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Newspaper
Freeport Weekly Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1871
Page
3
Public appeal seeks farmer written essays on Stephenson County farming for publication. The piece includes a long poem praising the plow and labor, urging plain writing on one paper side. It invites farmers to contribute on any farming subject for the local paper.
In a letter to the Freeport Journal the author argues against giving boys stock or land as a test of faithfulness, preferring parents keep control. He urges focusing on schooling, guiding reading, Sunday school, and family devotions to shape character, rather than turning children into farm partners.
The article discusses experiments with cattle feed, noting wheat bran effects and warm water's role in digestion. It then shifts to the so called paper age, praising paper in collars, handkerchiefs, bed coverings, and even imitation leather. It imagines paper clothing and money, claiming low costs and mass production potential.
An old discussion on how winter feeding affects milk yield and quality urges using turnips, buckwheat, oats, bran, and corn. It argues that milk from furrow cows is richer in casein, warns against feeding cows improper foods for children, and notes carrots and apples can boost milk flow. Emphasizes early cut hay and potential benefits of hay cutting and steaming.
A historical guide explains building hot beds in February with manure layers and seed sowing for tomatoes cabbage celery peppers and lettuce. It recommends a brick lined pit two feet deep to deter rats, layering manure and fine compost, then sowing seeds, shading with a sash, airing during warm days and covering at night or during cold spells to grow vegetables independently of professional gardeners.
A letter from Waverly Iowa recounts Charles McCormack, father of eight, who learns his fifteenth year son Charley has returned from the Pacific coast. After years apart the old man tests him by recalling a single detail about his scar and color, confirming Charley as his son with emotion.
A long string of quips and anecdotes mixing wordplay, riddles, and light humor. It includes playful definitions, moral witticisms, farm and travel quips, and social observations from a 19th century miscellany, ending with a note on ministers seeking workers for Christ.
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