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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1885
Page
3
In a Ga Gazette column Prof. I P Roberts urges women farmers to raise poultry as a profitable household and farm activity. He cites poultry value, incubators, and cross breeds, plus farm manure experiments showing substantial fertilizer value and savings from a covered yard system and on farm manure production figures.
A farmer's wife should beautify the home with simple touches like paint rose bushes and evergreens rather than costly decorations. The piece argues a pleasant, orderly home uplifts character and life, urging readers to invest time and small money now for lasting value. It also cites a temperance claim comparing saloon counts in North and South states.
A retail note shows ladies bordered handkerchiefs priced from four to twenty cents at E L Rogers. The item appears as a small sale listing in the local shop section.
The article explains that ADIT ammonia in manure can weather dry loam or plaster and store in barrels, remaining potent as a fertilizer for corn grass or grain. It advises careful mixing before seed contact and quick crop uptake. It also notes seed selection favors strong healthy parents and reports on large hogs in Trenton with a 1059 pound leader and Jersey red breed. A German study by Professor E Wollny shows soil covered with vegetation or litter stays colder in summer and warmer in winter than bare soil, with greatest summer difference and least in spring and autumn.
The article reports coal moved by rail from Newcombe Tennessee to Brunswick Georgia for Atlantic steam navigation. It notes slower strawberry shipments from Charleston and Southern ports, reduced rail rates to New York, a South Carolina tobacco boom and high seed demand, and a surge in crossties from South Carolina pine. It cites Hon. John Wentworth on sheep keeping and pasture use to satisfy domestic wool needs.
A grower warns against wet and undrained soils as they cause rotting and poor quality corn. Excessive manure is discouraged for promoting rank late stalk growth and inferior crops. He advocates ample manure for corn but notes potatoes should follow after careful soil management.
The article discusses potato planting, furrow making with a corny marker and shovel plow, seed cutting into single eye pieces, and early hoeings for even tuber development. It recounts a Coh County Georgia stock farm diversifying into dairy with Jersey cows, a stone dairy house, spring water, and butter production averaging 300 pounds per cow annually.
The article urges beekeepers to prepare stocks for spring, assess each hive, feed weak colonies with syrup, contract hive entrances to prevent robbing, and move fragile colonies to winter storage if needed. It notes sun exposure aids brood and pollen sources from maple willow and alder encourage activity, with references to specific feeds and management steps.
An advertisement argues beauty depends on hair, claiming Parker's Hair Balsam stops hair loss and starts new growth while restoring original color. It emphasizes the product is not a dye or oil and is delicately perfumed and priced at 50 cents.
A fragment argues against inflated ads and praises Hop Bitters as a plain honest remedy. It cites papers claiming the Hop plant’s virtues and notes a tale where a woman allegedly improved after using Hop Bitters, urging gratitude for the medicine.
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