The Washingtonian Subscriptions and Rates
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James McCafferty
Post-Office Department
Artichoke Experiment Promises High Yields on Small Plots
J Gunnin reports from Anderson District South Carolina on Jerusalem artichokes grown from Tennessee seed. A 196 by 66 foot section yielded 200 bushels with four foot plant spacing and cornlike cultivation. Plants reach about ten feet, cover soil, and bloom as harvesting nears. He plans to save seed and invites locals to inspect and learn. Walnut Mills, Sept 1 1843.
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Columbia
Edgefield Advertiser
Tennessee
Preservation of Vegetables by Underground Cold Storage
In northern Europe roots are preserved by digging deep dry pits, placing roots inside with surfaces dry, covering with earth, then straw or fern to block rain and meltwater. The method relies on the roots retaining a living preserving principle until seeds form.
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North
Simple vegetable preservation method by stacking with straw
The passage explains that certain vegetables resist decomposition by keeping their life energies suspended until reactivated by air water and heat. It notes beets carrots and potatoes survive winter in piles on dry soil covered with straw to shield from rain and frost and calls this England's best tuber storage method as described by Chaptal.
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England
Small Productive Farm Details from Maine Farmer Ad
A two year resident of a 30 acre farm reports yearly yields including 700 bushels potatoes 40 bushels corn 75 chickens and turkeys 10 tons meadow hay 6 tons English hay 14 bushels wheat and 25 beets plus vegetables. Also notes 390 pound hog 400 pounds butter kept livestock eight sheep two oxen cows and other stock. Describes practices sorting potatoes feeding hogs and manure use and lime plastering. A. T. Permins signed.
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Maine
A. T. Permins
Cows with Bloody Milk Cured by Old Remedies and Practices
A Louisville Journal reader offers practical remedies for cows producing bloody milk. Tips include pork root, changing feed, warm soapsuds, smoke of burning leaf sugar, and incisions if needed. A veterinary surgeon cautions on the condition turning into milk fever and stresses prevention by good diet and pasture management.
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Louisville Journal
Lincolnshire
England
Cure for bleeding neck vein with alumin solution
Veterinary note from Louisville Kentucky by David Dickinson advises applying copious bleeding control using 1 4 pound alumin dissolved in water and a quart of stale wine. The text also promotes flower cultivation as a healthful activity contributing to happiness.
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David Dickinson
Leec
Louisville
Faithful Blacksmith Helps Needy Neighbor and Community
A blacksmith works extra hours at night to aid a neighbor whose cottage burned last week. A visitor offers a loan to buy iron cheaply, but the smith declines, preferring to keep trust with his supplier and use profits to assist the injured family. The act inspires a broader moral about charity and readiness for death.
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Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Great Iron Steamer Great Britain at Bristol
A historic iron steamship the Great Britain, recently completed at Bristol, is described as a paddleless Archimedean screw vessel with a 3600 ton burthen and 1000 horsepower engines. At 322 feet overall and 289 feet keel, it carries 252 berths, 1200 tons cargo, 1000 tons coal, six masts, and about 1700 square yards of sail.
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Great Britain
Bristol
Liverpool
New York
Great Western
The Lord's Prayer Across Denominations
The Lord's Prayer has been offered by Christians of all denominations millions of times. Its reach spans the globe and seas, rising to heaven like incense as a perpetual, universal petition.
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Montgomery
Decomposition of Lard Yields Stearine and Oil Proposed
Dr D Witterman in Huntsville Alabama offers to teach a process to decompose lard into stearine and oil for $100. Expected yield is 35 percent stearine and 62 percent oil with a 3 percent loss per 100. No poison used. oil described as pure and olive-like in appearance and pleasant in flavor. Star candles priced at 25 cents per pound.
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D. Witterman
Huntsville
Ala
Knife grinder sails for France with wife dog and wealth
A local story recalls a once poor knife grinder who, with his wife and faithful dog, leaves America for France after amassing about $10,000. His mother stays in France, he sends for her, and the family plans a quiet life abroad, tied to French customs and prosperity.
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France
Maine
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America
Richmond
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