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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1870
Page
1
Department invites farmers to submit articles on Stephenson County farming. Write plainly, on one side of the paper, for publication in Gov the Eater.
An old agricultural note outlines grasses used for pasture and hay. Timothy, red top, bluegrass, orchard grass, and red and white clover dominate. Recommended mixes vary by soil, with timothy and clover a core for high hay yield. The article covers sowing rates, seed order, and the value of diversity for long pasture health.
A reader from Little Falls New Jersey argues the proper harvest method for asparagus. He claims the white portion is inedible and proposes snapping tender stalks eight to twelve inches high for the green edible portion. Also included are horticultural notes on bees and dairy feeding experiments with potatoes.
An inventor uses mica lamp cylinders to create spectacles that are extremely thin and transparent with a gray tint. They shield eyes from splinters and glare, resist heat and impacts, and can endure contact with molten metals. They are lighter and cheaper, preserving sight in hazardous occupations.
Mr Harmilton EK Towle of New York introduces a rotating spirit level enabling height checks at multiple positions without moving a tripod. Used for fixing foundation heights, the device builds on a French 1866 spirit level by Thevenot. A curved glass tube filled with alcohol or ether shows horizontality within a hundredth of a foot over a mile.
A long, rambling page of quips and quibbles filled with comic snippets about widows, fashion, weather, accents, and social foibles. It riffs on Oliver Wendell Holmes, Irish speech, nursery humor, and street life, weaving jokes about cats, lamps, and a parade of quaint anecdotes.
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