Potatoes disease dangers and grafting insights from 1881
A British Parliament select committee studied potato disease spread by seed spores and recommended government led field trials, new resistant varieties, and corked approach using copper sulfate soaking. The article also surveys grafting and stock choices for apples pears peaches plums cherries detailing best stocks and cautions for nurserymen and buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Live Stock Journal
W. Thistleton Dyer
William Carruthers
W. Smith
A. Vooleker
Baldwin
Ireland
National Board
England
Scotland
A. H.W
Chemical manuring and soil tests guide profitable crops
The piece explains that soil condition and crop type determine fertilizer needs. It argues soil tests prevent waste and high costs by matching nutrients to what the soil lacks, noting that improper mixes can neutralize elements and reduce value. It lists wholesale fertilizer prices and materials as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unili
Peers Muriate Potash
Pont Ca Haiend
Recedes
Budeling of Fruit Trees During July and August
Northern states practice budeling on fruit trees mainly in July and August, with occasional earlier work. The text notes this grafting method is standard in the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anmong Ab Serymn
California Dried Fruits and Nuts Crop Review for 1882
W Meade Co of San Francisco releases an annal review of California dried fruit production for 1882. It lists values and outputs for raisins sun dried apples peaches pears apricots nectarines grapes prunes and pitted plums, almonds walnuts and honey, noting a poor raisin last year but a promising outlook for the Malaga and California crops with strong demand and favorable pricing ahead. The report highlights quality comparisons between California and imported prunes, and notes export movement toward the East with most output marketed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
W. Meade & Co
San Francisco
Malaga
Malaya
Geermiiy
Market Outlook: Fruit Crops Lighten Beekeeper Honey Output
The year brings lighter honey production, especially comb honey, while crop yields of sun dried and evaporated fruits are large. Short regional crops boosted demand, depleting stocks early, leaving a lean market as the new year begins per Pacific Rural.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Rural
Winter Wheat and Farm Economics Across Regions
Mr. Robert K. Tomlinson discusses wheat variety choices under different soils and seasons, advising mixed experimentation with Mediterranean and newer varieties. The piece also examines sowing timing, drill vs broadcast methods, and fall or spring cultivation as factors in yields and profits, plus a note on waiting for improved harvesting equipment. It includes a separate discussion on farm income from poultry, dairy, and crop profits, and a chunk on cattle feeding strategies and land value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert K. Tomlinson
Brownsburg
Penn
Mediterranean
Atyraat
Westort
Tribune
Ancrease
Bo Intenticu
Live Stock Journal
Ilinois
Jon D. Gillett
Linois Cnttle
Eivhart
Prairie Bay
Railroads vs Farms a stark power comparison in 1880s data
A study from Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States contrasts railroad capital and freight profits with farm wealth and employment. It notes railroads show massive fictitious capital and high charges while farms hold greater real value and employment, highlighting the political and social power of agriculture against rail interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poor
United States
How to Make Cheap Pork For Farmers
A Rural New Yorker article explains that cheap pork comes from grazing hogs rather than corn-only feeding. It argues using green summer forage like clover and rye pasture, early feeding with cut corn, and adding pumpkins to fatten hogs efficiently. It warns against mixed cattle and hog pasturing and notes cooking feed is unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillis
Lt. Jones
Franklin County
Indiana
Yosuch 1
Lam
New Yorker
Agricultural Chemistry and Manure Use Through History
The author contrasts barnyard manures with clover ploughing and discusses grasses for deep roots in Europe. It notes ancient practices such as bird droppings and house wash composts. Emphasizes chemistry as essential for farmers and calls farming a natural laboratory governed by clear principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Nature
Evergeine
Wood ashes as a economical fertilizer for crops
The article argues wood ashes are a cheap, widely available soil enhancer large in households. It notes their benefits for root crops, grains, grasses, and with bone dust for potatoes. advises on proper quantities, mixing methods, and cautions against excessive use without manure. Coal ashes are deemed inferior and suited to heavy soils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ignati
Armara
New England Medical Institute
Laemont Row
Boston
Mass
Apples as Stock Feed for Cows
The article praises feeding apples to cattle, noting cows show strong appetite and milk quality improves when apples are given in moderation. It argues desiccated apples reduce waste and help control fruit pests, providing dual benefits of feed and pest management.
Practical Farming Tips From A Rural Paper
The article gives era farm advice on year round stock feeding with root crops and cabbage for poultry, notes on beets yielding more than grain per acre, discusses milk fed to fowls, and warns about insect damage linked to sparrow decline. It includes crop storage, mulch use for strawberries, and long term fruit bearing expectations for Baldwin apples, grapes, currants, raspberries, and pears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
West
Chicago
Liverpool
New York
Atlantic
Hudson River
New York Central
Erie
Pennsylvania
J. B. Miller
Washington County
Apples and pruning myths in farm culture and livestock care
The article argues apples can increase cow milk if fed in proper amounts, warns against overfeeding in orchards, and urges regular light pruning. It discusses farming life, education, railroad influence, lime use, and livestock topics including peach leaves, tuberculosis ideas, and Berkshire swine praise. It also notes cattle purchases near Fort Maginnis, horse care, cotton factories, wheat varieties, and oat fodder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Murray
Detroit
Michigan
Dorchester
Montana
Conrad Kohlers
Kohrs & Bierenberg
Granville Stuart
Stuart & Anderson
A. J. Davis
Davis, Hauser & Co
Fort Maginnis
Meagher County
Helena
New England
Massachusetts
Lewis F. Allen
Grand Island
Niagara River
Allen
America
Braune
Beindorf
Boston
Washington Territory
E. Meeker
United States
New York
Wisconsin
California
Ashington
Woman with a Record Aims at Chicago reporters
A bony woman in the Tribune building declares she has a record of killing a reporter in Arkansas and seeks the Chicago reporter responsible for a prior article. She threatens vengeance, questions editors, and triggers alarm as staffers recall the slander and flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Pye
Chicago Press Club
Arkansas
Devow
Chicago
Avoirdupois
Telegraphing Without Wires in Modern News
Henry Strong notes growing interest in wireless telegraphy and telephoning. He cites Professor Morse’s 1840s experiments and later efforts, referencing the New York Herald’s Buffalo report of 1868 by a cable operator, describing received messages and the evolving no‑wire system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Strong
Chicago
Inter-Ocean
Morse
New York Herald
Buffalo
Atlantic
Electric Telephone Telegraph Without Wires Triumph
J B Spearman proclaims success while James Mower replies that the world will acknowledge the achievement. The exchange asserts the electric speaking telephone can telegraph via earth grounding as earlier experimenters did with telegraph, promising to advance knowledge of electrical laws for future benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Spearman
James H. Mower
Mr. Mower
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Fadlen
Andrew HM. Ward
Augers
Fontenay
Althoug
Lina Sweet One
Damonia
Texas
Fulton 5
Brooklyn
WiMewyly Jy
Epps
Civil Service Gazette
James Epps & CO
Pathic Chemists
London
Eng
Jstetter
Avon Nee Pale
Cruccists
St. DE
The
Medical Weekly
Arston Remedy CO
14Th &T
J. H. Beeves
Mwenzay
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