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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1873
Page
12
The San Jose Mercury describes Charles Caine’s post harvest method for sun reddening Baldwin Smiths Order and Spitzenbergs apples. He places picked fruit in long flat piles under tree shade then exposes top layers to sun for two to three weeks, yielding brilliantly colored fruit that rivals the reddest on the tree.
A farmer urges cattle buyers to use thoroughbred Ayrshire bulls with grade cows to improve calf uniformity and milk yield. He notes fewer abortions, lower disease risk like garget, and reports 1 1/2 to 2 times more milk per feed unit from Ayrshire cows compared with Durhams or grade Durhams.
The passage urges farmers to save money by keeping papers, tracking farm tasks, repairing tools, avoiding cheap but useless purchases, maintaining fences, grazing control, trying small new experiments, proper fruit tree care, and excellent stock shelter and feed. It concludes that careful attention to small details yields results and makes farmers the salt of the earth.
From L Wright's Illustrations of Poultry Breeding, August issues note that pairing cocks with few hens favors cockerel offspring early in broods, while more hens or vigorous mating shift sex ratios. Observations claim uncertainty remains but breeders can influence outcomes. late hatchlings tend to be shorter legged. A last unrelated anecdote mentions a sidewalk accident and a temperance convert destroying wine valued at £1,000.
The article notes experienced lawmakers like Cullom likely to lead the Senate and predicts a lengthy session. Expect overhauls to criminal codes, railroad laws, general election rules, and revisors’ chapters, plus budget and constitution-aligned reforms, likely stretching into mid spring.
At Providence station Pat argues with a clerk over a “Shore Line” ticket to Worcester. The clerks explain the line runs to New York, not Worcester, while Pat insists on the Worcester stop. Nearby, flood reports note parts of England submerged with tree tops visible and Dover landslip affecting rail links. In Rochester, N Y trade is described as very weak.
The Kansas Pacific Railway markets its line from Kansas City and Leavenworth through Kansas to Denver Colorado covering 689 miles. It touts agricultural prominence and favorable travel, education facilities along the route, and healthful scenery including Colorado air and hot soda springs near Denver. It urges home sites along the line and highlights fruit exhibits and yields supporting Kansas as a premier agricultural state.
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