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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1898
Page
6
The piece gathers farm life vignettes from Worthern Middlesex readers and Chicago Record notes. It highlights pumpkins harvests, wagoned wheat, patchwork quilts, racehorse training, and county fair preparations, urging short, pithy farmer thoughts for the agricultural column. It also cites apples, hay, honey, and regional crop reports, including New England potato rot and storage practices.
The article surveys uneven orchard yields across the region with some orchards yielding well while others lag. It notes hay, celery, beef, and corn markets, discusses manure, pig farming, and the value of careful pruning to manage vine growth. It mentions vegetable timing and fruit packing practices, emphasizing practical farm management.
Letters urge better tool care and timing in farming. A craftsman’s spade work illustrates efficiency, while a novice’s blunt tools hinder progress. Advice stresses sharpening hoes, axes, saws, and cultivators, and shows how proper planning and pruning squash vines yield earlier, larger harvests.
A miscellany notes a bushel of wheat per U S capita excluding Hawaii, urges feeding horses potatoes and carrots to combat worms and improve digestion, and reports milk prices at butter value with creameries earning more than shipping whole milk to Boston, signaling ongoing price trends.
A roundup of farming notes advocates beet roots in cattle rations to improve beef quality and feed efficiency. It highlights Charles A. Carr of Carlisle Massachusetts, a young farmer who rebuilt a rundown 40 acre farm into a thriving milk operation delivering 30 to 40 cans daily, expanding barn capacity with a lean-to and improving manure management, while practicing intensive cultivation and diverse crops for green feed.
Correspondence from Country Gentleman argues yarded fowls lay more eggs than free roamed birds. It notes green grass early in spring boosts egg yield, while insects and seeds supplement diet. As seasons change, old layers decline, so maintain and rebuild stock health for continued production.
A New England Homestead piece questions expansion policies arguing brains labor and capital are better used developing the United States than building colonies. It lists improving waterways canal irrigation rural mail delivery and boosting domestic agriculture to reduce imports and benefit taxpayers and farmers.
OUR BOSTON LETTER notes a week of conventions shifting the state race toward a Republican majority, with Worcester Democrats backing silver coinage and Boston leaders planning future bids, while local items recount visits of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery to Quebec and the First Heavy Artillery’s parade.
The Chicago Times-Herald reports a novel plan for Queen Wilhelmina’s coronation in Amsterdam. 6,000 homing pigeons will be released from near the Ryks museum plaza as the young queen enters the square. The birds will deliver news of the coronation across the Low Countries to celebrate the event.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts probate notice to heirs and interested parties in the estate of John A. Summer of Lowell. Debor ah T. Plummer petitions for letters testamentary. court set for October 18 at 9 am in Lowell. Public notice to be published weekly for three weeks in Lowell Daily Courier.
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