How to Keep the Soil Productive in 1875
A Farmers Institute at Freeport discussed How to Keep the Soil Productive with Prof Burrill. The essay argued agriculture underpins civilization, urged studying soil fertility, and noted rising farm wealth and wage implications. It contrasted past fasts with modern thanksgiving and highlighted improvements in crops, livestock, and farming methods.
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Farmers’ Institute
Court House
Freeport
Thomas J. Buanitt
Illinois Industrial University
Champaign
Burrill
United States
Stephenson County
America
The Armenian Plow and American Agricultural Promise
A reflective sermon on farming tools from antiquity to modern Illinois. The speaker contrasts Armenian and Roman plows, extols practical reform through improved crops, and urges farmers to improve yields via skill, superior management, and scientific observation rather than relying on luck or untested methods. The piece cites impressive corn and potato yields, compares U.S. and English farming, and argues for optimizing inputs and labor to build a richer agrarian future.
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Industrial
Ensious
America
United States
Illinois
New York
William Hotchkiss
Niagara County
D. H. Bronson
Guthrieville
Penn
Illinois Agricultural Society
Adam Rankin
Warren County
W. M. Beatty
Minois
England
Mechi
Mllinois
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic
Andrew Knight
Bresee
Compton
Fincis
Stepenson Co
Fretan Cu
Rankin
Ilinois
Ry. Jones
Stephenson County
Micawber
David Copperfield
Prato
Chicago
West India Islands
Champaign
Paxton
Waer
Robert Fulton
George Washington
New Orleans
Old Hickory
Schiller
English Channel
Rocky Mountains
Virginia
New England
Illnois
Asparagus beds and plant structure described in detail
The text discusses moisture versus water for crops, plant heat needs, and how temperature affects growth, with notes on asparagus and oats. It includes sketches of plant tissue, cell structure, starch grains, and xylem tubes, describing how fluids move in plants and how wood tissues form rings as plants age.
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Neighsbor
Elmer Baldwin
la Salle County
Society of Arts
England
Myr. Snibley
Peoria
Horace Greeley
Chappaqua
Pleasanton
Mary
Scotland
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