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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1891
Page
6
Andrew H. Ward invites letters on farming topics and potash applications. The article outlines potash effects on potatoes and fodder beets, recommends timing and methods, and gives a ration for wintering horses using cornstalks, cob meal, bran and linseed meal.
The piece explains that soluble phosphates are too corrosive for plants and that finely ground mineral phosphates or bones provide better, more lasting phosphorus. It notes that using ground phosphates with alkaline or acid treatments, including wood ashes or soda ash, decomposes them to feed plants and improve soil quality for larger crops.
Waldo F. Brown describes best practices for grading drainage and layering road metal, urging staged gravel applications and weekly raking to prevent water pooling. He cites a Ohio free turnpike example funded by a daytime tax and farmer labor, arguing local institutes should promote road improvements.
The text argues for two rods apart each way or 40 trees per acre as a basic layout and prefers 30 feet when land is not rich. It notes trees will take years to cover ground and that the spacing will influence canopy closure and long term growth.
The article discusses orchard spacing and training for different apple varieties, interplanting with plum peach or quince, pruning heights, and practical crop rotation. It also covers poultry forcing myths, focusing on natural egg production, and argues against stimulants, promoting scrupulous feeding and hard work for hens.
A horticultural note explains how tree roots from nearby plums beets and other plants infiltrate drains via weak joints causing partial or total blockage. The writer warns against planting root spreading species near drains and describes how roots wedged pipes or filtered through minor fissures.
The bulletin notes a cattle ailment in Indiana resembling but not identical to European contagious foot and mouth disease. It describes symptoms including swollen muzzle and gums, ropy saliva, jaw spasms, red oral lining, and intestinal inflammation, plus a treatment involving raw flaxseed oil and astringent mouth wash.
Experiments show sowing onion seed in greenhouse or hotbed in February or March and transplanting in April or May greatly increases size and total marketable product by 50 to 100 percent. Early varieties Barletta Marzarola Pearl Bermuda prove best, with Danvers Wethersfield Michigan White Globe less responsive.
The article discusses September harvest start, favorable weather, and cotton gains varying by workers. It notes 1890 yields around 8.5 million bales with 10 million possible, predicts potential prices rising from eight to 10–12 cents, and highlights factory expansion, tariff effects, and transport improvements. It also compares bale weights and praises cottonseed products and sugar potential.
Mr Monclair of Mandais France reports lime as a preservative for produce. He observed diseased potatoes treated with lime remained fresh after 14 months. Layering beets carrots and onions in lime also stayed fresh for months. Grapes stayed fresh seven and a half months. Five apple varieties and winter types were tested with positive results.
Prof Selim Lemnstorm of the University of Helsingfors reports experiments with electric fields over plots and in ho thouses. Wheat barley oats rye and other crops show increased yields, especially barley and wheat, while some like peas carrots and tobacco show little to no benefit. The electric influence advances strawberry maturity in the hot house.
A farmer’s handbook of farm practices covers protecting apple stems from rabbits with tar paper, cattle bloat remedy using a rubber hose, churn cleaning steps, duck breeding guidance, sheep dip recipe from Texas, and manure rotting methods. It emphasizes practical, low‑cost solutions and maintaining soil and stock health through seasons.
In Gainesville Missouri George Jaynes known as Snaky George runs a rattlesnake farm on Ozark land. He stocks the site with rattlers and kills about 2000 each season during September and October to extract oil. The oil is sold to druggists for liniments, delivering about $1 per pint after costs, with a pint of oil from one rattler.
An eloquent lawyer pleads before the court to focus on a domestic infrastructure project. He contrasts Europe’s civil strife and imperial ambitions with urgent needs at home, urging construction of a local turnpike road.
A New York Sun correspondent describes Muddy Creek Valley in North Carolina as a prolific gold and gem source. The valley reportedly yielded one million dollars in gold plus rubies sapphires silver copper and other minerals, earning a reputation as a natural laboratory for gems and metals. Local myth claims no wild turkey or chicken is killed without checking for possible rubies or diamonds in its crop.
A detailed art description centers on Golgotha with Christ on the cross and surrounding figures, followed by children focused Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner recipes. The piece then shifts to Essex County Massachusetts farming topics, noting Francis H. Appleton’s address, dairy breeding plans, and county agricultural data from 1885.
A young Birmingham physician must improve his methods to attract patients. A worried woman visited, claiming insomnia. the doctor curtly advised her to sleep and demanded half a guinea, illustrating his rough bedside manner.
A London correspondent reports a man skilled at making ladies bonnets and dresses. He sews the material with his own fingers. He is crafting a black velvet evening dress for Mrs. Moreton Frewen with a lace yoke and large lace sleeves.
A public appeal commends Syrup of Figs as pleasing to eye and taste. It gently acts on the kidneys liver and bowels to cleanse the system effectively, promoting health and comfort for all users.
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