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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1895
Page
8
A detailed guide on winter egg production from feeding and housing to water, grit, and cleanliness. It stresses balanced feeding, warm dry housing, fresh water, and clean litter to sustain hens and prevent musty eggs, with quotes from Mary B Keech and The Southern Planter highlighting profitable poultry farming in Virginia and North Carolina.
In 1895 Virginia’s Commissioner of Agriculture notes poultry became a major wealth factor for farmers, with rapid growth since 1880. Virginia and North Carolina show large increases in fowl numbers and egg production, predicting about ten million fowls in each state via continued growth.
A correspondence excerpt discusses the whipping post as crime prevention. It cites 1878 Meridian article praising the method, urges swift punishment, and questions penology including abolition of penitentiaries. Includes commentary on Wells Fargo crimes, Delaware, and proponent Bryan Tyson.
Extract from A Ray of Light urges a four year limit on all offices with salaries over five hundred dollars per year. The writer, a Raleigh observer, promotes annual elections for Senators and broadly calls for reform, unity, and civic duty while praising farmer visits to the Atlanta Exposition and urging NC residents to engage in industrial advancement. He signs from Chapel Hill, N.C., and appeals to Brethren and citizens alike.
A reader praises the Progressive Farmer article Unity urging all mankind to dwell in unity and prefer unity over division. He quotes the need for unity as a precious word and warns that united we stand, divided we fall, urging shared purpose and harmony.
A reader from Greenville North Carolina praises a newspaper as the best educator in the state. He has been a seven year subscriber and plans to continue despite hard times. The letter begins Dear Bro Denmark and ends with a fragment.
The writer laments a railroad lease exposed after the 1888 Democratic State Convention. He alleges railroad influence over nominations and courts, urges the people to fund legal action to block transfer to the Southern Company, praising ex Judge Schenck and warning of corruption for money.
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