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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1921
Page
14
An early 1920s Florence County South Carolina farmer ignored advice to keep cattle to favor cotton. After cotton declined the farmer sold milk worth 400 dollars monthly, proving the milk income as a hedge. He later considered buying a cow with cotton proceeds, betting high future cotton prices would cover costs.
Specialists from the United States department of agriculture provide directions from Farmers Bulletin 1168 on pork curing and cooking. Soak, rinse, boil ham in a vinegar sugar clove bay leaf liquor, then cool in liquor, drain, skin, score fat, sugar crust, stud with cloves, and bake slowly basting with water and vinegar for browning.
A Wisconsin dairy farmer writes to a field agent of the U.S. Department of Agriculture diary division about his experience with cow testing starting in 1920. He recalls two cows yielding higher butterfat after testing, keeping the calves, weighing milk, and concluding testing pays. He notes he would fund the association next year if he can.
United States Department of Agriculture campaign shows Nebraska tops states in purebred sires used, with Virginia second. A Waterloo meeting on May 16 established a boys and girls Duroc Jersey Pig club with five initial members, planning continued participation next year in the Duroc Low-and-Litter club. John Burgschat of Douglas County kept precise costs for maintaining twenty five...
Colonies total with twenty for production and five for queen rearing. Gross receipts amount to S660 with production costs of S158.66 and lease payments of $50.34. Labor took four hours weekly for seven months. Additionally 100 pounds of honey were kept for home use.
H D ute secretary of the Nebraska Farm Bureau federation and J N Norton chairman attended a meeting of farm bureau secretaries and presidents from twelve Midwestern states in Huron South Dakota. Topics included uniform organization work national control of packers and cooperative livestock commission companies. The next gathering will be in St Paul Minnesota in July.
A variety test is begun at Charles Gray's farm in Bennington Nebraska with corn strains from the county, state, and other states. Two samples from the university, one diseased and one healthy, are planted. The piece also suggests using discarded crankcase oil as hen-house spray to control vermin and as a beneficial byproduct for machine maintenance.
A representative of the American Farm Bureau Federation told the Interstate Commerce Commission at the Denver conference on May 19 that freight charges to railroads consume a big portion paid by the ultimate consumer for farm products while production costs have fallen. From April 1920 to April 1921 farm prices declined in many cases more than 50 percent, whereas railroad earnings per ton mile in January 1921 rose about 66 percent over 1916. The rising rates against falling prices create a widening gap in the farm economy.
The statement notes freight rates from eastern Montana to Minneapolis and St Paul are about 1150 per ton and from Green Valley 18.00 per ton. Hay sells in Minneapolis from 9.00 to 20.00 per ton by quality. It adds that it is not necessary to question why Montana farmers with hay do not market it.
Abraham Saussito and Felippe Blanco, wanted in Cheyenne on a murder charge for the May 4 killing of Joe Cordova, surrendered to a deputy sheriff who swam to a wooded island on the North Platte near Bridgeport Nebraska with a pistol in his teeth. A Cheyenne posse and a Bridgeport posse closed in. after a rifle duel, the fugitives were seized and taken to Cheyenne.
A Saturday evening crash near the Homer McKelvie farm involved a Ford runabout driven by Mr. Sam Cole and a coupe carrying Globe Tire Co salesmen. A hedge along the road blocked Cole’s view, causing the rear collision as the other car emerged from behind trees. The Cole vehicle flipped, the two McKelvie boys were tossed. they escaped with scratches as the other car rolled several times but its occupants were uninjured. Both cars were insured and losses to be covered by the companies.
A dictum encourages constructing a small personal dwelling to endure weather and bloom its own garden. The author extols shelter under one roof and nearby flora, promising a sweeter scent from blossoming shrubs surrounding the house.
A poetic ad speak of ownership and security found in one’s home. It extols shelter from winter and blizzards, the comfort of a fireside, and the renewal of courage when facing life’s obstacles, all attributed to the sense of having a home to call one’s own.
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