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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1903
Page
3
An editorial style piece surveys farm planning for 1904, urging winter preparation, notes about labor unions, crop values for 1903, and tips on dairy and poultry care, silage use, and farm management. It highlights education benefits, game laws, and notes on irrigation, cheese curing, and wildlife.
A landmark urging men to own and farm land, stressing soil literacy and self sufficiency. It extols staying by the home creamery, warns against centralized dairy trusts, and promotes crop diversification beyond cotton to include cattle, hogs, alfalfa, corn, fruit, and poultry as Texan farmers shift to mixed farming.
The article questions indefinite wheat cultivation in the northwest and suggests crop rotation as essential, noting limited options beyond wheat and summer fallow and warning that soil fertility will decline. It also mentions cottonseed oil as a claimed cure for consumption and urges supporting agricultural education for boys.
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