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Newspaper
Freeport Weekly Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1866
Page
2
A fragment discusses moral focus at fairs arguing against brutal horse tests and considering humane amusements. A second anecdote from an Irish worker shows how burying a stone to locate water proved water depth predictions, explaining underground moisture rising after nightly evaporation and a wet well nearby.
Four score tasks fill January for the husbandman to save money and comfort. Saw wood, tidy barns and pens, repair gates, rake tools, and prepare reels, then read aloud by fire. A separate note extols chloride of lime to purge pests, warning of china and steel damage. sugar debates urge beet sugar and composting underlines manure value. milk substitutes for calves are proposed.
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