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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1913
Page
6
In a Nebraska rural scene, neighbors thresh and prepare land for fall wheat amid good rains. People travel for work and study, visit relatives in Sidney and Lodgepole, and attend the Lincoln State Fair. Notable notes include a new German Lutheran minister Rev Balling and many residents visiting nearby towns and farms.
Elmer Younglund served as a juror in U S court in North Platte Tuesday. Mrs Ben Wagner moved to Potter to send children to school. Threshing is active. yield 10 to 20 bushels per acre. Mr Petre oversees work. Otto Kurz works for Charles Springer. Land men spotted in the draw last week. School starts in District 156 on Monday. Mrs H J Hammond left Wednesday for a Dexter visit. P C Kirkpatrick and family visited Sidney on Tuesday. Hugh Hammond rebuilt a granary and expects to store wheat this fall. W W Chowins traveled to Sidney on Monday.
Threshing dominates in the district with three machines in one neighborhood. Frank Tobin yields 40 bushels per acre on fall wheat. York County residents John Shaw and wife visited son Guy Shaw. Ada Pierce from eastern Nebraska visited Earl Hiett's. Mrs. Fulton’s child injured her arm after a fall from a horse. Heéllerich farm owner Mr. Thompson from eastern Nebraska was here last week. Frank Doty’s crew moves grain for Simon Fishman. Walter Nelson travelled to Cheyenne to consult an occulist. F Heartway attended the State Fair. Rev. Peterson of Iowa, Mrs. W A Fulton’s brother, will preach at the district 25 schoolhouse.
A heavy rain Tuesday evening refreshed Grand Prairie residents. Lloyd Mann family and Mrs Closman of Sidney visited Emory Planck last Sunday. Miss Pearl Wagner of Omaha begins teaching in Whistler District and will stay with Mr. William Sharman. Edith Olson of Osceola teaches in District 68 and North’s parents near Sunol host District 39. J S Jackson of Stoneham sells Vitalogy to rural buyers. James Booth and Pete Stevens harvest grain. Henry Flesner dies after choking on feed. Planck and Bard visit Sidney Tuesday.
Kenyon L. Butterfield argues the country church remains essential to higher human and community life beyond mere agriculture. He notes denominational friction and underpaid ministers but asserts strong country churches can elevate society through fundamental religious instincts.
Union Stock Yards South Omaha on Sept 3 reported about 5,500 cattle, 8,000 hogs, and 20,000 sheep and lambs. Prices moved weak to lower for fat lambs, cows and heifers slow, while feeders and grass beeves held steady to firm with varied demand. Hogs opened 5-10c lower but eased to about nickel lower late, with most offerings around 7.55-7.60 and best lights at 8.35. Lambs and ewes showed continued softness, lambs good to choice 7.25-7.55, ewes 4.00-4.50, other sheep prices steady to lower.
Wheat prices closed mixed with Sept at 88 1/2 cents and Dec at 92 cents. Corn Sept 75 1/4 cents, Dec 72 1/4 cents. Oats Sept 42 1/2, Dec 45 1/4. Pork Sept 21.75, Jan 20.02 1/4. Lard Sept 11.22 1/4, Jan 11.07 1/4. No. 2 hard wheat 88 1/2 to 90 4/4 cents, No. 2 corn 70 1/4 to 71 1/2, No. 2 oats 42 1/2 to 42 3/4. Cattle receipts 18,000. steady beeves 6.90 to 9.15. western steers 6.10 to 8.00. stockers 5.50 to 8.00. cows and heifers 3.65 to 8.60. calves 9.00 to 12.85. Hogs receipts 21,000. sales 7.60 to 8.15. light 8.0 to 8.75. heavy 7.20 to 8.35. pigs 3.25 to 8.15. Sheep receipts 42,000. 25 to 30 cents lower. westerns 3.60 to 4.50. yearlings 4.75 to 5.70. lambs 5.25 to 7.25.
The recent harvest shows a severe farm labor shortage as farmers, offering up to 3.50 per day, find little local response. The Northwest demand is high, yet travelers and passengers remain silent, with causes ranging from city lure to farm drudgery.
The article argues for coordinated farming, early rising coupled with planning, and strategic silo placement to save time and energy. By treating farming as a business, using modern equipment, correct barn layout, and crop rotation, workers' earnings rise and labor shortages ease.
Harvey E Lee expired in Fairbury Nebraska after a long illness. Death was due to old age and various complications. He was seventy six years old.
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