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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1879
Page
3
Practical guidance on feeding, grooming, and stabling for horses. Emphasizes hay and oats, moderate grain, water management, and the risks of overfeeding. Stables require ventilation and light, with correct rack height. Highlights mouth care, humane driving, and avoiding uneven bit pressure to keep horses healthy and cooperative.
A reviewer analyzes Jersey cattle in England versus America noting climate and feeding shifts. English breeders favoring dark, fleshy cattle have altered the island stock, while American practices keep leaner, dairy-focused animals. The piece argues Jerseys in America stay hardy, with breed improvements driven by intelligent breeding and gentle handling, resisting conversion to beef cattle in spite of English trends. The note also discusses milking technique and animal handling for better dairy yield.
In this guide to beekeeping the author notes heavy anticipated losses this winter due to late honey flows and reduced brood rearing. It stresses securing many young bees, maintaining twenty to twenty-five pounds of sealed honey or sugar syrup per hive, and indoor dry cellar wintering for northern climates with proper ventilation and minimal disturbance. It also forecasts honey demand strengthening and outlines market prices for box honey and extracted honey.
A Rural New Yorker piece argues for expanding mutton consumption among farmers, urging diversified farming with movable hurdle fences to convert stubble fields into forage. It advocates early lamb production, strong winter feeding, and strategic use of grain and forage to maximize profits and market potential.
Garden notes advise removing old blackberry and raspberry stems after harvest or now if not done, then tying canes for winter and covering tender raspberries. Propagation methods describe root-cuttings and box storage, grape cuttings, pruning, strawberry bed protection, and fall grain top-dressing with Peruvian guano and MAPES complete manure to sustain crops into winter.
The article compiles old agricultural guidance on orange groves from a Florida manual by Seth French. It covers soil choice, land preparation, planting spacing, hole depth, root handling, soil mounding, irrigation timing, and long term grove productivity with cost estimates and notes on manure and fertilization. It also includes miscellaneous farming tips on oil making, pig rearing, ice houses, rust in cotton, curing bacon, salmon distribution, and salt use on wheat.
A Rural companion piece explains amateur poultry aims and guides novice egg producers toward suitable non-sitting breeds. It weighs location against breed resilience, recommending Hamburgs Houdans Spanish or Leghorns based on ground dampness cold winters and predator risks to determine a practical choice for beginners focused on eggs and hardiness.
Practical notes on manure absorbents dry matter importance of saving urine nitrogen and phosphoric acid. Dried swamp muck leaves straw sawdust clay and sand ranked as best absorbents. Soluble versus insoluble phosphates debate shows dissolution often unnecessary. bone flour outperforms bone powder in early yields.
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