No Man's Land and the twin land bill showdown
The narrative details a 1885-86 fight over a dual bill to extend timber culture desert land and preemption laws, aimed at opening land to settlers while thwarting cattle syndicates. It traces the partisan maneuvers, committee inaction, late passage, and President Cleveland's resistance, framing it as a pivotal land reform moment with potential to reclaim public domain from land frauds and monopolies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
House of ‘Representatives
Man's Land
Ryan
Samuel “. Peters
Colorado
Indiso
New Mexico
Peters
Elde
Democratic Committee On Public Lands
Mich
Cobb
Indiana
Stone
Missouri
Anderson
Jayson
Judiciary Committee
House
Public Land Committee
General Land
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Tor
James B. Weaver
Iowa
Springer
Tilivols
Pay‘gon
Tilmole
Mesera
Committee On Public Lands
Senate
Plumb
Cleveland
Washington
Congress
Sec Latour
Guilford Miller
Interior Department
Lochais
Garland
Oklahoma
Cherokee Strip
Fnally
America
Vanda
Republic
Golden Wax Bean Promises Early Market Edge
Catalogued as a novelty this season the early cluster golden wax pole bean is praised for being earlier than other pole varieties, with vigorous vines, clusters of large tender pods, and high productivity to frost. It is lauded for flavor, cooking quality, and market appeal by seedmen led by Vick. The piece also notes cattle conditions across states, winter losses, and the Kohl Rabi crop as a stock feed and garden veg, plus methods of corn drill culture and bedded fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vick
Atlantic
Carolinas
Dodge
New England
Ohio
Missouri
California
Oregon
Europe
Minnesota
States and peas culture and ensilage notes
Article notes Virginia farming in two directions direct and cross cultivation improving sun and air access. New York station finds early pea pods, pinching tips, straw mulch reduces mildew. ensilage in barns boosts milk by about five percent and may double stock capacity. Potatoes urged to plant whole with eyes but no two varieties in same hill. many variables remain uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
New York Experiment Station
Cure a Horse of Kicking and Agricultural Notes
Cure a horse of kicking by a padded patron stall and a hay sack to strike heels, ensuring the horse learns not to kick. Agricultural notes report wheat crop condition at 8, sheep losses at 7 percent with 45 million sheep, heavy swine losses near 0,000,000, dairy product value at 780,445,658, Texas homestead bill at 40 years credit 5 percent, and Florida orange grower reports of 1,000,000 boxes marketed in 1830-7 season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Agricultural Department
Texas
Florida
Bayless Mercantile Company Offers Immense Hardware Stock
A Bayless mercantile firm advertises a vast stock of hardware tinware stoves and crockery including the Peerless gas stove. It touts safety features such as automatic locking valves lay down tanks and a compact burner design with fewer moving parts aimed at reducing leaks and wear.
Levi A Doane Offers Low Rate City Property Loans
A newspaper ad by Levi A Doane promotes loans on city property and chattel mortgage security at low rates. It lists multiple real estate offerings including an old improved farm of 160 acres near Lawrence with 100 acres cultivated, 50 acres pasture, a large farmhouse, barn, sheds, and orchard. price around 1500 dollars with easy terms. Additional listings describe a house with yard near the streetcar, another 20 acre farm with improvements and fruit trees, and a 45 acre Ti most all creek bottom property with timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
New England
Levi A. Doaxe
Haly
Amel
Menta
A. Lawrence
Timost
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Georgia
Ata
Edmund Hersey
Massachusetts
Eiko
Deering
Dougan
Wis
Eclipse
Douglas County
Mass
St., Lawrence
Butler & Alexander
Whitcome Ko'i
the Bayless Mercartile Company
Lawrence, Kansas
Bayless Mercantile Co
Levi A. Doane
Levi A. Deann
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