Red River Campaign Fallout Fifty Years On
A retrospective on the Red River expedition led by Banks Porter and Steele, detailing the campaign’s collapse, river battles at Cane River and Sabine Crossroads, the loss of the Eastport, Confederate counter moves under Price Marmaduke Shelby and Fagan, and Steele’s retreat to Camden and the Washita river crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Kilmer
Red River
N. P. Banks
D. D. Porter
Frederick Steele
Arkansas
Banks
Alexandria
Cane River
Grand Ecore
Eastport
Porter
Washington
Camden
Sterling Price
Price
Steele
Louisiana
Porter Price
Thayer
Little Rock
J. S. Marmaduke
Arkansas River
Missouri
Joe Shelby
U. S. Grant
Mississippi
H. W. Halleck
Springfield
Shreveport
Sabine Crossroads
Pleasant Hill
Monette’s Ferry
W. H. Emory
Nineteenth Corps
Juliet
J. M. Thayer
Fort Smith
Arkadelphia
Powell Clayton
Pine Bluff
B. A. Carr
Carr
Clayton
Thayer Steele
Shelby
W. L. Cabell
Cabell
Washita River
Washita
Marks’ Mills
J. F. Fagan
Drake
Ohio
Fagan
Best Method Yet Devised For Separating Milk
The article outlines three common methods the shallow pan and deep setting systems with milk in cans and trench water cooling, and introduces centrifugal separation as the best method though it requires substantial upfront investment. It argues performance hinges on milk temperature and notes the farmer’s returns depend on the chosen method.
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W. K. Brainerd
Roughage for dry cows before calving
During the eight to ten weeks dry period cows should feed mainly on roughage. A daily two pound mix of bran or oats with linseed meal or corn oil meal is recommended. Add some roots cabbage pumpkins or squashes. Avoid highly carbonaceous roughage and keep cows warm and dry to prevent garget.
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T. L. Haecker
Practical Dairy Farming Tips From The Dairyman
A dairyman provides practical advice on maintaining cows and improving yield. Key points include the impact of cream quality on butter, regular currycomb use, buying a promising heifer at fair price, stable comfort reducing maintenance costs, keeping a dairy thermometer, maintaining individual cow records, and silo use doubling milk per acre while cutting costs. It also notes salt needs for milk cows, especially heavy milkers.
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Texas
Porter and
Patriot Publishing Company
United States
By Review of Reviews Company
Joseph Shelby
Maxwell-Cowles Shoe Co
W. H. Hill, JR
Insurance, Abstracts
Riggs Clay Product Co
John C. Chaney
Citizens Trust Building
Fidelity Loan CO. Co
H. Strattson
C. H. Stratton Loan Co
Dr. Crowder Building
East Side Square
Sullivan, Indiana
DR. Lindley
Sullivan
Interurban