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Mosquitoes in November and other Miscellany from The New England Farmer in 1843

A farmer working in a field with a barn, silo, and rolling hills in the background, characteristic of a rural landscape, possibly in a region like New England.

A Collection of News The New England Farmer shared a little post of miscellaneous news at the end of 1843 that caught my eye: Mosquitoes in November. The New Orleans Diamond, of Nov. 24th, says, “As we write, myriads of mosquitoes are hovering around us, like evil messengers. Think of that, ye frozen dwellers at…