26 Jan 1870
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1870
Page
1
In a Freeport Journal essay Cymnaeladv argues Stephenson County should build a beet sugar manufactory to curb imports and create wealth. He cites beet sugar in Chattsworth and Fond du Lac, notes potential for local capital, labor, and favorable soils, and urges local citizens to invest and establish production.
Readers discuss top-dressing with manure and winter stable manure benefits for wheat corn and clover. The piece cites experiments in England on weed impact showing significant yield gains from weeding and manure, and notes cotton industry progress in the South alongside rising U.S. cotton consumption from 1860 to 1868.
A San Francisco paper notes eight years ago California valleys averaged above seventy five bushels per acre of wheat. Fifteen years ago yields were not much lower on good land. In Napa the average was forty five to sixty five bushels. Now San Joaquin averages eighteen to twenty and Napa low, forcing farmers to switch pastures or fallow. The piece links Western wheat decline to broader Midwest farming changes.
Advice on selecting a properly fitting collar for a horse from the Harness and Carriage Journal. Dip the leather in water to wet it, fit while wet, secure hames, and keep until dry for a proper, comfortable fit that prevents sores and chafes.
A Bremen paper reports a rust prevention method for wheat by steeping three inches of powdered quick lime and ten measures of cattle urine in water, mixing with one peck of wheat hours before sowing. The author claims rust is avoided in treated grain and contrasts it with nearby fields showing widespread rust.
Mr Sullivan of Ford county owns 40 000 acres of tillable prairie land he is improving a farm embracing a whole township named for the proprietor. It spans seven miles square and is hedged with 250 miles of Osage hedge.
A 19th century column contrasts Chinese servants with Western expectations noting their frugality night social habits and reliability while hinting at earnings and control. It also recounts a Farragut anecdote where a shipboard survey calls the Susquehanna's condition general debility and the Admiral rejects the report.
In S town a tired couple sought divorce but avoided costs. The old squire proposed a yard demonstration pulling a cat by tail and wife by head with an ax to part them. The act caused their divorce, leaving a grimly comic tale in local memory.
A small girl sent to hunt eggs returns empty, noting several people idle nearby failing to assist. The scene highlights quiet disappointment as spring event proceeds with little success and observers passively watch.
A compilation of light humor and social commentary from a 19th century page. It includes quips about prominent figures, jokes on manners and gender, and brief anecdotes about daily life, transportation, and social norms.
An 19th century prospectus promotes a 50 square mile Vineland tract in New Jersey, 30 miles from Philadelphia. It outlines farm sizes from 20 acres upward at 25 per acre with four-year terms, town center, strong soil, railroad frontage, close access to cities, and healthful climate, urging settlement as a profitable, civically equipped community.
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