Successful Wintering of Bees at North American convention
At the 14th annual North American Bee-Keepers Association convention in Indianapolis, C F Muth of Cincinnati argues successful wintering is vital. He cites strong fall colonies, ample honey and dry quarters, recommends a ten chamber Langstroth hive, and describes brood-heavy management, swarm avoidance, and careful honey extraction to ensure self-sufficient bees and strong harvests.
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North American Bee-Keepers Association
Indianapolis
Ind
C. F. Muth
Cincinnati
Langstreth
Math Best
Math
Muth
Pickled meats and cut meats trade guide including lard
A lengthy archaic trade description outlines standard pickled meats shipped in casks for domestic and foreign markets. It covers ham shoulders bellies and various sides with precise tierce weights and salt syrup saltpetre and water or pickle formulas. It also notes branding and packing requirements and warns against overfeeding young livestock to avoid digestives issues and stunted growth.
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New York
Ditching for Farm Drainage in Late Autumn and Winter
A farmer guidance piece explains why ditching pays off when regular autumn tasks press in. It outlines planning, trench widening, and freezing protection using strawy manure, plus ploughing steps and labor-saving methods to prepare open and underground drains for winter work with two men and a team.
Storing Water for Winter In Stable Economy
The article argues for cisterns to store rainwater from barn roofs to supply cattle and horses during winter. It details a 20 by 20 by 9 foot cistern holding about 26,920 gallons, estimates costs, and notes benefits such as reduced labor, less fodder use, and better animal welfare. It suggests construction methods using cement, stone, and tempering cement, stressing frost protection. It cites rainfall of about three feet and presents practical steps for farmers like Snook to implement.
Winter drainage work speeds soil improvement in cold weather
The Ohio Farmer urges farmers to trench and lay underdrains during winter. As digging progresses, fill is removed a few feet at a time so frost does not hinder work. Drainage is laid up to the diggers and filled as laid. Farmers can hire helpers for board, making winter draining profitable for next year’s crops.
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Teese
Ohio
Clipping Horses and Lettuce Culture From a Farmer's Notebook
A farmer notes changing views on clipping horses for warmth and safety, advising leg and belly bandages, blankets, and careful post drive care to prevent cold or pneumonia. The article shifts to lettuce growing, detailing hotbed techniques, seed timing, and the Cape Head variety, with emphasis on open-air culture and Boston Market lettuce.
Head lettuce yields a prime market prize in warm climate
Experienced growers note that a firm one pound head of white lettuce is prized by markets while curly fringed varieties sell when headed. High costs and failed experiments recur, with one farmer spending $1000 on greenhouse lettuce trials and another pursuing steam-heat methods for years without lasting success.
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Ithus
Boston
Cape Head
New York
W. H. Bull
Winter dairying proves profitable for cows
The article argues dairy cows yield more overall when calving and milking in winter rather than strictly in summer. Experiments show cows fed well in late fall or winter produce strong milk through cold months, then maintain good yields into spring and summer, making winter milking financially advantageous.
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Live Stock Journal
Marketing Poultry And Stock Care For City Markets
Guidance for farmers on shipping poultry to city markets, stressing twelve hours without food before slaughter, clean handling, separate boxes for each type, and avoiding pre slaughter feeding. It covers crop visibility, cooling, packing in clean boxes, and market expectations. Also discusses pear varieties, colt care, sheep marking, honey packaging, cellar sanitation, and practical feeding methods for cows with coarse fodder mixtures.
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New York
Proper storage of winter apples by selection and placement
Farmers should separate near ripe Rhode Island Greenings from long keepers when storing winter apples. Place early ripening apples where they will be used soon and keep green, long keeping specimens in a reserve area for months. Avoid mixing to prevent premature decay and preserve overall keeping quality through careful year to year observations.
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Rhode Island
Ice making and animal reproduction notes in farm text
The excerpt describes ice production methods using streams and a town ice-house with water fed from an aqueduct, plus DIY ice cake freezing in metal vessels and the use of sheet iron boxes for storage. It then shifts to breeding cycles in cattle and horses, noting variation by individual and breed including a 280 day average for Dutch cows and differences in foaling periods between mares served by thoroughbred versus cold-blooded stallions.
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Ice House
Brown
Woman’s shaving judgment stirs debate says judge
A courtroom remark argues there is no reason a woman cannot shave better than a man prompting debate about gender norms in the judge’s statement.
Destitution in Texas Drought Appeal for Aid to Farmers
A Boston letter describes 1885 North Texas drought, with 600 miles of devastation. Cattle died, water scarce, families starving, and stores empty. Relief committees solicit food, seed, and credit. $5,000 raised so far, with donors in Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, and New England. Subscriptions go to N L Bartholomew in Shackelford County or Rev N B Jones Jr in East Boston.
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United States
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McGee
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New York
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Charleston
Rew Enstead
Jacob
South Carolina
Esau
Sim
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Episcopal Church
Weatherford
Fleming
Great Western
North
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First National Bank
Bany
Shackelford County
Jony Brown
N. B. Jones, Jr
Evangelical Alliance
Trenton Street
East Boston
Helen Recalls Dinner With Beeswax In Saratoga Chips
A daughter and her mother share a meal memory as Helen tells her father about what they ate. She explains that fried leaves and sauce made from beeswax were really Saratoga chips and onions, clarifying the misunderstood terms.
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Helen
Amon
Saratoga
Books Given Away With The Weekly Globe Offer
A public notice announces a book giveaway by The Weekly Globe. Readers are urged to study the lists of books priced at a standard value, with bold type editions in durable cloth covers. The Globe offers one year with each book at the stated price, suggesting exceptional value for family culture and the home library.
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Weekly Globe
Globe
Magazines Subscriptions Policy and Ordering Note
No publication will be sent for less than a year and orders require a yearly subscription to The Weekly Globe. Several prices are listed. One magazine per address only. State the starting issue and avoid specimen copies.
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GLOBE
Free Book Offer for Subscriptions and Renewals
Readers can secure any one listed book free by sending their own subscription or renewal plus $2.20. Choices include Guizot Civilization, Smith Bible Dictionary, Robinson Crusoe, Milton Prose Works, Bacon Essays, Hawthorne Twice Told Tales, and others. Offer details enumerate many titles and authors.
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de Quincey
Martineau
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Library of Wonders and Curiosities
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Lossing
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Robinson Crusoe
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Oliver Cromwell
Pax
Hood
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Irving
Rip van W
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Camerton
Macauley
Gordon
Special Offers on Thb Caxton Editions in The Globe
Special deals list THB Caxton edition works with Globe subscription terms. Irving's Works six volumes offered for one year, $6, or free for sixteen subscribers and $16. Chambers English Literature four volumes for $32 with free for eight subscribers and $8. Gibbons Rome five volumes for $3.45 per year or free for nine subscribers and $9. Hans Andersen Stories four, $2.26 or free for five subscribers and $5. Dores Engravings for the Bible two to ten dollars elsewhere, $2.75 with free for seven subscribers and $7. Paradise Lost engravings same, free for seven subscribers and $7. Gooper Leather Stocking Tales six volumes in three, $8.50 or free for ten subscribers and $10. Redpath Illustrated History of the United States with The Globe.
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Globe Subscription Offers Include Free Additions
The Globe offers a one year subscription for three dollars with options to add Webster's Illustrated Dictionary at four dollars or six subscribers receive a free Globe for a year. An edition deluxe of Robinson Crusoe with illustrations by Stothard can be sent with The Globe for a dollar fifty five. Agents earn regular cash commission on the newspaper ordered with a book, but not the book itself.
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F. D. Curtis
New Yorker
Cumberland
Birmingham
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Globe
Thomas Stothard
R. A
Austin Dobson
Where Is Gail The Pen Mightier Than Curses
A cryptic verse asks about Gail and her steadfast wit as it wonders if age faith and loyalty waver amid politics and the alluring figure of Jim. The poem ponders belief in James G Blaine and longs for clarity on Gail’s stance and courage.
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Gail
James G. Fall
Jim
Gall
Stealing the Artist's Idea Pace
It is reported that the Salvation Army recruits wear long hair to cover collars, a stylistic choice noted as a recurring uniform detail spanning an entire season.
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Salvation Army
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