Research Topic

Agriculture

This topic appears in 70 indexed records between 1821 and 1949.
70 Indexed Records
1821 Earliest Record
1949 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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June 13, 2026

Duffield; Harvest of 5k Bushels without Ardent Spirits

We think it proper to mention a fact, which the temperance Societies will hail with much pleasure, and which will afford the friends of morality and of man, every where, great gratification. RICHARD DUFFIELD, Esq. last […]
June 13, 2026

Horses, Potatoes drowned in Potomac

A very serious accident, the particulars of which we did not learn until lately, occurred a few weeks ago on the line of the Canal near Harpers-Ferry. A team belonging to Messrs. Edward, Robert, and William […]
June 12, 2026

The Value of Lands

From the Richmond EnquirerVALUE OF LANDS.The “Free Press” of Charlestown, Jefferson county, Va., contains the following article: “Jefferson County Land.– Late sales indicate a just estimate of the value of our Lands. The Keyes’ Ferry tract, […]
June 11, 2026

Farmers Decline Use of Spiritous Liquor for Laborers; See profit increase.

We learn, with pleasure, that many farmers of this county cut their last crop of grain without using a drop of spiritous liquor in their fields.— They gave their hands 12 1/2 cents per day more […]
June 10, 2026

Sale of Wheatland; Land Values

The sale of this beautiful estate, (advertised in the columns of the Free Press,) containing 341 acres of land, belonging to the heirs of the late George W. Turner, who was killed by the John Brown […]
Time Periods

Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1910s 16 records
1900s 14 records
1890s 14 records
1830s 7 records
1930s 4 records
1880s 4 records