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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1881
Page
2
The article surveys saddle horse demand and gait quality, detailing walk fox trot single foot and rack, plus necessary traits like responsive mouth and alert temper. It warns against overuse and cold cooling, then covers fodder corn curing cider making celery handling storing and fall seeding of grasses with practical tips and cautions.
A reader asks about pig feeding for young and old stock and the range needed for 25 pigs plus beets and corn. The tobacco section explains ripeness cues, topping and suckering timing, and best practices, including a hot-air curing method to achieve gold leaf color and quality.
A detailed 19th century farming note explains a three year crop rotation centered on red clover to prevent soil exhaustion. On a 160 acre farm with grain, cattle, sheep, hogs, and horses it outlines field division, seeding plans, and manure practices. It asserts yields of 26.5 bushels wheat per acre and 53.3 bushels corn per acre on 35 and 30 acre plots respectively, plus social and labor benefits.
A general view of the hop growing region in New York indicates a lighter overall yield than last year. Prospects vary by area with Sangerfield yards strongest, Marshall yards fair, Madison yards fair but below 48 last year, and Bouckville showing promise. From Pratt's Hollow to Oneida yields are well below prior year levels, with many farmers forecasting at most two thirds of last year's output under favorable conditions.
Poem exhorts that death is only a passage to immortal life with images of stars, leaves, birds, and angels returning loved ones. The item ends with a newspaper ad and notices urging readers to contact Medina for human hair goods and listing job placements at the V. F. A. office on Winter Street.
A late 19th century Grist Mill page features a roster of charades, anagrams, and word puzzles from Dorchester and Boston with editors and contributors. It lists prize-winners, solutions, and notices, plus a regional poem on the early fall mosquito and an ad column for Lydia E. Pinkham’s remedy and immigration promotions. The item preserves names, places, and multiple puzzle titles with short, period-appropriate notes.
An account of the Sisters of Notre Dame highlighting founder Mere Julie Billiart to be beatified in Rome. It notes their growth from Amiens to Namur, the Liverpool training college silver jubilee, 1000 teachers sent, and a Highlands academy in the city with about fifty pupils under seven sisters.
London Standard correspondent at The Hague recounts an interview with Dr Edward Nathan Ganz, secretary of the International. Ganz discusses his aims, the London Socialist Congress, and suspicions of mouchards, denying propaganda aims while noting fears of police action and possible travel to America or France.
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