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Newspaper

Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1874

Page

8

Religious discourse and mission notes span Europe to Asia

The piece discusses Rev O H Spurgeon traveling to London and Europe, bishop Simpson sailing to Mexico to inspect Methodist missions, and youth missionaries to join in Havana. It cites religious liberty in Persia, Sabbath debates among Jews, Emerson and Channing quotes on daily virtue, and a New York Independent report on Christian proclamations in Asia and Fukuwi and Suruga provinces in Japan.

Simpson Mexico Methodist Church Havana Foreign Missionary Society New York Independent Asia Igpite Fukuwi Suruga Japan

Immortality Views and Rapid Growth of Churches in Wyoming

The piece muses on immortality via inner capacities likening it to a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis. It then surveys religious expansion in Wyoming, noting Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Baptists, Congregationalists, and Catholics establishing churches, schools, and seminaries across cities and rural areas.

Methodist Episcopal Church Wyoming Presbyterian Church Ter Denver Protestant Episcopal Church Dennot Golden Congregational Church

Butter Making by Northwestern Dairymen's Association Reader

Mr I Boies of Marengo Illinois shares three years of butter making experience. He notes initial sales at twenty five cents per pound and a recent offer of forty cents. Emphasizes rich milk from corn and oat meal feed, strict milk handling, and careful room separation. Details churn setup, salting, cooling, washing, and packaging with Ashton salt and ash tubs.

Northwestern Dairymen’s Association I. Boies Marengo Ilinois Colorado Agriculturis

True Percheron and Norman Horses Compared

A letter from M. Simons of Orne France explains that true Percherons are scarce and many horses sold as Percherons near Chartres are crossbred Arab descendants. The piece stresses pure bloodlines, proper climate, and careful feeding for heavy horses, warning buyers of deceptive imports and urging preservation of native breeds.

M. Simons Orne France Department of Agriculture and Commerce J. J. Parker West Chester Chartres Belgium Flanders Agriculturist

Fattening Cattle Yields Estimated by Various Experts

Boussingault notes ox weighing 748 pounds fed at 40 pounds daily gains about two pounds per day. Low cites an ox of 770 pounds consuming 2228 pounds of turnips weekly and gaining roughly 14 pounds per month, about a stone. Dubois equates eight months of fattening green fodder to 6600 pounds of dry hay and 27 pounds of hay per day. Normandy studies place butcher’s meat at 57 percent, tallow 8 percent, hide 6 percent, entrails 29 percent, with meat shares between 58 and 62 percent depending on fatness.

Boussingault Low Dubois Auge Normandy Stephenson

Warranties in Livestock Sales and Market Heat Up

The National Live Stock Journal argues that warranted refers only to soundness and warrants do not extend beyond it. Dealers often use broad terms, but clearer forms are advised such as a dated receipt noting age, soundness, and quiet nature. Warranty must exist at sale time. post sale warrants carry no legal consideration. Chicago hot packs reach 796,187 this season versus 429,430 last year, nearly double.

National Live Stock Journal Chicago A. A. Hayes M.D Massachusetts St. Anthony’s

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