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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1872
Page
8
A historic Agriculturist recommendation promotes powdered sulphur to kill vermin on setting hens and chicks. Dust the hen and nest after the eggs hatch, repeat weekly, and mix sulphur into cooked food for several birds. Other substances like tobacco or grease are discouraged as ineffective compared to sulphur.
New Jersey legislators exempt beet-sugar factories from tax for ten years. Prof. Geo Hf Cé ok of New Jersey Agricultural College urges trials in beet culture, noting beets as dairy feed and potential yields of 9 to 18 tons per acre. He explains farm benefits including payments of $5 to $6 per ton, winter manufacture, and impetus for better farming across the state.
A party of about fifty laborers left Ohio for the YeoM LB Sullivant farm in Ford county to work the season. Another group from the East follows with expectations of 50 more. Sullivant aims for 175 workers, with 48,000 acres total, 23,000 cultivated, planning 20,000 acres corn this season.
The article traces church architecture from humble pagan era houses of worship to later Roman and Norman influences, noting seating evolution from stone benches to pews, and the shift toward practical, economical design focused on worship over spectacle. It cites 16th to 17th century reforms and modern contrasts in cost versus capacity.
The author urges charity in judging others and severity in judging oneself. It praises genuine Christlike love that melts hardness, notes the need for God governance, and calls for Issachar like understanding to guide Israel. It warns against harmless falsities and boasts by the spiritually rich, urging humility before God.
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