Wheat Raising Experiments and Rural Prosperity Outlook
A letter from Mr. B. L. H. of Monroe County details wheat growing trials using cotton seed and guano, noting yields of 57 and 58 bushels on small plots and advocating drilling over broad casting. He laments credit practices and urges self sufficiency, home production, and reduced guano use to restore independence and trust in trade. He also discusses cattle costs, dairy returns, and the social drift from farming toward capital interests, urging farmers to save and raise more at home.
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Department of the
Ihen
Georgia
Terra Firma
Enterprising farmer S M Howard promotes cattle trade near Barnesville
Mr S M Howard, a young farmer near Barnesville, conceives cattle farming as profitable. He secured land with a cane brake providing winter pasture, enabling annual natural feeding. He seeks to buy or sell cattle and calves, focusing on heifer calves. Georgia needs more cattle hogs horses and mules.
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S. M. Howard
Barnesville
Nature
Principles of farm results vary with conditions and need context
The article argues no universal farming rule fits all cases due to soil, climate, and practice differences. It cites Prof. Sheldon’s experiment with Berkshire pigs showing the warm pen produced more meat than the open pen, implying shelter boosts efficiency and that vast corn is wasted without proper housing.
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Sheldon
Kansas Agricultural College
Transforming Georgia Farming Through Soil Care and Fertilizers
A reader letter from Upson County argues Georgia soils have deteriorated after decades of cultivation. It advocates shifting from heavy fertilizer use to soil renovation, crop rotation, and better management by younger farmers to restore productivity and long term profits.
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Upson County
Gazette
Senex
Georgia
Upson
The Ruling Classes and Growing Inequality
A Northern letter argues the ruling classes squander twenty years of public domain and misdirected funds, citing railroad subsidies and stream cleanouts. It criticizes Georgia politics, calls for accountability as wealth concentrates with bankers and capitalists, and suggests renewed push to change the national financial system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
United
Indian Wheat Growth Sparks Silver Coinage Debate
The piece argues that Indian wheat expansion, railways, and rising exports threaten American farmers under a silver standard. It warns that gold standard policies depress American wheat profitability, worsen debt for farmers and debtors, and favor foreign markets, urging preservation of bi metallic currency and caution toward monetary reform.
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Othmer
South
India
London
Mississippi River
United States
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Congress
Banks Oppose Plan Limiting Their Gains
The passage notes banks would object to a proposal as it would cut off a large part of their gain, signaling a clash between policy aims and financial interests.
The Girl Farmer and the Prairie Fire Tragedy
The Dakota story follows Annie Jordan later called Fannie as a 111 acre north of town farmer who moved from Illinois after her father’s losses. A year and a half of hardship su stands as she battles a prairie fire that destroys her home and kills her mother. A former lover returns offering aid as she faces debt and ruin with scant resources but renewed hope.
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New York Sun
Annie Jordan
Here
Dakota
Ilinois
Tarnie
Beaith
Chicago
Far West
Hhe
Jannie
Fannie
Clinois
Tima
Pride and love drive girl from barren farm
A young man declares his desire to stay and help the farmer’s daughter, who weighs a choice between remaining on the ruined land or leaving with him. She ultimately decides not to return to farming, choosing to depart with him that afternoon.
Preservation of wood for docks in New York waterfronts
The article notes the teredo worm and water exposure damage wood used in docks and piles. Creosoting is costly, so North Carolina experiments carbonize the timber surface then soak with creosote using high pressure retorts. This method reportedly injects twenty pounds of solid oil per square foot and claims longevity up to a century with canal use expeditions to Panama.
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Dock Commission
Wilmington
Capt. Eads
Deesseps
Panama
Great Canal
Old Boys and Girls of English 8 oery Cockaline in The Accowaus
The author pokes fun at aging enthusiasts in society who continue tennis and social games well past youth. He notes middle aged women with cosmetic aging and older men with stiff joints, lampooning retired military types whose idea of activity is only reviews and barracks inspections.
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Accowaus
Jawan
Aldershot
Forests under strain at American forestry congress meeting
At the fourth annual American forestry congress in Boston on September 22, Mr. Eggleston of the agriculture department reported on forest land use. He cited that 440,990,000 acres are forested, 295,650,000 acres are farms, and 1,115,430,400 acres are unimproved. He estimated rail road ties demand, lumber cuts, and fires threaten vast real estate, noting a yearly drain of about 50,750,089 acres, raising concerns over the forests’ ability to sustain prosperity.
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American Forestry Congress
Boston
Eggleston
Forestry Division
Department of Agriculture
Alaska
Chess
United States
Vermont
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
North Carolina
New England
Jersey
Maryland
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Agricultural Department
Monroe County
Wisconsin
Washington
Boor
J. L.kennedy
Dols
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