Land concentration on country estates reshapes farming life
Harper's Bazar discusses farm ownership as large urban proprietors buy up vast tracts. Col Higginson notes in New Hampshire Ireland like patterns of concentration now spread across older states. He observes tenants, large farms, and a drift from small native farmers toward tenancy and estates. City owners alter rural communities and may prevent return to old smallholding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Higginson
Ireland
New Hampshire
Iowa
Scientific breeding elevates farm stock and industry
The author argues that strict scientific breeding has produced improved cats, horses, sheep, hogs, and poultry, and warns buyers against neglecting underlying laws. Agricultural societies sparked broader interest by showcasing best results in animals, fruits, cereals, and farming tools, earning labor respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Baird
Erates
Propagation From Cuttings in Sand Rooting Tips
A guide on rooting cuttings states well ripened shoots root better than younger ones. It recommends taking short new shoots from a healthy plant in May, trimming leaves, inserting in sand, keeping moist under glass, shading, and using mid moisture to prevent wilting. It argues cutting from immature nodes can fail due to water absorption.
Darwin on Permiteation and Cross Fertilization Evidence
The article discusses Darwin's view that many plants are designed to be cross fertilized by pollen from other flowers or plants. It notes self fertilization barriers and various mechanisms across species that promote cross pollination, with some cases seemingly arranged for self fertilization and others enabling cross fertilization through timing or mechanical means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin
Watering Howse Plants With Rainwater Tips
Rainwater is best for Howse plants as hard water harms fine roots and wood. Use near room temperature and expose to sun. Tanked underground it can acquire magnesia lime. Weak clear solution during flowering avoids over stimulation and flower distortion.
Bees Swarming and Honey Harvest Techniques
A Journal of Agriculture writer urges attentive management to control swarming and maximize honey yield. He advises providing ample storage space with multiple supers, moving the hive when swarms emerge, and using comb foundation to boost honey production, arguing swarming bees are the main honey gatherers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of Agriculture
Ture
Feeding Watermelons to Bees From L Apiculture Editor
The editor fed 1500 watermelons to his apiary of 100 colonies from mid August to late September amid forage scarcity. Unripe fruit cost about $19.50 in total, a fraction of the cost of feeding sugar. The bees thrived on the fruit and stored some surplus body honey, though the melons were lightly colored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L’apiculture
Feeding Bees On Melons And Orchard Experiment Details
The extract describes bees fed on melon juice with daily fresh liquid and water expelled during return to the hive. It notes a 1891 orchard trial with four plots using lucerne clover timothy and a timothy clover mix. lucerne failed each year while other plots lost some trees but survived with increased watering, though by 1893 all were dead except a few.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Tompston
Calter
Utah Experiment Station
Arbor Day origins and farm tips on mulch and crops
Practical notes on conserving soil moisture with shallow cultivation and mulch for gardens and hoed crops. Advice covers use of manure leaves straw and other shading materials, mulching between rows, and establishing moisture resilience through early and ongoing care. Additional sections discuss cow peas with corn, raspberry botany, and the importance of spraying in orchard management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Thayer
New Wife Faces Harsh Critique Over Biscuits
In a terse exchange from the Roston Transcript, a wife defends her cooking while a partner mocks her biscuits. She argues love may be more than appetite, yet the narrator notes his fault-finding stays focused on food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roston Transcript
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Promised To Cure Female Complaints
A mixed column cites Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Comp. claiming cures for female ailments and uterine conditions, alongside Liver Pills for constipation and headaches. It notes a stamp sale in Springfield, pawnbroker India remark, flower festivals’ profits in Southern California, and Budapest underground ventilation flaws risking suffocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Reese
Lydia E. Plakham
Mra Pinkham
Asa
Springfield
Mas
Baltimore
Gen
Booth
India
California
Los Angeles
San Diego
Budapest
Men of the World and Notable Figures Reach Wide Fame
A curious survey notes Gladstone promising no more public speeches to his physicians. Cecil Rhodes’s England visit allegedly sparked love for Georgina, dowager Countess of Dudley. Louis the Marathon winner is hailed as a demi god, with the Greek king inviting Louis and his father to the palace. An Italian in New York employs 125 bootblacks on ferryboats, paying $3.50 weekly per boy while taking all daytime earnings and tips by nightly clothes checks, earning hundreds weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Cecil Rhodes
England
Georgina
Countess of Dudley
Louis
Marathon
Athens
Greece
New York
Opera and Conservatory Notes and Testimonials
The piece highlights social scenes and courtship at the New England Conservatory with mentions of teachers, operas, and concerts in Boston. It includes reader inquiries about study, chaperones, and lodging expenses, plus testimonials praising Pino's Cure for consumption and various personal notes from readers in Marshalltown, Philadelphia, and Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aday
Miguel
New England Conservatory
Laltormiy
Par Kormeret
Boston
Art Center of America
Ita Prospectus
Rerat Jove and a Dallas Man Exchange Tales
A Dallas man speaks to a young woman returning from the country, lamenting its tediousness. The fragment hints at cultural curiosities, charitable ideas, and odd asides about mood, digestion, and stomach ailments, with references to moon der and other unclear lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rerat Jove
Dallas
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J. H. Gardner
Secretary of Agriculture
Nebraska Board of Agriculture
Nebraska Board
R. W. Furnas
United States
J. #. Morton
New Yorker
Scotland
Mount Ida
Europe
Four Winds
W. Hatch
Marshalltown
B. J. Kay Medical Co
Omaha
Neb
Pino
Bila CL. Baker
Regent Sy
Philadelphia
Crawford
Tenon Tempe
Chicago
Mtark Tafo
Weeuront
Yellowstone Park
Jey
Plug
Columbia
Fee Fyly
Mater
Pope Mfg. CO
Hartford
Conn
Columbias
Jour Vicky
Oso
Uncle Sam
Arkansas
Eames
Nsw
E. V. M. Powell
Tomes Aaleate
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