Dairy notes and farm tips from the west and Midwest
A long column of agricultural advice covers cattle care and disposal of failing stock, draining and stumps removal, maple and grape jelly procedures, cabbage seed costs, and rising dairy production. It highlights white rage asparagus harvest, harness storage, and the spread of creameries from Wisconsin to Iowa. The piece ends with a veteran dairy interest reflection on growth since 1857 and current creamery demand in New York and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvani
New York
The Wheat Belt Theory Debunked by The American Miller
The American Miller argues there is no fixed wheat belt in the country blaming the belief on exhausted soils and farmer overuse. He cites historical wheat growth from Mexico to Manitoba and asserts scientific farming will restore yields. He notes older states once produced more wheat per acre than newer states due to soil fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ita Prima
Agscon
Minnesota
Harneas
Egypt
Joseph
Euch
Union
Minnegots
Mexico
Manitoba
Dairying in the West near Elgin MI pioneers
P Morris, an early proponent of creameries near Elgin, MI, recalls joining J H Warner and M A Devine in starting one of the first factories. The group hauled the mill seven to eight miles and faced initial selling difficulties as trade adapted. Meats? Actually butter and cheese could be produced. after several years customers' prejudice waned as jobbing trade backed orders, validating their products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Morris
Elgin
J. H. Warner
M. A. Devine
Mevana
New York State
Apple and grape crop decline spurs peach abundance in orchard notes
The report notes apples largely damaged by scab and cracking, grapes rotting and yielding a small crop, while pears and peaches suffer recent losses. As bark deteriorates and cells compact, grub damage decreases, leaving trees vigorous. Consequently peaches have been plentiful for years, and this season every peach tree bears fruit.
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Minos
Pear Trees and Soil Potash Role in Blight
The piece discusses whether planting pear trees on prairie soil is wise, noting visible crop health and potential soil exhaustion. It cites Downing on pear blight and argues pear trees need high available potash and phosphoric acid, linking blight to mineral deficiencies affecting pears and apples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerduos
Breakfast Before Exercise Supposed to Strengthen Health
Yor Hall asserts that eating breakfast before any exertion improves work capacity and lengthens life. He links morning meals to reducing fevers and miasms, arguing that a warm fire and early nourishment dispel harmful air, and that skipping breakfast while exercising weakens the body and invites illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ark
Fragments on General Toombs Amid Westerman Railroad Case
The article reflects on General Robert Toombs during a Westerman Arizona Railroad lease case, noting his frail health and waning sight yet enduring intellectual fire. It praises his frank nature and generous disposition and mentions his wife’s poor health, hoping her faith comforts him in his final hours of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westerm Wad Ab Inalia
Wacenote
Ning
General Toombs
Senator Hill
Orchard etiquette and pruning in colonial farming
Colonel Curtis notes surprise at the rarity of farmers helping pigs with fallen fruit in orchards. He considers whether the practice could be revived as a habit to consume all fallen fruit and suggests pruning methods influence tree health and regular bearing in a small orchard of about 1 10 trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
Orchard pruning and hog grazing impact on tree survival
In an old southern farm orchard the writer recalls pruning trees to keep lower limbs low and open the crown to sunlight aided fruit color. Hogs in a connected woodlot roamed eating fallen fruit, while neighbors bought ripe fruit privately. A newer orchard with grazing livestock shows far higher losses to blasting, sun, and plowing damage, with many trees dying and requiring culling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rece
Tribune
Arabi's Fate and British Dilemmas in Egypt
The piece weighs options for Arabi Pasha after the revolt, naming Wilfrid Blunt, Sir Wilfrid Gregory, the Khedive, and the Sultan. It weighs public sentiment and possible fates from banishment to exile or deportment, arguing elites might spare execution yet still remove him from influence.
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Wilfrid Blunt
Lord Byron
Nile
Greece
Ghilde Harold
Willgma Gregory
Turkey
Garnet Wolsely
Blant
William Gregory
Egypt
Arebi
Banihnnet
Soudan
Midbat Fadha
Arabia
Getewayo
Buckingham Palace
Abd-el-Keder
Notable World and US Geographical Oddities in One Report
A survey lists the largest parks, lakes, caverns, walls and libraries. Deer Park near Copenhagen spans 4,200 acres. Lake Superior covers 82,000 square miles with depth around 200 feet. Mammoth Cave in Kentucky offers navigable river branches. the Great Wall of China is 1,250 miles long with towers every 100 yards. the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris houses millions of volumes and treasures. It also notes large inland seas, high obelisks, and remarkable echoes at Bagle’s Nest and Simonetta Castle.
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Orange County
N. J
Sussex County
N.J
United States
Deer Park
Copenhagen
Denmark
Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
Lake Superior
Joseph Baker
Lancaster
Manmoth Cave
Edmondson County
Green River
Cave City
Bowling Green
Europe
Asia
Great Salt Lake
Eea
Caspian Sea
Eve
Karnak
Earp
Coat Bank
The
Nile
Luxor
Thebes
Hatasa
Pearaoh Thotumes III
Central Park
Chinewe
China
Bibliotheque Nationale
Paris
Louis XIV
Rue Riche- Het
New York
Bagle'a
Killarney
Ireland
Maba
Bingen
Coblenty
Simonetta
Milan
French doctor touts bran beds for infant comfort
A French physician claims a bran cradle bed protects infants and calms nightly crying. He says his device, tested on his own children, cushions the body with bran and cloth to secure the infant, warming and stimulating better than cotton or cloth. Supporters cite Bourgesis and Vigourent authorities, despite questions about changes in infant behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zundae Glebe
Babica
Haa
Bourgesis
Poor apple crop reported across regions in 19th century notes
Early reports describe a disastrously poor apple harvest in Illinois and New England with wormy, defective fruit. Des Moines grower B F Gue says prospects are among the worst he has seen, while a leading New York grower deems the crop a failure after statewide touring. Prices for prime stock quoted at four dollars per barrel, with expected higher costs for winter storage.
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B. F. Gue
Des Mores
New York
New England
Wichigen
Global Empires by Territory and Population
The British Empire stands as the largest in area at 8,559,608 square miles, about one sixth of the globe, and housing nearly one sixth of the world’s population. The United States is third in area at 8,080,242 square miles and fourth in population with around 50 million. Russia is second with 6,992,90 square miles.
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Great Britain
Globe
United States
Alsaka
Russia
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Geyerl
Auri Farmner
Ae Parish
Monroe Morse
Franklin, Maas
Hoe
Northern
Iowa
Chase
Furanere Lony
Northwest
Syetera Cremineries
Towa
Chicago
Tate
West
Robert Toombs’ Falls Leealth
Savannah Sons
Pasha
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