Broncho Busting and Roping Contest Attract Big Purses
Hippodromes offer $200 for broncho busting and $100 for the roping contest. Hundreds of dollars in premiums will be awarded for horses cattle sheep hogs and poultry.
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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1909
Page
6
Official program for fair meeting races and contests
The program lists multiple events with purses and entries for a fair. Half mile trots and dashes, cow pony races, bucking contests, roping, two mile relays, and automobile races across two days with entry fees and prize divisions. The schedule notes start times and conditions for each event.
Third Day Cowboy Events With Purses and Races
The program lists eight events for the third day on Thursday September 30. It includes half mile handicapped trotting or pacing with best two of three and purses from 40 to 150 dollars, several driving and pony races, a bucking contest a five eighths mile dash and roping contest plus an automobile race heat with rider and driver color requirements. Entrants pay a 10 percent entrance fee for most events and purses are divided among top finishers.
Army Worm Lends Insight On Wheat Grain Damage
A Box Butte County farm report identifies the Wheat-head army worm as Leucania albilinea affecting small grain heads and certain grasses. It explains life cycle, potential crop impact, and suggests early removal of infected plants to prevent soil infection and broader potato damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menos
Papal State
Alliance hosts U S Department of Agriculture expert interview
Prof. J A Warren of the Bureau of Plant Industry visited Alliance and spoke with Prof. E W Hunt about alfalfa expansion and potato disease control. Warren urged seed quality, proper seed and row planting, weed management, and using unin fected seed to protect the county's potato reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Warren
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Alliance
E. W. Hunt
Warren
Nebraska
Ditch rider reports best crop prospect seen in years
Bayard transcript notes Will McFeron, ditch rider for the Alliance canal, sees the strongest crop prospects under the ditch in many years while Rushville Recorder mentions visits by Tom Tully to Alliance and gatherings of local families. Chadron Journal covers a Crawford chautauqua praised by attendees and hints at future plans for northwest Nebraska events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will McFeron
Alliance Canal
Crawford
Northwest
Nebraska
Diet and nerves rule digestion in all seasons
Horace Fletcher notes that scientists prove nerves steer digestion. Emotions such as worry and anger can stop gastric juice flow, hindering digestion, just as an angry landlord might cut off gas or water. Do not eat when distressed for these feelings suppress stomach secretions.
Also Mentioned on This Page
West
Earl D. Mallery
Sec
Box Butte County Fair
Alliance, Neb
Box Butte County
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Visits Alliance
Scottio
Irene Kinnon
Jas. Connolly
Ronnie
Bayard
Rushville
Recorder
Tom Tully
H. F. Wasmund, Sr
O. L. Wilson
Mrs. Phiffs
Charleston
Colorado
Chadron Journal
Fletcher
Horace Fletcher
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