Boy Otto Battles excites Angus show with blue ribbons
Otto Battles of Maquoketa Iowa emerged as a standout at a Chicago cattle show. At age 23 he exhibited nine Angus head last year and sixteen this season, winning numerous blue ribbons and about 3000 dollars in cash prizes across ten shows. He built his herd from two cows started at sixteen, later studying animal husbandry at the State Agricultural College. His success challenges claims that farming offers little opportunity for boys today.
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Chicaza
Otto Battles
Maquoketa
State Agricultural College
Battles
Lesson in Cultivation Shows Big Yield Gap in Corn
An Indiana experiment station display compares two corn fields side by side. One field, left uncultivated, produced 2.8 bushels per acre at harvest, while the cultivated field yielded 46.4 bushels. A third field cultivated six times is suggested to potentially add 12 to 15 bushels per acre. The picture lesson highlights disking before plowing to mellow subsoil and improve air and moisture circulation.
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Farm eToys
Indiana Experiment Station
Oats yield and grain studies highlight western agriculture
The article notes a sixteen acre field in Big Mar county Wyoming produced 116 2 6 bushels of oats per acre weighing 48 2 3 pounds per bushel, with discussions on soil moisture, crop practices, and scientific efforts by Professor Hansen in Siberia. It also covers Spokane apple show premiums, Washington apples as a revenue source, kitchen drainage with lye, California winter travel myths, drought impact on western ranges, and corn breeding advances at South Dakota College.
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Wyo
Wyoming
Spokane
Washington
Hansen
South Dakota Agricultural College
Brookings
Siberia
Norstman
Professor Itis
C. Willis
South Dakota
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