Farming Profitable Half the Time in Nebraska
College of agriculture reports Nebraska South Platte farming profitable in two of four years, including this year. A typical farmer kept four years of records showing 1917 profit of 816 and losses in 1918 1882 and 1919 1507.95. estimates for this year look good. About 30,000 farmers track profitability and land values across the state.
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College of Agriculture
South Platte
Nebaska
Nebraska
Nebraska cow a high producer at University dairy
Katy Gerten of Nebraska's College of Agriculture Holstein Friesian herd delivered seven milking periods totaling 115125 pounds of milk with 629 pounds fat. Her output equals 471400-pound steers, milk worth 5317 dollars at ten cents a quart. The college dairy, about 100 cows across Holstein Friesian Guernsey Jersey and Ayrshire, serves instructional work and provides herd sires for farmers statewide.
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Katy Gerten
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
College of Agriculture
Guernsey
Jersey
Ayrshire
Selecting a Farm and Legal Notices Collects
The USDA issue a 28 page Farmers Bulletin 4088 Choosing a Farm aids buyers and renters with farming experience. Also bulletin 1139 outlines a method to analyze farm business for profit or loss. Legal notice names Lizette Edwards land in Cheyenne County Nebraska and Pettett vs Edwards case seeking quiet title with court date September 27 1920 in Sidney Nebraska.
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United States Department of Agriculture
College of Agriculture
Linelon
S. Lizette Edwards
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Joseph R. Pettett
District Court
Sidney
Advise Treating Seed Wheat for Smut
Reports to the college of agriculture show large losses from smut in small grain this year. Central county fields recorded up to 26 percent smutted wheat while others were too damaged to harvest. Advises seed wheat treatment with formalin, soaking seed after removing shriveled grains. Use burlap sacks and a formalin solution of one pint to 35 gallons of water for five minutes, reuse no more than five times.
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College of Agriculture
Seed prep and drying instructions with humorous romance remark
Drain on slats over the barrels or tanks to prevent wasting the solution. Place the seed on a clean floor or canvas and cover with sacks or canvas for two hours. Dry by spreading in a thin layer and stirring occasionally with a rake or shovel. The seed may be sown when dry enough to run freely thru the drill, increasing the feed to allow any swollen condition of the grain. HER CHANDS GOOD. It's a case of love at first sight. Well, maybe it will work out a bit right. I took four years to se lect my husb and, and look what I got. Do you know you can buy Pianos, Player Pianos, Grand Pianos and Phonographs from F. O. BURGESS on easy terms payments. Come in and see how easy it is to own a piano and a phonograph. Rear of Betts Jewelry Store.
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F. O. Burgess
Betts Jewelry Store
Nebraska Governor Proclaims Constitutional Convention Section
The document notes an election proclamation by the Governor authorizing a Constitutional Convention meeting on December 2, 1919. It records that the elected members convened and agreed to submit certain proposed amendments to the state constitution for voter consideration.
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State of
Nebraska
Nebraska Governor Sets Special Election Date in 1920
Governor Samuel R McKelvie proclaims a statewide special election for September 21 1920 to adopt or reject proposed constitutional amendments. The proclamation, dated July 15 1920, directs polling places to open as per general election hours with Darius M Ansbury as Secretary of State.
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Samuel R, McKelvie
Nebraska
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Extension News Service
By, Joon A Miller
J. M. Fitzgerald
H. A. Stover
Samuel R. McKelvie
Darius M. Anmsbury
C. M. Wright
Harper Blog
A. R. LE Sueur
Sidney, Nebraska
Warren & Hodgkin
R. E. Roche
M. D
Studt-Hink
Ray E. Witham
Stowitts Bldg
Nebra
DR. W. B. Vaughn
Neubauer Bidg
H. E. Mantor, M. D
Osbern
Union Pacific Hotel
Rose Street
Frank A. Barger
Osteopathic
Stewitts
Sidney, Neb
Studt-Hink Bldg. F
Ericson
Daniel
E. L. Montgomery
D. C
Scientific
Virgil Marsh
Joseph Oberfelder
United States
Sidney, Nebr
C. E. Harper
C. M. Wright Licensed
Embalmer Motor Service
C. W. Hornaday
Hornaday
Chas. S. Cooper
Dad
Old Court House
S. H. Snyder Merchant Tailor
NEBR
Perry Dray
J. S. Topolski
McDonald’s
Burlington Depot
W. C. Campbell
Roettger
Kansas
Barlow & Christensen
The
Liberty State Bank
F. N. Slawson
L. P. Houge
Robert A. Barlow
Marius Christensen, A. GC
Sidney Furniture Co
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