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Newspaper
Prescott Transcript
Location
Prescott, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1857
Page
4
The article extols the farmer home as more than a dwelling. It envisions a yard, garden, and porch under noble oaks, with vines, fruit trees, and flowers creating a green living carpet. Gardening educates taste, enhances health, and elevates character, especially for women shaping beauty at home.
A promotional piece urges farmers to beautify homes with shrubs and vines and to adopt labor saving machinery. It extols the agricultural wealth of the Northwest valley, praising fertile soil, timber, streams, healthy climate, and rail links. It calls on pioneers to build a cultured, industrious community with scientific farming and liberal spirit.
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