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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1885
Page
2
The article argues forests erode climate security but notes in New England many forests grow on rocky land unsuitable for crops. It says mature trees should be cut, with rapid sprout growth afterwards preserving future value. Old forests decline if not managed, yet new growth offers value. W. H. Y.
Georgia showcases strong agricultural progress with a funded department led by Commissioner J. T. Henderson. The state gains revenue from fertilizer analyses, funds publications and manuals for farming education, and distributes crop bulletins and soil test pamphlets. A new translation of Ville’s lectures bolsters education while protecting farmers from fertilizer fraud. Ww. LY.
The potato crop shows potential for quality but harvest yields are expected to be unexpectedly light. Early prices fell to around forty to forty five cents as rot risk rises in cooler storage and uneven top growth. Authorities note cool weather and proper, timely digging could mitigate losses while broader causes remain uncertain.
North Carolina tobacco tops the market with high quality, aided by skilled handling. Major Ragland explains priming and topping, weighing opinions on removing lower leaves versus leaving them for protection and nutrients, and the choice of experienced hands for topping.
The article details topping leaves for different tobacco types, advising nine to thirteen leaves early and adjusting with season and soil. It describes worm control, suckering, and exactions of hornworm damage, plus cutting and housing methods using pine sticks, proper knives, and coordinated cutters, stressing timely harvest for brights.
The article notes widespread potato rot linked to prolonged wet weather, with vines blackening quickly and early digbing advised. It cites varieties prone to rot such as Late Rose and Beauty of Hebron, contrasts with Burbank types, and discusses soil, manure, and planting timing as factors in rot and blight prevention. It suggests avoiding stable manure, using lime phostate in hills, and selecting resistant varieties, while noting storms and electrical disturbances may precede blight.
Guidance on potato disease prevention advises harvesting before rot spreads, planting late crops under cooler weather, and maintaining a two to three year rotation between potato crops. Rotations of three to four years prevent disease buildup, while following potatoes with wheat and clover requires careful alternation with corn to protect future yields.
Practical guide from an Agriculturist on butter making and storage. It covers maintaining temperatures around 60 to 67 F, washing and churning properly to avoid overworking, and salt levels. It explains the effects of granulation, water addition, and brining for best flavor and shelf life, with detailed steps for cooling, draining, and curing.
Practical guidance on safe wintering for bees, including stores, brood age, humidity control with forest leaves, and hive ventilation. Also guidance on goose breeding, incubation, and care, favoring Toulouse geese for meat and feathers with simple feeding and shelter steps.
A gardener notes older grape varieties deserve attention despite novelty appeal. He cautions muscadine grapes lack market appeal, praises testing new fruits for long term knowledge, and advises potash fertilization for strawberries and berries. He suggests fall trenching of celery and conserving space by storing plants in a shallow, board-topped trench.
A farmer shares methods to propagate plants at low cost. Reproduce grape, currant, and gooseberry varieties from cuttings. save raspberry and blackberry roots. plant strawberries in rich soil to yield hundreds from a dozen plants. Also describes drying lima beans and using a family drier to produce good dried produce.
The guide describes the best milk cow as medium size with a small head and slender neck. It details body proportions from shoulder to udder, udder shape, teats, and belly, plus skin color and hair texture. It emphasizes milk veins and a velvety fur over an orange-toned skin as indicators of good milking ability.
Early September is ideal for straightening stems and guiding young branches. A stake near the base with firm ties can correct crooks before wood hardens, and training extends to pattern frames and grafting. European nurseries train from growth, while US nurseries often rely on purchaser effort, with wind storms proving a common failure for amateur attempts.
The passage describes a hoof condition with clefts at any part of the hoof wall caused by destruction of the coronary band. It explains differences from sand cracks, notes this is an unsoundness due to potential lameness, and outlines treatment by wound closure, carbolic solution bandaging, and sometimes gutta percha with a bar shoe. It also advises cleaning the foot and checking for false quarter when assessing soundness.
The speaker cautions against overreliance on phosphates as permanent soil aids and notes their temporary value in dire situations. He compares stimulants used to aid a starving patient with the limited, condition-dependent benefits of commercial phosphate fertilizers, urging proper, cautious use rather than foolish overgeneralization.
Colonel F. D. Carter argues in Rural New Yorker that farmyard manure provides essential plant nutrients and moisture retention, noting phosphates often waste moisture. He advises using manure and feeding meat and bran to stock, decrying reliance on costly phosphate mixes and urging return of farmyard richness to the soil.
A historical veterinary note explains contracted hoof results from disease or prolonged shoeing. It advises removing shoes, repeated poulticing with soft soap and rye meal, and various dressings using tallow, turpentine, beeswax, resin, lard, tallow, oil of Leon, and charcoal. It also suggests dry, clean conditions, pasture turnout, and careful shoeing to spread the heels, emphasizing cleanliness over manure-based remedies.
Farmers study pasture seeding with Timothy red clover and orchard grass valued for reliability. A practical mix includes Timothy six pounds, medium and Alsike clovers, blue grass and flat-stalked blue grass, recito, perennial rye, rough-stalked meadow grass, and sweet vernal grass totaling about twenty pounds per acre. Annual care includes wood ashes every six years and plaster in sandy soils.
A speaker argues for improving country roads by removing stones larger than an orange, filling holes with earth matching surrounding material, draining water, and compacting. He cites neighbors who built dry, hard roads via selective stone use, contrasting unplanned stone dumping with durable results.
A compact guide of arithmetic like rod mile and acre conversions, weights, and volumes. It lists rods per mile, square feet and yards, acres per section, and water and milk weights. Readily cut out for reference by all ages to recall basic measures and common capacities.
A Prairie Farmer tip suggests bracing posts with a twelve foot wire tied to a stone. Dig a deep hole opposite the wire anchor, place the stone, and pack earth to draw the wire tight. An old post may be fastened lengthwise on the remaining section for support.
The wire brace with fence staples prevents accidents as stock run against it. Braces arranged prevent lifting unlike wooden braces and, if placed at frequent intervals, will lessen danger by carrying the electricity into the earth.
The article argues profits hinge on early calf growth. It contrasts best fed calves reaching 550 to 650 pounds by six months with grass-fed calves at 350 pounds, then 1000 pounds at a year for the best stock versus 500 pounds for the common calf. It notes higher costs for poorer feeders and stresses continuous calf growth as the foundation of a profitable steer.
Describes a hoof fissure starting at the coronet common on inner forequarter and hind toes. It covers symptoms, complications from infection, and step by step treatment including pare edges, remove shoe, poultice, rest, and later bar shoe with careful paring, plus use of gutta percha and possible blistering to aid horn growth.
The text details step by step home tobacco preparation. After leaves color, detach from stalks, bundle with butts aligned, pack in double rank if stems are wet, and cover with boards. Leave a fortnight, then press bundles into a box with a follower and lever. If too dry, moisten with damp straw, seal the box, and store in a warm room or outbuilding until next summer for fermentation.
Last year fruit crops were lavish and prices low across nenie orchards. This year supply is scant and prices fair. Barn manure top-dressing each autumn or biennially can even out cycles, boosting vigor for next season. Cows in calf require balanced feeding with lean, digestible food. bran and linseed meal aid calves, while excessive pea meal risks stomach issues. Lambs benefit from well-fed rams and ewes, and wool markets recover. A streetcar horse ration of bran corn meal hay straw proves useful. milk weight varies little with cream content. Liniments aid injuries, and a cedar ink wash can waterproof roofs and outbuildings.
A city visit describes the Marcella Street Home for poor and neglected children with 234 boys and 119 girls aged 3 to 16. About one third come from Deer Island, one third are paupers, and the rest are court-referral cases. Children play on the grounds during a National League style ball game under the supervision of Dr. Heath.
A city official discusses placing older children in homes with farms in Vermont, noting high demand for girls and steady placement for boys. He says supervision continues until age 21, with city agents visiting regularly. Boys receive clothing and care for a year, while girls are often adopted into good homes, highlighting a bright seven year old stepson of Dr Whitney of Allston as an example.
Dr Heath discusses seven schools nearing 400 pupils with a tight daily routine from 6 40 in the morning to 7 30 at night and meals including boiled beef fish hash soup and beans The Home for Destitute Catholic Children on Harrison avenue and Concord street cares for up to 200 youths with Sisters of Charity directing care since 1864 and a generous annual list of subscriptions from periodicals and magazines by Beadle's Saturday Journal to Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie's illustrated weekly
A church home for 100 orphaned children on N street in South Boston was toured. Operated under the Episcopal church, the facility cares for 100 children, roughly half boys and girls, who were enjoying a lively romp on the playground during the visit.
Dr Parkes estimates healthy men should walk nine miles daily on level ground. Housework counts as about three miles, leaving six miles of walking per day. Ground varies, so actual needs differ by circumstances, age, season, and sex, with caution for youth and effort to avoid bedridden decline.
A fragment discusses coal as a valuable item, likening its size to a woman's kiss. The text reads as a quirky aside about the allure and perceived value of buying coal, with a humorous comparison to affection. The source resembles a clipped newspaper snippet or column heading with playful tone.
Hale's Honey cures coughs at 25 and 50 cents. Glenn's Sulphur Soap promises healing and beautification. German Corn Remover targets corns and bunions. Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye offers black and brown. Pike's Toothache Drops claim one minute relief at 25 cents. Dean's Rheumatic Pills advertised as a sure cure at 50 cents.
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