Brook Hill dairy farm shows Ozark prosperity and modern safeguards
J W Brittain’s Brook Hill dairy farm in Webster County Missouri spans 412 acres with 60 silos, a Jersey herd of 60 hogs and a diversified system. Crops include corn clover timothy and wheat. most feed is grown on site with silage for cows and skim milk for hogs. The enterprise emphasizes soil maintenance, on farm manure use, and up to date equipment including a 1800 pound per hour creamery, steam turbine separator and power churn. The operation is managed as a manufacturing business with precise costing and labeled products aimed at steady markets in St. Louis and institutions while maintaining full employment across seasons.
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Brook Hill
J. W. Brittain
Webster County
Ozarks
Jersey
Brook Till
Opener
St. Louis
Brittain
Some Timber Industries of the Ozarks
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 89 notes vast Ozark timber activity in 1908. Pine and cypress supplied shingles and boards. second growth hickory dominates handles and hooped poles. Prices and cargo volumes are given for cordswood, charcoal, and exported outputs including walnut and vehicles stock.
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Springfield
Ozark
Sligo Furnace
Europe
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station
Brook Hill Farm Financing Stands on Strong Basis
The text notes Brook Hill farm has been fully financed from the start, with no effort spared on capital. Money was secured as needed and the business has built a solid foundation and achieved steady growth from its inception.
Macomb Churches Schedule Announced by Rev G Chadwell
Special correspondence notes preaching at the Baptist church on the first Saturday monthly at 11 am and 7 pm and Sunday at 11 am led by Rev. G Chadwell, pastor. Everyone invited. Also Macomb Methodist Episcopal church holds services on the second and fourth Sundays each month with Sunday school every Sunday.
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The
Baptist Church
Rev
G. Chadwell
Macomb Methodist Episcopal Church
Sunday School At Multiple Local Churches
Wolf Creek reports Sunday school as usual at the Old Flog Church each Sunday morning. Freewill Baptist church holds preaching on the third Saturday and Sunday of each month under Rev. Findley. Holiness church conducts Sunday school weekly with James Lyn as superintendent.
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Old Flog Church
Freewill Baptist Church
Rev
Findley
Holiness Church
James Lyn
Mt Pleasant church holds regular preaching schedule
Mount Pleasant notices announce worship services with preaching every second Saturday at 11 a.m. and p.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. in the local Mt Pleasant church.
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Mt. Pleasant
Mountain Line Items Singing at No 5 on Sundays
A brief note from Gibbs reports regular musical gatherings titled Mountain Line Items Singing at No. 5, held every first Sunday evening. The item highlights recurring event details and the venue association with Gibbs.
Missouri Leads Nation In Horticulture Growth And Fruit Planting
Missouri ranks first in horticulture with a 300 percent rise in apple trees over fifteen years. Ozark soils and central location support fruit growing, with over 25 million apple trees and a fourth as many peach trees in Ozark counties. Many orchards are new and bearing age is low. land rough for farming is being repurposed for fruit, while vast forest land remains for future timber use.
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Missouri
Ozark
Mississippi
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station
Pleasure resort at Wilson Mill proposal in Ava Ozark hub
Ava’s booster press celebrates plans for an electric light and power plant with a five acre proposed pleasure resort featuring motor boats and other conveniences. The project aims to attract visitors and develop Ava as a center of modern amenities in the Ozarks.
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Couse
Ava
Ozarks
Ozark Country
Powersite
Crystal Lake Spring
Ava Enterprise
Ozark peaches and berry industry in Missouri
The Ozark region features peaches as a major fruit, with rich red clay soil aiding production and a disease-free peach belt. Southwest Missouri is a leading berry area, with towns like Neosho, Sarcoxie, Peirce City, Monett, Marionville, West Plains and Olden shipping many carloads yearly. Each carload yields about six hundred crates selling for 600 to 1000 dollars, while berry plantations can bring 300 to 500 dollars per acre, averaging 100 to 200 crates per acre.
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Ozark
Ozarks
Missouri
United States
Neosho
Sarcoxie
Peirce City
Monett
Marionville
West Plains
Olden
Mining Resources in South Missouri
The Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station notes mining dominates the state economy. It supplies major shares of zinc nickel and lead and half the coal beneath the region. Iron is widespread across counties, with timber demand for mining and charcoal for smelting. Sligo in Dent county houses a large charcoal furnace burning 50,000 cords yearly from 72 kilns, reflecting extensive wood harvesting over 30 years.
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United States
Missouri
Joplin
Ozark
Sligo
Dent County
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin
Experimenting With Oetting Grass Mixtures at Mansfield 1911
The Mansfield experiment tested Timothy red top English rye grass Kentucky blue grass Canada blue grass orchard grass red and alsike clovers and white clover on Lebanon soils in spring 1911. Orchard grass proved most hardy by 1912 with red top next and timothy third, while bromus inermis failed.
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Mansfield
Lebanon
Kentucky
Canady
Canada
Timothy
Oetting
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station
Hanks Renewals for Mirror and Star in Tennessee and Missouri
A. D. Hanks renews subscriptions for the Mirror for Mrs. Sarah Hanks of Fayetville Tennessee and for himself the Kansas City Weekly Star.
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A.D. Hanks
the Mirror
Sarah Hanks
Fayetville
Tenn
Kansas City
Peach harvest winds down in Ozarks shipments
The Peach harvest nears end for car shipments in the Ozarks while express business remains strong. Frisco records 845 full cars shipped from the division, including 29 from Current River’s line and 75 from Arkansas stations, each car holding 475 to 500 crates. Station totals list Black Rock Hunter Cabool Fordland Mountain Grove West Plains Willow Springs Burnham Koshkonong Hutton Valley Imboden Ravenden Seymour Mammoth Spring Ravin, Haskins Pomona Cedar Gap Brandsville and other stations, with February delivery figures shown.
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Ozarks
Express
Frisco
River Road
Arkansas
Black Rock
Ena
Hunter
Sra
Sineig
Weat-Plains
Williford
Estes
Willow Springs
Burnham
Koshkonong
Hutton Valley
Ravenden
Seymour
Mammoth Spring
RavoVin Ciicagest
Mestre
Haskins
Sia Prettate’s
Pomona
Cedar Gap
Swesetencee
Ers
Glee Eerie
Ceca Yee
Brandsville
Rael
Exchange
Tile for road drainage arrives at Mansfield
A car load of tile for road drainage arrived at Mansfield and will be available for all districts. The note praises tiling as essential to protect road improvements and credits Hartville Democrat for promoting better drainage on Wright County roads.
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Mansfield
Wright County
Hartville Democrat
Capitalists Organize Large Mountain Grove Poultry Plant
Capitalists and produce men of Mountain Grove have organized and incorporated a large poultry packing concern. They are erecting a splendid plant for the business. Car loads of poultry will be bought up, fattened, killed, and dressed for high class consumption.
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Mountain Grove
Pettit Crew Clears Ground at Powersite Dam Site
J W Pettit and crews move dirt at the powersite dam as they clear ground for the lake and raise dirt for the levee. The Ava Enterprise notes ongoing earthwork as teams work to prepare the area.
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J. W. Pettit
Powersite
Ava Enterprise
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Wolf Creek
Mount Pleasant
Mountain Line
Gibbs
Wilson Mill
Fred Oetting
Kraft & Bros
Chicago
Mountain Grove Journal
KODAK
Kodaks
Mansfield Drug Company
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