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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
6
A farmer letter from Chelmsford discusses corn spacing three feet apart with notes on shading and weed control, comparing four feet spacing. It raises potato yield failures amid cool wet spring and dry weather theories, citing local experience and fertilizer placement, ending with a playful jab at four feet corn.
Editorial invites readers to discuss Angora goats as a means to diversify Middlesex county pastures and reduce sheep losses to dogs. It notes potato crops underperformed due to April planting and high ground conditions, suggesting late harvest potential. It promotes USDA publications and offers help obtaining agricultural treatises through the journal’s agricultural editor.
Agricultural snippets report Angora goats trimming brushy pastures and prep for the Middlesex North fair. Premiums offered for Grange exhibits. Notes favor round silos over other forms and a shift toward export in boxed apples. Reports say blueberry crops are large and Americans consume 80 million pounds of tea per year. Also cited are egg imports and a hay yield trial by Geo M Clarke of Higganum on a fifth acre trial aiming at eight tons per acre.
A correspondent defends a prior Journal article remark by Brother Carr about readers demanding full explanations. The writer pleads guilty, notes the danger of overlong responses, and suggests ideas would become thin shadows if statements are stretched too far.
An observer reports widespread damage from the bud moth on apples in an 800-tree orchard with 550 Baldwins and 200 Greenings. West sides of trees show heavy losses after blossoming, Greening and Tasman Sweet nearly bare, few Baldwins bearing. Owners and readers note little effort to combat the pest and widespread impact on other orchards.
The Angora goat industry gains attention in New England as seed ideas spread from Maine to Connecticut. Farmers test 400 goats from New Mexico and various small flocks, noting goats thrive on rough land and brush. Mohair production and stock increases drive value, with weight estimates and regional land suitability discussed.
A Rural New Yorker excerpt notes late potatoes thrive in cool moist soil with varieties like Rural No. 2 and Carman No. 3. Healthier, well-developed tubers outyield diseased, green ones, suggesting variety soil and environment shape quality more than starch content.
A July World's Work piece by S A Nelson explains Wall Street as a perfected money handling machine. It describes traders bankers brokers and rogues and details how news travels instantly during events like dividend announcements. The St Paul dividend example shows rapid bulletin dissemination across the Street.
Pollard & Co offers 200 dozen fast black aprons for 25 cents each. Describes 1 yard by 1 yard size, three inch hem, two pockets, twisted sateen, and iron wear, suitable for store, office, mill, or house. Basement location.
William E. Curtis notes Elsinore as the Hamlet locale near the Danish peninsula, detailing Kronborg Castle, the Cattegat crossing to Helsingborg, the Norse legends, Saxo-Grammaticus origins, Ophelia's grave, and a thriving tourist economy with hotels, shipyards, and Hamlet themed commerce. The piece blends myth, history, and travelogue with references to guides and stage legends.
New York New Flaven and Hartford Railroad announces June 11 1900 schedule: trains to Taunton New Bedford Newport Providence Pawtucket Marlboro South Framingham and way stations at 7 15 11 2 am 5 2 pm with connections at South Framingham to Boston and Albany for Worcester Springfield Albany and the west. Evening 5 25 pm links to Stoning to New York City and the south and west. Sunday services listed for South Renin Mansfield Pawtucket Providence. Signed by Peter Clark general superintendent and A C Kendall general passenger agent.
Rail timetable notice lists corrected Boston and Maine departures from Street Depot Lowell and Western Division routes. Schedules include numerous daily hours for Boston Lawrence Haverhill Reading Sh iom Newburyport Plymouth Exeter Dover Rochester Somersworth and St John lines with Sundays and special notes. updated agent signatures.
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