Valuable Agricultural News for Cheyenne County Farmers
A historical rural digest urges tighter waste control as land and input costs rise. It promotes protecting corn stover for feed, proper curing, and barn storage, notes stover safety issues, and stresses hay stacking rules and the need for a dedicated hog husbandry and parasite remedies. It references a U.S. Department of Agriculture farmers bulletin on hog louse and mange, with local notices from Potter and Cheyenne County about elections, residents, and mutton transport.
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Stover
New Farmers’ Bulletin
United States Department of Agriculure
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Just Like a Woman In a Wistful Note From Town Gossip
A fragmentary line captures social chatter about Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Smith. The speaker recalls a speculative tale of a husband once proposing to the narrator before the marriage. The mood mirrors small town rumor and idle curiosity.
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Mrs. Smith
Automobile Insurance Farmers special term policy
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Hornaday
M. E. Pettibone
Meta Tech
Keeping Farm Accounts An Aid To Better Profits
Farming is a business and must be run like one. Proper accounting answers how much profit the business makes and how to increase it. A farmer must cover both interest on capital and wages to claim any true net profit.
Making Peach Butter From Fresh Freestone Peaches
Peel ripe freestone peaches by scalding in boiling water then cold water. Mash the pulp and cook in its own juice until thick. Sift through a colander for finer texture if needed. For each unit of pulp mix half unit sugar, cook slowly, stir often until desired thickness. Pit meats may be cooked whole or sliced, then hot packed in jars and processed or sealed with hot paraffin.
Kanred wheat proves success in Kansas fields
Specialists of the Bureau of Plant Industry report broad adoption of Kanred wheat in Kansas. About 500000 acres were grown, with 15000 to 20000 acres inspected by Kansas Agricultural College staff and certified as high quality seed sources. Kanred, a hard red winter variety, was developed by the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station from Crimean stock introduced from Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Kansas Agricultural College
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Atation
Russia
Federal Depart
Bond Question Again In Cheyenne County Vote
The Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners re submitted a measure to bond the county for 25000 dollars to liquidate floating indebtedness. A petition signed by about 200 residents urged placing the proposal on the November 5 1889 ballot. In another item C F Osborn reported a Harvest Home Festival at Raymond Bros residence with 250 attendees. The event featured agricultural displays and a luncheon prepared by local women. The piece notes next year’s officers to be elected in February and mentions weather and crop conditions across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Board of County Commissioners
Cheyenne County
C.F. Osborn
Union Valley
Raymond Bros
Garman
Nebr
Ogalalla
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Sidney
Potter
Joseph Gettemy
Squire Warren
Ed Johnson
Geo. Mantfee
North Platte
U. B
D. Shultz
Bethel
Geo. Selang
Gertrude Fleshner
Kearney
Ed Brett
R. Barlow
Tadge Pole
J. C. Johnson
Barlow
Sam Deemes
Stewart
Begthal
Sundas
Deemes
Utah
W. EP. Miles
W. C. Reilly
Ogalulla
Robert S. Oberfelder
Chicago
Good Forth
H. E. Gapen
Omaha
Valiant Lodge No. 98
K. of P
Grand Lodge
A Brott of
Brott
Automobile
Kanred
Harvest Home
FORD
Sidney Lumber
U. P. Depot
Sidney, Neb
Sidney Loan and Building Association
Sidney, Nebraska
C. L. Mann
Leon Fine
C. S. Radcliffe
E. D. Wolorenz
The
Court House
Ious
B. P. Hamilton
First National Bank
W. BE. Swatzlander
A. K. Greenlee
Leslie Neubauer
Lena L. Jessen
Ass’t
CG. L. Mann
Cheyenne County Lumber Co
A. E. Phelps
Mgr
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