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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July 19, 2018

Bakerton’s Largest Porker

James Flanagan, of Bakerton, killed a hog last week that weighed 587 ½ pounds. This is, so far as we have heard, the biggest porker yet killed in this neighborhood.
July 19, 2018

Bakerton Prized for Big Hogs

Our Bakerton correspondent writes us that he thinks that village carries off the prize for big hogs, and sends us the weight of fat porkers as follows: John Welsh, five that weighed 398, 356, 312, 309, […]
July 19, 2018

Jefferson County Apple Crop

The disposition of the apple crop now ripening in Jefferson county is a proposition that causing a good deal of discussion. The buyers are holding off and bidding very low when they bid at all, while […]
July 19, 2018

Flanagan Yield On 10 Acres

James J. Flanagan, of Bakerton, made an average of 31 bushels of wheat on a ten-acre field. A mighty good yield for this year.
July 13, 2018

Martin Welsh butchers largest hog

Mr. Walter Winks, of Sharpsburg, Md., has been here this week visiting his neice and nephew, while butchering. Mr. Martin Welsh has butchered one of the largest hogs here, one weighing 559 pounds. The total weight […]
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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