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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1875
Page
7
A collage of agricultural notes reports on wood ash as onion top dressing, a Springfield Ohio cow dying from apples, chicken remedies using logwood, and orchard grass as a drought resistant feed. It also mentions plucking potato blossoms and greenhouse plant care, plus a mosquito net fertilizer idea from Stratford Connecticut.
An English farm fed horses boiled wheat and straw all year, reporting strong labor capacity. A farmer fed pigs diseased potatoes with red wheat and tale barley, noting rapid growth and fattening. A correspondent details fodder yields from two and a half acres, enabling dairy cows and oxen to be sustained on minimal land, urging more cows per acre. A San Francisco to Liverpool cargo carried 150 000 bushels of wheat, the largest ocean crossing.
The piece condemns fortune seekers who marry for wealth rather than love. It portrays the heiress as cold yet sweet, recalling vows turned to mercenary contracts. It argues money motives fuel hatred and betray the natural order, ending with a rebuke of endowing worldly goods.
The text touts blood as the source of all health and warns of poisons lowering organ function. It endorses Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood cleanser and cure for many scrofulous and skin diseases, with patient testimonials praising its benefit though noting cancer is not cured.
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