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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1893
Page
7
The catalog notes a late sweet corn variety named Country Gentleman, depicted in a cut, with 1898 claims of deep grain small cob and long ear. Also referenced is a valuable sweet corn and a new hundred-day field corn among the season’s introductions.
The article reviews several corn varieties including Hickory King noted for large grain and small cob with 7 to 9 inch ears and mid to early ripening suitability for thinner soils. It mentions One Hundred Day Bristol as a quick-harvest, Waterloo as extra early, and Pride of the North and Improved Learning with strong advocacy, detailing color and dent type traits.
An Ohio Farmer description shows a wheel hoe made from a mowing machine wheel eight inches in diameter with a five inch axle. A buggy spring cutter, braces, and strap iron handles form a compact tool ideal for cultivating close plantings. A second cut describes a burdock destroyer spud built from a broken crosscut saw plate attached to a rod and holes for depth. The note ends with a obituary passage for Phocion Howard and a brief items about M Laborde’s Legion of Honor nomination situation and a Brooklyn laundry venture.
A recipe from the New York Tribune explains clean utensils and a porcelain saucepan to start yeast rise. It details hop water with mashed potatoes, sugar, flour, and boiling water, plus overnight warm storage and long fermentation for an active home yeast that needs only a teaspoon of salt per four loaves.
M. Sumner Perkins argues in The Rural New Yorker that the Leghorn serves as the best laying fowl for farm business. He notes the breed excels in egg production, outpacing market breeds by at least four dozen eggs yearly, and even as fertilizer the Leghorn remains advantageous.
Indiana station experiments show uniform potato pieces yield more consistent crops. Pieces around 1, 2, or 3 ounces produce similar stalk and tuber numbers regardless of eye count, while larger pieces increase stalks. Eyes at the seed end behave as a single eye, not multiple productive eyes.
Attention is called to the catalogues for 1893 issued by leading nurserymen and seedsmen in various sections of the country. Many of these are mailed free on written application. The experienced need these catalogues to keep abreast with the times, for each season now marks new and improved varieties in every department. To beginners they are invaluable with their descriptions of standard sorts and cultural directions.
The text explains a riveted concave handle on a spade blade for strength, with long T shaped rivet heads to prevent splitting. It notes a large stall spade made from a hand saw blade about eight by two inches tapering to a point, used for garden spading. The description emphasizes lightness, sharpness, and practical construction.
The guide urges starting seeds under glass using hotbeds or frames for early, more vigorous crops. It stresses a south facing, well drained site with one foot of rich soil, crop rotation with rare exceptions, annual soil warming with manure, and planting in drills for higher yields and easier cultivation.
British authorities declare pleuro-pneumonia in Canada. To protect US stock, the secretary of agriculture requires all cattle from Canada to meet same conditions as imports from Europe. Secretary Rusk orders all neat cattle from Canada to enter at Buffalo quarantine station.
The article notes Florida phosphate deposits are seemingly inexhaustible. It also mentions Arizona's sheep industry thriving, a Chicago women’s congress on household economics at Lake Forest Park, and the simultaneous world agricultural congress in Chicago. It warns against feeding only hay to horses at light work due to poor condition and weight loss.
A woman loses a silver tip from her pocketbook after a search at home and along her routine path. Four days later a friend jokingly suggests Poe’s tip fits the lost corner, and it indeed matches the missing silver tip from the pocketbook.
The article describes a two yard wide fabric pattern for a Loie Fuller style skirt. It explains folding the material into a cornetshape, bias sewing, trimming to fit the waist band, and finishing to create a close fitting garb that drapes in graceful folds. It also notes a wedding gift of a silver or gold loving cup with monogrammed handles for the couple.
In Paris velvet sleeves exit with the old year as gowns display velvet bodices and detachable pelerines. A striking dress of black figured cloth features a purple velvet bodice, feather trimming, and a full back-skirt with barge hair lining. Gelatin and isinglass definitions follow in this fashion and culinary note.
A quirkyHumor column recalls an old saying about using worn hoopskirts as feed for goats. The playful verse poses a question about a missing family goat and references a comical solution attributed to an aged writer.
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