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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1900
Page
6
Northern Middlesex farmers are invited to share brief, practical lines for the agricultural discussion column. The editor asks for short, direct opinions and experiences to be edited for publication, avoiding long essays.
A fragment from E. C. Tompkins in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly describes dreams in warm earth, ripening leaves, buzzing bees, haze on hills, sleepy meadows, fruit scented air, and whispers in corn stubble, evoking a pastoral mood.
Readers weigh August or September planting for strawberries with debate on next season yield. Middlesex North fair features expert Warren Heustis of Belmont as judge, plus revised poultry premium lists and stronger exhibition plans. The New England Homestead warns buyers about unscrupulous tree agents and urges purchases from reputable nurserymen with guarantees.
A contributor urges not to prop a fruit tree but to thin surplus to improve fruit. Germany reports over 2,000,000 cows aged two years or more. A Connecticut grower cites Bradus pea as the quickest growing variety known. The Maine Pomological Society secretary condemns Ben Davis apples for quality in Maine.
At the Tyngsboro Farmers Institute Isaac Damon argues premiums alone fail fairs. Exhibitors seek advertising and improvement opportunities for progressive farmers, while small exhibits prize fellowship and mutual aid, with premiums still offering some help. Chelmsford notes the premium aid.
A vintage instruction describes using a grain sack half full of sand hung from a rope to train a horse to kick. The horse is tied in the stall and encouraged to strike the bag, which swings away and returns, creating a brief intense training battle to build the horse’s kicking response.
Informative column covers horse training cautionary notes, inferior cider and vinegar quality linked to apples, poultry breeding and egg production guidance, and kerosene emulsion as a cabbage worm remedy with careful application to avoid plant damage. Includes practical farming tips and cautions from various sources.
Edgar L. Vincent reports on Cloverdale Farms in Binghamton New York a six month old creamery that processes milk from multiple dairies. The operation emphasizes cleanliness with cement floors a 150 foot well water supply aerators free to suppliers bottle system and copper lined cooling, while paying higher prices per quart and expanding to cream and butter production. The proprietor aims to clarify milk ensuring purity and public trust amid growing local demand and favorable reception from prominent residents.
The piece notes that after roads are scraped for the season, several issues persist. Stones scraped into driveways and hillsides create hazards, with wheelbarrow loads of gravel ranging from walnut to pail size seen along routes. A twenty mile bicycle trip highlighted the problem beyond the local area.
Anton Leister urges practical maintenance of rural roads and ditches to prevent mud, chuck holes, and erosion. He recommends timely stone and hay checks, ditch management, and regular roadside mowing to keep paths passable and communities looking orderly.
Prof F W Rane summarizes strawberry growing methods including home and market culture, soil prep, manures and fertilizers, fall plowing, green manure, mulch, planting times, hill and matted row layouts, winter protection, fertility, varieties Beverly Brandywine Bubah Clyde Crescent Greenville Hav erland Lovett Warfield, and irrigation benefits in this NH Agricultural College bulletin.
The Grange is credited with accelerating national progress by spreading agricultural education and practical farming knowledge. It notes the 46 year US growth from better soil methods to founding colleges and experiment stations, aided by Grange support and farm papers.
A New England Farmer excerpt argues the grange has expanded morally intellectually and politically and will be a greater force for agriculture in the twentieth century. It likens knowledge to a growing circle and notes education as a tool for farmers through broad family inclusive schools. The piece foresees the grange becoming a powerful educational and civic force.
The New England Homestead outlines varies state rules for cider and vinegar production. It notes 4 percent acetic acid as a common standard, with 2 percent solids, and highlights stricter branding requirements in New York and Massachusetts. Some states allow non apple vinegar but demand clear labeling, while others restrict volume and mandate domestic cider vinegar branding.
Middlesex County reports Arthur W. Trubey intends to resign as North Chelmsford High School principal after years in post. Meanwhile contractor Seth P. Sampson finished stone wall work and grading for the new school. about $500 remains to finish grounds. A severe fire pot explosion at Blair Wheaton’s residence injures five, including Wheaton and his wife.
An advertisement trumpets Hood's Sarsaparilla as a superior blood purifier that cures maladies from catarrh and rheumatism to humors. It claims to boost energy and restore appetite, presenting the tonic as a remedy for fatigue and general ill health.
Extensive report notes active demand after a holiday opening with strong volumes in fall and winter merchandise. New York and eastern centers report healthy jobbing trade, while western houses also show good business. August cited as best period on record, but mills face contraction ahead unless demand improves. Prices drift lower for bleached cottons. export demand weak.
Ayer Home for Young Women and Children reports three months of activity showing 82 adults, 8 children, 44 transient in June with one chicken pox case and two ill children, plus three transfers. Donations listed include Mrs. C. T. Billings and Mrs. J. L. Sargent among others. July notes 45 at the home with 9 adults and 36 children, 95 calls, several donations from local residents and businesses. August records 45 at the home, 14 adults, 31 children, 9 transient, six meals provided, no serious illness, a child returned to a home eight years prior. Donations acknowledged from multiple families and individuals, including Everett Whitcomb and Miss W. A. White.
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