Agricultural notes from the United States and Europe
The piece surveys pleuro-pneumonia and sheep breeds in France, carp farming growth in the United States, wheat and cotton seed markets, sugar sorghum prices, cane sugar yields, rose farming in Georgia, and Russian horse exports. It notes California farmers facing low wheat prices yet remaining optimistic and urges farmer readers to contribute ideas to the Seventh Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley
Memphis
Italy
United States
Prof
Scovill
Sterling
Kansas
Vegetarian shifts and manure tips in a curious 19th century column
The column discusses hippo phagy in Paris as a rising trend and compares meat costs with beef and mutton. It then shares manure top dressing advice from a New York Tribune correspondent, urging surface application to speed wheat growth and improve clover establish ment for future crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
la Belle Paree
Maud
The
New York Tribune
Sam
Sheep on Wheat Farms in Michigan Advantages Highlighted
Mr. Buell outlines benefits of keeping sheep on wheat farms before Michigan sheep breeders. Sheep resist contagion, losses are lower, grow fast, and fleece yields provide frequent dividends. They aid summer fallowing, glean fence line briers, reduce annual grasses, and convert surplus straw to fertilizer in winter. Also notes sheep suit corn stalks and various fodders. promotion for J. L. Kennedy seed oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buell
Michigan
Progress In Farming and French Agriculture Compared
The piece notes Northern farmers rising in tobacco, Tennessee and Kentucky cotton, and Pennsylvania tobacco aiding cigar production. It then contrasts France farming, detailing small plots, strip farming, minimal home comforts, widespread rural villages, and a thrifty, content but ignorant peasantry that sustains France’s wealth.
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France
South
New England
England
Rench
Republic
Paris
Louis XIV
Napoleon Iit
The Rise and Fall in Politics and Virtue Across Nations
A philosophical essay contrasts nations and individuals through cycles of birth growth decline and dissolution. It argues virtue anchored in eternal right nature and liberty sustains states while wealth luxury power corrupt and civil strife precede downfall. It ends by urging readers to assess America's standing and seek remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberto-Loying
Drs
W. H. Betts
M. D
Whitestall St
Atlanta
Card notices grateful note from S H Gray
A card from S H Gray thanks friends for patronage and announces his books are in the care of Geo E Huguley for collections. He asks all indebted to settle promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. E. Huguley
S. H. Gray
Itching Piles Symptoms and Cure
Itching piles with moisture and night distress may worsen. Swayne's Ointment is advertised as a sure cure for hemorrhoids and skin diseases including tetter and barber's itch. Box mail order 50 cents, 3 for $1.25. Address Dr. Swayne & Son Philadelphia, sold by druggists.
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Swayne
Dr. Swayne & Son
Phila
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Kentucky
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Connecticut
Wisconsin
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Pennsylvania Tobacco
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Great Britain
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Politics
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Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA
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New York
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London
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Thas
W. E. Norris
Guerndale
Henry Vane
Julia Schayver
Harriett Prescott Spofford
Rebecca Harding
Davis, Jewett
Frank KR. Stockton
H. H. Boyesén
An Tourgeneff
Tyre
P.O
Pike County
E. W. Rose
Martha A. Rose
Barnesville
Zebulon Street
J.C. Porch
T. D. Dewberry
John R. Kiley
Harry Wells
S. J. Hale
E. H. English
For Ee
Milner
Hiag
Pixke County
S.J. Hale
E.J. Fields
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