Better Farming Association News Highlights Local Dairy Data
Better Farming Association News edited by Edwin Mayland Barns County reports weekly installments by Edgar I Olson on the Seal Wimbledon Dairy Testing work. Data from 20 herds are presented, with returns on investments and suggestions to combine grain and dairy farming for higher output. Albert Lea figures show herd losses and possible gains from selling leaner herds, underscoring dairy efficiency.
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Better Farming Association
Edwin Mayland
Barnes County
Better Farming News
Edgar I. Olson
Seal-Wimbledon Dairy ‘Testing Association
Uhe
Albert Lea Testing Association
Minn
Dairying in Barnes County Gains Ground and Testing Cohesive
An analysis from Leal Wimbledon Cooperative Cow Testing Association outlines rising dairying in Barnes County. It highlights the need for high quality cows and proper seeds, with testing to identify cows producing profitable butterfat. Case data show profit improvements from better cows and feed efficiency, emphasizing one year of records to distinguish top producers among herd 15 and others.
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Barnes County
Leal
Wimbledon
United States Department of Agriculture
Seal-Wimbledon Testing Association
Seal-Wimbledon
Helfera
Officers Try to Smoke Out Lopez in Utah Mine
Salt Lake City and Bingham Utah December reports describe deputies guarding 15 mine tunnels at the Apex mine to prevent Ralph Lopez from escaping after a deadly rampage. They used cayenne pepper gas and damp powder to subdue him as they recover two bodies and seal exits amid ongoing gunfire and dangerous gas.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Rafel Lopez
Minnie
Apex Milne
Parnell
Bingham
Utah- Apex
Ralph Lopez
Elayara
Mandarich
Halsey
Melich
Lopez
Gasea
Women Farm Life Gains In City Market Ventures
Chicago women showcase practical success in rural home management and farming profits. The article highlights honey, poultry, onions, cucumbers, flowers, and especially asters, noting acre yields of about 1,200 dollars for aster crops and potential earnings from twelve acres of garden produce. Examples include onions, cherries, and dairy, with wages and stock values affecting net gains.
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Chicago
Good Word for the Crow In Mansfield Township
The Farmers Club will meet Friday evening at the Clark City School house with a social dance after. Notices mention Thanksgiving visits by local residents, institute reports, and a public feature praising crows for eating pests while noting they harm young birds. experts urge balanced crow presence on farms.
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Farmers Club
Clark City
Cowdrey
Valley City
Herbert Jones
Jones fam+ files
Raymond McLees
McHenry
Thin Corner
Bert Pond
Jessie
Tabbert
McLees
Arthur Kee
L. K. Stillings
Frank
Miles
Bert Diemert
Ray Swartout
Anna Strang
Jamestown
Anna Jones
Wimbledon
Brueske
Old Society
Ims
John Stoll
Baird
Kee
Rip Van Winkle Returns to Sleepy Hollow in Modern Wake
In Tarrytown New York a man named Levy awakens after nine years of solitude to find old neighbors and friends dead or aged. He recalls every event before his coma while his nine year absence reveals a town and cemetery filled with familiar faces now gone or grown. The revival is not mournful as cronies rejoice in his recovery and memory intact despite years of isolation.
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Terrytown
N. Y
Rip van Winkle
Sleepy Hollow
Irving
Rip
Human Levy
Tarrytown
Sin
Levy
Blind Phone Girls Prove Very Capable in Baltimore
Baltimore reports six pioneering blind girls trained at the Maryland School for the Blind now manning switchboards at a central Chicago club network. They work with a modernized board under development to simplify training and boost efficiency, while handling scattered annunciator telephones across a multiroom building.
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Baltimore
Maryland School For the Blind
Central
Young Men's Christian Association
1 Young Men's Christian Association
Dst
Association
Unclear OCR fragment on prize collection at barracks lot
Fragment mentions nine gold in measure and inability to collect it while it remains related to a bara lot. Context and specifics are unreadable. No identifiable persons organizations or dates are present.
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Masure
Mem
Bara Lot
A Boy's Moment of Fame as Walter Scott Impresses Burns
A young Walter Scott, six to fifteen years old, reads voraciously and gains brief fame after Burns visits Edinburgh. He identifies Langhorne's lines in a soldier and dog painting, earning Burns’s praise before being forgotten days later as Burns passes unglanced.
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Walter Scott
Robert Burns
Burns
Edinburgh
Langhorne
Scott
Gubert
Nicholas
Mississippi College President Calls End to Woman's Farm Drudgery
President Joe Cook of Mississippi Normal College urges eliminating the heavy manual labor of women on farms. He argues water carrying and domestic chores exhaust women and degrade health and spirit, urging modernization to lighten the burden.
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Joe Cook
Missisippi Normal College
Hfe
Cook
United States
All Sorts First Diner LamEater I Think It Order
The exchange centers on a diner order for lamb with one diner insisting against lambs. The Boston Transcript fragment references a clash over menu items and a lamb versus mutton dispute within a dining setting.
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Boston Transcript
Notice of Chattel Mortgage Foreclosure Sale in North Dakota
Walter Coop mortgagee will sell at the front door of Myhbro Aldahl store Valley City Barnes County North Dakota on December 18 1913 at 2 pm the described chattels including multiple horses cows harnesses plows wagons and more to satisfy 1355 50 due on mortgage plus 75 attorney fee and costs. The mortgagor Elmer Isensee defaulted after due demand.
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Elmer Isensee
Walter Coop
Clyde
Charlie
Bob
Lucy
Tom
Fly
Pet
Nellie
Pete
Casper
Jess
Doc
John-Deere Gang
J. I. Case
John- Deere
Deering
Studebaker
Morteagor
Myhbro & Aldahl's
Main Street
Fourth Avenue
Valley City
Barnes County
State of North Dakota
Prairie correspondence reports church event and local news
The November twenty fifth church supper and program were a success with about 115 people at Thanksgiving dinner. Guests included Miss K B Connor and niece Lola at the Getchell home. Several Prairie residents visited the Armory cinema in the city. Nearby farms and families are noted with travels, livestock, and a newborn baby girl at Powers Lake.
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Getchell Prairie
K. B. Connor
Lola
Fred Getehell
Louis Larson
Harper Farm
Our Prairie
Armory
J. H. Rogers
J. A. Rogers
Harvey Taylor
Valley City
J. H. Whitcher
Agricultural Club
J. H. White
Margaret Peterson
Elm Grove Farm
S. B. Harper
Virginia
Ross Martin
Powers Lake
Notice and Citation Hearing of Final Account Estate
State of North Dakota Barnes County in County Court before Judge O H Birgens. In the matter of the estate of Thomas Ose deceased Jonas Ore administrator petitions to settle and distribute. Helen Ose and Sever Ose are cited to appear January 6 1914 at 10 AM in Valley City to show cause why final account should not be allowed and estate closed. Christmas shopping note appears.
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State OF
North Dakota
Barnes
O. H. Des Irgena
Thomas Ose
Jonas Ove
Helen Ose
Sever Ose
Dazey
Valley City
Burney
Eacd
Jonas Ore
O. H
Birgens
Lee Combs
B. Ritchie
Incite Valley City
N. D
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
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