Prairie memories of dogs horses and a sod house childhood
A granddaughter recalls a Montana homestead era with Mama and Papa. Brownie box photography frames a life among Max the dog and Bess the horse. The dogs hunt rattlesnakes, protect sheep, and the family finds resilience in hard summers and blizzards while daily chores and tales unfold.
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Mama
Papa
Ol’ Bess
Max
Billings
Mopt
Little Sheba
Rufus
Bess the mare brings father home through a blizzard
In a brisk family tale, a stormy night forces a man to ride a stubborn mare named Bess. She drags him home with the sack of supplies, throwing him off and making him walk much of the way. His wife guides from the doorway as Bess finally returns indoors.
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Papa
Bess
Mama
Post-calving nutrition boosts beef cow health and calves
Tom Amundson, Polk County livestock agent, stresses not skimping on energy and protein after calving. Supplemental energy and protein support body reserves, milk, conception, and weaning weights. Feeds include 3 to 4 pounds of corn daily with 14 to 17 percent protein, plus silage as energy, to meet needs through early lactation.
More mouths for farmers to feed in Africa
Africa faces rapid population rise with Kenya outpacing the United States in growth. FAO warns one in three African children may die of hunger before school age, while 60 percent lack adequate food. Sub-Saharan population could nearly double from 362 million in 1980 to 646 million by decade's end, creating millions more mouths to feed for American farmers.
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Africa
Kenya
America
United States
U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization
sub-Sahara Africa
Soil lime and calcium magnesium ratio guidance
Lee Milligan Pepin County agent notes that calcium to magnesium ratios in soils typically range from 1:1 to 8:1 with pH 6 or higher indicating adequate calcium. Mg deficiency often occurs in acid sandy soils or limed soils lacking Mg. Dolomitic lime (about 2:1) helps pH in Wisconsin. unnecessary and uneconomical to import calcitic limes. A soil test determines lime and fertilizer needs.
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Wisconsin
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Ida M. Cook
Shell Lake
Sheba
Montana
Yesteryear
Nebraska
Ida Cook
Alfred
Ida
Tom Amundson
Polk County
Lee Milligan
Pepin County
Keith Sommerfeld
Dunn County
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