POTATO CULTURE AND POULTRY FOR EACH FAMILY
Emergency bulletin No 5 from the Extension Service urges potato cultivation to meet food shortages and outlines soil prep seed varieties planting and disease control. It also notes three hens with 15 eggs each can yield 25 chicks 12 of which become pullets and with care 4 dozen eggs weekly. two piano boxes form a winter coop for 12 pullets costing $2 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extension Service
College of Agriculture
University Farm
Lincoln
United States
Prevention of Plant Diseases Urges Early Reporting
A State University agricultural botany head urges aggressive disease prevention this year and asks farmers gardeners and fruit growers to report first symptoms. They should send specimens and information to University Farm Lincoln for guidance on control measures and treatment options.
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Agricultural Botany Department
The
State University
Department of Agricultural Botany
University Farm
Lincoln
Canning Begins War Time Food Prep and Bean Crop Plan
1917 cannery season opens with asparagus rhubarb and dandelions ready for canning to ease winter shortages. Beans urged as a war crop with free bulletin on bean culture. Cane replanting advised if corn fails. Land speculation criticized as Nebraska awakens to national distress. Tomato vines proposed along rail right of way for ketchup.
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University Farm
Lincoln
Department of Animal Husbandry
University of Nebraska
Prof. Pugsley
Rotary Club
Nebraska
Nebrska Gest
Missouri River
Sand Hills
Omaha World Herald
Burlington
Crawford Courier
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Dalton
Gurley
Milch
McCormick
John Deere
M. J. Flood
A. A. Sharp, Auctioneer
Herbert Foster
Standard Oil Company
Omaha
Extension News Service
Agricultural Extension Service
Hardy Block
Court House
Shepherd & Christensen
Sidney Municipal Service
Nebraska State Bank
F. M. Wooldridge, Pres
Sidney
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