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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1886
Page
4
The piece warns that rising broom corn prices may draw many new producers, risking price collapse if novices enter the market. It notes Central Illinois is unprofitable for broom corn, risk of soil deterioration after several crops, and that a syndicate’s corner on supply boosted prices. It advises caution and experience before planting.
The natural life of the sleep is shorter than that of any other domestic animal. Five or six years is the limit of their practices useful ness, though valuable brooding ewes may be kept once or two years longer.
The article discusses starting a huckleberry plantation next spring and improving dairy work. It covers milk cleanliness, calf selection for dairy cows, rhubarb and manure practices, and the profitability of hogs. It also includes advertisements and stray remarks about remedies and pests.
A sprawling OCR fragment discusses police caution toward a man with an ending in ski, era political quips, and multiple advertisements for remedies. It references Brown's tonic, Sardine or Sozodont style dental products, and Dr J H McLean. It notes a nolle prosequi against Royal A Johnson and a joke about cold waves from the Northwest. It recounts various medical claims and small anecdotes about public figures and local life.
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