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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1900
Page
7
A Northern Middlesex agricultural column invites farmers to share brief, pithy lines for the editorial discussion. Readers with short observations are urged to submit. long essays are discouraged. The editor will select and edit for publication to encourage practical exchange among farmers.
The Frost moves silent and grand across night and valley, fashioning diamond coats on trees and a silver glaze on lakes. He turns his gaze to sleeping homes and even points of delight, yet spoils the feast by biting a forgotten basket and bursting a costly pitcher, reminding all to prepare.
Editorial notes potato planting methods and seeding ranges with eyes or whole tubers. Highlights Hon. J. H. Hall's talk at Pawtucketville on March 14. References Illinois potato tests placing Acme first, Early Ohio debated, and soil climate factors. Announces USDA Farmers' Bulletin No 113 on growing apples and orchard management with regional variety lists and guidance for land, planting, and pruning.
A short agricultural update discusses spraying timing before vegetation shows, control of fungi and insects under levee bark, and cautions against feeding poultry with dirt. It mentions Kaffir corn, oat varieties, and Tilmete Plation experiments with crops and bees, urging cleanliness and careful field practices.
JEO Parker from Townsend Harbor vents disappointment at missing local correspondence in the Journal. He questions census secrecy, critiques agricultural estimates, and mocks inflated potato yields and a fattened wether tale, urging readers to distrust unverifiable claims.
A collection of old agricultural notes discussing sticking to established potato varieties, excess plant food in gardens, and praise for the Cuthbert raspberry. Includes methods for cultivating peach orchards with rye cover, sowing cow peas, and mulching for soil protection. Tips on beekeeping cover hive placement, tanbark usage, and apiary management for small colonies.
An abbreviated report notes evolving ties between Ausia and the United States as strategic interests realign amid broader regional and global shifts. Officials discuss cooperation on security trade and cultural exchange, signaling a recalibrated partnership.
Vladimir Teplow, Russian Consul-General at New York, notes a large US export surplus last year and predicts a new railroad will expand markets. He emphasizes Russia’s need for American machinery while Russia would export agricultural crops, and foresees US access via Pacific ports enabling favorable long term trade conditions.
A subscriber asks how to gird or ring grapevines and why it speeds ripening. Ringing removes bark from the bearing arm to keep nourishing elements above the wound, boosting fruit size. Grapes may ripen ten days to two weeks earlier. some varieties show flavor changes or skin cracking in thin skinned types like Warden, with Delaware showing injuries in some cases.
Detroit Free Press recounts how London cab horses are treated with care, fed and watered, receive summer hats, and work limited hours, while Paris drivers whip and abuse horses on narrow streets, making travel slower despite harsher methods. The piece contrasts humane London practices with brutal Paris methods.
In the Grange Quarterly Rattetin by N. J. Rachelder the lecturer of the National Grange asserts that Grange effort helped bring rural credit concepts. He credits persistent discussion and national reach for spreading the idea, noting initial congressional resistance and slow funding for experiments.
The article praises rural free mail service, noting its funding growth from 10,900 to 300,000 dollars by the last Congress and its operation on 383 routes in 40 states by November 1, 1899. It credits the Grange for support and asserts benefits include better roads, higher land values, and increased rural happiness, while initial critics’ fears faded.
The Boston Journal argues that opposition to war is a tradition dating from the Mexican War era and that current dissent over the Philippine conflict mirrors past antiwar sentiment. It compares public opinion on Aguinaldo to earlier Mexican and Seminole conflicts, urging consistency in the stance of American citizens.
A North Dakota Experiment Station bulletin explains a simple summer egg preservation method using water glass. It details how air and bacterial decay attack shells, compares methods like wax coating and limewater, and finds water glass best preserves eggs for about three and a half months with minimal quality loss.
The guide explains using boiled pure water and water glass to preserve eggs. To every 10 quarts of water add 1 quart water glass and pack fresh eggs in a jar, covering with the solution in a cool dark place. Do not wash eggs, avoid warm storage, and scald wooden containers before packing.
The first statistics for the 12th census focus on cranberry culture. Data cover acreage, tenure, fruit yield, labor and fertilizer costs, new plantings, crop value, and losses by disease and pests for each bog. Maryland to Wisconsin hosts over 2000 commercial growers, with major activity in Massachusetts New Jersey Maine Connecticut Michigan and Wisconsin. The census sends preliminary cranberry schedules to growers to collect data before the full enumeration. The American Cranberry Growers association endorsed advance schedules to ease census load. Director Merriam urges prompt and full returns.
Fragmented 19th century manuscript mentions an editor named Wyant and a publisher, recalling early October 1984 illness. It describes a bad cold, coughing, and attempts to restore spirits with a park encounter and reflections on a tree.
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