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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1885
Page
2
The Kansas Farmer notes estimates for 15,000,000 cows meeting milk demand in the United States, with over 2 billion dollars invested in dairying, nearly double banking capital. It cites 60 million acres for feed, 700,000 dairy workers, and 1,000,000 horses, plus massive feed and machinery costs and annual feeding requirements.
The piece argues that country jobs offer steady work and improvement in knowledge, urging farm youth to stay on the land. It contrasts city allure with rural benefits, noting the farmer’s leisure time for study and potential lifelong value of agrarian life. It also references barren apple trees and suggests remedies from the New York Tribune and Farmer.
Features on heavy yields fertility needs and shiftable fields with fertilizer use and forest fire losses. Discusses butter cheese pork and beef impacts on farming, draft horses at the World’s Fair, wool from Texas and peanut trade in Chicago, strawberry cultivation tips and sheep advantages. Mentions Georgia Day at New Orleans Exposition and a Democratic Senatorial Caucus.
An advertisement touts Magnolia Balm as a cosmetic that provides the appearance of clear skin. It claims the product freshens and beautifies and suggests every woman may attain the look.
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