Survey Finds Cost Gap Between Tractors and Horses in Wheat Belt
A USDA survey of 354 tractor owners in northern Oklahoma, Kansas and southern Nebraska shows higher winter power costs with tractors for field work but three-fourths deem tractors profitable. The report details per acre costs, stock needs, and labor shifts after tractor adoption.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Wheat
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Barley Used as Hog Feed Faces Value Study
The Department of Agriculture is testing light and heavy barley as hog feed to determine relative feeding value. With barley rising in use due to declines in brewing, no federal standards exist yet for this grain and data from 1921 trials are being expanded to reach conclusions.
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United States Department of Agriculture
How the Lost Bible Was Found in Josiah’s Reformation
A Sunday school lesson recounts Josiah’s discovery of the Book of the Law during temple repairs, Hilkiah’s report, and Shaphan’s reading that prompts repentance. Huldah confirms curses and mercy, Josiah’s covenant renewal, and removal of abominations, showing law and gospel.
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Hilkiah
Ible
Hezekiah
Josiah
Manasseh
Shaphan
Christ
Huldah
Jerusalem
Heaven
Jesus Christ
Israel
He Will Save You When You Feel Dragged Down
A religious exhortation reassures believers that Jesus Christ stands beside them in times of struggle and isolation. It emphasizes reliance on faith over human aid, offering spiritual comfort amid hardship.
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Lord Jesus
Christ
Love Letter Ends Rivalry at Cummings College
Miss Cummings and Professor Atkinson clash over teaching methods at the Avenue school. After a tense confrontation and a secret shorthand note, she discovers his affection and declares their true match, clearing Howells from the equation as she plans a future with him.
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Atkinson
Cummings Business College
Miss Cummings
Howells
Elizabeth Cummings
Professor Atkinson
Avenue School
Pitman
Mr. Howells
Miss ‘Cummings
Miss. Cummings
Buttons worn by dining car waiter reveal 29 years of use
John J. Jones, a Pennsylvania railroad dining car waiter, asked for a new brass set after turning in his well worn buttons from 1892. Maj. J. F. Trout issued them, and the worn front and fading lettering show decades of service. A separate remark features an elderly gentleman joking about aging and secrecy.
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John
J. Jones
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. F. Trout
New York World
Poetry of love turns prose as matrimony reaches paregoric stage
A brief note describes how love language shifts from poetry to prose during marriage, comparing the relationship to a sedative phase that numbs excess emotion and steadies daily life. The line suggests a tranquil, perhaps clinical, transition in partnership dynamics.
Population Teaser in Crimson Gulch Feud
In Crimson Gulch the current population is in flux after a tense poker game. Cactus Joe hints the count may have dropped from eighty seven last night to eighty six, signaling an unforgiving feud with Three-finger Sam.
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Crimson Gulch
Cactus Joe
Three-finger
Sam
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