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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1879
Page
4
The notice outlines advertising terms for a weekly publication edited by J. D. Cameron. Rates include 91 50 per menu or Te for six months, with commissions for inserted ads and current rates. Liberal discounts offered to contract advertisers.
The article argues that permanent pasturage drives farm thrift, higher rents, and better soil in England and France. It compares grain versus grass under manure, noting England's superior pasture boosts wheat yields per capita. It cites Lombardy rents and Tennessee land values to urge grass cultivation as essential for renewal of fields, labor, stock, and farmer intelligence.
Farmers should study successful neighbors and model methods after them, but adapt cautiously. Innovations often come from outside or by accident, not from current opinion. Rustic experience shows that tile drainage, stock improvement, and new practices can emerge from outside the most established routines.
A nun argues the value of Shorthorn cattle for dairy based on the quality of a single grade Shorthorn she owned. The piece notes the risk of overreliance on a lone example and urges considering broader experience and others opinions before conclusions. The Southern Planter and Farmer’s Journal is cited.
Mr L Delmenico guides public on cooking fish with methods for boiling broiling and baking. Boiled fish uses cold water with salt and a splash of vinegar to prevent cracking while testing done by bone pull. Broiled fish should be split salting pepper and oil grilled on a greased gridiron. Baked fish needs wine onions salt pepper nutmeg and repeated saucing. Small fish can be fried in hot oil after dipping in milk and flour or beaten eggs crumbs.
A reflective piece contrasts the value of modesty in female beauty with moral warnings, then shifts to Tennessee agricultural advice. It discusses soil restoration, crop cultivation, and the superiority of careful, shaded farming over overexpansion, urging prudent, sustainable land use and pasture improvement.
Practical notes discuss salt feeding for cows and its effects on milk, butter, and churning time. It also mentions rock salt as economical for cattle. A line hints that orchard fruiting relates to cultivation practices.
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