Farm formula for wheat and goose notes in Globe pages
Message from J W W Harrington and A H W discusses wheat fertilizer formulas from the Globe March 4 1884 issue. Details compare two split applications for winter wheat and acidulation options for Charleston phosphate and bone meals. Also offers notes on goose-raising habits and care with practical commentary on housing, feed, and losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
J. W. W. Harrington
Del
GLOBE
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
A. H.W
Treatment of Wheat in Western Missouri Sparks Miller Debate
A Western Missouri farming inquiry to RK Davis, St Joseph miller, examines whether wheat should be threshed from the shock or sweat in the stack and seeks best harvest timing. Davis warns against cutting too green, explains the sweat process, sun bleaching dangers, and advises four to five days in dry weather or longer in damp periods before stacking. He cautions against threshing green wheat and notes significant weight loss from sun and rain exposure.
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Missouri
RK. T. Davis
St. Joseph
Luree
Norwwesterp
Feathers and Goose Breeding Lose Popularity
The piece discusses the decline of feather use for beds, noting feathers are impractical in modern weather and disliked in summer. It laments the hard work of gathering five-geese feathers, traditionally left to the farmer's wife, and recalls the author helping his mother by catching geese and handling the birds during feather collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prisners
Farmers urged to favor lamb and sheep over beef
A writer argues farmers should regulate traveling butchers and diversify meat sources by raising and consuming mutton and lamb. He notes lamb is cheaper than beef and suggests a small flock of sheep could supply a family and boost local meat supply, contrasting city beef demand with rural abundance. He cites practical steps from Kirby Homestead and reflects on profits and health.
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New York State
Texas
Kirby Homestead
Catching a Rooster Goes From Quest to Comedy
A narrator recounts a comical failed attempt to catch a rooster. After half an hour of chasing the stubborn bird through a barnyard the rooster slips away only to be pursued again. A chaotic scramble ends with the prize captured but misidentified by his wife, who reveals the wrong rooster was seized and dinner spoiled. The tale ends with the fruitless hunt continuing.
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Pere Mae
Seed-time Hessian fly and wheat pest history
The seed time opens with the Hessian fly risk to young wheat. Originating in Staten Island in 1776, the two winged pest spreads along the Atlantic slope and beyond, with a life cycle including eggs laid on the blade midrib, a pale red larva, and a brown pupa resembling a flaxseed. The fly haunts winter crops and can produce two generations yearly, threatening fields unless interrupted by crop rotation and favorable weather.
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England
New Harmony
Ind
Say
Staten Island
Lord Howe
Atlantic
Allecantes
Pacific
Wheat and weeds test crop yields from unmanured land
Sir J. B. Lawes argues cereals rely on plant labor and soil fertility. An unmanured half acre produced about thirteen bushels per acre, while protected ground yielded similar. Weeds,especially couch grass, drastically reduce cereal yields and demand cleaner farming.
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J. B. Lawes
Vintage grafting wax recipe improves fruit tree wounds
An older note explains pruning wounds heal slowly and may injure trees. It introduces a French chemist Letert’s liquid grafting wax made from rosin beef tallow turpentine and strong alcohol. The method coats wounds to protect until new wood forms, works for blight exposed centers, and is applied with a turkey feather.
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M. Letert
Orchard limbs die after severe shortening wounds
Orchard trees show many top branches dying after being severely shortened by foot or more. Experts say proper wound protection could have prevented these losses and promoted healing.
Growing Wheat Cheaply and Improving Farming Methods
The essay argues American wheat farmers must cut costs to compete with Western and foreign growers. It cites low labor costs abroad and the need for higher yields through heavy manuring and clean culture. Examples from England and a New York nursery firm illustrate large per-acre crops, while warning that low prices pressure farming unless costs are reduced and production expands.
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India
England
New York State
Tasing
Agricultural Bureau
Ethicf
Fattening Stock A Practical Guide For Farmers
A Prairie farmer warns that fattening stock requires study and disciplined methods. He discusses feeding quality and quantity, housing warmth and quiet, regular feeding, proper stall use, and avoiding wasteful practices while noting costs of equipment like steamers and silos for larger operations.
How Milk Age and Rennet Change Cheese Texture
A historical observation on cheese making notes that milk age and sweetness affect firmness. It explains that older sour milk yields drier, harder cheese while newer sweet milk yields softer cheese. It also identifies rennet quantity and curd cutting as factors that govern whey separation and cheese texture.
Effects of Curd Size and Temperature on Cheese Whey Loss
From the National Live Stock Journal, Bennet’s method notes that leaving curd large and uncut slows whey escape, yielding softer cheese. Blood heat accelerates whey separation at 98 degrees, and extended keeping dries cheese. Souring dries cheese and should be guarded against for soft cheese production.
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Bennet
National Live Stock Journal
Notes on Weed Multiplication for the Farmer
A farmer’s guide to weed spread and persistence. Weeds invade uncultivated edges, adorn fields with beauty yet threaten crops by seeding everywhere. Wind and birds aid seed distribution. mullein and rag weed spread from neglected stubble, snowdrifts, and bird droppings. Even cleared land sees rapid colonization, complicating control efforts.
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Ile
Boeing
The Time and Manner of Ploughing Explained
Farmers should tailor ploughing to soil type and crop needs. Deep ploughing benefits river, limestone, and well drained soils while thin soils with poor subsoil require shallow work until subsurface maturation occurs. Wet lands require drainage before deep ploughing and a medium five to six inch depth is generally advised.
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Beyine
Ploughing Rules for Sandy and Clay Soils
Farmers note that sandy or dry soil needs fat ploughing to consolidate land while on heavy or strong soils furrows should be kept on the edge. Do not plough when too wet, but avoid over-dry heavy clay as it harms the field. Moisture should let furrows fall loose with no packing or lumps.
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Happy
Vermont
Northwest wheat farms face ruin from monster cropping
The piece argues that giant wheat farms in the Northwest exhaust soil and depress markets, predicting worn-out prairie lands like California and urging settlers to seek homes elsewhere. It cites W T Hastings of Graceville Minnesota accusing wheat growers of competing with Russian and Indian farmers and urging better land stewardship.
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California
Northwest
Great West
W. T. Hastings
Graceviile
Minn
India
Farming Insights From An 19th Century Guide
Topics cover soil amendments and preservation using wood ashes to neutralize acids in superphosphate, lime treatment for leaves, cabbage worm and rose bug remedies, wheat sowing timing, thinning fruit, drainage, tomato and potato storage, care for poultry and cattle, and rational farming economics. Includes advice on breeding, feeding, and farm management to maximize yields and profits.
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Putin
Connecticut Experimental Station
Wilmington
Del
Marechal Neil
United
Poten
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakota
Dai
Magazine subscription price list and order note
A long list of periodicals with prices and formats, including American Poultry Journal British Quarterly Review and Harper's. The notice states no multiple magazine dispatches to one address, requests one subscription per address, and asks readers to specify start issue and avoid forwarding new copies. It ends with address instructions for new copies and notices.
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Arthur’s Home Magazine
American Dairyman
American Poultry Journal
Atlantic Monthly
American Art Journal
American Garden
American Naturalist
Burlington Hawkeye
Boys of
New York
Ballou's Magazine
Bee-keeper’s Magazine
Babyland
Boston Pilot
Boston Medical Journal
Stobisp
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Christian Leader
Century Magazine
Connecticut Farmer
Chicago Agpande
Christian Herald
Courier-Journal
Demorest’s
Donahoe's Magazine
Tsenrerdccseess Soo
Detroit Free Press
Eclectic
Edinburgh Review
Ceessees
Forney
Frank Leslie
Popular Monthly
Germantown Telegraph
Green's Fruit Recorder
Gardner’s Monthly
Gus Tabacut Betgurtees
Saale
Godey
Golden Days
Homie Circle
Harper’s Magazine
Harper's Weekly
Harper's Buzar
Harper's Young People
Herald of Health
Home Journal
Tudiana Farmer
Independent
International Review
Iowa Homestead
Journal of Microscopy
Journal of Chemistry
le Francais
Lippincott’s Magazine
London Lancet
London
London Quarterly Review
Secerreenser Magazine
American History Mining Record
Mother’s Magazine
North American Review
N. Y. Medical Journal
N.Y. Fashion Bazar
N. ¥ Weekly
Ohio Farmer
Ccreessserees Puck
Portland Transcript
Ee Phrenological Journal
Miamis
Cecaper
Bop
Princeton Review
Prairie Farmer
Peterson's Lady's Magazine
Popular Science Monthly
Produce Exchange Bulletin
Philadelphia Medical Times
Practical Farmer
Rideout’s Magazine
New Yorker
Saturday Evening Post
Scientific American
Itsness
Sunday School Times
Sunny South
St. Nicholas
Secees
San Francisco Chronicle Okly
Spirit of the Times
the Republic
Boston
the Critic
Vick
Westminster Review
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Andrew H. Ward
Congress
Israel
Ceese
Indiana
THE
Weekly Globe Club
Peat
Shea
Yeeaaner
Raba
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