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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1894
Page
5
Garden notes advise choosing a warm rich site for autumn and winter celery beds with soil prepared by spading plowing and harrowing. Seed is scattered thinly in 12 inch rows then firmed by rake and foot traffic. It covers best on strong moist soil with early thinning to create plants with well developed roots for easy handling and longer life.
Instructions on harvesting and marketing asparagus note choosing between blanched and nonblanched shoots, proper cutting height, using litter to blanch, removing seedling plants, preventing beetle damage, avoiding overharvesting, sorting for uniform length, using rubber bands for tying, and storing shoots in a cool room with water at the base.
The moth infestation grew from a 2 mile by 2/3 mile zone to 220 square miles across 80 towns. Last year nine border towns were cleared. central area remains, though numbers are down. The New England Homestead urges a $165000 legislative appropriation to continue eradication, warning Massachusetts must act.
A farm journal describes a simple log jack made from two hardwood planks nailed close together with holes drilled for sliding iron pegs. It uses a lever of wood or iron, a short chain and hook, and a chain hooked to the tor.
The article describes a lever device to lift heavy loads by one person, using a front and back pin arrangement and a six foot lever. It then discusses millet feeding practices, sowing one bushel per acre, cutting with a binder, bundling and stacking, and notes a dry 1887 season with oats failures but successful millet on corn ground after a rain.
The maple won a statewide schoolchildren poll with 5714 votes from 30 towns counted so far. Elm and oak followed with 5228 and 3700 votes. seven towns remain, not altering the outcome. New Shoreham showed near unity for the maple, while Providence favored the elm. chestnut and birch trails.
A period-era ad extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for "female weakness" claiming it makes motherhood pleasant, reduces childbirth pains, shortens labor, and boosts nourishment for the child, appealing to prospective and current mothers.
The piece surveys Florida’s varied landscapes from Jacksonville to Pensacola and highlights how impressions depend on entry point with Tallahassee offering hills and orchards while the Tampa region shows lakes and growing towns. It also cites D E Carr of Kansas City praising Chamberlains Pain Balm for inflammatory rheumatism after winter pain in Wisconsin.
A catalog of US Department of Agriculture publications from 1894 including Farmers' Bulletins on potato blight downy mildew and potato scab, leguminous green manuring, pollination of pear flowers and San Jose scale, plus reports from the Division of Statistics on crops and prices and road improvement notes for Georgia and Arkansas.
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