Return Trip to California Told by Jacob A. Friesen
Jacob A. Friesen recounts a cross country journey from Fairbury to California posted from Reedley California January 7 1925. He describes cold weather hotel stays drifting snow through Kansas and Oklahoma, scenic miles through the White Mountains and New Mexico, and a December 22 departure with family in a long travelogue ending near Phoenix Arizona after 368 miles in one day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedley
California
Jansen News
Fairbury
Hlebron
Meridian Highway
Hutchinson
Kansas
Greensburg
Geo. E. Friesen
George
Meade
J. Friesens
Yen
Hooker
Amarilla
Texas
Plains
Roswell
Phoenix
Arizona
Will They Measure Up to 1925 Farm Life Challenge
Editorial urges lawmakers to represent all citizens as United States enters 1925. It calls for rural improvements to keep farm girls on the farms through better recreation centers, roads, utilities, and social services, arguing farm life can attract youth with modern amenities and initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Fife
America
Industrial News Bureau
Third Year Records From County Farm Study Meeting
Farmers at Hagle held their second annual farm account book summary meeting and started new books for a follow up in late 1925. First year results stressed balancing farming to minimize costs with 19 farms averaging 62.10 dollars expense per 100 dollars gross. five best farms 46.17. Swine returns per 100 dollars invested averaged 127.85 overall and 183.73 for the top five. Feed returns per 100 dollars of feed averaged 120.07 overall and 165.47 for the best five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagle
Vacancy on school board deepens in Jansen area
Rev Eckles departure leaves another school board vacancy with no appointment yet. Community notes report visiting relatives, farm deals, illness updates, revival meetings at Ebenezer church, a Rock Island train schedule improvement, and a frozen ground pipe repair affecting Wade residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckles
Ake Lollister
Rocky Mountain
Wade
5 In 1 Cows And Butterfat At Nebraska University
The University of Nebraska Agricultural College herd in Lincoln averaged 565 pounds of butterfat per cow in 1923, while the state average was about 104 pounds. The university herd has grown through two decades of selective purebred sires and includes La Verna Lincoln, the top producer among university herds, plus eight half sisters averaging over 1,600 pounds of butterfat per year. State breeders urged to imitate the university’s improvements through careful selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Nebraska
Agricultural College
Lincoln
University
la Verna Lincoln
Colorado Cattle Unloaded Here For Feeding
Two carloads of cattle enroute from Flagler Colorado to the South Omaaha market were unloaded Monday night for feeding and watering after lacking feed or water within the legal time limit. Our section foreman and crew pumped all water for 52 head of cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flagler
Colorado
Omaaha Livestock Market
Income Tax Form 1924 Instructions for Various Professions
The document outlines annual income tax reporting for 1924, detailing gross income definitions for storekeepers farmers and professionals, required inclusions such as sales, purchases, and costs, and deductions like expenses and bad debts. It notes the farmer's farm product proceeds and other sources, and mentions the Thiessen family's absence from home letters in Los Angeles.
Make Them Prove It a Flock Record Keeps Poultry Profits
The article urges poultry flock owners to keep records to prove profits and diagnose problems. It highlights tracking profitability, egg production, returns from eggs and poultry sold, and the flock’s contribution to the home table.
Nebraska rail board head eyed for ICC seat
H. G. Taylor of the Nebraska state railway commission is endorsed by the Wisconsin utilities commission and chambers of commerce in Lincoln Lincoln Sioux City Kansas City and Omaha for appointment to the Interstate Commerce Commission to replace Mark W. Potter of New York upon retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Taylor
Nebraska State Railway Commission
Unities Commission
Wisconsin
Chambers of Commerce of
Lincol
Sioux City
Kansas City
Omaha
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mark W. Potter
New York
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Jacob A. Friesen
Clarence Bray
Henderson
A. H. Friesen
Harkes
Susan
Jane Work
Buffalo
Byron Pelps
W. J. Steer
Phelps
H. C. Friesen
Nebraska
P. M. Friesen
Lvis
Dan ©. Brandt
Newton
Jacob Brandt
Farmers Union Co-Operative Association
Janser
Murray
Lincoln Maid
D. F. Ratzlaff
Jansen
J. C. Bartel
Rock Island
Wm. Fiene
J. Thiessen
Los Angeles
State Bank of
State Bank of Jansen
H. A. Thiessen
F. C. Achtemeier
H. T. Fast
Henry Wallbaum
Henry Peters
John M. Nid
F. H. Nider August Schroeder Or
Charles.Siebe
P. J. Thiessen
John Nider
Fred Siebe
C. M. Torper
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