Lime on Missouri Soils Shows Profitable Use in Experiments
Missouri State Experiment Station findings indicate lime benefits in parts of Missouri with wet level prairies and Ozark uplands low lime. Areas with lush red clover may not need lime, while wet or low humus soils still fail without lime. Ground limestone costs about $1 per ton in car lots and should be applied 2000 to 4000 pounds per acre after breaking for corn.
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State Experiment Station
Missouri
North
Ozark Uplands
Missouri hen mission spans war and peace
A Missouri hen piece extols fowls as symbols of progress and civility in Africa and the Orient. The essay argues Missouri hens foster peace and civilization, citing eggs from a fifty five day voyage to Pretoria and sacred status among American tribes. In Kirksville a double report: John W. Webb, 60, captured in Winigan after killing March, a telephone worker, and brought to town in handcuffs. A reward of 150 dollars to Green Top residents is announced for a county pursuit tip.
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Missouri
Manchuria
Pretoria
South Africa
America
Mississippi
Marquette
Jolliette
Arkansas
Africa
Orient
Kirksville
John W. Webb
March
Schuyler
Adair
Winigan
Sullivan County
Webb
Cleaton
Williams
Green Top
Steers Bring Record Prices At Kansas City Yard
Two carloads of Hereford steers weighing about 1,496 pounds averaged $157.08 per head at the Kansas City Stock Yards, the highest price on the open market and $1 above Chicago bids. H G Adams of Maple Hill Kansas bought them, tracing calves to the J A Texas ranch owned by Mrs C Adair. Other steers in the same consignment averaged $9.50 per 100 pounds.
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Kansas City
Chicago
H. G. Adams
Maple Hill
Kansas
Adams
J. A
Texas
Doctor Miller Guilty On Four Counts In Liquor Prescription Case
The state suit against Dr. L W Miller concluded Monday in Justice Cavett s court with a guilty verdict on four of six counts. A fine of 200 was set for each guilty count totaling 800. The case may be appealed to the circuit court, per Kirks Journal.
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L. W. Miller
Justice Cavett
Farmowner Prohibits Hunting with Guns or Dogs
A landowner posts a clear warning against hunting on his properties. The notice forbids firearms and dogs on the premises to avoid trouble and protect livestock and crops.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Change Address to Kennewick
A card from Mr. G. Anderson reports his wife’s health in decline after moving west last fall. He requests changing his paper to Kennewick Washington to receive home news weekly. He notes about six inches of snow and a zero degree thermometer.
Hints For Stock Owners And Hog Farming Tips
The piece advises care for a single cow or sheep as for a hundred, emphasizes clean water and good feed, and notes it yields honest pennies. It says hogs around 250 pounds are in demand, warns against excessive weight, and praises any hog that grows into money with proper care. It compares a horse’s blanket to an overcoat for protection and suggests turning colts out in an open paddock near the stable.
Missouri Cattle Win First Prize at Chicago Show
John Rees of near New Cambria Kansas City area won first prize at the International Stock Show in Chicago for a car load of short fed two year old steers. He fed the cattle 100 days with an average gain of over three pounds per day, and the cattle sold for 9.50 dollars per hundredweight, the highest price for short fed cattle on the Chicago market.
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John Rees
New Cambria
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank of New
Fields and Carter Ship Two Cars of Horses to St Louis
Fields and Carter, famed horse buyers, shipped two cars of horses to St Louis on Monday. They report most are good stock and many sold at high prices. The pair are widely known in North and are noted for supporting local newspapers when they buy in towns.
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Fields& Carter
Browning
St. Louis
Messrs
Fields and Carter
North A
Flying Dutchman Bonsib Delivers Prohibition Lecture
H S Bonsib known as the Flying Dutchman of Indianapolis spoke at the M E church Sunday night to a large Indianapolis audience. Reporters say it was one of the best prohibition lectures here, holding attention for over an hour with masterful, direct delivery and many illustrative anecdotes.
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H. S. Bonsib
Indianapolis
M. E
Public Sale At Hanks Farm Near Purdin December 22
Mrs M L Hanks will sell J E Hanks deceased property at her farm 4 miles northeast of Purdin and 5 miles southeast of Browning on Wednesday December 22. Sale starts at 10 oclock. Items include a gray horse 15 years old two black mares six years old bay gelding two years old a sorrel mare twenty yearling white faced steers eleven good shouts one large male hog and a buggy in good condition. Terms announced day of sale.
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M. L. Hanks
Purdin
Browning
J. E. Hanks
Missouri Agricultural College Calf Wins Champion Prize in Chicago Show
The college exhibited Desert er a Hereford-Angus cross steer that claimed champion calf at the 1909 International Live Stock Show in Chicago. It also earned multiple top prizes in Hereford and Angus classes and the college class. Fat cattle will return for Short Winter Course instruction starting January 4. Missouri students won horse judging first place and an Armour Scholarship valued at 250 dollars for campus work.
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Missouri Agricultural College
College
Chicago
Missouri Boys
Armour
Agricultural College
Lambert vs Burlington Railroad verdict joins weight loss to damages
In Hanibal Missouri December 9 a federal court jury awarded Charles R Lambert 20000 dollars damages plus 1000 dollars for each pound of weight lost due to injuries from a Burlington Railroad collision two years ago near Brookfield Lambert head brakeman suffered a severed limb and head injury and a nervous collapse the record notes he lost more than twenty pounds.
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Hanibal
Charles R. Lambert
Burlington Railroad
Lambert
Brookfield
Peters Produce Co Drives Record Turkey Drove
Peters Produce Co bought 625 turkeys in Winigan last week and delivered most of them home over the weekend. Witnesses say it was the largest drove ever seen in the area. Mr Healy photographed the poultry house as the unusual shipment arrived amid rising prices.
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Peters Produce Co
Winigan
Mr. Healy
Poultry House
Newt Sayers Visits Brookfield on Weeklong Business
Newt Sayers traveled to Brookfield on a business trip at the end of the week to attend meetings and oversee assigned tasks.
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Newt Sayers
Brookfield
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December Farm Journal
Afa
Crusoe
Mrs. Duck
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