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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1895
Page
8
Iowa farmers face a spectrum of topics from state control of lake beds and soil science to Merino sheep, cheese profitability, and turnip feeding. Articles discuss dairying health checks, potash needs, and barnyard economics with practical advice for stockmen and crop planning.
Farmers discuss soil nutrients and potash role in corn and clover yields. Advice covers manure placement, wood ashes, and roots as potash sources, plus corn fodder methods including dry cut shred and ensilage with airtight silos and moisture considerations.
Central station reports a warm dry week with light showers. corn yields vary by rainfall and soil, late planted corn damaged by heat but early plantings on bottom lands look good and may be ready to harvest in a week. Threshing shows strong timothy and oats. more rain needed for pastures and late potatoes. Populist governor candidate S B Crane will speak at Nevada courthouse August 31 at 1 pm. voters invited.
The advertisement promotes 50 000 acres for sale in Emmet and Palo Alto counties Iowa. It lists 160 acre parcels at 25 dollars per acre with cash and instalment terms and 640 acres of pasture at 16 dollars per acre near small towns. It notes best terms are five dollars per acre cash with balance on time and provides contact for D G Ferguson Ames Iowa. It also mentions cheap fabric goods Brewton Smith and a domestic help request for a general house job at Joun Ho GatTr.
Illinois Central Excursion Denver Col American Pharmaceutical Association August 14 24. Boston Mass Triennial Conclave Knights Templar August 26 30. Louisville Ky National Encampment G A R September 10 14. Cedar Rapids Iowa State Stenographers Association July 16 18. For full information contact local ticket agents or the undersigned at Manchester Iowa F Merry A G P A.
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