Agricultural notes on potatoes and fruit grafts
The piece urges frequent potato cultivation but warns against hilling after tubers set, emphasizes readiness of harvest tools, and praises the best mowing machines as cost effective. It notes Sar Brown & Templin grafted 133,000 apple trees recently and criticizes buying from outside nurseries. It previews Indiana fair September 5 to 10 with 15,000 in premiums and hints at state fair rivalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
sar-Brown & Templin
Indiana Agricultural, Mechanical and Horticultural Association
Indianapolis
Clover Haying Tales and Preservation Challenges
The piece notes clover should be cut when half the blossoms die to seed later. It warns clover hay dries poorly, leaves can be lost if stems dry, and sap causes molding if green. A proposed method layers clover and straw in the mow to preserve moisture and flavor, to be tested by farmers.
Sheat or Chess In Wheat Fields A Pest Warns Farmers
An article identifies Bromus Secalinus known as chess or sheat as a native European weed now common in wheat. It is an annual invasive plant, growing three to four feet tall with hairy leaves, highly prolific in seed production, and hardy against freezing and wet conditions. It spreads from one grain to many seeds, survives adverse weather, and should be eradicated with careful seed cleaning and hand threshing to prevent contamination of wheat.
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Europe
Gesik
Lochinapolis
America
New York
James S. Negley
Pittsburg
Tnke
Joseph Orr
Laporte
Indiana
West
Cicinnati Times
Christian Advocate
Cincinnati Gazette
Bural
New Yorker
The
Indiana Journal
Brano & Callowetn
Indianapolis
Ind
Superintendent Pushes Fair Ground Improvements
Mr. John M. Leach, our efficient Superintendent, urges completion of fair ground improvements and calls for funds. He asks all life members and nonmembers alike to contribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Leach
Fair Ground
Agricultural Report of Howard County June 1
The Howard County Agricultural Society executive board assisted in preparing the June 1 agricultural report. The data cover wheat and barley acreages versus last year, oats and clover areas, spring pasture and fruit crop conditions, maple sugar and molasses outputs, sheep losses by disease, spring lamb losses, and the date of annual sheep shearing. It also notes average crop conditions for cows calves and fruit blooms including apples peaches pears and the overall crop condition assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard County Agricultural Society
Indiana Horticultural Society Ninth Annual Session Report
A review of the ninth annual Indiana Horticultural Society report notes its 154 pages covering session proceedings in Indianapolis, fruit culture essays, and small-fruit articles. It highlights Reuben Ragan’s pioneering role, praises the volume, cites typographical flaws, and urges membership through Mercer Brown. It also offers practical pest control tips and discusses carbolic acid as a disinfectant for farming use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State Horticulticultural Society
Indianapolis
Reuben Ragan
Indiana
Mercer Brown
Simplicity Outshines Elaborate Fashion This Season
Harper's Bazar argues that a young woman with a simple, unadorned dress can outshine rivals surrounded by extravagant hairstyles and costly fabrics. The piece notes that white or black gowns framed by lavish costumes often enhance others’ beauty rather than one’s own.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Bazar
A Family Suitor In Court Drama At Oakland
A young Oakland merchant faced breach of promise charges after taking another wife. The trial featured the plaintiff’s mother, a red faced matron, who cried out in court that the defendant deceived them all. The scene was recounted in Editor's Drawer notes from Harper's Magazine June edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Harper’s Magazine
Leeds Trades and Auctions Offer Across extensive Goods and Lands
A historical advertises livestock crops land and goods for sale or trade. It lists cows horses sheep 40 acres white county 200 acre farm 595 acres near Soux City Iowa 40 head of sheep groceries maps charts and incentives for buyers with pictures and maps for purchases of five ten or fifteen dollars. Offers include trading land for property cash or notes and various barter options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
White County
Fulton County
Universal Clothes Wringer Promises Labor Saving Power
Lately madie improved and the Universal Clothes Wringer with Rowell patent double cog wheels and patent stop is praised as superior to all washing devices. Testimonials from clergy and editors claim it saves labor, preserves garments, and justifies its cost. offers include refund of freight if unsatisfied after a month and discounts for dealers.
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Madie
Rev
L. Scott
F. D. van Slyck
Dem. Republican
Hamilton
N.Y
Weekly Tribune
R. C. Browning
Cortlandt St
New York
Yaller Dogs and Noah on the Ararat voyage
Noah curses a yellow dog aboard the Ararat bound for sea with hyperbolic maledictions and comic boisterous wit. The galler dog eludes misfortune while the captain endures a chaotic boarding. The narrator muses on canine mischief and human folly amid traveler tales. June and October are cited as perfect months.
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Nosha
Ararat
Noah
Yaller
Ife
Delmontco’s
Albany
Tran Tran
Tripe
Hess
Ladies Own Magazine advertisement excerpt
A promotional paragraph extols Ladies Own Magazine as a superb monthly offering general literature essays poems fashions economy and more. It claims broad appeal and popularity with glowing quotes from Olive Logan and the Herald of Boston and offers yearly terms of $1.65 to agents Bhaxpo Carowens publishers.
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Olive Logan
Jlinots
Herald
Boston
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Agricultural
J. Templin
Harmers
Agricultural Report of
Howard County
Horticultural Transactions
Rail Road
Sherman Ifouse
Washington Bt
Sherman
R. R. Street
Siherman
Clay Street
Leed's
P.C.& St LR
Wisconsin
Washington Street
Boose & Chandler's
Soux City
Towa
Bea
Doty
Mark Twain
AGS
Dr Wonderful
Heaven
de. Sage
Propriet
R. V. Pierce
M.D
Gly the
Ars
Werster
Beeo
Walker
Harvard
P. Drexcer
Pr. Dick
Scotland
Lang
John C. Whittier
Kent
Poes
George Bancroft
Prinella
Elihu Burritt
Hitchcock
National Pictorial Dictionary
American Educational Monthly
G. & Merriam
Springfield Mass
All
John Hancock Lifetas
Mass
Wilcox & Gybbs
Cornell, Ward & Comeegs
Lake Street
Chicago
Flaitroad St
Clinton House
Rubotton
Hendricks County
D. B. Hendrickson & Son
PL & 1 RL
Massachusetts
Mn ‘A
W.S. Shortridge
Bradley Supt
David Dennison
Union Central
Life Insurance Cos
Cincinnati
Ohio
PLP
Peck
N.W. Harris
EL Harvey
Journ Davis
WM. T. Davis
SEC
Reri
Ladies Own Magazine
Address Bhaxpo & Carowens, Publishers
Journan
Ladies Own
B.H. Buck
Kokomo
Republican Platform
Union Republican Party of Indians
Dellious
Genese
Ugg
United States
Giese
Congress
Els
Strin
Thicwe
Inneda
Arborea
Edu Lowe
General Assembly
Baker
Silicers
Indlira
Notics
Jonathan Covall
Sarah Powell
Hig
Canara
Court of Common
Rsh
Winslow
Clerk, Co. PLC
Howard Court
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