Farm and Garden Advice on Early Spring Crops and Seeds
Farmers urged to transplant cabbage greens and grow winter vegetables, stressing rapid cotton picking, seed saved from dry cotton, and ample seed stocks. Early oats and hardy winter grains like rye and barley recommended for pasture. emphasis on home-proof prosperity and keeping cotton money in state. Plant onions, turnips, beans, okra in sheltered, sunny plots. aim for continuous bearing to ensure winter food.
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Texas
Christinas
Gather the Corn and Harvest Readiness
Gather the corn without delay as ripened crops deteriorate daily and waste accumulates. Select seed corn in the field, picking at most one ear per stalk, choosing the best ears from the best stalks. For special varieties, isolate seed corn from the center to avoid contamination by foreign pollen.
Galveston Jute Policy in Cotton Market Sparks Farmer Tension
The Galveston Cotton Exchange refuses to recognize any cotton covering but jute, aligning with the jute trust and opposing farmers. The piece notes other markets and discusses Egyptian poultry, apples for hogs, and urging farmers to plant proven varieties from reputable nurseries.
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Galveston
Bagging Trust
New Orleans
Cotton Exchange
Calveston Exchange
Cialveston
A Day With Sam Jones at Round Lake
Special correspondence describes Sam Jones closing the Round Lake year of meetings in the Hudson valley. The report details his appearance, stage manner, and intense vivid word pictures as he attacks liquor, hypocrisy, and social vice with dramatic anecdotes and humor, leaving the audience moved and impressed.
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Round Lake
Upper
Hudson
Troy
Sam Jones
Handling nursing mares and foal udder care
The article warns against keeping a mare from her foal while the udder is engorged and explains risks of udder inflammation. It discusses when to draw milk and bathe the udder and states overheating the mare while nursing is improper though not necessarily harmful to milk if no inflammation exists.
Remembering John A. Logan in the Civil War era
The narrator recalls John A. Logan as a warlike figure seen near the Capitol in Washington after the Union victory. He contrasts Logan’s rugged power with his ornate rhetoric and notes Logan’s ill-fated third term bid. The speaker expresses regret upon Logan’s illness and demise.
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Logan
Murot Balstead
Douglas
House of Representatives
Judge Kellogg
Lawrence M. Kelt
South Carolina
Kellogg
Capitol
Washington
Generail Sherman
Levan
Polite Irishman Gives Up Seat to Two Ladies
At a station two well dressed young ladies sought seats. Patrick, an Insh Gentleman, offered his seat with evident pleasure. They declined and he joked he would ride on the cowcatcher for a smoke from such ladies, prompting applause. The episode highlights simple politeness's positive effect.
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Patrick
New York
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