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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1902
Page
10
The department invites Northern Middlesex farmers to contribute brief, opinionated paragraphs on agricultural topics. Readers with few lines to say are urged to write, and the agricultural editor will edit for this column. Long discussions are discouraged.
A four mile night drive exposed the difference between muddy poor roads and a hard smooth State highway. Middlesex North farmers' institute highlighted Mr Taber on plowing under leguminous crops for nitrogen, and discussed raspberry varieties, seed sources, hog skin splitting tech, weed benefits, stump removal practices, and tree cutting timing to prevent sprouting.
In a Western era view, farm output is described as modest for farmers families. Cuba’s 1901 pineapple crop is estimated at 180000 barrels, up from 130000 in 1900, with 1900 value around 6 million dollars. California wine production for 1900 is estimated at 13.5 million gallons.
JOEFIN Fisk of Billerica argues that electrics absorbing two thirds of passenger traffic endangers steam railroads and devalues savings bank deposits. He urges legislators to protect steam lines to shield 1,500,000 depositors and sustain rail freight.
A South Dakota farmer reports high yields from moisture conserving soil practices. He describes twice disk harrowing, deep plowing, piling surface soil under, and frequent shallow cultivation to form a dust mulch that reduces evaporation. The method reportedly yielded 142 bushels per acre on 26 acres and withstood a drought.
A Grange member laments being assigned a topic without consent and argues the order upholds faith, temperance, justice, and education. He cites the open Bible, reverence for God, equal rights for women, and the Grange’s role in agricultural progress, law, and national service.
The speaker extols the Grange for fostering friendship and support. They praise Patron members who have shown aid in sickness, grief, and life’s trials, noting how shared companionship lifts heavy loads. The message urges valuing these friendships born from the Grange and reaffirms its communal value.
The article urges town wards to fund and act against gypsy moths elm leaf beetles and brown tail moths to preserve roadside and woodland trees. It explains how to identify egg masses clusters and beetle and caterpillar signs and recommends immediate action including spraying and burning brood material.
Census office reports on 1899 poultry and egg values show eggs accounting for 46 to 68 percent of poultry and egg value in several states. Egg production surged notably from 1880–1900, with Maine, Rhode Island, and New Jersey among others posting double‑digit growth, indicating a faster rise in eggs than overall poultry output in the East.
A Crop Reporter notes that population growth in certain states is rapid and ongoing, with an accelerating trend now capable of doubling within twenty years. The brief underscored the pace of demographic change and its implications for agriculture and regional planning.
The American Revolutionary era farmer is depicted as poor and crude. He used a wooden plow and relied on moon phases for crops, with manure piled by the barn and little crop rotation. Illiteracy in agronomy and livestock care persisted, prompting government action via Henry Ellsworth to found a department of agriculture that professionalized farming into a science.
Prof. I P Roberts cites field observations to argue wooden circular silos outperform stone or brick types for ensilage. He describes tests with grout silos, removal of walls, and a two inch bevelled stave wooden silo that reduces heat build up and air movement at corners, improving preservation and reducing mould.
A Boston Transcript excerpt condemns dragomans who guide tours in Egypt, the Holy Land, and the Levant as dishonest extortionists. It recalls Pranzini’s execution era and Lord Wolseley’s Nile expedition where dragomans were dismissed for misconduct, with one posing as an Egyptology professor in the U S before exposure.
The discussion questions whether electing a woman with children as president sets a risky precedent. Critics wonder if maiden aunts and grandmothers are expected to stay home and mind babies, while supporters argue merit should prevail regardless of maternal status.
Review notes Edith Wharton’s The Valley of Decision as a landmark two volume tale set in eighteenth century Italy, praising its scholarly depiction of reform in Pianura and Odo Valsecca’s rise, and lauding Mary Johnston’s Audrey for its vivid Colonial Virginia setting and dramatic arc, while noting its hopeful yet contested outcome.
Oke W Magazines presents Motherhood with six departments offering tips and suggestions for young mothers. Special articles include The Young Married Woman a Good Mother by Helen Raymond Wells, A Twentieth Century Mother by Maud Blakestee Barnes, and poems by Josephine Dodge Daskam and Mary Lowe Dickinson, among others.
Music lovers in Boston will enjoy next week's Keith's engagement by the Fadette Woman's Orchestra under Caroline B. Nichols. From six members the group has grown to twenty and travels widely with carefully chosen programs. The bill includes Tom Nann, Quaker City Quartet, De courcey Brothers, Dillon Brothers, the Marinellas, and new motion pictures in the biograph.
A promotional note extols Lakewood as a premier winter resort ninety minutes from New York. It highlights luxury hotels, affordable rates, and a chic social scene with golf polo ping pong hockey and other diversions. Readers are urged to request the Green Book from C M Burt at New Jersey Central in New York for details.
A survey notes England once had the worst roads due to peasant labor but recounts reforms after toll removals and bloodshed. It describes France for its highway laws, the four road classes, funding by national treasury departments military and cross roads by communes, and road widths and maintenance methods.
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