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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1875
Page
7
The article cites preferred meat joints for economical cooking, notes fat and bone content in the leg shoulder and neck, and praises the breast for kitchen use. It also offers a gingerbread recipe, a cider preserving method from Rural New Yorker, advice on sheep housing, and a leather repair technique using rivets to mend harnesses.
An 19th century style guide urges farmers to maintain regular feeding, cleanliness, and gentle handling to keep cows and other stock comfortable during winter. It argues that clean stalls, dry bedding, proper ventilation, and daily cleaning reduce illness and boost productivity while fostering humane treatment and better cooperation from animals.
A Massachusetts Ploughman essay urges farmers to improve dooryards by clearing debris, organizing tools, repairing fences, and removing hazards. It argues tasteful, tidy homesteads improve property values and reinforce rural pride, noting many yards are chaotic and neglected.
A publication argues farmers must study production costs like manufacturers to avoid waste and poverty. It criticizes the belief that agriculture is not a science and urges agricultural colleges to teach cost accounting and crop profitability for wiser farming decisions.
A farmer argues for barn cellars as essential, noting half measures waste time and money. He stresses frost proof, large storage for roots, rumages sugar beets and pumpkins to feed cows through winter, claiming prosperity starts with proper root storage and overall farm efficiency.
Disjointed notes discuss turning provender into manure doubling crop yields and improved exchange value. Mention of building barns with cellars in winter and bonus storage advantages. Also a satirical remark about explosives in vented devices and a derisive reference to a person who arranged dynamite for blowing up Moses.
An English resident in Florence faced a suit over a 5000 lire loan from an Italian clubmate who claimed the debt. Despite six witnesses testifying repayment, the defense conceded the debt and won as the court exposed false swearing, highlighting flaws in the Italian judicial system.
In Warren County New York a minister who married a couple gave the groom a hundred dollar note as he departed. The groom telegraphed that it was a mistake and asked to forward ninety dollars. In Decatur Illinois a wife tired of supporting a drunken husband sent their child to a saloon and vanished.
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