Best practice for broom corn on common farms
Moore's Rural New Yorker offers practical broom corn guidance for non heavy clay soils. Follow drill planting, mid May sowing, careful seed prep, and progressive cultivation to reduce weeds. Harvest starts mid September with staged breaking, drying, and threshing, then storage in a dry house. Seed yield about 50 to 75 bushels per acre with 500 to 800 pounds of brush per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Emery
Albany
N. Y
New York
Apples for the West: a pomologist's view on desirable varieties
The Ruralist explains which apple varieties suit Western latitude, naming Keswick Codling, Sops of Wine, Early Pennock, Lowell, Cooper, Irish Peach, Golden Sweet, and Baker's Sweet as top market candidates. It notes autumn options like Fall Pippin and Maiden's Blush, and adds farming guidance on soil fertility and crop rotation.
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the Tribune
Keswick Codling
Keswick
England
Chicago
Williams
Lowell
Kennicott
Duchess of Oldenburgh
Chemistry in Farming Soil and Plant Nutrition
The text explains how soil composition and structure affect plant nutrition. It details mineral dissolution in water, capillary action, subsoil drainage, and the role of moisture cycles in delivering nutrients to roots. It emphasizes surface area, rapid water movement, and chemical changes enabling mineral availability for plant growth.
Orchard Care Yields Profits from Attentive Cultivation
L L Faremno of Rolling Prairie Wis argues that neglect ruins orchards while diligent yearly attendance prevents pests and supports growth. He contrasts two neighbors with two acres each. one neglected produced poor fruit, the other thriving with three to five hundred bushels sold at varying prices, urging careful culture to gain profits in fruit growing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Faremno
Tract Society
A.T. Stevwart
Stewart
Wilmington
Illinois
Steel
Ilis
Doolittle
Josh Billings
Kelly
Trishman
Kurnel
Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas
Daniel Webster
Gerona Micutry
Cincinnati Times
Little Miami
Fort Gibson
Cincinnati
Washington City
Auburn Prison
Milking With Wet Hands Warns Against Dirty Dairy Habits
A Rural New Yorker note warns that wetting hands and teats with milk taints dairy products and lowers quality. It urges washing udders with clean water, milking with dry hands, and maintaining cleanliness to improve butter and cheese, plus higher prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
Odds and Odds and Oddities Across 19th Century Wit
A mosaic of quips, comic sketches, and anecdotes from 1860s America. Jokes about soap, barber poles, and a shaver in a striped hose mix with notes on humorous writers and politicians. Vignettes include a train incident in Savannah, botany tricks to keep trespassers away, a Trast Society revival misread, and a printer partnership pun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Cramp
Amos
Josh Billings
Wimmin
Savannah
Greeley
The
Boston Post
Vineland offered as ideal farming settlement near Philadelphia
Vineland in New Jersey presents 60 square miles of rich soil for farms from 20 acres, five and ten acre plots, and town lots with four year terms. It highlights wheat and fruit soils, proximity to rail links to New York and Philadelphia, climate benefits, and a planned town with schools and churches.
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Union
Philadelphia
New Jersey
New York
Vineland
New England
Middle States
Boston
Trai
NEW York Day Express
Atlantic
Great Wean
Columbus
Buffalo
Ner Exchange
Michigan
York Time
Hornellayille Tit Pasquenanne
Turner
Binghampton
Albany Land
Sharon Springs
Great Bend
Ware, Lackawanna & Western
Jersey City
Midnight Express
New Jersey Railroad
Philadelp
Cleveland
Borne Adt Sarial
Donktk
Union Depot
Avon
Hornellsville
Lightning Express
Leavittsburg
Meadville
Wellsville
Sapper
New
Elmira
Imia F
Cincinnati Express
Arives
Mira
Williamsport
Harrisburg
South
Owego
Ithaca
Bing
Cooperstown
Albany
Alana
Newburgh
Warwick
York
Vineland settlement pressed as ideal locale for growth
A long promotional piece extols Vineland as a thriving settlement near Philadelphia with near-term liquor vote history, strong health and climate, proximity to major cities, and appeal for farming and manufacturing. It argues residents benefit from nearby communities, family security, and favorable market access while avoiding distant frontiers and fevers.
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Stephenson County
Romulus
Seneca Co
Joseph Morris
New England Mariner
Rolling Prairie, Wis
Farmen
Ome
Germantown
Journal of Agriculture
Vanderbilt and
Fisk
Bolon Robinson
Hsg
New York Tribune
Charles T.jackson
Mass
West
Virginia
Methodist Conference
United States
Consistingiof Methodist, Presbyterian
Baptist
Episcopal, Unitarians
Masonic
Odd Fellow
Lyceum
Tvery Hent
Wildernong
Swat
Patience
Solon Robinson
Chase T. Tacks
Vineland P.O
Erie Railway
Bosto
Dunkirk
Chemung
Susquehanna
Delaware
Ramapo
Oo Cnistal
Erie Rail
Prncipal
Bel
D. Rucker
Ws. R
Bloomington
Norern & Or F Puchess
Ogdenburg
Byer
F. K. Phenis
McLear
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