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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1898
Page
6
In a Northern Middlesex agricultural column editor invites concise farmer notes. Samuel L. Taylor argues against root cutting for corn fodder after trial comparisons show better fodder and easier handling from stalk-cutting. cites milk and butter markets, export issues, and demand for efficient practices.
A roundup of farm guidance covering winter storage of live stock, corn feeding timing, teat wart removal with castor oil, pig rearing age, milk straining standards, critique of a farming bulletin, opinions on raspberry varieties by Dr. C Nash, and Argentine sheep breeders buying England ram stock to improve mutton quality, including Lincoln ram sales up to $5000.
A writer recalls an old Chelmsford farm experiment where vast witch grass growth led to using only a horse cultivator. The result was a superb corn crop, suggesting shallow cultivation benefits. The piece also introduces a planned reply by Brother Tolles of Dunstable on cutting stalks versus roots, though Tolles's exact communication is lost.
A cow producing 2325 quarts yields just under 5000 pounds of milk valued at $69.75 at 3 cents per quart. With feed costs around $40 per cow, net profit exceeds seed cost by $29.75, while labor should limit to one worker per fifteen cows.
A tale from Park Ridge near Chicago recounts Captain Moore presenting the famed pacer Star Pointer to a would be buyer. The price shock at thirty five thousand dollars reveals the horse’s fame over looks, as the owner James A Murphy keeps the great harness horse on a Chicago suburb farm.
J H Bower advises farmers to shelter tools when not in use and inspect and repair them in fall. Clean implements, tighten nuts, replace bolts, and coat with warm linseed oil. Keep spare bolts and timber for emergencies and prepare items like whiffletrees now while labor is light.
The Illinois experiment station recommends dairy practices to keep cows clean and udders washed, maintain a whitewashed well lit barn, and ensure sanitary milking. Use clean utensils, cool milk promptly, avoid odors, and keep milk pure with cleanliness and cold. Feed good food and water, milk regularly and quietly, and treat cows kindly. For small flocks of owls 25 to 50, create three yard enclosures and rotate green crops.
The Boston Letter surveys kitchen barrooms, police inaction, and warrants issued for liquor seizures, noting only a fraction executed. It analyzes Massachusetts politics with three congressional contests, Knox in the Fifth, a Democrats hope in the Seventh, and a shifted Tenth race amid local conventions. It ends with a tale of Mme Lisbon selling magic boxes and a schedule of upcoming theater events and public concerts.
By decree of the Middlesex Probate Court dated April 20 1888 commissioners named to partition real estate will sell at public auction in Lowell on Wednesday October 19 1888 at 2 pm a lot with building on Market street and a second lot with buildings on Merrimack street Each buyer pays cash with 1000 dollars due on each lot and balance in 30 days Various encumbrances to be stated at sale Names of nine tenants in common and the commissioners Charles M Williams Nathan G Lamzon Simon L Harris ensure sale conditions through these notices
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