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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1878
Page
3
A lyrical fragment set between sea and shore where hedges of briar and wind scar the land. The poem laments love and death, a garden barren of life save wind and rain, recalling lovers who vanished years ago and a passion that withered like a rose under sea wind and spray.
G P Putnam’s published selections arrive via C G Sanborn with several titles including Envoouting Stars observed from Times column by W L Alden. Paper 50 cents cloth 1.00. Also Rix vo OxE-a Nanrcener doyve paper 49 cents cloth 75 cents. Descriptions note humorous writing and summer editor adventures with Nantucket setting.
A long reader note lists review and sale details for several books and works by Habberton De Amicis Lakin and Harper Bros It advertises canoeing and river tales along with travel guides and library pamphlets from C G Sanborn and Jansen McClurg The items emphasize summer reading and educational kits for boys and general readers with pricing and availability in the local paper trade outlet.
Greyett isa writes to the American Cultivator that he keeps 800 hens and 500 chickens in separate fifty-head houses with movable roosts and well ventilated sheds. The operation uses lime wash and carbolic acid, a varied feed, running water, and clean conditions. Eight hundred hens eat ten pounds of wheat and twenty pounds of oats daily. twenty six dozen eggs were gathered in one day. The secret to success is cleanliness, good food, and pure water.
The American Cultivator notes patent grants rose from about 200 annually in early years to 16,000 now, spanning farming and manufacturing. It cites Holden, Lister, Howard, and Bessemer as major investors, details steel production gains, and compares 1870 manufacturing versus agriculture in several states. Buffalo aldermen vote to suspend smoking ban in meetings. mayor says smoking distracts and offends decorum.
After farrowing the sow should receive a nourishing warm diet. Begin with oatmeal gruel then boiled potatoes and dairy refuse milk, with barley meal mixed in. Feed warm and cooked, not raw, and clean troughs after feeding. Any leftover food goes to store pigs, not to the sow again.
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