storage cautions, and the role of drying in preservation.
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Rome
Leading pear varieties for a home orchard list of heirlooms
A farmer seeks a compact guide to top early and summer pear varieties for home use. It lists Summer Doyenne, Giffard, Bloodgood, Dearborns Seeding, Manning's Elizabeth, Osborns Summer, Ott, Tyson, Rostiozer, Supreme de Quimper, Brandywine, Bartlett, Washington, Clapp's Favorite, Peril Marguerite and notes others like Jargonelle Madeline Julienne Summer Portugal. It discusses early bearers, size, quality, blight resistance, and season timing with cautions on thinning and stock compatibility.
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Washington
Clapp
Marguerite
Portugal
Gittard
Tyson
Treating Pear Blight and Grape Rot With Varieties and Remedies
The article outlines two main methods against pear blight and grape rot. It notes selecting resistant varieties like Seckel Winter Nelis Washington and Angouleme as less prone to attack, while grapes such as Concord and Linley show local rot variation. It also covers remedies including bagging grape clusters in manilla paper early in the season and spraying with carbolic acid solution to halt disease progress, despite cost concerns.
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Seckel
Winter Nelis
Washington
Angouleme
Concord
Linley
Mathew Crawford
Ohio
First Ramie Bale Sent From Louisiana to New Orleans Exchange
A letter dated October 5 1886 from New Orleans proposes exhibit of the first United States ramie bale grown in Louisiana decorticated in New Orleans and processed in the Mississippi River rotted sample. The writer outlines cultivation costs yields and potential market in New York and urges inquiry responses.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
New Ogeans
New Orleans Produce Exchange
Dean Lin
United States
Mississippi River
New York
Charles Street
Orleans
Bradish
Pork Packing Rules and Slaughter Preparation
The article outlines strict pork packing rules detailing that hogs must be perfectly cooled before slaughter and meat cooled before packing. It notes the need for constant inspection for soundness, the practice of watering and feeding hogs at slaughter yards, and explains that various cuts including the common form called mess pork arise from careful trimming and selection.
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Cincinnati
Willow Poles and Watercress Under Winter Ration in Iowa
An Iowa rural report describes roadside willow rows cut to avert snow retention and promote dry roads, with crown cropping to yield poles every six to seven years. It discusses pole biology, planting, and harvest, plus watercress culture under glass as a winter crop and regional benefits of willow pole production for fences and fuel.
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National Department of Agriculture
New York
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakota
California
Oregon
Ohio Valley
Ilinois
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Plymouth County
England
Northwest
Holland
J. W.clarke
Sweet Seventeen and a Peach Blooming in Conversation
In vivid Chronicle prose two young women share the thrill of new romance. One speaks earnestly while the other listens, as they recall a hushed exchange. A playful scene unfolds with flirtatious wit and a kiss of youthful longing.
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Sann Francisco Chronicle
Sweet Seventeen
Alexander
Valuable Books Given Away at Lowest Price
Public notice offers a selection of indispensable family culture books at bold type editions bound in cloth. The Weekly Globe is included for one year with each order, listing titles such as George Eliot works, Hawthorne tales, Plutarch, Milton, Emerson, and many more with a promise of unbeatable figures.
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Globe
Bacon
Locke
George Eliot
Wee Bacon
U. S. Navy
Pan and Virginia
Roger
Samuel Smiles
Plutarch
Thackeray
Poe
Burke
de Quincsy
Martineau
Hamerton
Hawthorne
Tomb
Elia
Vicar of Wakefield
Longfellow
Stuart Milton
Milton
Emerson
Goethe
Wilhelm Meister
History and Mystery of Commons
Library of Wonders
Maurice Thompson
Cecil
Macaulay
Frederick the Great
Lossing
Arving
No Publication Sent If Subscriptions Fall Short
A notice states no issue will be mailed for under a year and orders must include a yearly subscription to The Weekly Globb. The policy ensures continued yearly access and avoids short-term publication.
Eros 60 See 1.00 Series 75 See 2.00 Copies
The fragment mentions prices and copies, noting a 1.00 unit price for Eros 60 and 2.00 for vese or ecimen copies. Limited readable context prevents full event clarity but indicates a catalog or sale listing with item prices and quantities.
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Eros
Free Book Offer Requires Subscriptions and Two Dollars
Readers who send their own subscription or renewal plus the same for another subscriber at 2.20 will receive one free book chosen from a long list. Available titles include Guizot Civilization, Bible Dictionary, Robinson Crusoe, and many others across history, literature, and reference.
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Guizot
Robinson Crusoe
Milton
Milt
Liberty
Lamb
Elia
Gulliver and Munchausen
Wakefield
Oliver Cromwell
Fox
Hood
Bacon
Locke
Widow Benott
Smucker
France
Germany
Bunyan
Irving
Samuel
Eawthorne
Hamerton
Dickens
Macauley
Frederick the Great
Chinese Gordon
Globe and Dictionary Subscriptions Offer Details
The Globe offers one year subscriptions with options including a free six subscriber deal and a $3 year price. Webster’s Illustrated Dictionary and Robinson Crusoe deluxe edition are advertised with bundled Globe subscriptions at $4 and $1.65 respectively. Agents receive cash commissions on newspaper plus book orders.
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The
Globe
Thomas Stothard
R. A
Austin Dobson
Special Book Offers With The Globe Subscription
Advertises Ceilon style bundles for The Globe including Caxton Irving works Chambers English Literature Gibbons History of Rome Hans Andersen stories Doré engravings Leatherstocking Tales and The Spy Redpath Illustrated History of the United States with prices and free-subscriber options for various volumes and sets.
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Irving
Globe
Chambers
Gibbons
Rome
Hans Andersen
The
Aear
Dore
Paradise Lobst
Gooper
Redpath
United States
Receipt for cold feipt and moral tales in a jumble
A humorous piece argues for old fashioned winter footwear care with tips on boot size, material, and foot warming methods, then shifts to a Philadelphia North American vignette about a poor boy and a sharp eyed thief, ending with the wire netting sighting and the granulated grapes incident.
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Philadelphia
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Library of Standard History
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Geike
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Sheen
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Babylon
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Seer
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American Poultry Journal
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Tates
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Erry
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Christian Leader
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Chicago Advance
Monee
Christian Herald
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Detroit Free Preas
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Ntee
Eclectic
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Chimney Corner
Germantown Telegram
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Home Circle
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Indiana Farmer
International Revie
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Mother’s Magazine
N. Y
Pangy
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