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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1885
Page
5
A Georgia farmer describes a thriving 1884 corn crop using Golden Dent and Seaming varieties planted April one through two, with guano, a scooter hoe, and careful cultivation. He saved about sixty dollars by avoiding midseason purchases and urges others to prepare land and cultivate with sweep. The piece also notes a county agricultural meeting discussing land preservation and soil improvement.
A reader from Liberty Hill Georgia vents about farm economics and the pressure from traveling salesmen. He argues farming loses money due to persistent agents selling fruit trees maps guano and other goods, and urges harsh taxes to curb such solicitations. He notes soil work resumes with spring plowing and ends with a price quote on New Orleans syrup at 50 cents per gallon.
A. H. Maltory from Morgan County Georgia argues against exclusive cotton farming. He urges diversified crops on 100 acres, with wheat corn oats and cotton, detailing a rough profit plan, labor needs, and soil rotation to improve land value and reduce debt.
The article urges mothers and farmers wives to share practical knowledge and recipes. It discusses nursery rhymes for speech, tips on pepper pickling using Cayenne, and the health benefits of peppers. It cites Miss Adelaide and Stephen Powers praising corn fodder for cattle and dairy value.
The advertisement touts Hop Bitters as a cure for kidney and liver diseases, consumption, neuralgia, insomnia, rheumatism, blood poisoning, indigestion, and more. It claims broad effectiveness, notes genuine bottles bear a green hops bunch on the label, and cites President Pierce praising wheat bran on cabbage heads to destroy the cabbage worm.
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