Poultry and Farm Management Reflections and Social Comment
A broad editorial discusses poultry farming as a low cost family venture with feasible chicken houses and offal feeding. It cites poultry health claims against gapes and cholera, praises industrious housewives for household morale, and critiques emigration and race progress. It surveys U S agriculture including corn, hay, hogs, industry value, and social issues tied to intoxication and crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee En Barnes
Beachieved
Katinena
Cincinnati
Fred Douglass
A Big Fish Story From Grantville’s Inland Waters
A Lacon Journal excerpt recalls Joe Carroll as a legendary fisherman on the Illinois River. It reports he hauled 1,700 buffalo fish in one season at Grantville area waters, with last year’s haul near 20,000 fish averaging seven pounds each. The piece notes the abundance, wintering stock, and a newsy mix of curiosities and anecdotes from the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Carroll
Illinois
Grantville
M. Recordon
Geneva
Paris Pay
Eac Ce
Merchant of Griffin
Neb
Betsien
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Are
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Terol
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Ie Bas Ecupoe
Went
Goa
Ayer
Olds
Whoopinee
Gough
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Lowell, Mass
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Aleo
Buffalo Dream Ales & Porter
Agate
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Andes
Peru
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American Sunday School Union
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Rowels
Erle
Stone, Well, Rubitabult, Co
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Callan
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Geo. Willard
Choice Family
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Porto Rico
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New Orleans
William Smith
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Almast
NS. B
Lehmann
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Harness
Paul
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