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Newspaper
Kokomo Journal
Location
Kokomo, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1870
Page
3
The farmer's note urges timely underdraining for soils with clay subsoils to protect peach buds from damage. It emphasizes preventative soil management and proclaims that all farmers should act before the growing season progresses.
Notice announces a meeting of the Seward County Agricultural Society scheduled for Saturday the 12th at 1 o'clock. It invites all members to attend and mentions an article from Amateur and a note about submissions from Lady friends. It also lists trees and evergreens available for spring planting at Roxomo Nursery from Browy & Terrury.
The Honey Creek Agricultural Society met at New London on February 26 to revise the premium list for a fall fair. A fall fair was set to begin on September 2. The Society schedules a follow up meeting on March 12 at 10 o'clock.
The article extols carrots as easy to grow on light loamy soil with deep spading and underdrainage. It praises feeding with well rotted manure and notes high yields from Belgian and orange varieties. Seed prep includes mixing with fine soil and breaking beards, then sowing in spring in drills two and a half feet apart for horse powered cultivation.
A 19th century guide explains creating hot beds for seedlings using a manure heap, fermentation, and a bottomless wooden frame covered by a sash. It describes bed dimensions, soil depth, and sowing seeds in drills or pots for early bedding out.
The passage advises thinning to six to ten inches in the row, harvesting by plowing one side and pulling by hand, then drying surface moisture and storing in a cool dry frost-free place. Tops are cut and crowns removed to extend storage into late spring.
The Kokomo Horticultural Society met March 1 with President Vaile presiding. Members discussed pear varieties, including Bartlett, Bell Lucrative, Flemish Beauty, and Vicar of Winkfield, noting some performed poorly. Dwarfing, cultivation, soil effects, and bud development were debated, with strawberries slated for March 15.
A long critique contrasts temperance with medical alcohol use, citing cases that branded brandy dangerous. It attacks Democratic opposition in Indiana, praising Republican governance, wartime service, and fiscal prudence, urging unity and harmony for victory in the next election.
A Victorian analysis calculates bread costs against liquor spending. It estimates four barrels of flour feed a family of five for a year, totals bread value at 14 414 400 dollars annually for the city’s 182 000 families, and notes thousands of liquor establishments consuming vast sums daily, arguing strong drink far outweighs bread in expenditure.
The New York Times reports many women become inebriated from bitters used for ailments. It claims women drink openly for men cannot, spreading many bitters with fanciful names. A cited family shows delirium tremens deaths and drunkenness linked to homemade wines and bitters.
A parliamentary return shows pre year spirit consumption in Great Britain at 29,407,306 gallons with an excise tax of 75 million dollars. The total tax on distilled and fermented liquors in 1869 amounts to just over 51 million dollars.
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