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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1884
Page
2
A detailed Victorian guide to cider craft noting apple types for strong malic flavor, optimal harvest timing in autumn, grinding and pressing methods, controlled fermentation to avoid vinegar, and bottling practices. Emphasizes small casks, cold storage, lime wash, and careful racking to preserve sweetness and vigor.
The piece argues for early spring piglets to fatten by autumn, noting gestation of 112 days and the need for good breeding stock and ample feed. It advises starting sows from autumn pasture, supplementing with grain, and using well-bred boars to avoid pen damage. It highlights northern versus southern climates and aims at profitable private-customer pork supply.
A corrected table presents average fodder composition with digestible contents and nourishment proportions. It shows that forming one pound albuminous substance requires twenty four pounds of fodder, digestible carbon hydrate four pounds, and fatty substance ten pounds. Nitrogen rich fodders have higher value while fatty fodders lower value. The method aids assessing fodder value and manure quality.
Dr Voelcker, speaking to Royal Agricultural College students, warns that steamed bonemeal and other artificial manures do not reliably benefit permanent pasture. He advises feeding decorticated cottonseed cake, bean meal, oatmeal, and other concentrates to dairy stock, noting varied results and the need to balance pasture with rich feed while monitoring milk quality and cow health.
Health of livestock hinges on rich fodder and manure profit. Oatmeal for cows is noted as superior to corn meal, richer in albuminoids and fat, aiding milk production. Its use could reduce bran and Indian meal in dairy rations, depending on local price and profitability.
The Indiana Farmer notes fattening pigs should be gradual and kept on pasture with green feed. Partial green diets plus some solid food like corn yield healthier pork and lower costs than a steady ear of dry corn. Ground or cooked feed aids digestion. pure dry corn can taint the system and be uneconomical.
The writing explains that cud is not part of the cow’s system but a portion of its food brought up from the paunch by a muscular action, then remasticated. It clarifies that cudging is not swallowing backward but stomach activity. illness stops this process until recovery.
The article argues that farm profits hinge on knowledge and deliberate farming methods. It praises careful soil study, seed selection, improved stock and equipment, and ongoing education through clubs, books, papers, and farmers institutes to raise yields and profits.
The article notes long settled country pastures have deteriorated from overgrazing and subsequent briars, moss, and bush encroachment. It argues for targeted renewal including bone fertilizers for dairy pastures, top-dressing with bone meal or superphosphate, and selective reseeding only where needed, preserving strong old sods. It cites J B Lawes on bone fertilizer success and Q K Nichols on cows removing bone materials annually.
A dairy expert cites long lived pastures as superior to reseeded grass and argues for diverse grass mixtures to provide grazing from May to November. Guidance covers seed blends, soil treatments, topdressing with manure or meadow mud, and practices like sheep grazing to control weeds and improve run out fields.
Very fine cabbage heads can be grown twenty five miles south of La Plume and sold July 20 after sowing in September and wintering in cold frames. Properly hardened plants set in April can yield market-ready heads ahead of spring crops, with strong varieties like Jersey Wakefield Earl Sumner Fottler and Bleichfield recommended.</s>
Practical guidance on stacking hay and straw to protect contents, using straw on top, feeding straw with grain to winter stock, and the value of clover, sheep, hogs, and poultry in orchards and gardens. Advice covers hay and straw storage, pig and turkey growth, fowl feeding, and preparing hop houses for winter.
Practical guidance for Eastern poultry growers on feeding grain, fattening, and packing to compete with Western stock. Emphasizes planting grains, using wheat in feed, and selecting hardy stock, with insights on incubation, breed choices, and maximizing egg and meat yields.
A catalog of magazine titles and publishing houses appears, listing periodicals such as Arthur's Home Magazine American Dairyman Atlantic Monthly and more. It notes subscription rules and addresses for placing orders, including limitations on multiple magazines per address and the need to specify start issues.
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