Agricultural virtues of cultivation and dairy cow breeding
The passage extols cultivation to preserve soil moisture and warmth in dry times, arguing shallow, frequent tillage prevents air exposure to roots and aids moisture retention. It also outlines Western dairymen views on breeding dairy cattle, favoring good milking breeds and raising calves from top cows, with emphasis on yield per feed and desirable size, color irrelevant.
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Jerseys
Holsteins
Devons
Hog Cholera Cure and Cautions on Potatoes
An Old Hog Raiser proposes a home remedy for hog cholera using a mixture of madder resin sulphur saltpeter copperas antimony arsenic and ferign powder with salt and ashes. The piece advises separating sick hogs and dosing with one tablespoonful twice daily until improvement and then weekly as a preventive. The column also warns readers against investing heavily in untested potato varieties comparing the craze to tulip mania and urging small, cautious purchases.
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Ayer
BR. H. McDonald & CO
San Francisco
Cal
Washington
Chariton Sts
N. Y
Noted Prisoner Warwick Paroled After Court Case
George Warwick, once jailed for perjury over a marriage license sworn by a female deputy clerk, was pardoned by the Governor after fourteen months in the penitentiary. He had married the widow’s daughter in December 1873, with his wife remaining devoted throughout.
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Toledo
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Supreme Court
State Journal
Penurious Baltimore grave-digger tale and Maine spelling mishap
A Baltimore man at his wife's grave mutters about a debt owed him as a memory of a departed friend stirs his emotion. A Franklin County school mistress anecdote follows about propriety at church and a child mispronouncing words. A Maine spelling match highlights fourteen spellings for mosquito.
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