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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1885
Page
3
A South Georgia reader argues the region is better off with local Black labor, praising workers, pay practices, and stable farms while condemning anti labor views. A second letter cites scriptures on fair wages and warns against monopolies, socialism, and a future workers’ unrest amid wage oppression.
Agricultural notes discuss how soil hardness affects draft forces, citing experiments with dynamometers. It compares muddy roads to hard surfaces, showing a horse might pull six times as much on mud as on good road, and notes wide wheels reducing sinkage and wear. It also links manure use and soil fertility to crop yields and soil nitrogen content.
The 1500 specimen New York poultry show displays many breeds led by Brahma and Leghorn varieties. It notes heavy Brahma cocks near 20 pounds and light Krahma as farmer’s fowl, with Plymouth Rock favored. A model coop, reforms in feeding, disinfectants, and humane slaughter methods are discussed alongside profitability tales and care tips.
The column advises on starting an asparagus bed in fall or now, using light sandy loam, deep manure, and trench planting. It recommends Van Sicklen's Colossal, crowns three inches below ground, six rows fifty feet long, and annual fall top-dressing with manure.
An advocate argues that farmer families should provide girls with a pig or calf and let them keep the proceeds from sales. The speaker recalls a girl who cared for a heifer, sold it for 50 dollars, and kept the calf, now two years old, and another who earned money by feeding corn.
The guide notes cucumbers as a profitable crop for the garden. Sow on sod in a cold frame, transplant after frost danger, with early plantings favored. Use rich moist soil and ensure ample water. Successive plantings monthly through July provide fall yields. White Spine, Gherkin, and Burr are recommended varieties.
Farmers learn to feed skim milk to cows pigs and poultry to balance yields and profits. Skim milk boosts hen laying and albumen content, while device mentions warn of frauds and note sorghum sugar costs. The piece also covers forage, planting, and crop timing guidance with scattered farming tips.
A long column covers farm and orchard tips including stone removal, soil improvement, and soft falling ground for apples. It cites European beets and alcohol production, silk culture funding, and notes on odors in stables and Brown's Iron Bitters as a heart and stomach tonic.
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