Weeders and wonders from the Northern Middlesex farm column
Samuel L. Taylor invites Northern Middlesex farmers to share short, sharp notes on weed patterns, crop yields, seed and manure questions, and long discussion avoided. He questions why unmanured land harbors weeds, whether feeding cows reduces kicking, the value of car potatoes, hay drought quirks, and oats reaching five feet.
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Middlesex
Maine
Adam
Brother Fisk
Samuel L. Taylor
Editorial roundup on crops and orchard practices
The report highlights a robust U S apple crop despite June frosts. It notes seedless orange production, a Riverside shipment figure, and advises against indiscriminate hay top dressing while praising top dressing after oats or barley harvest. Pear blight remedies are questioned, with a woman writer endorsing a coal oil solution. It warns about shade tree injuries from trolley wires and supports compulsory tree wardens in towns.
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Messer
New England Farmer
Various Agricultural Notes From Rural America
Figures show egg exports from Canada and the United States rising over the 1880s with 1899 peanut crop estimates around 4 to 4.5 million bushels. The American Gardening publisher tests many strawberry varieties. Angora goats are praised for reclaiming rough fencelines. Kentucky blue grass and white clover make a seed mix. Plantain offers bee and wasp sting relief. Fraud alleged in labeling butter as Finest American Creamery Butter for export.
Correspondence on agriculture and the Jour nal's active correspondents
A reflective note questions the fate of agricultural correspondents, asking if controversy or overwork suppresses reporting. It urges moderation to balance labor with literary opportunity, resisting penury of knowledge while seeking fuller sharing of agricultural inquiries and answers.
Poultry Wealth and Farming Notes from The Era
A survey of poultry industry scale cites 290 million dollars in yearly poultry proceeds versus 186 million for hogs, noting eggs imports and exports. plus discussions on foreign pests, muzzling dogs, bacon versus lard pigs, hog growth, and a cautionary tale about docking a spirited horse.
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England
July Crop Conditions Report Shows Low Wheat and Oat Health
The average spring wheat condition sits at 55.2, down from 87.5 a month earlier, with Minnesota 48, South Dakota 44, and North Dakota 30, all well below their ten year norms. Oats and other grains falter in Minnesota and North Dakota, while total wheat and pastures also decline. Remaining wheat in farmers hands is about 51 million bushels, roughly 9.3 percent of 1899’s crop.
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Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Department
Ohio
Indiana
Sinois
Kansas
Nebraska
New York
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Iowa
California
Texas
North Carolina
Maine
Virginia
Illinois
Michigan
Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
Town
South
North Atlantic
Central States
Corn and crops praise to build soil and feed farms
An agricultural column extols corn as a soil builder and staple forage. It argues corn plus clover in rotation, with siloed corn fodder, yields far more per acre than meadow or pasture, improves soil fertility, and supports high cattle feeding at home.
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John Gould
New York Tribune
The Corn Fodder Question and Modern Farming
A narrator muses on why farmers cling to hay while corn fodder could feed cows, noting modern silage methods versus hand husking. He contrasts two farmers yearly: one slow with grain and stalks, the other using silos and machinery. He argues corn as roughage and soil impact, detailing nutrient yields and soil fixes.
The Proper Use of Lime on Soils
The article explains soil testing with blue litmus paper to see if liming helps. It details plots testing with 20 pounds of air slaked lime, manures, and beets to gauge yield response, compares lime sources like wood ashes and lime kiln ashes, and gives spread rates and slaking steps, credited to Orange Judd Farmer.
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Orange Judd Farmer
Grasses for Hay and Pasture in Locales Tested
G C Watson of Pennsylvania State College outlines the best seed mix for hay and permanent pasture. Recommended per acre: Timothy 4 pounds, red clover 2, alsike clover 2, blue grass 7, white clover 2, orchard grass 4, Italian rye grass 2. Mixtures favor timothy and clovers for hay, while a mix including bluegrass, white clover, chard grass, and Italian rye grass provides pasture. Orchard grass offers deep roots and late fall grazing. omit white clover only if land rich in humus is lacking.
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G. C. Watson
Pennsylvania State College
Thrifty Art Students in Paris Seek Cheap Studio Housing
Art Amateur notes thousands of thrifty Paris art students retreat to the south of France or abroad for summer sketching. Many furnish their studios for rent near major landmarks, offering ready made quarters at low cost. Advise paying upfront to avoid long bills and unexpected charges later.
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Paris
France
Holland
Switzerland
Aris
Woman's Club
Luxembourg
Pantheon
Mount Parnasse
Jifffel Tower
Exposition Grounds
Women’s Baseball Club Struggles Over Umpire Decision
A Detroit Free Press note quotes frustration within a women’s baseball club as they cite exhausting game conditions and a lack of a decisive, steady umpire. The challenge centers on finding an umpire willing to make and stand by rulings.
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Detroit Free Press
Pig vs Python A Sea Tale Of A Clever Pig
The New York Sun recounts a sea yarn from the St Regulus crossing the Atlantic. A pig aboard Singapore cargo becomes food for snakes, but the pig outsmarts a four to one python and escapes, forcing the crew to keep the pig cage locked and the pythons in check as they deliver the story of the improbable duel.
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St. Regulus
Singapore
Atlantic
Jay
Davy Jones
New York Sun
The True Road To Happy Life From The Tendency Of Health
The piece argues happiness comes by focusing attention outward on light and warmth rather than internal discomfort. It cites health via external perception, warns against dwelling on bodily sensations, and endorses subconscious automatic care, drawing from Daniel Gregory Mason's The Tendency of Health in Scribner's July issue.
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Daniel Gregory Mason
Scribner’s
For Sale Listings From Fish & Plummer Lowell
For sale items include a good restaurant at 150 price with delivery pay, a residence and stable on 11,250 acres near Highland Clubhouse, a two story tenement house in Belvidere, and a Highlands residence with 12 rooms and steam heat. Prices range from 5500 to 8500 with easy terms. Fish & Plummer, 137 Central Street, Lowell.
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Highlands
B.A. S
Centralville
B. A. S. Centralville
B.L. Centralville
Heights
C. B. Pawtuckstville
Real Matute
Oe Dodge
Central St
Fish & Plummer
Central Street
Ata Sachoce
Highland Club
Belvidere
High Street
Masyterms, Finh & Plummer
Central Streak
Train Schedules from Lowell and Middlesex Street Stations 1900
Corrected timetable dated June 25, 1900 lists trains from Merrimack and Middlesex Street Depots to Boston and other destinations. It includes numerous daily options with weekday and Sunday trains, covering lines to Lawrence, Haverhill, Reading, Newburyport, Portsmouth, Exeter, Dover, Rochester, Saco, Lewiston, Bangor, St John and Massport, with several special seasonal notes.
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Lowell
Middlesex Street
Taunton
New Bedford
Newport
Providence
Pawtucket
Marlboro
South Framingham
Way
Boston
Albany R. R
Worcester
Springfield
Albany
Concord Junction
Fitchburg R. R
Stonington
New York City
Mansfield
Peter Clark
A. C. Kendall
Pass
Merrimack Street Depot
Middlesex Street Station
Lawrence and Haverhill
Reading
Western Division
Satem
Mass
Newburyport
Amespury
Portsmouth
Haverhill
Hampton
North Hampton
York Beach R. R
Exeter
Dover
Rochester
Alton Bay
Somersworth
N.H
Saco
Old Orchard
Portland
Lewiston
Augusta
Bath
Waterville
Bangor
Belfast
Skowhegan
Rockland
St. John
N. B
Halifax
N.S
Montreal
Quebec
Massport
Castine
Deer Isle
Sedgewick
Bar Harbor
Jonesport
Machiasport
Frank Jones
Train timetable for Woburn to Montreal and nearby cities
Schedules list daily and Sunday departures for Woburn Massachusetts and stations between Winchester and Boston Southern Division, Ayer Junction, Amherst Milford Wilton Greenfield Peterboro Bennington Hillsboro Nashua Manchester Concord Nashua Claremont Warner Bradford Sunapee Newport Claremont Junction Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St Albans St Johns Montreal via Central Vermont and via Montreal Boston Air Line Quebec Express. Departure times vary by station, with special notes for Saturdays and specific routes.
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Woburn
Winchester
Boston
Southern Division
A. m
Ayer Junction
Amherst
Milford and Wilton
Greenfield
Peterboro
Bennington
Hillsboro
Keene
Nashua
Manchester
Concord
Franklin
Lebanon
White River
Warner
Bradford
Sunapee
Newport
N. H
Claremont
Claremont Junction
St. Johnsbury
Lyndonville
Wells River
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
St. Albans
St. Johns
Montreal
Central Vermont Line
Quebec
Boston Air Line
Quebec Express
Plymouth
Sherbrooke
To &Xeter
wVia Western Division
Bedford
Wibaington
J. Ken Ders
H. C. Tapt
Lowell
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Good Farm
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