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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1877
Page
6
A collage of old time anecdotes and quips. Lively lines feature puns about marriage, pictures, and gloves. Snippets describe a Philadelphia visitor, a parlor birth, a Bellaire gate sign, and a nurse’s miscalculation of doses. The tone mimics a society page of humorous items and rural tall tales.
The article expounds on egg composition and freshness tests, noting yolk and white differences, preservation methods, and digestion times. It also discusses corn fodder storage, mould risks, and feeding trials, asserting corn fodder as a viable hay substitute when fed with nitrogenous supplements.
The piece argues oats and beans aged at least a year yield peak condition for race horses while maize and Indian corn, though cheaper, lead to slower work and fat. It notes barley feeding in Faust era and warns that changes from barley to oats affect Arabian horses, with agricultural chemistry clarifying why oats and beans build muscle fastest.
The London Live Stock Journal advises profits in fattening horses before sale using about one and a half cakes added to ordinary feed. It suggests a two thirds maize to one part beans mix when oats are scarce and notes bran as valuable to reduce oats and beans inflammation, while warning excess bran can cause bowel stones.
Revised timetable details for the Chicago and Illinois rail lines show trains between Freeport Chicago and Rockford Rochelle Oregon Forreston Mount Morris and Aurora with daily departures arrivals and freight options. The document lists station stops schedules and agent names with revised dates in 1877.
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