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July 3, 1874
The Enquirer Southerner
Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
Newspapers from Edgecombe and Wilson boast about the height of oat and timothy stalks grown locally, with Wilson claiming a taller one at 6 feet 1 inch.
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Who Can Beat It?—The Tarboro Enquirer-Southerner boasts of a stalk of oats, measuring five and a half feet in length raised by Dr. Baker, and asks who can beat it?
Pretty good for Edgecombe, Brother Stamps, but not up to Wilson. Mr. W. D. Rountree has shown us a stalk that measured 6 feet and 1 inch, and not done growing at that.-Wilson Advance.
We did not boast of the height of the stalk, but the length of the head, nor so much on the oats as the timothy. The stalk of oats was not selected on account of its height, Mr. Rountree is now here.
A large assortment of Linens, Alpacas and other light weight Clothing for the hot season, at A. Whitlock's.
Pretty good for Edgecombe, Brother Stamps, but not up to Wilson. Mr. W. D. Rountree has shown us a stalk that measured 6 feet and 1 inch, and not done growing at that.-Wilson Advance.
We did not boast of the height of the stalk, but the length of the head, nor so much on the oats as the timothy. The stalk of oats was not selected on account of its height, Mr. Rountree is now here.
A large assortment of Linens, Alpacas and other light weight Clothing for the hot season, at A. Whitlock's.
What sub-type of article is it?
Agriculture
What keywords are associated?
Oat Stalk
Timothy
Edgecombe
Wilson
Crop Height
What entities or persons were involved?
Dr. Baker
Mr. W. D. Rountree
Brother Stamps
Where did it happen?
Edgecombe And Wilson
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Edgecombe And Wilson
Key Persons
Dr. Baker
Mr. W. D. Rountree
Brother Stamps
Event Details
Tarboro Enquirer-Southerner boasts of a 5.5-foot oat stalk raised by Dr. Baker; Wilson Advance counters with a 6-foot-1-inch stalk shown by Mr. W. D. Rountree, still growing; clarification that the original boast was about head length and timothy rather than height.