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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1844
Page
5
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In Concordia Intelligencer notes, Mr Affleck reports on Dr Cloud's system for cotton on hill lands. He describes deep ploughing and heavy manuring to reach yields near 700 pounds per acre, detailing an experimental three acre plot with manure scraps and Gulf-hill seed, and the labor required.
A passage notes an experiment with sixteen farming horses and seven fed on salt. When given hay and corn they consumed 2 to 3 ounces daily, but with new hay the intake rose to about six ounces. The author argues for free salt use for cattle.
The passage reports on a hurried seed cotton experiment claiming 9,325 pounds from four acres, seven bales after ginning, and compares labor and manure with adjacent land. It questions efficiency and asks readers to judge the practicality of such small-plot yields. Western Farmer & Gardner.
At a meeting of the Agricultural Society of New Castle County Delaware Mr Holcombe exhibited eight native Devons led by The Lady. Twelve weeks yielded 174 pounds 12 ounces of butter averaging 14 pounds 9 ounces weekly the peak week 19 pounds. Feed varied from hay and oats to corn meal and wheat bran with water and salt. Comparative figures from Weeling Times note 844 quarts milk in 16 days from Dr H W Chipline’s cow in Virginia with butter yield of 29 pounds in two weeks. The Gazette backs the facts with an affidavit.
A reader asks for the best remedy for warts on cow teats. The journal cites a Ploughman note from January 9, 1842 describing a carrot scrap poultice with salt that reportedly cured warts in three days. Readers report success and failure invites public report.
A Portland Tribune account chronicles the rise of Robert Sears, a poor, friendless journeyman who moved to New York in 1830. He built a printing career after early failures, published successful works including the World at One View and New Family Receipt Book, and later produced the Pictorial Illustration of the Bible. Sears expanded into publishing and editing, becoming a prominent printer, author, and magazine publisher.
A fragment muses that a well spent life yields happier reflections. It contrasts virtuous activity with gratification of vicious propensities and suggests contentment from morning to noon even when pursuits wane. The excerpt emphasizes virtue over indulgence and inner peace.
Mrs. Child recounts Miss Dix, famed prison and almshouse visitor, calming violent maniacs through scripture and mercy. In one case she reads to a raging patient until he calms and proclaims her mission divinely sent. Another encounter shows a quiet man sensing heavenly presence around her.
A reflective dialogue extols accepting life as it is and avoiding constant complaining. An old merchant recalls forty seven years in business praising a rare honest creditor who was repaid promptly, underscoring prudence and contentment over perpetual grumbling.
A Portland Tribune excerpt urges readers to aid the needy with generous offerings. It proclaims charitable giving improves spirits and even promises future reward. The piece defends benevolence as a poet’s truth and condemns stinginess as selfish.
An abolitionist in Cincinnati entices a Kentucky slave to flee, then uses his wagon and two horses for fruit selling. The enslaved man returns home with the gear, hoping to reclaim his freedom, while the master contemplates legal remedies to recover property.
A quirky advertisement ridicules a young man named Dan Sing Skull and invites readers to send their names to the paper. It includes a biscuit roll recipe urging cream of tartar and supertartar soda to yield light bread, claiming it healthier and whiter. The piece references a minister Lightfoot and a west fashion context from the Intelligencer.
The notice prescribes ink and raw plaids to relieve burns by stewing plant seeds in lard then straining. It also suggests salve and horse back care. For croup a roasted onion juice with honey or brown sugar is given as a remedy with a teaspoonful every hour until relief.
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