Irrigation Chronicle of Scotts Bluff Nebras ka's Valley
In Scotts Bluff County Nebraska the North Platte valley transformed from desert to a thriving farming region under irrigation. Beginning in 1888 with the Minature Ditch and Winter's Creek projects, multiple ditch companies sprouted across the valley. By 1890 the Enterprise Ditch and others expanded irrigation to about 750,000 acres, funded by stock sales and work rather than bonds. The piece praises public grit, notes 148 miles of ditches, and foresees broader regional progress with railroads and additional canals.
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Scotia Blu
North Platte
Scotts Blut
Nebraska
Great Platte
Iowa
Kansas
Scotts Bluff
Colorado
C. W. Ward
John W. Weeks
John Richards
Warmers’ Canal Company
Minatare
Minature Ditch Company
George W. Fairfield
Theodore Marshman
A. W. Mills
North Platte Valley
Minatauue
Thomas Reaves
Lotd. Peltham
Scotts Bluff County
Enterprise Ditch Company
Wilburn Barber
Charles Mr. Shramons
Thomases
Sallie
Sao
Eve Mini
Wyoming Line
Mitchell Valley
Mitchell Niteh Company
Gering
Castle Rock
Bayard
Cheyenne County
Northwest
Warainie
Hydraulics concepts and pump cylinder sizing notes
A historical hydraulics compact explains water weight and volume, pressure conversions, and pump cylinder sizing. It covers pounds per square inch per height, column heights for air and water, and formulas for horsepower, piston area, speed, and friction allowances. It includes examples for cylinder diameter, gallons per minute, and efficiencies.
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U.S
Mrs Grundy Probes Fashionable Social Foibles
A column catalogs social foibles and trends in high society. It critiques foreigners pairing with Americans for status, charity fads, free pews, taste in reading, and the conduct of fashionably mingled life. It notes shifts in public figures like Mrs. James Brown Potter and calls for restraint in extravagance and sensational advertising.
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Hettle Green
Ralstons
London
Vanity Fair
Gotham
Europe
James Brown Potter
Folly and Friction in Midcentury Press Snippets
A collage of abrasive quotes from 19th and early 20th century newspapers. It juxtaposes gender roles, industry satire, and social critique with wry observations on independence, publicity, and public taste across spins of Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Philadelphia, New York, Washington.
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Tha
Atlanta Constitution
Boston Globe
Cleveland Plain Center
Philadelphia Inquirer
A. Tioga
Philadelphia Record
Texas
London
New York
Chicago
Washington
Star
Post. Se
Padi
Fragmentary note on a controversial art collection
A garbled item discusses collecting objects and degeneracy, mentioning Herr Nordau, manila for collection, a child’s collection, and wish bones. It references a Topeka figure assembling a necks collection and notes worms or eurls nestling.
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Nordau
Manila
Dairy and Poultry Practices From a London Dairy Issue
The Dairy London column discusses years of poultry experience with Barred Plymouth Rocks, Leghorns, Wyandottes, and Cochins. It covers feeding, market outlook, winter eggs, disease control, and humane brooding, plus silage as a winter ration and fodder strategies for both light and clay land farms.
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Plymouth Rock
St. Louis
Chicago
Freiburg Cattle: A Swiss Spotted Breed in Decline
The United States consular report notes several offshoots from the pure Bernese including Freiburg Frutiger Illier and Ormond breeds, though all are largely inferior to the original stock. In Switzerland cross breeding has largely failed. best results come from inbreeding of the pure breed. Freiburg, native to Freiburg canton, remains pure but wanes as herds favor light Saancu and Simmenthal types.
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Freiburg
United States
Switzerland
Canton
Egyptian Poultry Show Holds 646 Birds at Marissa
The Egyptian Poultry Association of Southern Illinois held its second annual show in Marissa late in December. A grand display featured 646 birds including Buff Cochinas from England of the previous year. Mr. Hemlich of Litchfield, Illinois served as judge.
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Egyptian Poultry Association of
Southern Illinois
Marissa
England
Hemlich
Litchfield
Ilinois
J. B. Matthews
Farmers’ Review
How to Win Execs Poultry Winter Egg Yield Tips
Poultry keepers can boost winter egg production with a warm dry sunlit coop, good ventilation, and dry bedding. Feed a hearty mash of bran oats corn meal linseed meal with boiled potatoes turnips or carrots, salt, pepper, and meat scraps, plus scattering whole wheat and oats, and light corn at night. Include a cabbage now and then for variety as advised by W. P. Perkinson Farmers' Review.
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W. P
Perkinso N' Farmers’ Review
Food supply strategies for year round dairy farming
English View of Elnge discusses keeping a year round food supply for dairy stock. It urges dairy farmers to plan two potential sources, build a reserve, and be prepared for unforeseen events. Silage is highlighted as a valuable reserve in a late spring.
Freiburg Cattle Noted For Black Spotted Markings
The Freiburg breed is defined by black spots though many animals are entirely black except the head and a belly stripe. It matches Bernese weight but has heavier bones and coarser flesh, making it inferior in key stock-technical points. As work animals and milkers Freiburgers rank beside Bernese.
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Freiburg
Poorly Supplied Creameries and Farm Dairy Conditions
Farmers complain about new creameries while failing to supply adequate milk. Many farms run few cows and small acreages, making production costly and profits elusive. The piece points to widespread inefficiency and lack of daily sense in dairy operations and farm management.
Dairy Instruction at Lansing College
A Farmers' Review representative visited Michigan Agricultural College at Lansing last week. Dairy instruction is severely limited, with dairy students lacking fair opportunities. The writer urges immediate expansion of the dairy department, noting professors face disadvantages and hoping conditions will improve soon.
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Lansing
Farmers’ Review
Michigan Agricultural College
Palm Care For Fresh Air And Moisture
A Palm needs fresh air and proper moisture. Evaporation water near the plant moistens the soil and foliage. Place the plant near a window to benefit from light and heat, but supply only enough water to keep the soil moist and ensure adequate drainage.
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Washington Star
Antidote for Carbolic Acid in Poisoning Cases
Article notes no strict controls on carbolic acid sale or use and rising accidental poisonings. Dr Edmund Carlton endorses cider vinegar as the best antidote. Also mentions a photo of I Walker, and a rummage ad for a second-hand billiard table with contact in Omaha.
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Edmund Carlton
Popular Science News
H.C. Akin
12Th St
Omaha
New
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Nebrasta
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Hydraulics
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Dairy and Poultry
Freds
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Grand Army of the Republic
F. I. Lord
Quincy
Hood
C. J. Hood & Co
Lowell Alana
ALABA
Lyon & CO. Tobacco Works
Durham
Burlington
Denver
West
Artives
Yom
Buriington
J. Fnaxers
Gen'l Fass
Tr Agt
Oniabna
Nob
Walfoflog
Huntington & Bon
Ai, Ogi
Deeree
Swit Het B Tea Co
Erie
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