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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1882
Page
2
The article outlines practical manure strategies for fall sowing of grain and rye, stressing efficient use of limited fertilizer. It covers spreading methods, soil heating, moisture, and mixing, plus the value of clover, silage, and potash, with notes on equipment like the Kemp manure spreader and top-dressing timing.
Practical guidance on fall garden care from seedling protection to pruning and soil management. Emphasis on shaking plum trees to reduce curculio, pruning practices for grapes raspberries and strawberries, winter protections for beets turnips parsnips cabbages and lettuce, soil improvement, trenching techniques, and preserving crops for winter. Insights reflect 19th century gardening advice and common horticultural practices of the era.
October weather favors harvest of roots apples and pears. Repair greenhouses and heating for November. Lettuce needs shelter in cold frames with mats, hotbed beds require mild heat and watch for lice and cabbage worm. Celery banking, fall ploughing, and cold frames prepared for winter use are advised.
Professor A J Cook outlines wintering strategies for bees including feeding to September, securing stores in hives, and using division boards and cushions. It compares chaff hives, outside wintering, and cellar wintering with emphasis on ventilation, temperature around 46 Fahrenheit, sub earth pipes, and minimizing spring dwindling.
W D Philbrick notes in New England Farmer that sowing lettuce and cabbage plants in a February hotbed yields far better plants at about half the cost compared with wintering from September seeds in a cold frame. The cold frame still needs night shelter mats and shutters, while spring airing reduces care needs.
The article reviews ensilage methods from cutting to packing and filling silos, including use of mowing machines and hand labor. It notes fine cutting improves storage, explains pressure needs, discusses costs from field to silo, and recommends rapid, thorough filling and keeping the silage under pressure until cool. It covers dairy benefits and general livestock usefulness, with caveats about occasional negative effects and quality variation.
Advertisement touts Dr Bull's Cough 8up as a cure for colds sore throat and related ailments offered at 25 cents per bottle or bet with claims of rapid relief in a period newspaper tone featuring a bold sales pitch and consumer pricing.
The Department of Agriculture notes that ensilage can support cattle and horses but does not replace grain. Cows fed fifty to sixty pounds plus dry fodder and grain show good milk yields, though corn ensilage alone is not sufficient for milk cows. Feeding should include hay daily and some grain unless already provided in ensilage.
A 19th century farming note details a low cost lime milk paint recipe using slaked lime, sweet milk, and silicate of soda to cover wood brick stone or metal surfaces. It notes color variations with lampblack Venetian red and ultramarine and emphasizes ease of use for farmers with basic brushes.
An Rochester Democrat and Chronicle article features Dr J B Henson detailing his near death from Bright's disease and urging early kidney focus. Warner and Lattimore corroborate rising kidney disease, its stealthy symptoms, and claim Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure can cure many cases.
L. B. Crozier of the Mississippi Silk Company warns enthusiasts against overpromising profits and against discouragement of newcomers. He outlines practical steps: start with first-rate silkworm eggs in November, hatch with the first buds, keep eggs cold and dry, avoid moisture mold, use prime mulberry leaves, feed worms regularly, and begin with one-half to one ounce of eggs on a small scale. If mulberry leaves fail, plant osage orange hedge as a temporary substitute.
Fragmentary item notes a product named Conn Remover being sold by a drug store for 26 cents. The line is sparse but indicates a trade listing or advertisement from a historic paper. No clear date or location is provided.
The New York Herald notes Boston's ruling class fears General Butler’s gubernatorial nomination. It contrasts him with Senator Hoar, recalls past accusations of influence for a neighbor, and questions whether Butler’s boldness surpasses Hoar’s and Howe’s sectional rhetoric.
The piece contrasts Senator Hoar and General Butler, calling both moderate yet complicit in large swindles with river and harbor bills. It questions why Boston treats one as respectable yet the other unfavorably and asks if Butler could be a better governor than Hoar.
An interviewer reports dealers in surgical instruments reveal the growing use of hypodermic syringes to inject morphine for intoxication. Gold silver rubber and other syringes sell for 150 to 10 dollars as addicts receive multiple daily injections. Women are noted as more frequent users and the habit damages the physical system.
A careeenon from cold notes less tendency to take cold and easier control when ill. A patient reports no winter cold, improved hemor rhage, hoarseness fading, and better appetite. Another claims great benefit from Compound Oxygen, with increased vitality and cold prevention. Treatise with cases offered by Starkey and Palen in Philadelphia for free.
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