Author: PRAIRIE FARMER COMPANY
Title: Prairie Farmer: New Series Vol. 4 No. 22, December 1, 1859
Description: 1859. PRAIRIE FARMER COMPANY. PRAIRIE FARMER: NEW SERIES VOL. 4 NO. 22, DECEMBER 1, 1859. Chicago: Emery and Co. 1859. pp. 337-352. Unopened edges, tabloid size newspaper. A few small closed tears at creases (one horizontal, two vertical). Front page has age toning to top left segment. Formerly the Union Agriculturalist and Western Prairie Farmer, now with the legend "Emery's Journal of Agriculture" in the front page banner's engraving (in which you can also see a steam tractor). Decorative text borders. Lead article is "Drainage for Wheat;" others include "Girls and Muscle,"(a short, positive article on a girls' rowing team at Englewood School New Jersey) "The Points of a Good Hog" and "Hired Help, Temperance &c." Also recipes, "Housekeeper's Diary." Scarce. .

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