09 Sep 1879
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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1879
Page
3
Advice column inviting farmer correspondence from across the country on farm life. Practical guidance covers live stock feeding and watering, lambing, pear ripening and packing, cider from windfalls, bean and corn harvest prep, late sowing of rye, fertilizer use on wheat, pasture management, buckwheat timing, stalk binding for shocks, osier willows for bands, and early digging of potatoes with beetle control.
The article explains the 1878 U S wheat crop of 400 million bushels, the domestic use of 230 million, and 170 million exported mainly to Britain. It details distribution through merchants, railways, elevators, and bankers, the prices influenced by transport costs and speculation, and the farmer’s role in understanding markets. It also covers cranberry bed location and preparation, planting, flooding, harvesting, and profitability, with notes on equipment, labor, and yields.
Elmira Farmers' Club debated methods to stop bush sprouts after cutting. A member tested moon timing with mixed results, while another used salt on stubs last July August with successful suppression. They favored fall plowing and spring clearing to prepare land for wheat and clover.
Discusses seed-corn selection including ears per stalk and cob size, ripening time, red versus white cob effects, and sun drying versus storing in smoke houses. Also covers feeding fresh grass to hogs, benefits for growth and health, with notes on quantities, seasons, and alternative greens.
A London theatre column reviews the Gilbert Sullivan quarrel over Pinafore with D Oyly Carte and the Imperial and Opera Comique houses, notes Buckstone’s long career and pension status, and covers new Scottish inspired plays and Paris notes including Hernani at Theatre Francais and a failed Living Statue at Park Theatre.
Special correspondence notes the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio line from Houston to San Antonio, 212 miles, passing through rich sugar areas, Brazos bottoms, and numerous growing towns. It highlights Richmond, Orton county, New Philadelphia, Colorado county, Eagle Lake, Columbus, Welvar Schulenburg, Lavacca and Fayette counties, Gonzales and Caldwell counties, Seguin, and San Antonio as terminus. Immigrant settlement and land sales by the railroad promote opportunity along the route.
The article explains careful hand shelled corn selection, discarding imperfect grains, and storing ears in dry, temperature-stable places away from rain and mice. It describes braiding husks into ventilated strings for attic storage and classifies corn types into white and yellow, with flint and gourd seed subtypes, noting bread and stock uses.
A London Gardeners Chronicle piece warns exhibitions may push birds toward prize breeds kept for show and not eatable. It fears pampered birds will fail in hard winters, while market eggs may decline as farmers switch to hardier stock. It also discusses gapes cure and crossbreeding methods with Leghorns Hamburgs and light Brahma for better layers and larger birds.
A Philadelphia trainer tests a bulldog in a ventilated cellar. The white medium dog, weighing forty pounds, will be reduced to twenty nine for its fight. The animal runs on a treadle wheel for hours, is doused in warm water, rubbed, and cooled, then fed beef tea.
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