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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1872
Page
3
A collage of quips and snippets from a bygone era offering humor and rural lessons. Jokes on money, markets, and manners sit beside agricultural guidance detailing Connecticut tobacco cultivation from seed bed to harvest, with practical notes on planting, fertilizing, and curing leaves. Named places, figures, and methods appear amid a stream of wry observations.
The paper opens its Farmers department to Stephenson County readers inviting farmers to submit articles on county topics. Submissions should be written plainly and on only one side of the paper.
Three years more. Tobacco has been raised as a market crop in Connecticut for seventy five years and lands under this rotation have grown more fertile. Growers agree tobacco is not exhausting if treated properly. Excellence is judged by texture and color. A leaf that allows light to show through is premium. The odor and finger test indicate quality. Thinnest leaves are most valuable. Seeds come from plants with closely spaced leaves and breadth over length. Thinner leaves are preferable.
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