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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1880
Page
3
The article explains strawberry cultivation evolves with soil and climate, shifting from old field culture to modern methods. It covers soil types, deep beds, manuring, mulch, and the rise of pot grown plants, plus planting seasons, single row versus matted beds, and practical advice for large and small plantings.
Practical guide from The Ploughman on tobacco handling and curing, tobacco house layouts, and extensive pruning advice for apple, pear, peach, plum, cherry, grape, blackberry, raspberry, currant, and gooseberry. Emphasizes minimal pruning, proper timing, and keeping trees healthy for better yields.
The author argues feeding quality affects milk and butter color and texture. He endorses bran, middlings, and cornmeal blends, notes buckwheat and brewer's grains lower butter quality, and highlights cotton-seed cake as best for color and yield. Advises not to overfeed, cites a safe daily ration and benefits of balanced combos for profitable, healthy cows.
The article extols mulching with coarse organic matter to conserve soil moisture, reduce weed growth, and protect roots in dry or cold conditions. It also discusses manure fermentation, surface versus deep burial benefits, and practical top-dressing guidance for orchards and fields, with cautions on muck and frequency.
A clipped fragment notes how a barn should be kept closed in rainy weather to prevent exposure. The text appears as an old world style tip, emphasizing protection of contents from rain and damp conditions.
A Rural New Yorker item describes daily rations for an 800 pound cow, detailing hay chopped into chaff mixed with meal, root and fodder options, and the economic balance of labor versus fodder. It notes cutting fodder saves work and compares costs of labor to feed preparation.
The piece argues rain follows battles is unsupported by hydrogen and combustion science. It critiques Bell’s rain tower idea, calculating moisture limits for a twenty foot tower and comparing with locomotive evaporation. It notes dry plains of Colorado and Utah show no practical rainfall from this method and questions any feasible influence on atmospheric moisture.
A detailed discussion on wheat cultivation covers clover sod use, stable manure, and commercial fertilizers. It emphasizes nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash, with practical mixes like sulphate of ammonia, superphosphates, bone dust, and gypsum. It notes expected 1680 wheat yields and the impact of prices on American and British farmers.
Analysis estimates hundreds of locomotives release 12 000 pounds of steam per hour each, filling the dry atmosphere and altering weather across the West. Each hour 210 million cubic feet of steam enters air, mixing with ten times that amount of air, contributing to changed rainfall patterns since railways expanded across the region.
Mr. Talmage spent several days in Lead but that will scarcely excuse his use of the ken o, whatever that may be, in places where he should say amen.
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