18 Oct 1871
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1871
Page
1
The local paper invites readers from Stephenson County and Farmure to submit plain one side of paper articles on any subject connected to Stephenson County Farming. All contributions should be written clearly and published respectfully, with notices addressed to the editor.
A discussion from Peoria Til outlines sowing clover early in spring to yield hay the same season if soil is healthy, warns against late sowing due to frost risk, and cautions against mowing and pasturing first year. It also notes a Prairie Farmer letter by C H Owen on fall seeding with Timothy and red clover, reporting a dry fall, sowing rates, and a successful wintering of grass and clover.
Levi P Simms of So Marshfield Massachusetts asks how to shoe a horse that strikes. There are two types of striking and the article outlines methods including edge removal from the crust, setting the shoe under the foot, adjusting outside and inside heights to turn the ankle, and pointing hind calks inward with outer rounding. If needed, apply a leather shield on the ankle.
The text advises collecting fallen forest leaves after rains and winds, transporting them to the homestead, and storing them. It highlights uses as hog bedding, especially for sows with young pigs, and as manure due to their rot and fertilizing qualities. Elm and oak leaves offer potash. leaf mold enriches soil for gardens and potted plants. It concludes leaves are a primary resource where manure is scarce.
Pa farmer asks if steaming corn fodder for cattle, sheep, and swine will pay after labor and equipment costs. He notes cattle thrive on cooked feed, estimates savings at one quarter to one third, and requests guidance on whether extra labor and apparatus costs justify steam power for feeding and other farm tasks.
A 19th century assembly outlines yearly giving for Home and Foreign Missions, education, publication, church erection, and the Relief Fund. It urges monthly prayer meetings, revival, and careful consolidation of small congregations, with strict rules for credence letters, dismissions, and fiscal compliance across churches.
The text lists fund categories for church finance including officers, Freedmen funds, Commissioners' Fund, Minister's Salary, Congregational giving, parish Sunday Schools, relief of the poor, building repairs, debt liquidation, and general benevolence. It stresses following the recommendation with careful accounting of all moneys for evangelization education and general church use.
Reverend John McLean presents a call to action for the Freeport Presbytery urging missionary funding and field involvement. He cites 2896 soldiers and three regiments, noting contributions of $1055 and asking for a total goal of $500,000 for the current year. He questions whether all members will support the foreign mission effort.
Statistical summary of church contributions per member and membership counts from the Treasurers of Freeport Presbytery boards. Some boards provide no data. delinquencies include Alden Oakville Orangeville Winslow Ridgeville Elizabeth Mount Carroll Elk horn Grove Durand Shannon Apple River Lanark.
Duty brings delight as denial offers recompense, every thought has its recompense, and every love its elixir. Pay follows performance and cause follows effect, as meanness harms the self while virtue and charity elevate. God does not require living on credit. we earn what we deserve by choice, in heaven or hell.
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