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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1895
Page
7
The article argues farmers should shelter livestock to avoid heat loss and starvation. It compares body warmth to stoves, urges wind-tight roofs and dry bedding, and claims less feed is needed when animals stay dry and warm. It notes mild climates in the Sunny South reduce building costs and emphasizes humane care and practicality. It also discusses wart removal methods for cattle.
A Georgia Experiment Station report compares Unknown and Wonderful peas grown from seeds at five years of Georgia trials and a rival firm in Florida. May 31 planting, October harvest, 70 yard plots show identical yields: Unknown 25.70 lbs pods and 36.50 lbs vines. Wonderful 70 yards 36.50 lbs vines and 332.65 lbs. 100 pods weighed 1.020 lbs Unknown versus 0.764 lbs for Wonderful. final tally supports no clear superiority.
Farmers’ inquiries on practical topics are answered by Station staff. A reader from Lumpsin asks for a safe wart remedy for a mule or horse. Director Redding suggests greasing the wart with bard rind daily as a possible treatment.
Expert advice warns against feeding cotton hulls as a staple for horses. For maintenance of a 1000 pound horse, a daily mix of five pounds oats, five pounds shelled corn, and ten pounds hulls is suggested, with reduced hull use and hay when idle or at work. Continuous hull feeding risks intestinal clogs. limit to one or two weeks.
The description details a large vigorous pea stalk with dark green foliage and yellow pods, noting purple pencillings on white and greenish tint leaves. It mentions blossoms with light purple tips and claims the plant is very late but a heavy producer of peas and vines. A commentator doubts the variety as distinct or superior and questions selling it at higher prices.
The director notes ginseng seeds are rarely germinated in import trials and the native Panax quinquefolium is gathered from the wild rather than cultivated. In Japan and China the root commands several dollars per pound, while cultivated seed production is not likely profitable in the U.S.
A Birmingham undertaker, John D. Miller trading as Miller & Co, runs a macabre side line embalming and mummifying human bodies. Four attempts yielded successful mummies exhibited as samples of embalming art. Related comment notes mutiny aboard a Spanish ship of volunteers to fight Cubans, with convicts among the passengers.
In December 1895 Agricultural Department notes Georgia farmers face a short cotton crop yet wavering prices. Nesbitt warns against abandoning home supplies and urges expanding food crops, prudent fertilization, and labor saving practices to reduce costs and resist dependence on buyers and brokers. He cautions about foreign war impact on cotton and stresses disciplined work through December.
A DeKalb County family shares a testimonial praising S. S. S. as a universal blood remedy. The daughter Ida suffered widespread eczema for years and improved after starting the tonic, with a full cure claimed. The ad stresses internal treatment over external applications and notes regional origin in Atlanta, Georgia.
Prospective exchange offer features 800 acres of land in Pasco County Florida 469 miles north of Cutpa with orange groves on part of the property balance wooded. Proposed trade for stock of goods or residence. Sellers McDonald and Rose note the orange trees and timbered balance.
Express or mail price one dollar per home on receipt. Back To Mothers mailed free. Bradfield Regulator Co Atlanta Georgia. Sold by all druggists.
Advertised by Dr. Hathaway Co of 22 1 2 South Broad Street Atlanta Georgia. A 64 page medical guide titled free for women and men with private diseases, youth errors, female troubles and other conditions. Postage paid to leading physicians in the country.
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