Young Magnolenta farmer Otto Battles wins big at livestock show
Otto Battles of Magnolia Indiana rose as a top Angus breeder, showing nine head last year and sixteen this year across ten shows, earning $3000 in prizes. His mother supported his farm theory backed by animal husbandry study, leading to a herd near 100 head and bulls priced $350 to $500. Other notes cover crossbred Angora goats, land opening bills, and advances in corn and oats breeding, plus drought impacts and agricultural extension work.
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Wyo
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South Dakota Agricultural College
South Dakota
Spraying Proves Profitable For Apple Orchards
Nebraska experiment station reports three years of spraying tests in eastern Nebraska showing 2805 trees, 19 years old, with average annual cost per tree of 30 cents. Sprayed trees yielded 5.5 bushels per tree at 41 cents per bushel totaling $2.24, vs unsprayed 3.2 bushels at 22 cents per bushel totaling 70 cents. Net gain per sprayed tree is $1.26 after spray costs, plus added vigor noted.
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Nebraska Experiment Station
A Lesson in Cultivation at Ludians Experiment Station
An exhibit in the farm crops section shows two corn fields side by side. One uncultivated after planting produced 2.4 bushels per acre, the cultivated field yielded 64 bushels, suggesting deeper cultivation could surpass 19 bushels per acre. The photos illustrate disking corn land before planting creates a mellow substrate aiding circulation.
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Ludians Experiment Station
Welva
Afteen Byghels
Owever
Janson
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