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Springfield Weekly Republican
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
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A price list for various goods, butter, eggs, meats, and poultry is provided, followed by an article describing experiments by a person from Hingham on cutting white birch wood in different seasons, noting better preservation when cut in summer, with reference to Dr. Jabez Fisher of Fitchburg.
Merged-components note: Continuous 'Life on the Farm' text, poultry notes, from page 7.
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| Butter-tub | 28@30 | “ | brown | 6@8 |
| “ball | 32@37 | Molasses (gal) | 60@80 | 1.50 |
| Cheese-factory | 16 | Maple syrup | 65@130 | 25 |
| “sage | 16 | syrup | 65@70 | 22 |
| “Edam (each) | 1.25 | Vinegar | 65@70 | 22 |
| Eggs (doz) | 28 | Pickles | 65@70 | 22 |
| Sugar-white | 10 | Evap. apples lb) | 65@70 | 22 |
| MEATS AND POULTY. | ||||
| Beef-round | 16 | Bacon | 20 | 16 |
| “rump | 23@25 | Lard | 25 | 25 |
| “porter-house | 25@28 | Mutton--chop | 20@22 | 10@14 |
| “roast | 18@25 | “legs | 10@14 | 10 |
| “corned | 8@18 | Tripe | 10@14 | 10 |
| “dried | 25 | Liver | 10@14 | 10 |
| “smoked | 20 | Tallow | 8 | 25 |
| “tongue | 20 | Veal--cutlet | 20@22 | 18 |
| Pork-steak | 15 | “roast | 15 | 15 |
| “sausages | 16 | “hind quarter | 28 | 28 |
| Pork roast | 16 | “fore | 22 | 22 |
| “salt | 16 | Spring chickens | 25 | 25 |
| Hams | 16@18 | Fowls | 20@18 | 16@18 |
from Hingham, has been making some experi-
ments with white birches cut at different sea-
son, and with the following results. He cut a
lot of birch wood in August, and, without split-
ting, piled it up in the open air for fuel. The
next spring he cut another lot, and also piled
that in the weather, without splitting. Both
lots were overhauled in the following July or
August. The lot which had remained in the
pile a whole year was found perfectly sound.
and made good fuel, while that which had been
cut in spring, and had been piled only about four
months, was practically worthless. Dr. Jabez
Fisher, of Fitchburg, understands this differ-
ence between lumber cut in winter and summer
so well, that he contracts for all his grape vine
posts to be cut in August. The finest lot of rail-
road ties we ever saw were cut in summer when
the trees were in full leaf. The wood seasoned
very rapidly, and, when handled, had a ring to
it like steel when struck with a hammer. We
are not ready to recommend the cutting of all
timber and fuel in summer, but we believe that
farmers should know what the effect upon lum-
ber is when cut at different seasons of the year.
It would seem that there is no way in which the
wood of a tree can be relieved of its sap so tho-
roughly, and be left in so sound a condition, as
when the sap goes out through the leaves, or
through the pores, during the season of full leaf.
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A person from Hingham experimented with cutting white birch in August versus spring, finding summer-cut wood remained sound after a year while spring-cut wood rotted quickly. Dr. Jabez Fisher contracts for posts cut in August. Summer-cut wood seasons rapidly and soundly as sap exits through leaves.