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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1885
Page
2
Agricultural Department for gardeners and planters offers the celebrated Georgia rattlesnake watermelon seed and pure Netted Melon seed. Seeds guaranteed pure and unsurpassed in flavor. For sale by G M Wartherp at No 5 Alabama Street, Atlanta, Georgia.
A London backed plan seeks to break up large estates to empower common people, contrasting with American concerns over debt laws and rural neglect. The piece condemns extravagance and urges thrift, industry, and self reliance, praising past homestead simplicity. It also touches on Illinois cattle disease and horse handling tips, and includes agricultural notes on sweet potatoes and peas as nitrogen sources.
The readable line references choosing a smoke and mentions Taylor's and the Paradise cigar, but lacks a coherent event or outcome to summarize. The fragment implies a preference for a Taylor's smoke over a Paradise cigar without specific details.
Commissioner Colman calls a convention of representatives from all agricultural colleges and allied state institutions in Washington on June 24 at 10 a.m. He says cooperation between the department and industrial colleges promises mutual benefit and great good, with aims including public school agricultural education and the role of agricultural experiment stations.
The article attacks mismanagement under Loring at the Agricultural Department, alleging waste of nearly three quarters of a million dollars and perverse use of funds including seeds and sorghum programs. It cites phantom payrolls, favoritism, and ineffective experiments while urging coordinated action among stations to save time and money.
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