Feed the Cow Well Through Winter for Profit and Care
Rural New York excerpt discusses two winter feeding methods for cows. It argues high feeding can be profitable under proper conditions, detailing one approach focused on dry-up after grass and pumpkins with hay, and another using succulent foods through winter. The author, John Johnston, shares personal experience with a Durham cow, noting milk and butter yields while outlining a costed ration including pumpkins, beets, Indian meat, and corn fodder.
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John Johnston
Durham
Manure and corn stalks finance farm stock costs
In this clipped 1861 note from Milan Erie County the author argues the cow consumes about 86 hills of corn stalks daily and would need roughly one fifth more food when dry to stay in good condition. Farmers can infer prices locally, with the plain conclusion stated by Perur Hallaway.
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Perur Hallaway
Milan
Erie Co
Commercial revolution shifts trade to New York amid southern secession
The piece argues that southern secession chokes traditional trade routes, forcing commerce toward New York. It notes abundant crops, rising wealth, and foreign money inflows, predicting brisk inland sales and New York as a free commercial hub despite political upheaval.
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New York
Europe
Hase
England
America
Old World
N. F. Herald
Paris Worker Discovers Pipe Preservation Method
A Paris workman discovers a rust proofing technique for gas and water pipes by coating them in clay. The city grants the inventor a pension for life in recognition of the breakthrough and its potential impact on municipal utilities.
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Paris
Catharine de Medici Said to Introduce Corset Use in France
Dr Casimir Dumas notes Catharine de Medici first introduced corsets in France during the era of St Bartholemew. He compares the garment’s impact on women to historical violence, referencing Coligny in a provocative analogy about gendered oppression.
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Casimir Dumas
Cathorine de Medicis
France
St. Bartholomew
Coligny
Faith in Rat-Hole Warnings Sparks Departure Claim
A remark asserts that stepping into rat holes with old search warrants would drive away every aware rat from the premises, implying swift departure upon confrontation.
Lightning and beech trees a true conductor says beech
The writer disputes claims that beech trees are non conductors and recounts two lightning strikes on beech trees. He cites a decades long observation of a beech struck by lightning with green timber spared while surrounding trees burned. He invites discussion and opposing testimony from Prof Dewey and others.
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Arfiele
Aelita
Esters. Sherman, Chant Co
Dewey
Hustis
Ips
Wisconsin Warrontan Association Announces Watertown Gathering
Prof Hoyt president of the Wisconsin Editorial Association designates J G Cover of the Grant County Herald as orator and A M Thomson of the Home League as prospect for the next annual gathering to be held at Watertown on June 10.
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Wisconsin Warrontan Associaton
Hoyt
Wisconsin Editorial Association
J. G. Cover
Grant County
Who Would Be a Witness
A reflective essay depicts courtroom intimidation and the perils of testifying. It follows a witness coerced through cross examination and mockery, ending with social suspicion and self doubt after an unlucky trial moment. The piece critiques the fragility of credibility and public judgment in legal settings.
Broken glass and a pealed apple mishap in the store room
A slave recounts how a glass shade broke after an apple peeling task. The master questions the incident and the boy explains that the glass shattered when it fell and was later damaged further by an attempted push against a shelf corner.
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Wordplay on a coal barge and an empty sack
A riddle stating a coal barge weighs less when light and the sack weighs more as a lighter joke.
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