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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1875
Page
4
A Rural Carolinian excerpt discusses efficient farming methods, comparing high and low acreage cotton cultivation. It outlines costs for labor and fertilizer, potential bale yields, and the savings from intensive practice, citing Mr. Boynton’s 916 pound cotton acre and fertilizer formulas.
A letter from D. Wyatt Aiken, Rural Carolinian, laments falling crop values and farmer hardship. The piece argues lack of cooperation in hiring labor and planting plans fuels market-wide price drops while producers, vendors, and credit terms profit, deepening rural poverty and the refrain farming don't pay. It critiques speculative cash articles and credit expansion, urging reflection on agricultural economics.
Editorial discusses planting corn on cotton lands to cut costs and dependence on imports, urging early planting to dodge summer droughts and suggesting drill or check methods by terrain. Also includes a Rural Carolinian note on chicken cholera prevention and a Maine bill on women officiating marriages and oaths.
The article discusses the perils of too little or too much sleep. It notes protracted sleep harms brain function and vitality, cites Hippocrates, and contrasts infancy and old age as natural sleep patterns. Illness alters sleep needs, and in coma repose may aid recovery more than wakefulness.
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