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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1895
Page
9
A vintage farming note explains how to care for a vegetable garden listing crops like onions carrots and peas. It emphasizes straight rows, how spacing and drill depth affect growth, and asks for reader input with a humorous prompt about providing a funny string and two more states.
Instructions describe staking and trenching technique with a hoe, including body position, handle alignment, and stroke length to create straight grooves. It emphasizes long sweeping strokes of 18 to 24 inches, controlling dirt throw, and shaping a bottom for fine seeds with a board tool.
A long noisy extract covers peas onion crops and tomato culture with notes on early planting sprouting corn for quick growth and avoiding rotting. It discusses varieties like Cory and Early sweet corn, onion imports, and home production benefits. It also offers farm wintering tips for horses, pond-building for irrigation, and advice on stock breeds Shropshires and Oxford Down sheep and winter labor.
The article surveys royal equine lore and famed riding mares at Windsor, mentioning Victoria, Queen Victoria, and Albert with Jesse the riding mare. It reflects on royal affection for these animals, notes aging horses like Jassin at 27, and recalls royal riding customs and horsemanship.
The excerpt discusses seed sowing methods using fine dirt for fine seeds and sand mix distribution, notes hens' variable hatching rates and the advantage of a brooders for large chick rearing, and mentions milk price shifts, new tomato varieties Autocrat and Democrat, plus advances in American seed cleaning machinery with claims of high purity and less grain seed contamination.
Breeders must shift from light road trotters to heavier, larger horses with substance and high action to suit heavy carriages. The market favors a stately coach horse or fast hackney, capable of pulling broughams, landaus, and coaches, and breeders in the central west are urged to adapt to the new standard to meet city and suburban needs.
A farmer details feeding 3 pigs bought Nov 9 1893 and killed Mar 25 1894 their 188 pound dressed weight each. Diet started with clover heads soaked in water mixed with chop feed then bran ear corn and skim milk later, with water and small amounts of corn and skimmilk. The piece notes farm price trends and Tennessee livestock progress.
The article highlights dairy school graduates entering farm work in winter, notes students earning wages, and cites a $50 butter fat prize won by a student’s herd. It details pasteurized cream's Madison supply, advantages of pasteurization, and opinions on butter flavor from unwashed vs washed methods. It also mentions experiments led by Dr. H. L. Russell and Professor W. A. Henry at the Wisconsin Agricultural College.
The article discusses spring cheese production, moisture, temperature and salt's roles, methods to accelerate curing, and cautions on maintaining quality. It covers handling whey, curd, salting, and curing room temps, plus dairy management tips for creamery setup, butter, veal from skim milk, and calf feeding with flaxseed jelly for growth and profit.
The article describes ancient Peruvian stone highways built with durable stone surfaces and heavy timber beams, including bridges 260 feet long and 20 feet wide. It notes maintenance by local inhabitants, absence of wheel traffic, and later decline after Spanish conquest. It cites Peruvian soldiers, caravanserais, and a 200 mile relay system for messages and mail.
Governor Morton urges a joint state road commission to study and share best practices for road improvement. The Missouri Roads Improvement Association notes the recent constitutional road amendments show progress but more work remains to secure widespread, economical road standards. Articles discuss double team horses on roads, peach transport in New Jersey, and reflections on international conflicts amid a broad survey of road infrastructure concerns.
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