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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1896
Page
5
The Homestead surveys hog cholera as a persistent threat across many counties. Experts discuss germ behavior, containment challenges inside hog facilities, and the limited remedies, emphasizing prevention, sanitation, quarantine of new stock, and thorough disinfection of premises to curb losses in the swine industry.
The Department of Agriculture reports the 1806 corn crop at 2,101,525,000 bushels, with two thirds grown in the corn belt states. Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa Missouri Kansas Nebraska lead production totaling 1,543,760,000 bushels, while overall 2,000,000,000 bushels are reached for two consecutive years. The 80,836,600 acres harvested yielded an average of about twenty seven bushels per acre. Also noted is a new payroll rule at the Lincoln Central: checks replace cash, aimed at keeping workers from spending money in saloons. a bank recipient will cause the issuer to be discharged.
Decorah man Le W Beard claims a mobile separator powered by a two horse boiler can haul cream and separate fresh milk on the road. He says the device handles large milk loads and could cut the high costs of milk hauling for creameries.
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