Crossbreeding Cotswold and Southdown Shropshire Sheep Practices
In Ohio Farmer letter, a breeder details crossing Cotswold and Southdown sheep to combine wool and meat traits. He bought grafted Cotswolds and pure Southdowns at ten dollars per head, uses a thoroughbred Cotswold buck, notes twin lambs, hardy prolific flocks, and buck and ewe lambs are shipped to the city. Lambs come in February and March, averaging sixty pounds at two months and selling for nine to twelve cents per pound gross.
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Ohio
Cotswold
Southdown
Cotswolds
What Farmers Succeed
This passage urges farmers to rely on self discipline and skill. It stresses staying committed to farming year round, using informed reading, embracing new ideas, and delivering top quality, honest produce. It notes farming underpins national strength and rewards persistent, intelligent effort.
Proper Salt Feeding for Farm Stock Care
Ensure cattle have constant access to salt under cover to prevent gorge and purging. Place salt where all animals can lick evenly. avoid overuse and waste. In hot dry weather milk and butter may decline without extra feed, so grow a green crop for milch cows in July September.
Timber seasoning and tar preservation for posts
The article endorses seasoning timber before use, noting external preservatives are costly and ineffective. It prescribes sawing felled timber into posts, sun and wind drying for a year, charring the neck, applying boiling coal tar with quicklime, and painting upper sections. Coal tar is claimed superior to creosote for long term preservation and requires no skilled labor. It also covers a potato growing tip advising one sprout per hill for large, merchantable tubers.
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Tam
D. S. Scott
Jornal of Forestry
The
Prairie Farmer
Public Auction Under Trust Deed For Promissory Note
Trustee cites a trust deed from Campbell and Clough dated November 21 1570 to Sarah Mears with a 500 dollar note and accrued interest. The note is past due and unpaid, and the trustee will sell at public cash auction in front of the Washington County Courthouse to the highest bidder per the deed terms.
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Messrs
Campbell & Clough
Sarah Mears
Washington County
W. B. Mann
Doe Kim
Washington
Texas
W.B. Denson
Removal as Stock Moves to Abbott Building
Advert announces removal of stock to the Abbott Building at the south east corner public square. The firm pledges to accommodate old customers and new ones, offering the highest prices for all points. WOTIPKA and HORNER are noted.
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Abbott
Ao Agen
Pamdiiod
Wotipka & Horner
Wx. Watson
Brenham
Rafile A Superb Furniture Set Auction at Witteborg’s
A raffle for a $25000 bedroom furniture set at five dollars a chance offers a bedstead bureau center table washstand six chairs and a working chair all marble. Call at Witteborg's furniture store to view and buy chances with drawing on August 3 when all chances are sold.
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Witteborg
County Nomination Convention Call and Precinct Meetings
A Democratic party call announces a county nominating convention to meet at Brenham courthouse on Saturday at 1 o'clock for nominations and other proper purposes. Precincts are urged to hold primary meetings on August 17 to select delegates. each precinct to send a single delegation and one vote per 50 Democratic governor votes in 1876. Additional recommendations include officers, precinct clubs, and stronger party organization in Washington County. Also included is an advertisement extolling Simmons Liver Medicine and August Flower remedies with promotional details.
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Democratic Party of
Wwimre
Brenham
Democratic
Washington County
B. H. Bassett
Bap Fresh Groceries Sold At Small City Trade Profit
A fragment notes Bap Fresh Groceries bought for city trade and sold with a very small profit, delivered from A Porm. No further details available in readable text.
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Market Street
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George Nelson
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Alex Simon
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Main and
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Lockett & Edwards
Rosedale Nurseries
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Pacific
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United States
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Confederate States
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D. Appleton & CO
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New York
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H W. Graber
Stelzig
Mofiman’s
Brexnam, Texas
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