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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1883
Page
2
A compilation of agricultural and domestic guidance from 19th century sources. Advice covers soil fertility, family recipes, cooking measurements, fabric care, plowing techniques, livestock feeding, churn and butter quality, and dairy health practices.
Cor Rural New Yorker argues farmers neglect apiaries despite farming being a multi stock enterprise. It claims bees are undervalued, warning neglect causes wasted honey and urging equal regard with hogs cows and other stock. The note adds a brief line on Lt Southerland of the Fifty-sixth Regiment, eight feet four inches tall.
F. 2. Gerald argues experience shows many young colts harm their feet before age two by poor management. He cites a New England filly harmed by early shoeing and a two year old colt with a twisted forward foot from pasture. Regular hoof inspection, rasping, dry clean stalls, and roomy yards prevent ringbone and thrush.
Lima beans, popular with hobby growers, could become a large scale farm crop. They fetch higher prices as green beans and suit rich gravelly or sandy soils with phosphate manures. Plant in full sun with north-south rows four feet apart and ten feet between hills, eye downward planting not more than one inch deep, first of June planting, frequent cultivation until shade.
The Queen has ordered no lamb to be served in the royal household this year due to lamb mortality and depleted flocks. The measure aims to encourage replenishment as ewe lambs are kept for breeding, while producers warn continued consumption risks shortages and higher imports from New Zealand and Australia. The note cites a London News editorial and contrasts with other reactions including a Chicago remark on Congress duties on art.
A Vermont correspondent notes a large post 1880 emigration to the West with 4000 to 5000 leaving 1880 81 82 for sites in North Dakota Minnesota Nebraska and Colorado. The loss hits farming hardest as young farmers depart and German and Swedish laborers are imported to ease the shortage.
Near town RK.10 Cock reports a discovery of redwood and yellow pine forest about eighty miles east. He and a companion hiked to headwaters of the Sisquoc, found a 600 ft waterfall, a grand canyon, and a two to three mile long grove of ancient redwoods. Timber perches large, yet accessibility remains poor. he plans further exploration.
The essay argues hedges and live fences originated with labor-rich Britain, where clipped hawthorn and yew once shaped gardens. It warns that hedges demand costly, timely pruning, often rendering them impractical in the United States where timber or wire fences offer cheaper protection. It evaluates species, notes Osage orange and acacia hedges, and cautions that neglect turns hedges into wasteful ornaments. It also covers ornamental silk flowers and the labor-intensive production of artificial blooms, contrasting with limited machine use and suggesting untapped potential for Yankee innovation in related machinery.
The piece notes rapid growth in artificial flower production across New York Philadelphia and Chicago. It cites changes in sourcing with some leading houses moving away from foreign goods, and mentions Modjeska as a fashion influencer. It reflects on winter manufacture of white flowers and workers anticipating a brighter season.
The article explains soaking beans in cold water drains nutrients. It advocates washing in warm then cold water, tying beans in cloth, boiling with dripping and salt for four hours, and serving with gravy rather than melted butter. It adds methods for making a bean puree and notes how quick boiling preserves texture. It also covers boiling water use for vegetables, onion slicing, parsley boiling, vinegar for pickling, and salting greens.
A Chicago Journal summary explains Chinese naming stages from Milk names given at about a month old to Book names earned at school. Boys acquire a Book name for lifelong use while Milk names persist colloquially. shop names replace personal names in business, and posthumous names reflect moral qualities like epitaphs.
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