Jefferson County Cattle Feeder Tops Kansas City Market
John KR. Mendenhall of Fairbury led the Kansas City cattle market on January 15 with 23 long yearling Hereford steers averaging 1077 pounds selling at $11.50 per cwt. His cattle, purchased four months earlier in Kansas City, brought the top price and were $1.10 per cwt higher than the next best sale, marking him as a leading Nebraska feeder.
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Jefferson County
Kansas City
John KR. Mendenhall
Fairbury
Mr. Mendenhall
Nebraska
Annual Farmers Union Meeting Keeps Officials Steady
The Farmers Union Cooperative Association held its annual meeting in Community Hall on Monday afternoon. Ira Junker remains president and O. H. Sollengerger stays secretary. Nine directors were discussed for turnover with John Callaway re-elected. Harlow Bower and Ernest Leonard named successors to Nider and Hughes. Glen Terp serves as Manager.
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Farmers Union Cooperative Association
Ira Junker
O. H. Sollenberger
John Callaway
F. H. Nider
E. T. Hughes
Harlow Bower
Ernest Leonard
Nider
Hughes
Glen Terp
Rew Walus
Early hatching advised for Plymouth Rocks and others
The Agricultural College Lincoln urges breeders to hatch medium and heavy breeds early as the 1925 crop approaches. Early chicks avoid heat and parasites, grow faster, and pullets mature for fall egg demand. heavier breeds hatch Feb to Apr, lighter breeds like Leghorns by May 1, with broilers from early broods fetching higher prices.
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Plymouth Rocks
Rhode Island
Orpingtons
Wyandottes
Agricultural College Lincoln
Jones Appointed Inspector of Scales And Weights
R. Jones of Fairbury is named inspector of scales and weights in the South Platte district succeeding Wm. Dickinson. He previously served two terms as Jefferson County assessor and chairs the Jefferson County Republican Central Committee.
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R. Jones
Fairbury
Haseen
South Platte
Wm. Dickinson
Mr. Jones
Jefferson County
Jefferson Copty Republican Central
Reform By Business Men and Local Notes Mix
Local items report Mrs. Borland and son Loren visiting relatives in Steinauer and birthday observances at the Frank Seng home. Community notices discuss reform proposals, cabinet plans, and commonwealth governance amid a busy local scene.
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Frank Seng
What Farmers Say About Farm Account Books
Farmers describe farm account books as essential tools to know income and expenses and to check business performance. Letters to the College of Agriculture praise keeping inventories and annual summaries, issued by county extension agents and Lincoln College for a small fee.
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College of Agriculture
Agricultural College At
Lincoln
St Louis Uses More Electricity Than London
London with 4.5 million people operates 54 generating stations yet uses less electricity than St Louis. St Louis with one station and 800 thousand residents consumes more power. London’s electricity costs twice those in St Louis.
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St. Louis
London
Frazer North Star items promise more reader correspondence
Readers of the Jansen News in Frazer Montana area are told that frequent letters from that region are in prospect. The North Star items appear in this issue, suggesting forthcoming community updates and local notices.
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Jansen News
Frazer, Montana
Prospect
North Star
Hoover touts American leadership in electrical progress
Secretary Herbert Hoover asserts U.S. leadership in electrical development citing fifteen million telephones twenty seven thousand telegraph offices nine million homes wired for electricity and twenty seven million horsepower of electrical energy capacity across the nation.
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Herbert Hoover
America
Nebraska Capitol to Be Debt Free Upon Completion
With three millions more appropriated as a direct levy for the state capitol, Nebraska will finish the building without any bonded debt. The completion will create a unique structure noted for architecture and utilitarian design, marking a debt free finish.
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State Capitol
Nebraska
Shannon River Harnessed for New Ireland Industry
The Irish River Shannon is set to be harnessed to generate electricity for the industrial development of New Ireland, signaling a major energy project aimed at fueling growth and activity in the region.
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Shannon
New Ireland
Mrs. Wm. Thiessen Dies in Dalmeny at 66
Mrs. Wm. Thiessen died at her Dalmeny Saskatchewan home at age 66 years 8 months. She and her husband Rev Wa Thiessen had 5 sons and 7 daughters including D A Friesen and J Wall. Surviving relatives lived in Jansen Reedley Canada and North China. funeral held in Dalmeny due to distance and weather.
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Dalmeny
Saskatchewan
Canada
D. A. Friesen
Wm. Thiessen
Jansen
H. O. Kroeker
Peter Krause
Reedley
California
John P. Thiessen
Wa. Thiessen
J. Wall
John
Nebraska farmer wins corn growing contest prize
Emil Prusa of Howells Nebraska tops a contest by the Nebraska Crops Growers association with 72 bushels per acre on ten acres earning 29.44 dollars per acre profit and 2.98 dollars per hour. Judges based awards on yield cost quality and submitted reports. Prusa a graduate of the state agricultural college.
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Emil Prusa
Howells
Neb
Nebraska Crops Growers Association
Prusa
State Agricultural College
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