Zeit(ungs)reise: Living History
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A historical account compares statutory wages for farmhands, maids, and day laborers in the Inn Valley and Vinschgau from the mid-14th century with monetary values in 1820. The overview illustrates the significant decline in money's purchasing power over roughly 450 years, attributed to the influx of precious metals from America and new European mines.
A report from Bozen outlines favorable harvest prospects for wine, corn, and silk cocoons, as well as visits by foreign travelers and the researcher F. W. Sieber. From Rovereto, the arrival of Archduke Rainer, Viceroy of the Lombard-Venetian Kingdom, and his consort is reported.
In 1819, on the initiative of Gubernorial Vice President Count von Chotek, the first experiments in cultivating Chinese mountain rice were conducted in Bozen and Trient. Despite late sowing and severe drought, the results demonstrated the crop's potential for Tyrolean agriculture. Further cultivation trials were announced for the following year.
A report from Bozen indicates excellent harvest prospects for field crops, fruit, and wine. Due to plentiful supplies from the previous wine harvest, wine prices are falling while grain prices remain stable. It is also reported that a thunderstorm on June 12 passed without causing damage.
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