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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1875
Page
8
The article describes systematic farm planning with maps and field numbers. It urges winter drafting of field layouts, rotation crops, and coordinated labor to optimize future planting and harvesting across irregular fields. It emphasizes precise measurement, straight sight lines, and strong stock for efficient operations.
The Practical Farmer reports wide dairymen support feeding mixtures to increase milk secretion. Buckwheat bran and corn cob meal with bran are popular, with trials by Thomas Inghrop near West Grove. Hungarian grass gains favor for cows, maturing in about ninety days and yielding two to four tons per acre on good soils.
A California Agriculture Department correspondent reports no rust or smut in wheat fields and criticizes November 1871 guidance advising against mixing seed with treatments. He notes soaking wheat in a bluestone solution, six ounces per 100 pounds, to kill smut fungoid growth and protect sound grains.
The Journal of the Farm insists on housing tools and machines when not in use and repairing them on rainy days. It asserts well maintained mowers run lighter and longer, and cites hard work keeping hired men from neglecting the farm's equipment.
Choose whole soda crackers and lay each upon a separate small dish. Pour boiling water over them to soak well, then cover with a dressing of sweetened cream and a spoonful of jelly or fruit topping.
Massachusetts Ploughman explains a thrifty hog wintering method using cut hay corn fodder and po- Noes steamed or boiled with hot water and bran. The fodder should be eaten readily when prepared this way.
A religious exhortation compares business and spiritual effort to a merchant riding a dry goods wagon to Wall Street. It argues most fail because they wait for the elegant carriage rather than take the first wagon, urging Christians to start work at eight o'clock or risk missing the day of Opportunity.
A reflective piece on spiritual beauty, noting that true holiness radiates in the countenance. It argues faith, love, and patience shape a serene, untroubled face. The essay cites Ruth Stephen and the beloved John as exemplars, and links suffering with deeper grace.
The passage ponders litt le graves as holy spaces where pure thoughts arise from mothers memories. It contrasts mourning with joy as parents grieve lost infants, believing their souls rest in a purer, heavenly realm and linking earthly loss to Redeemer’s diadem.
A persuasive call urges schools and churches to display Palestine maps on walls and use affordable home study aids. It mocks wrong geography like Canaan in Europe and the Dead Sea location, and cites a professor and student exchange to stress need for better biblical geography knowledge.
The Rev. Geo Trask, famed anti tobacconist, dies at seventy eight. He spent thirty years lecturing against tobacco use and left a nation of smokers and chewers to respect his sincerity. He also helped spark an important reform.
A Silver Bow Moritana correspondent relays astonishing cold weather reports with a quicksilver trial. Mercury froze solid in a tumbler as thermometer readings plunged to 86 below and lower, then rose weirdly through January with notes on Jack Frost’s antics and regional weather curiosities.
Washington dispatch describes Senate's glare on Thurman and Conkling with colorful portraits. It notes bachelors Wilson Anthony and Ferry as presiding officers, comments on Boutwell and Griffin, and sketches Parson Brownlow and other disabled senators with a tone of satire. Morbid humor contrasts with political banter as elevators replace stairs for ailing members.
The Cincinnati Times notes Andrew Johnson, longtime Unionist, secured a Senate seat despite strong opposition from both Democrats and Republicans. It praises his record and cautions politicians about his potential future ambitions while recalling past impeachment tensions with President Grant.
A man called into a Jefferson Avenue drug store with a ten cent chrome under his arm and asked if they framed pictures. Rebuffed, he persisted asking about chromos and frames while the clerk insisted it was a drug store. The exchange ends unresolved in a humorous miscommunication.
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