Missouri farm crops in 1912 show prosperity across corn wheat and oats
Missouri farm products plus livestock for 1912 exceed three quarters of a billion dollars. Corn yields reach 243,042,951 bushels with state value around 104 million dollars. Wheat and oats totals cited along with hay forage, flax, barley and other crops. Livestock shortages cited due to cholera. hogs at 70 percent of normal and cattle on feed at 6 percent of usual.
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Missouri
W. L. Nelson
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
T. C. Wilson
State Board of Agriculture
Cooper
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Union
Saline
Iowa
Illinois
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St. Charles
Buchanan
Carroll
Jackson
Lafayette
Platte
Franklin
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Clark
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Monroe
Pike
Ralls
Scotland
Shelby
Atchison
Clinton
Harrison
Nodaway
Boone
Callaway
Chariton
Pettis
Cass
Henry
Johnson
Nature
Correspondence from 1912 letters on weather and subscriptions
Lorraine Alta December 15 1912 notes fine weather no snow for sleighing and mild zero conditions. Mentions $1.50 for LEADER Record 1913 and a near miss on a paper this year. Supply Oklahoma December 23 1912 letter encloses $2.00 for a valuable paper. Weather good health prosperous mix of people. Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year from Sam and J D Jessee.
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Lorraine
Alta
Joseph Nickell
J. W. Riedel
Okla
Nickell
Sam
J. D, Jessee
Hopeful note from Martins Ferry editor seeks good will
A December 26 1912 letter from Martins Ferry Ohio to Browning Missouri editor of The Leader Record reports the writer is alive and well with a substantial position at a large corporation and a neat salary. He sends regards to friends and mentions Wheeling and October and a job work price inquiry.
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Republic
The
Mall
Leader-Record
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Joseph Nickell
Leader Record
Browning
Missouri
American Sheet &Tin Plate Company
U. &. Steel Company
Medical Dept
Navy
Wheeling
Walnut Street
Martin
Rer Okio
Local Notes From Green Valley and Surroundings
Events include E F Peterson’s butchering on the 24th and a Christmas Humphreys tree event. Grover McKay and wife welcome a baby boy born December 24. Brown ing Smith public sale draws fair prices. J L Van Fossen family heads to Texas for winter. George Carlsted Sr. sells farm southwest of Roger to Herbert and Myron Williams. J M Hamiltons injured in Christmas buggy mishap. W C Jewelry in Purdin offers watches 6.50 to 40.00.
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Grover McKay
Browning & Smith
Geo. Carlsted, Sr
Roger
Messrs
Herbert and
Myrom Williams
J. M. Hamilton
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Cashier
A. E. Lambert
R. C. Bailey
Ass’t Cashier
the Peoples Bank
J. G. Watson
Jas. Crooks
B. J. Lambert
Benjamin Mairs
Browning, Missouri
Jas. Neet, M. P. Brassfield, W.E. Buckworth
H. C. Bailey
J. B. Stone
A. N. Thurlo
J. I. Harmon
J. A. Calhoun
R. M. Calhoun
Ass’t
Farmers’ Exchange Bank
3. W. Sevier
J. M Thurilo
A.N. Thurlo, Wm. Shepherd
J.T. Harmon
H.C. Pearson, I. B
Christy
Green Valley
E. F. Peterson
Humphreys
Ray Myers
J. L. van Fossen
W. C
Purdin, Mo