Farm and Stock Yard Notes on Education and Markets
Ames Iowa columnist discusses practical education for girls at the agricultural college, shifts in kitchen and dress programs, then surveys beef, mutton, and cheese trends. It compares meat markets by country, analyzes fattening, and urges emphasis on bacon hogs and leaner lambs to suit demand and corn conditions.
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the Agricultural College
Corn
East
West
Wisconsin
Iowa
Homeseekers
Cairo
Illinois Central
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Memphis
New Orleans
Alden
Sioux
Iowa Falls
Southern Homeeeeker
Manchester
J. E.’. Merry
Illinois
Yazoo Valley
Mississippi
Chicago
E. P. Skene
Uses of Carb Naceos Matter in Soil Fertility
Discussion of how soil nitrogen, carbonaceous matter, phosphoric acid, and potash sustain plant growth. Explains nitrogen from air, role of humus, carbon in soil, and need for carbonaceous matter to aid ferments and lichens. Notes benefits of green crops and manure. examples from Kansas soya bean trials.
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Kansas Station
Lessons From the Fifties on Prices and Prosperity
The author reflects on how low prices once eased family budgets in the 1850s and again in the 1870s, contrasting frugal rural life with modern abundance. They warn that rapid tariff shifts and free trade experiments threaten jobs, wages, and the ability to sustain craftsmen like saddlers and shoemakers, urging cautious policy.
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James Wilson
Gueries
Ames
London
America
Parliament
Steve
Kansas
Sir John Lawes
Hood
C. I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Read’s Market
New Bakery
AMD
Confectionery Store
Perkins
Main Street
T. Ww. Sheldon
Morris Bros
Y Feed Stable
R. R
J. F. Merry
M. Hemstreet
J. A. Fitchpatrick
Story County
Nyada
H. Westerman
T. McLane
Real Estate and Loan Office
James A. Baker
Attorney-at-Law
Towa
Daniel McCarthy
McCarthy & Lee
College Park
Stevens’ Block
Chicago & North Western
Railway
Fast Mail
Daily Mail
Carroll Express
Eee
Pacific
Overland Limited
Dakota Eepeee
Atlantic Express
Chicago Express
Sioux City
Des Moines
Mall and Express
Night Express
Dak
Des Moines Express
Des Moines & Dak
Chicago & Omaha Express
D. Moines
8.C. Pass
Eagle Grove
Geo. Rogers
G. A. Underwood
Chas. Whitaker
Underwood & Whitaker
Attorneys At Law
Lowa
F. D. Thompson
Nevada
Smith & Son’s
Albert Richmond
L. M. Bosworth
Store
Office
Chas. E. Hunt
Everett, Aughenbaugh & CO
Waseca
Minn
Adams Bros
W.e.winsett M.D
Martin’s Hardware
W. E. Harriman
Story County Bank
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Gro M. Pirsor
J. B. Koosmr
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Masonic
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L. C. TrLpEx
W. M Can. Gippines
J. B. Elliott
Union National Bank
W. M. Greeley
Henry Wee
Atlas National Bank
Third National Bank
New York Valley National Bank
Sa SR
Kitselman Brothers
Ric “Ville
Indiana
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