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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1876
Page
6
The article explains managing poor soil by planting widely spaced crops to maximize manure use. It covers pumpkins, squashes, grapes such as Delaware and Fox, and tomatoes, noting space needs, root growth, weed reduction, and long term soil benefits. It also discusses farm life imagery and domestic geese practices.
The article discusses experiments on the feeding capacity of an acre of ground, noting average results lag behind top performers and inviting farmers to share outcomes. It asks which crops provide the most nutriment and how talent and effort affect cattle carried per acre.
A historic recipe details chopped boiled beef with suet raisins currants apples and spices and a second note describes a cement for oven joints. Mixing equal parts finely sifted wood ashes and clay with salt and water creates a dough that coats cracks when cold and yields durable ovens.
Boil six eggs hard and shred them fine. Mix with suet, currants, lemon peel and juice, six spoonfuls of sweet wine, mace, nutmeg, sugar, salt, and candied oranges. Bind into a light paste to form a pie filling.
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