Live Stock Prices at South Omaha 1917 Market Summary
Cattle receipts about 5800 head with fair quality and weak demand. prices range from 7.00 to 18.25 for various classes, yearlings steady, hogs slower with top around 15.80 and most bids 15.25 to 15.05. sheep and lambs limited by bad eastern reports, prices for lambs and yearlings noted. storage guidance for potatoes emphasizes cool, ventilated cellars and disinfection.
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Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Ewes
Gasoline machine replaces steam roller for clearer view
A new gasoline road machine replaces the steam roller to save fuel and provide the operator with an unobstructed view of the work.
Nebraska Potato Improvement Association Formed in Alliance
Final plans for the Nebraska Potato Improvement Association were drawn in Alliance with growers from Box Butte and adjacent counties, plus university departments and county agents. The group aims to increase potato quality and market access, promote true-to-name Nebraska seed potatoes, improve grading for price, and coordinate production, transport, and distribution with cooperation from the USDA and Nebraska Experiment Station. Officers and directors were to be announced.
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Nebraska Potato Improvement Association
Box Butte
Agricultural College of the State University
Nebraska
United States Department of Agriculture
Nebraska Experiment Station
Potato Experts Support Box Butte Potato Growers
Mr. F M Seidel leads potato extension work in Box Butte County with help from the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture and the U S Department of Agriculture. The program aids farmers via a county agent and a federal representative, Mr A E Prugh, boosting earnings from potato sales without extra cost.
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F. M. Seidel
Box Butte County
Mr. Seidel
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Mr. Seidell
Nebraska
Chadron
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State Agricultural College
Seidell
A. E. Prugh
Office of Markets and Rural Organization
Court House
Box Butte
Western
Nebarska
Local officials and directors named for county positions
A list of names and titles appears: President A. D. Davis Gordon. Secretary-treasurer F. Howard Lincoln. board members C. C. Parrish Minatare, C. S. Hawk Chadron, A. S. Enyeart Hemingford, Aldn Shaffer Cherry County. FE. M. Wilcor Lincoln, W. W. Burr Lincoln. plus fellow members J. Pedrett Kim Ball.
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F. Howard
Lincoln
C. C. Parrish
Minatare
C. S. Hawk
Chadron
A.S. Enyeart
Hemingford
Aldn Shaffer
Cherry County
FE. M. Wilcor
W. W. Burr
Nebraska potato shipments by destination in 1916
The Office of Markets and Rural Organizations tracked Nebraska potato shipments during the selling season. The report shows 839 car loads within Nebraska, 479 to Iowa, 112 to Illinois, 246 to Missouri, 19 to South Dakota, 52 to Kansas, 11 to Oklahoma, 4 to Colorado, 6 to Wyoming, 6 to Wisconsin, 2 to Arkansas, 2 to Indiana, 2 to Minnesota, and 1 to Texas, plus 5 cars to miscellaneous destinations.
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Office of Markets and Rural Organizations
Alliance
Nebraska
Washington
Iowa
Mllnois
Missouri
South Dakota
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Wyoming
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Indiana
Minnesota
Texas
Aggie Cosa
Proper potato farming methods for a 100 acre section
The article outlines a crop rotation for 100 acres including 20 acres potatoes, 20 acres small grain, 20 acres maize, and repeats the sequence. It stresses market grading, the cost of ungraded potatoes, and storage losses from distance, road conditions, and disease.
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Department of Markets
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A. EK. Pragh
Prugh
Ohio
Country School
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Posiion
Ofte of Markets and Rural Organization
Kansas City
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Kimball
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My Sireland
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John W. Guthrie
Wm. P. McCune
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E. A. Miller
Kearney
F. B. Tobin
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Crawford
Board of Control
Jacob Goehring
Seward
C. M. Masters
Auburn
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Clyde Beckwith
State of
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Alliance Herald
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