Farm and Stock Yard Outlook in Iowa and Nation
The article surveys farming with notes on hogs and cattle markets, butter prices, and sugar beet potential in Iowa. It urges balanced farming, mixed beef and butter production, and warns against overuse of public lands for private corporate franchises while urging legislative scrutiny of taxation and corporate privilege. It cites Cassius M. Clay on cattle and sheep, Prairie grasses, clover for hogs, and warns against overreliance on beef over butter for profit.
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Cassius M. Clay
Kentucky
Best grasses for hay, pasture, and seeding guidance
Question and answer on grasses from Ormawa Station Iowa covers top nutritious grasses red clover bluegrass white and alsike clover with clover preferred for upland hay and timothy on damp land. Advice includes seed sourcing, soil compatibility, density, and sowing timing for permanent pasture.
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Ormawa Station
Iowa
Tax Reform Proposal Highlighted by The Homestead
The Homestead discusses tax reform focusing on personal property escapes under current levies. Dr Wallace advocates abolishing the state tax, making counties independent for revenue, funded by local corporation taxes including railways taxed where they operate. He argues this would lower overall levy and align property assessments with cash value, reducing concealment incentives. The piece urges timely discussion as laws and fees seek revision and amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Ife
Prizele
Sarpor
Taxation and railways spark farmer protest in Northwest
The excerpt rails at taxation as unequal, railing against railway and industry charges. It argues farmers bear heavier costs yet receive fewer benefits while praising farm life as a path to savings and independence. It contrasts city labor with farm hands and notes migration toward urban work and machinery’s rise.
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Towa
Railways
Northwest
Condion
Iowa
Hog Cholera Inoculation Debate Praised and Rejected
A Gabrilson critique in Gabrilson’s column prompts a defense of non inoculation against hog cholera. The writer cites European experiments and historic pleuro-pneumonia efforts, arguing inoculation sustains disease and urging Iowa authorities to abandon new theories. The piece urges public opinion to back stamping out hog cholera.
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Gabrilson
Iowa
Nebraska
Great Britain
Netherlands
Congress
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