Pioneer Mothers and the Westward Founding Spirit
A tribute to pioneer women as builders of America, highlighting the prairie mother motif and enduring statues in honor of frontier women. The piece details Mrs Caroline Cook and Bryant Bakers sculptures, Kansas and Oklahoma memorials, and the Tennessee Nashville saga as emblematic of resilience and sacrifice.
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Uch
Herbert Kaufman
Minnesota
Dakotas
New Northwest
Mississippi
Great Plains
trans-Mississippi
America
Daughters of the American Revolution
Atlantic
Pacific
St.Louis
A. Leimbach
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Caroline Cook
Plains
E. W. Marland
Cherokee Strip
Bryant Baker
Ponca City
Okla
New York Harbor
State of
State House
Topeka
Pioneer Women’s Memorial Association of Kansas
Oklahoma
Elmwood
Lorado Taft
Park Square
Nashville
Tenn
A Re
Homesteader’s Night Rise to Light and Home
A woman narrates escaping darkness while homesteading in a quaking aspen wilderness near Tiger Butte. She recalls guarding a park fence, enduring wild neighbors and a thirsty spring, then finds comfort in a lamp shared with another soul and the promise of a future with God, a garden, and a home.
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Coulee
Tiger Butte
Lillian T. Leonard
Scribner’s Magazine
Holstein Hazelwood Nears 1,500-Pound Buttermark in Record Year
Hazelwood a 2000-pound Holstein Friesian owned by Carnation Milk Farms of Seattle produced 29,082.5 pounds of milk containing 1,198.85 pounds of butterfat in a year, equaling about 1,498.56 pounds of butter. The cow topped records for butterfat output and stands among a few animals to exceed 1,000 pounds of butter in one year, aided by four daily milkings and strong feed and care.
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Trazelwood
Holstein-Irrnesian Association of America
Hazelwood
Carnation Milk Farms
Seattle
Wash
Redfield Legis Johanna
South Dakota
A. M. Ghormley
Segis Walker Matador
Hazelwood Ormsby Korndyke de Kol
Cleaning of Seed Wheat Is Favored
The U S Department of Agriculture promotes cleaning seed wheat to remove weed seeds and copper carbonate dust to control smut or bunt. Leaflet 33 L describes combined cleaning and treating operations on trucks or stationary setups, with examples from California and railroads.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Eastern Railroad
Baby Chick Feeding Aids Healthy Start And Growth
Poultry feed experts emphasize proper feeding for baby chicks to ensure a healthy vigorous growth. Regular feeding, pure water, clean facilities, and orderly conditions help prevent disease and promote strong development. Use the best grains for chicks.
Barley Production Shows Big Increase
The 1928 barley output in the United States more than doubled 1921 levels, driven by a 30 percent rise in planted acreage and yields over 28 bushels per acre. Exports to Europe remained strong in prior years, influencing U.S. prices despite a drop in 1928 amid larger supplies. Barley acreage rose in Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin and irrigated western states as world barley production climbed since 1920.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Europe
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Agricultural Notes On Chicks Cattle and Pruning Practices
Agricultural notes advise raising young chicks on clean ground to reduce worms. Cows in milk and sheep require the most salt. fattening cattle horses dry cows and stock cattle need less. Summer pruning speeds bearing of young apple trees and boosts yields. Rape is palatable though hogs may resist at first. provide other feed if available. Tree fruit plants and hardy grape vines may be pruned in winter. timing not critical but moderate temperatures improve comfort.
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Main
Ohio S
Killarney
Northwest
America
Great Northwest
Waas
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Tee Obatahoma
Woitan
Bryant Barer
Elmo Scott Watson
Annals of
Tennessee
Emerson Hough
the West
James Robertson
Watauga
North Carolina
Holston
Kentucky
Rachel Donelson
Andrew Jackson
Hardihood
Sally Buchanan
Holstein
Carnation Walker Hazelwood
San Luis Obispo County
County Farm Bureau
Washington, D. C
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