Iowa Farm Notes on Beef, Hogs, and Clover Yields
Long readers letter covers cattle and hog markets in Chicago and Iowa. It argues few cattle and hog receipts this year, praises grain and feed practices, and urges clover cultivation to boost butter and beef profits. It discusses bone and muscle development, fattening timing, and soil moisture preservation for better yields.
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Kansas
Bugee Ware
Nor Simpson
Coburn East
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Iowa
Swine Plague Widespread Across Counties Warned
An early 20th century notice describes bog cholera or swine plague in many counties, noting two infectious forms harming lungs and bowels. It cites losses by region, estimates 1,800,000 pigs affected, and urges balanced feed and preventive measures to stamp out the disease.
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Weather Report
Northwest
Southwest
Missouri Slope
Agricultural Notes on Clover, Potatoes, and Road Making
Clover roots offer the cheapest subsoiling while clover remains scarce. Seed potatoes treated with sulphur show only five per cent scale when three hundred pounds per acre are used. Cows dry for winter due to lack of feed amid cheap corn and oats. Dairy regions lose fewer hogs as whim-milk provides a nutritive ratio. The USDA plans road making lessons with rock crushers and rollers, but many areas lack suitable rock. earth must suffice until rails are laid.
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Farening
Iowa
Lowa
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Rhode Island
Department of Agriculture
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G T Updegraff General Passenger and Freight Agent
G T Updegraff is identified as the General Passenger and Freight Agent based in Helena Arkansas in the listing.
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G. T. Updegraff, Gen. Pass. and Freight Agt
Helena, Ark
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