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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1887
Page
11
A piece from the Abilene Reflector features Marchant Phillips praising home life in verse. The poem extols the love and benedictions felt from home, contrasting them with distant distant lands and celebrating the warmth of family and familiar places.
An 1838 satire The King of Amatibou staged at Palais Royal failed dramatically. Casimir, ruler of Amatibou, tries civilizing his savare people as revolt and public scorn erupt. the play runs three nights before ending under police escort.
In 1866 Texas cattle faced glut and poor prices after Civil War disruptions. Three McCoy brothers in Central Illinois opened Abilene as a cattle outlet selecting sparse, well watered country east of the state. A scouting drover found buyers, and Abilene grew into a famed, bustling depot with rising yearly cattle receipts from 35,000 in 1867 to 150,000 in 1869 despite rail tariff tensions and late-year market slumps.
A collage of domestic agricultural notes covers fowl care on stormy days, mildew and moth control with borax, merino sheep fattening, dishwashing tips, scented geraniums, tobacco handling in barns, browning gravies with browned flour, plant microbes in grazing crops, cabbage silage for poultry, dairy cow feeding effects on butter, Sago Pudding recipe, weekly poultry gut cleansing with sulphur and charcoal, and Swedish rolls with step by step baking guidance.
A guide on summer dairy feeding discusses barley oats rye and Hungarian sorghum as green or hay crops, noting rye early spring growth and soil protection, Hungarian for green feeding, fodder corn poor unless ears form, and practical tips for mowing near barns to sustain milk flow and maintain high richness.
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