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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
3
The county reports growing crops such as millet hay and alfalfa with increasing acreage and widespread success. Sweet clover shows rapid growth and suitability to low undrained areas along the east and south boundaries, Snake Creek, and Niobrara River. Seed distribution via Farmers Exchange and ongoing farmer inquiries frame the season.
On July 18 a County Agent led autos across the county to visit farms growing winter wheat, oats, potatoes, alfalfa, and clover with silos and cattle feeding discussed. A noon Harvest Picnic drew about 300 people, with talks after lunch and various amusements though rain cut the day short.
Two issues published January 15 and March 1 report considerable business through the Box Butte Farmers' Exchange and praise its reception. Plans call for continuing the bulletin this winter with labor questions typically handled by the Commercial Club in the county.
The County Agent promoted the Alliance County Fair held September 27 28 29. He emphasized educational features including five stock and farm products school displays and Boys and Girls Club work.
County organization and agencies secured a soil survey with help from the US Bureau of Soils and Nebraska Geography and Soils. The map shows all roads, valleys, drainage, thirty six soil types, and soils for every forty acre tract. Homes and schools are depicted, marking a lasting movement for Box Butte county.
The Farmers Institutes were conducted at five locations with sixteen meetings across the county. Demonstrations covered slaughtering and meat cutting, use of a fireless cooker and pressure cookers, provided by the Agricultural Extension Service.
The piece notes renewed farmer interest in sheep as a cheaper, smaller capital venture than cattle. Regions with bluegrass like Missouri Illinois Kentucky Indiana and Ohio are favored. Good pasturage and soybeans or cowpeas in fields lessen winter feeding, letting sheep largely sustain themselves.
Readable fragments show price figures 12.60 3.60 2.50 1.00 and mentions oats and possibly other goods. No clear event or full context.
An experiment at Nebraska showing twenty-eight lambs fed 44 days with a self feeder gained an average of 0.5 pounds daily at a cost of 7.34 dollars per 100 pounds of gain. Net profit per head reached 1.45 dollars. Pea size off meal and prairie.
The report tracks Jambe lambs fed from the start of a tent experiment with corn added on day three. By week three they eat about two pounds corn and half a pound oil meal per head daily, rising to an extra half pound corn later while oil meal stays constant. Prairie hay intake averages half a pound daily. Corn cost 60 cents per bushel, oil meal $40 per ton, hay $9 per ton.
The article discusses breaking even on beeves as a path to profit, emphasizing manure conservation as crucial. It notes that saving manure, not just a portion, adds value especially when hogs follow cattle. The focus is on farm efficiency and economic prudence.
The piece argues that preserving hay stock for profit relies on silage roughage or bedding. It stresses turning weed seeds into value, notes sheep can help manage weeds, and claims grass can produce inexpensive pork.
A brief line asserts improved livestock on a farm signals prosperity and contrasts progress with a rustic playful line about swatting the scrub sire.
A rural advisory notes carelessness in feeding causes wasting and illness in lambs and ewes. It warns producers that improper feed handling can lead to weak, sickly offspring and financial losses. Regular quality checks and proper storage are urged to prevent harm.
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