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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1891
Page
6
A New Department invites readers to write on soils beet culture and farming topics. Ward invites correspondence for practical guidance and experiences, with lectures in New England free except travel and lodging. Send to The Washy Goss, Boston, Mass.
The article explains how clover cow pea vetches and other legumes gather nitrogen from the air and soil, reducing fertilizer needs. It highlights root tubercles, microbes, and atmospheric nitrogen uptake, with experiments on alfalfa and cereals, and discusses practical farming in nitrogen management and the use of manures. It notes economic aspects of nitrogen fertilizers and the role of legumes in restoring soil fertility, plus related poultry and farming tips.
The author argues for sheltering flocks after October and feeding hay oats or corn in late fall to prevent losses. A debilitated ewe can be strengthened with daily feed to become a profit, contrasting past farming methods with modern constraints. The piece notes that frost bitten grass is insufficient and calls for stronger winter flock care to preserve profits.
A farmer guide stresses careful ram management for a strong lamb crop. Keep the sire rested and fed with oats, bran, and linseed meal, limit service to one ewe at a time, and rotate rams after several ewes. Early feeding and controlled service yield more and healthier lambs, boosting overall profitability. Mirror and Farmer.
The piece urges gardeners to clear weed seeds before spring by burning straw mulching a garden, adopting fall plowing, and using a top dressing of well cured manure. It stresses hardy early vegetables like peas lettuce spinach onions cress and beets and advises careful straw berry bed protection, plus bedding materials from waste corn fodder.
Waldo F. Brown in Ohio Farmer advocates using stable urine and manure as a mulch. He describes collecting it in the barn for a week or more, saturating with dune, then spreading to mulch strawberry beds. The material is light, won’t smother plants, and provides plant food carried to roots by rain and snow.
Old proverb warns against neglecting manure. The article explains how top-dressing can enrich soil by ammonia retention and fermentation, aiding available plant food. It favors fall application to grass or clover, warns against overuse of second-clover cuts, and promotes harrowing after spreading to improve soil contact and yield.
A century old guide details preserving pork in clean barrels with salt layers and brine do not reuse liquor barrels. It advises watching brine for mold, adding salt solution if needed, then preparing bee hives for winter by sealing entrances, maintaining air flow, and reducing frame numbers to five or six with dummies.
The article advises filling frames with chaff for wintering, placing a chaff cushion above frames, ensuring good queens, uniting queenless colonies, and avoiding queen colonies in apiaries to prevent robbing. It warns against wintering bees in cellars due to poor ventilation and noise, recommends keeping bees on summer stands with minimal shelter, and suggests using four warm chaff hives to aid beekeeping finances.
The article advises gradual change from green pasture to hay and linseed meal before frost to maintain cow health and yield. Let cows enjoy pasture during warm days if they are in the yard, then confine them once ground freezes as they switch to full winter feed and routine.
A long compendium of practical advice covers diet with herbs and vegetables for digestion and health, root storage in pits, fall and spring planting guidance for fruits and trees, harness care, hog growth, and dairy economics. It also includes notes on hog breeding, livestock care, farm sanitation, manure use, and early pig marketing strategies.
A rural guide offers practical fall advice on handling crops and stock. Dig early to save sweet potatoes before frost, store properly, and ensure good potato circulation. Turnips feed winter poultry, boosting egg yield when cooked with grain. Prepare for cold weather by mending barns, stocking wood and coal, and checking grain and feed bins. A home remedy uses black oak bark and blue vitriol to treat galls and scratches, with soap and warm water prior.
The New York World fund to free Mrs Maybrick prompts English debate and outlines a plan to use American money to seek a new trial or habeas corpus. London barrister Alexander Maclougall says costs could reach 1500 dollars for counsel and constitutional opinions, with possible 10 000 dollar total if a full new trial is needed. Mrs Maybrick is held in Woking prison with restricted visits and contact, and her children live elsewhere.
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