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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1843
Page
5
The notice announces a weekly Saturday Washingtonian by James McCafferty at one dollar per year. Rates include discounts for clubs of six or twelve subscribers and post-paid mail, with advertising charges and postmaster frankage rules.
The article urges establishing permanent pastures with Muskete, Bermuda, crab grass, lucerne and other grasses to improve soil fertility and grazing. It notes trials with Bermuda, Italian rye grass, clover, timothy, and a plan to order seed for Septembr planting and to share results with readers. It emphasizes southern-origin plants and crossbreeding as paths to lasting pasture soil health.
The National Model Farm near Dublin operates on green cropping and house feeding on 52 acres, with 22 cattle and 3 horses. It feeds about 90 people yearly, supplies pork, sells vegetables and grain, and shows oats from 144 British acres. The farm, run largely by agricultural pupils, rents at £257 7s 8d yearly, plus other expenses, totaling over £400, yielding significant profit and employment.
The text discusses remedies for healing wounds using a chalk and vegetable composition and notes practical medical and agricultural observations. It outlines a method for preparing a beeswax like paste from chalk or brick dust and advises applying a hot mixture to debrided wounds with smooth bark edges for best healing.
The article explains how to gauge thunderstorm distance by timing lightning and thunder, warns on danger levels, and describes the physics of lightning. It reflects on the awe inspired by storms and the range of human reactions from fear to awe and visionary interpretation of the storm’s grandeur.
The Albany Georgia editor lauds the Georgia Journal for pushing reforms to shield wives from debts and losses tied to husbands pre and post marriage. The writer urges civil law adoption, argues current rules deny wives property rights, and calls for legislative action to secure wives and their children.
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