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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1882
Page
2
A detailed guide on horse care focusing on diet and feeding practices. It covers age and work level dietary needs, benefits of hay oats and beans, and cautions against overfeeding, with guidance on grinding grain, chaff mixes, and water. It also discusses stable design, feeding regularity, and water quality for health and productivity.
An essay on the rise and risks of polled cattle investment notes past market booms, urges caution for moderate means, and explains hornless stock benefits. It covers beefting trends, prices from Europe, and the need for experience, pasture, and discipline to avoid ruin. It also notes future potential for horn removal and the demand for docile cattle in New England.
A rural analysis notes Milwaukee as a leading willow producer in the Western States with one firm handling much of the work. The piece points to widespread manufacturing in cities like Buffalo and St Louis, a county production around 800 tons, and a pattern of sending baskets westward. It urges near-grower production to meet rising demand and mentions European workers entering the trade.
The article discusses curing tobacco crops, emphasizing sun, air, or flue curing. It explains air curing steps, noting crops should be yellowed on the hill or in the barn before firing, and warns of rotting risks in damp weather if curing is delayed or improper.
The article argues Eastern farms are too large for current capital and practices. It urges transitioning to small farms, adopting efficient methods, deeper soil work, and diversified crops like radishes, celery, melons, and fruit growing. It highlights canning houses, evaporators, willow cultivation, and fruit crops as profitable options, with practical steps for beginners and youth involvement.
Charles A. Green of Clifton reports his progressive fruit planting venture on ten acres. He planted 200 coseberries 300 apples 100 pears and 50 quince trees with leading varieties and interplanted grapes raspberries and strawberries. First season no income. second year $28. third $141. fourth $354. fifth $576. By the fifth year only eight acres used and prices very low. Anticipated annual receipts when bearing around $2000 with $400-$500 for labor.
The article explains that rennet must be used carefully in cheese making, with quantities depending on milk fat and quality. It cites Mr. McAdam’s experiment showing that correct rennet proportion yields superior flavor and texture, while excess causes off flavors or spoilage. It warns against high milk temperatures and urges testing rennet strength to maintain uniform results.
On Eastern farms the corn harvest includes cutting and stocking to protect stalks and grain. Advice covers timing after ears glaze, stock layout with forty nine hills per stook, large stooks for better standing and less weather exposure, and handling damp low ground corn. Also notes on bee management and feeding weak colonies with honey and syrup, with practical storage and feeding methods.
A passenger train on the Chicago and Northwestern line near Oconto, Wisconsin, exploded its locomotive at 6 46 am Tuesday, tearing the engine from the tender and leaving a clean track for the rest of the train. Engineer and fireman died, others uninjured, with cars and trucks thrown clear, spikes torn, and rails damaged but no fatalities. Passengers and crew reported stunned but alive as the train continued onward.
In a German Rundschau account, Professor Haeckel describes his failed attempt to penetrate a Ceylon jungle. He survives mosquitos, ants, and thorns while observing vast trees, creepers, and wildlife including parrots, apes, and a six foot iguana a precise head-shot ends the hunt. The expedition yields insight into jungle life and plant life such as gloriosa superba and blooming hibiscus radiatus.
The Empress Eugenie spends a quiet period at her villa near Lake Constance, recently recovered from illness and in excellent health. She remains in seclusion, travels with two faithful servants, mourns the Zululand loss, and is viewed with sympathy and admiration by many, including the Queen of England.
In Sheffield area the Wharncliffe collieries tested blasting with compressed lime in the Parkgate seam. A three inch hole and iron tube were used, water injected as the lime set, yielding about ten tons of coal in half an hour with minimal fines. Officials expect compressed lime to supersede blasting powder and revolutionize coal mining.
The Cincinnati Gazette reports on a fashionable urban dress that draws rural eyes. A woman walks the street in a lace over waist outfit, drawing admiring glances from men while two country visitors debate modesty. One quips he would wear an undershirt with such a dress.
A very awkward mistake is reported to have occurred at St George's Church in Southwark. A deaf and dumb lady and a foreigner with limited English presented themselves at the ceremony.
A couple believed they were wed after a pew-opener misread the ceremony as a marriage. They retired in ignorance, thinking themselves man and wife, and the error also meant the legal service could not occur. Officials have been notified to rectify the blunder promptly.
Two journalists from the Standard, George A. Henry and R. Wilson, tested Henry's new decked sailing gig on Putney reach. The craft uses outriggers with buoyant floats to keep the deck level, aiding stability on shallow water. They noted weathercocking as a defect to fix with ballast and rudder adjustments, and praised steering and windward performance. An unrelated employment notice for general house work calls appeared at the end.
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