Farm success on 2000 acres near Cottage Grove
Mr Dalrymple grew up in Pensylvania and moved to Minnesota. He started farming after poor health and built a large wheat operation. In 1867 his yield was 21 bushels per acre, netting $14,500 after seed costs. in 1868 the yield rose to 23 bushels per acre, netting $20,400. The farm, about twenty miles southeast of St Paul at Cottage Grove, now triples in value.
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Dalrymple
Pensylvania
Minnesota
St. Paul
Cottage Grove
Cultivation as Civilization The Farmer Founders of Civilization
Daniel Webster asserts that cultivation of the earth is essential to progress and civilization. He describes the shift from plows to cultivators and horse hoes, noting their labor-saving benefits and the farmer’s role in society. He argues tillage precedes other arts and anchors civilization.
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Herses
Holloway
New York
London
Profeassor Holloway
Maiden Lane
N.B
Stormy Days and Readiness for Farm Work
The piece urges farmers to use storm days for barn cleanups tool repairs and house cellar order while helping the wife and preparing roots hay and other chores. It recalls a Dutch tale of avoiding repairs in rain and not in fair weather to illustrate procrastination as a bad habit.
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S.C. Ayer &Co., Practical Chemists
Lowell
Mass
U.S. A
Te Wash White Woolens A Young Housekeeper Advice
A young housekeeper offers a domestic wash method for flannels. Boil soap with clear soft water to create a strong suds, soak flannels in a tub, rinse, rub lightly, and wring. For very dirty items repeat, then use weak hot suds with blueing, shake, and dry to keep woolen flannels soft and full.
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