Desolate Land and Lone Triumph at Little Big Horn
The 1876 Little Bighorn battle changed history as Custer and 212 officers and men perished. Fetterman’s 1866 defeat and prior policy failures cursed the campaign plan, while Terry, Crook, and Gibbon failed to unite forces. The clash ended with Custer’s doomed march into the Sioux and Cheyenne village and the massacre of his command.
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Abraham Lincoln
A Armstrong Wus
Little Big Horn River
Montana
Custer
Sixth Cavalry
Terry
Gibbon
Republic
Old Northwest
St. Clair
Braddock
Florida
Henry B. Carrington
Fort Phil Kearney
Red Cloud
Carrington
George Armstrong Custer
Fetterman
Little Big Horn
General Carrington
Phil Kearney
Congress
Plains
Wyoming
Crook
Nebraska
Fort Abraham Lincoln
North Dakota
Indian Department
Oppese
Rosebud
Powder River
Major Reno
Seventh Cavalry
Crazy Horse
Reno
Crock
Indiana
Benteen
Strawberries for Every Locality Guide to Varieties
USDA specialists classify and rank strawberry varieties by climate and soil. Klondike Aroma and Howard 17 dominate acreage while New York Marshall and Chesapeake offer milder flavors for high acidity tastes. New types appear, with Blakemore sometimes earning a lasting place.
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New York
Marshall
Chesapeake
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Klondike
Aroma
Howard
Florida
Atlantic
Maryland
South
Carolinas
New Jersey
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Middle West
Northwest
Oregon
Ettersburg
Clark
Ohio
Potomac
Mississippi
Soil Treatments Help Crops on Worn Out Land
The article explains that sweet clover fails on medium to low fertility soils without costly treatments while red clover fares only fairly well on poor or sour soils. It suggests comparing costs of red or sweet clover with Korean lespedeza, which can improve many difficult soils. Lespedeza can be sown on idle land to gradually add value.
Bees Harvest Pollen From Various Forest Trees
Beekeepers rely on pollen from many forest trees as a key protein source for larval growth. Trees such as willows maples black locusts tulip poplar tupelo basswood sour gum wild plum elm and aspen provide both pollen and nectar, while others mainly offer pollen. The availability of hardwood pollen-bearing trees guides apiary site selection.
Massachusetts Favors Two Poultry Feeding Mixes
The Massachusetts station recommends two feed blends for poultry. Laying mash combines corn meal wheat bran middlings ground oats meat scraps fish meal alfalfa leaf meal dried skim milk and salt. Scratch feed uses yellow corn wheat barley and oats in specified weights.
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Massachusetts
Lower Fencing Costs With Large Fields
The Ohio State University study shows that fences per acre drop as field size grows. A one acre square needs 50 rods while a 40 acre square needs eight rods per acre. rectangular shapes vary, with 10 acres at 160 rods total and 20 by 80 rod fields using 200 rods. Irregular fields waste land and fencing due to many corners and short rows.
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Ohio State University
Falconer
Inoculated Legume Seed Should Use Sticky Solution
Purdue University and U S Department of Agriculture research shows sticky inoculation methods outperform dry coatings for legume seeds. Beeson recommends a sugar and water solution for small seeds, with careful moisture management to prevent seed coat slippage in soybeans.
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Purdue University
United States Department of Agriculture
EK. E
Beeson
Purdue, University
Weedy Clover Seed Not Popular on Any Farm
Samuel M. Jordan of the Missouri state board of agriculture warns against weed contamination in clover seed. He notes buckhorn dock and pigweed seeds greatly outnumber clover seeds and urges sowing only scrupulously clean clover seed to avoid producing vast weed seed loads.
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Samuel M. Jordan
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
Jordan
Farm Notes on Cultivation and Orchard Practices
Rack the apple barrels while filling and time cultivation to curb quack grass. Profit in cucumber growing hinges on pest control. Allocate one hour in ten to tractor upkeep. Use grape arbors to beautify farm grounds and plan their locations. Thin fruit after the June drop to improve quality.
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