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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1878
Page
4
The piece discusses cattle trade with Cuba and Florida, prices for notices, and broad farming guidance. It cites Victoria cattle market observations, shipping eras, and the need to diversify crops beyond cotton. It warns on careless farming and emphasizes market gardening near towns and manufacturing centers.
Government Statistician estimates U S fruit crops at 120 900 000 dollars annually about half the wheat crop value. Michigan holds 60 000 acres of vineyards producing 10 000 000 gallons of wine plus vinegar brandy and fresh grapes. Other states total 5 000 000 gallons of wine yearly. Norfolk port reports 3 00 000 quarts of strawberries. Illinois expands orchards to 20 000 acres in a prairie state with newly developed housing.
Galveston News reports advice on potato culture and land preparation. A Houston Telegraph note mentions Mr. William Hunter raising 20 000 cabbages on a small farm and several hundred bushels of fresh potatoes, with profitable prospects. Autry succeeds Mullane & Co. in local supply. There is suggestion Bresham area could mirror these successes.
Fragmented clippings note Poker as the title of a San Francisco play and quips about publishing, furnaces, and editors. Mentions include a toy house bankruptcy, Santa Claus budgeting, and strikes in Chicago. The mix reads like humorous, scattered news bites.
A historical note extols a peanut crop described as stiff and rich, claiming best results from watering with super phosphate or lime. Lime is deemed essential to prevent decay, cultivation is simple, and the method mirrors cotton farming with nuts planted two feet apart. Nut prices in New York reach 150 to 160 dollars per bushel and demand appears unlimited.
Hinseasers runs the sole Gitsi-class saloon in the city offering the purest liquors and no peers in quality.
The Rev G W Mansfield of Hyde Park Lowell writes from Pans, Mass praising Vegetine as a blood cleanser. He recounts years of dyspepsia and typhoid fever, then lasting back ulcers, surgery, and a later recovery after faithful use, noting weight gain and swelling relief.
At wholesale, two carloads of choice flour 1000 bushels of wa, 100 sacks coffee, beer from Anheuser, assorted canned fruit, 50 barrels liquors, 40 000 cigars and tobacco, bacon hams lard sold to trade at Galveston and Houston prices at D W Bloomburghs Gmber s Saloon Brenham Texan.
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