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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1895
Page
8
The editor notes harsher drouth east of the Mississippi, discusses dairy cattle feeding with cotton seed meal, and praises range breeding and rye as winter forage. It covers milk testing debates, the value of microscopic milk inspection, and compares farm life to urban wages, highlighting machinery and independence.
The note praises sowing winter rye in September for fall winter and spring grazing. It supports sheep, colts, calves and other stock, and can be plowed under for corn, made into hay or harvested for grain. It concludes many farmers lack land for permanent pasture.
The article argues butter flavor depends on clean production and proper feeding, warns against spoiled inputs, and notes that Iowa lands rise in value due to high corn yields, favorable climate, and investment demand. It emphasizes good dairy practices and corn profitability.
A letter from Moses Simon in Carroll Iona explores swamp muck soil from drained land as a celery growing medium. The writer explains the soil is rich in humus with natural nutrients, requires proper drainage four feet deep, and stresses mechanical compaction and air, predicting good yields with correct cultivation and moisture management.
Iowa farmers expect harvests to proceed without frost impact as corn tops 166 million bushels with an estimated value near 128 million dollars. Wheat and oats yields anchor state totals along with rye barley flax hay and potatoes driving a projected crop value around 202 million dollars.
The third reunion of the Iowa Hornets Nest Brigade members from the 2d 7th 8th 12th and 14th Iowa Infantry will meet in Newton Iowa on August 21 and 22 1895. Attendees and spouses are urged to respond to Secretary R L Turner Oskaloosa Iowa for planning. Transportation arrangements and rail rates across Iowa are being organized with railway certifi cates required from R R agents. W T Law presides.
Auction-style notice offers 50 000 acres for sale in Emmet and Palo Alto counties Iowa. Descriptions include 160 acre parcels five miles from a town with houses and barns at 25 dollars per acre with cash and time terms, 640 acres of pasture one mile from a town at 16 dollars per acre, and other city property. Agent D G Ferguson Ames Iowa invites inquiries and calls.
Illinois Central excursions listed for August 14 to 24, among them Boston Knights Templar triennial conclave August 26 to 30 in Boston Mass and National Encampment G A R in Louisville September 10 to 14. Cedar Rapids Stenographers Association July 16 to 18. For full information contact local ticket agents or J F Merry A G P A in Manchester Iowa.
College authorities order immediate halt to visiting the orchard on the farm and to refrain from picking fruit. A cautionary note states the practice must end at once and that the warning should be sufficient.
Chicago and North Western trains arriving from Des Moines are 3250 A.M. 9 40 A.M 11 25 A.M and stop No 54 Cheng and Omaha Express No 64 Way Freight 5 10 P.M No 58 Chicago Express 6 00 P.M No 60 Night Express 10 10 P.M No other trains will carry tigers Except Sunny Except Monday Geo W Rogers Age
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