Summary: | This is the volume III, issue 8, October 6, 1877 issue of Jounal of Progress: Devoted to Popular Science, Progressive Agriculture, Improved Mechanical Industries and the Country's Good in General, a newspaper published monthly by Prof. J. P. Stelle in Mobile, Alabama. The newspaper includes news, information, facts, correspondence, editorials, illustrated ads, and articles of interest related to agriculture and rural life. Topics include agriculture, livestock, birds, flowers, home economics, food, clothing and fashion, business, economics, industry, technology, politics, and statistics. Articles vary greatly in length and may be written by newspaper staff or outside contributors; summarized or copied from other newspapers; or summarized statements from public figures. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.The beautiful theories; Our native grasses; Let us spin; The body--waste and supply; Feeding stock; Hints to railroaders; On ferns; The lady of taste; Asbestos; The lantana; Water; 'Ague and fever'; In debt; Natural sscience; Sweet potatoes; Gradually cooling; Hog cholera; New use for P.I. (printers ink); Books and magazines; Potash; Are insects increasing?;
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