Wild Oats Fight in Wyoming Fields and Goat Ranch Notes
The piece warns farmers about wild oats spread in Wyoming and advocates growing timothy hay as a control method, citing profits and seed prices. It also reports on a goat ranch near Hat Creek detailing mohair sales, meat yield, donkey-like persistence of goats, and the broader mohair market in the United States.
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Hat Creek
Mule Creek
United States
Egypt
Africa
Switzerland
Sweden
Norway
New Mexico
Texas
Old Mexico
Resting land to boost hay profits and grain yield
A Farmer argues it is more profitable to devote time to hay than cattle, since profits come from feeding hay to others' cattle and getting a good hay price. Resting worn soil with two to three year hay crops can restore fertility and sustain grain yields.
Goats For Milk Rent Aimed At Homes In St Louis
A St Louis company plans to raise and rent milk goats to families for pure fresh milk especially for hand fed babies. They claim a tested goat feed yields best milk and suggest Chicago could have avoided scarlet fever and diphtheria with such a system. Goat farming exists in Europe and a few U S locations, with limited breeders. Sage brush terrain and rocky land are suited to goat grazing, with Wyowing noted as ideal. Also mentions new arrivals Trade Pearson family settling in town and local sales of pianos and phonographs at I D Coryell's Belle Fourche.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Europe
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Che Gripe
Department of Agriculture
Wyoming
Timothy
Gosts
South Dakota
Belle Fourche
Hulett
Bear Lodge Mercantile Co
Trade Pearson
I. D. Coryell’s
A. B. Merrick
J.C. Eccles
Peter Schutter Wall
John Deere
Belle Fourche Roller Mills
C, F
Barly
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