Emily and the Friendship's Offering Valentine Tale
A long nostalgic look at Emily who penned a dedication on a 1826 volume of Friendship's Offering. The piece traces her faded romance, the book's journey to New Orleans, and the anthology's famous contributors from Byron to Miss Mitford, noting changing Valentine customs and the lingering charm of old gifts.
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Emily
George IV
Rohimee
States
New Orleans
Mong
Eliza
Caroline
Bernard Barton
Lamb
Lord Byron
Washington Irving
Captain Medwin
Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Richard Lovell Edgeworth
Marla Edgeworth
Sherlock
BE. L
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Miss Mitford
Beachcrove
Robert Southey
Lord Dillon
Spain
Lord Dorchester
Jane Porter
Thaddeus
Warsaw
Opte
T. Hood Esq
T. Hood Bog
Exiliar
Valentine’s Day Saint Becomes Gift Enterprise Leader
The piece notes Good St. Valentine shifting from patron of loving hearts to head of a gift business as he accelerates the transformation. If the pace continues, the trend may redefine the holiday’s commercial image and charitable associations.
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Flahees
St. Valentine
Loving Hearts
Value of Style in Fruit and Forest Regeneration
Benjamin Newhall argues that style in fruit packing and attractive packaging boosts price, with examples of apples and pears fetching higher rates due to color flavor and presentation. The article also explains forest regeneration methods, favoring natural regeneration and noting limitations of artificial planting, seeds, and coppice for certain tree types.
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Benjamin Newhall
Chicago Fruit Commission
Illinois State Horticulturists
Seld
Jonathans
John Jones
Far West
Middle West
The English Crab Apple Described in Virginia Station Report
A Virginia station report describes the English Crab as a small form of the common apple. It notes the tree is hardy, slow growing, upright, with a roundish head. The tree measures 1344 inches at the base and about 12 inches in height.
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Virginia
War horses and Morgan breed praised in agriculture notes
The article notes small crops in certain years, then shifts to a long discussion by Jerry Rusk on army horse production. It praises the Morgan breed as foundational for U S army horses, cites Montana and western districts as suitable for breeding, and calls for government support, breeding stations, and registry to build a stock of sturdy, hardy horses with strong hooves and minds for military use.
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South Africa
Great Britain
Canada
West
Montana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakota
Nebraska
Alberta
Showld
Jerry Rusk
Secretary of Agriculture
Growing Peanuts as Forage and Pasture Plant in Texas
Texas farmer B C Pittuck notes in a Texas bulletin that peanuts, as legumes, improve soil and provide a high nitrogenous feed. Planting should follow early spring frost risk, in rows three to three and a half feet apart, with 18 inches to two feet between drills. Use moderate manure, key nutrients are phosphoric acid and potash, avoid excessive lime. Dark soils yield dark nuts, light soils light nuts. both have similar feed value. Span ish peanut commonly used for upright growth and easier harvest. keep weeds down and stop cultivation as nuts form. Harvest before frost to avoid injury.
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Texas
B. C. Pittuck
Texas Bulletin
At Farrowing Time and the Secret of One-Size Pigs
Kansas farmer John Downie urges synchronized farrowing within a week or two to keep sows healthy and reduce losses. He recounts losing many sows when pigs were oversized from excessive corn feeding, then shifts to feeding practices aimed at embryo pigs for bone and muscle, recalling a two-week farrowing of fifty sows with excellent results.
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Kansas
John Downie
Weaning and feeding pigs after birth instructions
A Canadian swine raiser advises on feeding sows and piglets as they age. After birth, feed the sow well and provide a clean floor with limited, warming food for piglets. Wean at four to eight weeks with careful care to prevent illness, and offer warm milk, kitchen slops, and small grains.
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Clara
Bouguereau
Rhode Island
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