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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1921
Page
8
Extension News Service notes farmers can plant rape within corn to supplement hog and sheep feed. Timing depends on season with sowing possible from late July to mid August once corn mature enough. With good rain in August and September rape can yield substantial feed before frost. Farmers who trial rape find it worthwhile.
The state college of agriculture has inspected fields in forty counties to source seed of improved grain strains. Barned wheat, Nebraska No 6 and No 60 wheats, Nebraska No 21, Burt oats, Minnesota No 184 barley and Rosen rye are included. Certified seed or traceable seed buyers received inspection. surplus seed to be sold at a fair price. Threshers must certify grain threshed and non mixed. Lists of certified seed growers planned for August 1.
Poultry specialists at the state college of agriculture say improper feeding of young chickens harms Nebraska’s poultry reputation. Unfinished “airplane type” birds are bought by hotels from farmers and finished by pickers, keeping prices down as birds reach markets underfed and underdeveloped.
Successful dairy farmers say cows need plenty of clean cool water for milk production. Water intake scales with milk yield with summer needs about three times milk output. A cow producing 27 lb milk drank 77 lb water daily. 100 lb milk daily required over 250 lb water. Weather and feed affect needs.
Enrollment exceeds 4 000 with eleven club types including cooking corn garden garment pig potato poultry and rabbit led locally by club heads. Lessons from the college of agriculture guide activity as juniors learn by doing and record profits and experiences at season end.
The American Farm Bureau Federation will hold its largest convention November 22 25 in Atlanta Georgia after the executive committee selected the city in Chicago last week. Delegates from over twenty foreign agricultural societies are expected to attend. The Mid West Farm Bureau Federation met in Chicago and tentatively approved a mine to consumer coal marketing plan aimed at service rather than a profit venture. The Gage county fair will be managed by the county farm bureau with extension agent Boyd Rist overseeing arrangements for a promising exposition.
A brief quote features a wife explaining to her husband that they vacation every summer so their son Tom can live in a stuffy hotel to learn to value his mother's housekeeping. The exchange captures domestic humor in a period newspaper tone.
By order of sale from the Cheyenne County District Court clerk Mary Kinney sues E Devine and Christina Lindberg. judgment 4000 plus 10 percent interest from Sept 27 1920 plus costs. Real estate NW quarter section 1 township 15 range 52 Cheyenne County Nebraska levied to satisfy judgment. Sale will be August 10 1921 at 11 AM at east door of Sidney Court House. Sheriff J W MacDaniel dated July 6 1921.
A kitchenette dweller announces a new use for the apartment house telephone. Two friends trying to reach the elusive janitor tapped the heating pipe for rapid communication across four-story flats. One tap for first floor, two for second, and so on, enabling quick gossip and neighborly chats.
Albert E. Linton and Florence Arabella Harr wed Tuesday at 10 in the Harr home northwest of Sidney. Rev. N P Olney officiated before family and a few friends. A wedding dinner followed and the couple will visit the groom’s parents in Lincoln before settling on the Harr farm near Sidney.
By virtue of an Order of Sale from the Cheyenne County District Court clerk a judgment in favor of The McNish Land Company against Martin Christofferson and Minnie Christofferson for 1076.78 dollars with 10 percent interest and costs is levied on the SW 1/4 of Section 9 Township 14 Range 50. The sale to the highest cash bidder will be at the east door of the Sidney courthouse on August 10, 1921 at 10 a.m. J W McDaniel signs July 2, 1921.
National storage battery company seeks men of character to own and operate a Sidney Nebraska service station with 2 500 service stations in the network. Prior auto and battery experience preferred but not essential. Community standing helps secure franchise. Write for particulars.
Denver Colorado postal town listing shows K Sweeney Buldy holding the District Sales Manager 2 B title. Details indicate a regional management position with responsibilities in Denver. No further context or dates are provided in the fragment.
Bixby notes that some members recognize the impossibility of increasing government spending while lowering taxes and still paying future obligations. He argues independent thinking shows long term funding issues cannot be resolved by such a mix.
Woodrow Wilson appeared in person in Chief Justice Mc Coy’s chambers to be admitted to practice before the D C supreme court. Court attendants noted he was in better health than at retirement but still required assistance entering and leaving his motor car.
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