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Newspaper
Pepin County Press
Location
Pepin, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1861
Page
4
Editorial note invites farmers and households to share rural and domestic farming tips. It highlights crop status and seasonal conditions, urges row planting, weed control, soil richness, and timely cultivation. It mentions wheat prospects and general regional agricultural improvement through exchanges.
A historic receipt outlines mixing whitewash using lime, water, zinc sulfate, and salt to harden on wood. Add pigments for cream, fawn, gray, or stone colors. suggests application with a standard brush and claims greater durability than ordinary whitewash.
The article describes peanut cultivation in Georgia Alabama and North Carolina. It explains ridged planting three feet apart vines up about a foot, runners extending fifteen inches with joints every inch and a half, and roots forming pods. Some farmers cover the runners while others leave them bare. Yields vary with ripening, from two to three quarts per vine and three to fifty bushels per acre.
A farm correspondent reports cabbage plants treated with salt water at about 12 grains of salt per pint showed strong heads and vigorous growth, while untreated plants produced loose and unsuitable heads. Rain coincided with application, but strength of solution beyond the tested salt amount is not known.
Fragmentary text describes cattle care, leveraging herbs and practices to calm cows and calves. Mentions rubs on teats and salves, with odd notes on preparation and timing, but overall content is incoherent and difficult to interpret.
Public notice by the Register of Deeds of Pepin County Wisconsin. Foreclosure sale of real estate to satisfy debts secured. date set January 0, 1861 at 9:00 AM in Pepin County. Assignee LLANBORN and Jerleam Tail & Deedee listed.
Fragmentary revival era publication item shows editors A D Smith and G W Chapmax with proprietors A D Smith & Co. The text mentions a Washington trip and family notes, but details are incomplete, obscured by damaged OCR and stray letters across multiple lines.
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