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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1844
Page
1
The notice outlines subscription prices with annual and club rates, postpaid mail payment requirements, and reduced advertising discounts. It states rates for different publication frequencies and emphasizes post office rules for subscribers.
The article discusses Dr Cloud's system for deep ploughing and heavy manuring to boost yields on hill lands. It recounts a three acre trial with 200 bushels of manure per acre and Gulf hill seed, noting labor demands, ridge farming, and commentary by overseer Mr Ventriss on expected outcomes.
A note cites Parker's Treatise noting horses fed hay and corn eat 2 to 3 ounces of salt daily while on new hay they consume about six ounces. The observation argues for allowing free salt access for cattle, noting the practical ease of continuous salt provision.
The author reports on experimental results from four acres producing 9 325 pounds of seed cotton, claiming seven bales ginned. He argues this beats larger adjacent plots treated by standard methods, noting labor, manure, and time required and challenging readers to judge the conclusion.
At the Agricultural Society of New Castle County Delaware meeting in September Mr Holcombe exhibited eight native Devons led by the Cow The Lady. A twelve week trial yielded 174 pounds 12 ounces of butter an average of 14 pounds 9 ounces per week the highest week 19 pounds the lowest 12 pounds. The cow was fed hay dry oats corn meal two buckets daily two quarts corn meal and wheat bran in warm water with salt later three gallons meal daily at three feedings. The cow had pasture and varied feeds including green oats and corn fodder. Reports from Wheeling Times of a Ohio County Va cow milking three times daily yielded 844 quarts in May and June with 29 pounds of butter in two weeks. The Gazette corroborates with an affi davit supporting these claims.
The article discusses treatments for warts on cow teats and cites a carrot poultice recipe from Ploughman January 9, 1842. It describes using carrot scrapings with salt as a poultice, claiming cures in three days, and asks readers to report effectiveness or failures for public record.
The Portland Tribune recounts the rise of Robert Sears a young journeyman printer who faced poverty and cholera in New York. After early failures he advertised the World at one view and the New Family Receipt Book selling about 30 000 copies. He published the Pictorial Illustration of the Bible and two other volumes, became editor proprietor and publisher of Sears New Monthly Family Magazine and rose from obscurity to notable American publishing success.
A fragment praises a virtuous life with contentment from daily effort and victory over base desires. The speaker asks what yields happier reflections than a life well spent and describes bliss in virtue.
Mrs. Child recounts Miss Dix visiting prisons and alms houses to soothe maniacs through scripture reading. A raving patient calms after her serene reading and declares God sent her. In another scene she ushers twenty to thirty maniacs into worship as one man whispers that angels accompany her.
A proverb filled dialogue on accepting life as it is with sun and storm and diverse people. An old merchant recalls forty seven years of business finding only one true creditor disappointed by debt paid, a tale to urge patience and gratitude.
A Portland Tribune excerpt urges charity and benevolence. It praises giving blood wealth or resources to aid others, claiming personal relief and spiritual reward, even promising heavenly recompense if no earthly return is found.
A Cincinnati abolitionist allegedly lured a young enslaved man from Kentucky to work as an apple peddler in Cincinnati. The man, entrusted with a wagon and two horses, eventually fled back toward his former master with the property and proceeds, raising questions of rightful ownership and restitution.
An item promote s a youthful advertisement featuring Dan Sing Skull with claims of a stylish western fashion and a plea for readers to send their names to the paper. Also includes a household recipe for biscuits using cream of tartar and baking soda to yield lighter, whiter bread, touting health advantages over ordinary bread.
An old.ekcerpt describes using ink and raw plants stewed in lard to make a salve for burns and sores. It suggests straining and applying for quick relief. For croup it advises roasting an onion, extracting juice, mixing with honey or brown sugar, and giving a teaspoonful until improvement occurs.
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