Farmer’s Corner Opens to Stephenson County Farmers
Our department invites farmers of Stephenson County to submit articles on any subject related to farming in the area. Pieces should be written by local farmers, presented plainly, and printed on one side of the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson County
Wisconsin
New York
Herkimer County
John
Missouri
Bays
Arthur Bryant
Princeton
Colorado
Kent
Jeremiah
S Hoofland
Cernany
Hoofland
Ames M. Wood
Philadelphia
Chas. M. Evans
Wy, Jackson & Co
A Homemaker’s Plea for Shade Trees Along the Road
Edmund Hathaway urges Stephenson County residents to plant rows of shade trees along roads, envisioning cool summers and green winters. He laments desolate highways, praises well tended homes, and calls for a roadside tree planting society to improve scenery and home value. A reader notes a painful sting from a Lomate Worn plant, misattributed to Canada thistle, and recounts treatment with soda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson County
Hetle
New Yorker
Wrire
Aiden
Noy
Practical ham and bacon salting method shared
A long reader notice describes a one pot salting and smoking process using a butter firkin over corn cob fire. It covers ratios of salt sugar and saltpeter per 100 pounds of meat, brining steps, and storage tips for ham beef and tongues, plus longer smoking for summer preservation.
Odds and Gals and Jestful Tales of Society
A collection of humorous sketches and quips from 19th century social life. Jests about matrimony, the guillotine, gossip, and travel tales unfold through brief vignettes and dialect humor. A Charleston singer Aunt Dinah and a gallant Irishman appear amid anecdotes of trains, railways, and emigrant misadventures.
Vineland S6 Settlement Offers Prime Farm Land
Vineland offers a new settlement promising rich wheat land in a healthy climate near Philadelphia and major Northeastern cities. The place features a rail line, schools, divine services, and elitist advantages, with proximity to former friends and associates in New Jersey’s Garden State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Philadelphia
New Jersey
New York
Ida
New England
Middle States
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Freeport Journal
Edmund Hathaway
Pye Farmers’ Club
Fed
George Hudson
M. E. Church
New Gumberlaid
Tuscarawas County
Odds and Gals
Scotland
Georgia
Gen. Terry
Terry
Seytmestan
Tam
Niagara
Makiso
Dinah
Charleston
Hinermax
Patrick
Kingston
N. Y
Inamarato
New World
Comrads
Somenooy
Tuoy
Dayton
Ohio
Perry Township
Waver Maard
C. M. Tackson
Germany
Woofland
George W. Woodward
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Geo. W. Woodwarl
James Thompson
Supreme Court of
Pennnslvania
Philaa Delputa
Meorland
Biltera
James Nompson
George Sharswood
Philadelpha
Floofland
WM. F. Rogers
Bufalo
N.Y
Orrick
Burrao
Hootland
WM. F, Rogers
Tion
James M. Woo Dd
Williamsport
Vloofland
MS. Jackson
Neff & Babcock
Stephenson
Freeport
Vineland
Solon Robinson
New York Tribune
Charles T. Jackson
Mass
West
Virginia
Methodist Conferences
United States
Tusonic
Odd Fellow Orders
Lyceum
Fruitland Wine
Ornce
Gale
Haber
Writraby
Lucu
Ters
Chas
Landis
Vineland P. O
J. R. Perkins
Stephenson Stry
Evans
Mars
Birdsall
HLA. Pitts Sons
J.P. Manny
Dillmans
Kniffen
Cumming
Misha Wauka
Decatur
Farming and
ARDEN
Leny
John Monteli
C. M. Shaffer
Woonan
Mantui
Lridge and
Adams Streetsport
Illinois
Prives
Lil
Dee
Tell “Ney
the Ood
Post
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