Last Buffalo Hunter Recalls Epic Destruction of Herds
Elmo Scott Watson recounts Denver dispatches on Cooke Rhea and the era of buffalo hunting, noting Cody's 69 kill in a single day and the broader slaughter that emptied plains herds by 1884. The piece contrasts heroic hunts with a grim, history-wrought purge driven by railroad era traders and hide hunters.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Denver
Colo
Cooke Rhea
Rhea
Union
Pacific
William Frederick Cody
Kansas Pacific
Kansas
Goddard Brothers
Wild Bill” Hickok
Bill Cody
Cody
Comstock
Comatock
Plains
Wyatt Earp
Dodge City
Kan
Tombstone
Ariz
Dodge
Billy Tilghman
W. A. Brininstool
Red Cloud
Buffalo Statistica
U. P
K.P. AT
Santa Fe
Ford County
Ona
Haya
Northern Pacific Railroad
Western Newspaper Union
Cold waves fought in poultry houses
A P Twitchell of Ohio State University explains winter insulation for flocks to prevent disease and keep birds vigorous. Methods include packing cornstalks around exterior walls, securing the fodder, and making buildings tight to reduce heat loss. Ventilation should be managed by snug doors windows and limited curtain baffles. If using insulating boards paint with a cement paste made from cement sand and sour milk, mixed in small batches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Twitchell
Ohio State University
WNU
Returning Pullets to Winter Egg Production
Missouri Farmer explains how pullets molt and lose laying in cold weather and how to restore production. It covers causes like heavy fall laying and faulty feeding, and contrasts two common methods using electric lights and crumbly mash. Proper lighting timing and 15 watt all night lights are discussed to boost feed access and reduce costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berley Winton
Missouri
College of Agriculture
Poultry Facts on Inbreeding and Egg Records
Poultry guidance notes breedingTurkeys avoid inbreeding to maintain vitality and prevent deformities while noting Guinea fowls’ matings. The 1932 turkey crop rose 18 percent from 1921, with 18 million marketed, though production has not returned to earlier levels. A New York White Leghorn pullet reportedly laid 855 eggs, nearing the decade-old world record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
British Columbia
New Wheat Holds Out High Promise
The Department of Agriculture and Montana experiment stations released three new winter wheat varieties for Montana farm trials. Yogo, a hard red winter wheat, shows winter hardiness, smut resistance, and milling and baking quality. Early distribution limited, with broader seed plans after testing across eight Great Plains locations. Yogo includes Belogiina, minturki, and Buffum No. 17 lineages from Russia and Turkey, developed in Wyoming and linked to a national winter wheat improvement program with state stations in Texas Alabama Kansas Colorado Nebraska Wyoming Minnesota South Dakota North Dakota and Montana.
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Wutted of Agriculture
Department Agriculture
Montana Agricultural Experiment Stations
Montana
Department
Great’ Plains
Yogo
Belogiina
Russia
Minturki
Odessa
Turkey
Black Sea
Buifum
Wyoming
Texas
Alahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraak
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Unite Two Weak Bee Colonies For Winter Strength
The article explains uniting two colonies with care to form a strong winter hive. It advises pairing a strong hive with a thriving queenless hive and using a newspaper barrier to combine them. If a third colony joins, repeat the same process. Remove inferior queens before final consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess
Get Pig Raising Pointers From A Thrifty Farmer
A farmer with spring pigs that are uneven, unthrifty, and undersized should seek the best sanitary management practices in his community. He should compare his pigs to those of a uniform, thrifty producer to learn how to reduce disease and parasites and increase pork output per unit of feed by talking with the successful pig owner.
Seed Wheat Smut Preventive Dust Usage Note
An application of copper carbonate dust at two ounces per bushel of seed grain will prevent smut in seed wheat. Use a metal barrel for mixing but avoid dust exposure to eyes and nose. The treated seed barrel must not be used for any other purpose as the carbonate dust is highly poisonous.
Forest Thinnings Near Nebraska Forest Stir Debate
A fragmentary note describes thinning practices for fuel wood near the Nebraska national forest. It mentions residents living close to the forest and the effort to reduce barren hillside land from 90 years ago. Officers valued wood per acre, considering cutting costs and supervision, with figures around four dollars per acre for winter 1991 82.
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Nebraska National Forest
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Fort Wallace
Billy Comstock
Sheridan
Old Brigham
Lucretia Borgia
Manitoba
Union Pacific Railroad
Richard Irving Dodge
Arkansas River
Walnut Creek
Pawnee Fork
Union Pacific
Phil Sherdan
Major Inman
Robert M. Wright
Camp Supply
Wright
Western
Robert Wright
Charles Rath
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Buffalo Bil
Buffalo
Guinea
Patra
United States
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