Ball At Big Springs From the X Ranch Boys
Cowboys from the X ranch plan a winter drive south and stage a ball at Big Springs. Stell, a deft cook and frontier favorite, attracts Calico Jake while the Doc from El Paso eyes her. A drunken card game yields a payout and a hint of trouble to come in a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
X - Ranch
Gixport
Archer
Patna
Estelle McIntosh
Callee
Jake
Fenre
Colorado
Neuces
Mustang
Astelle
Stell
X - Outfit
el Paso
Abilene
Calico
Buckeye
Buckill
Big Springs
Marlin
Buck
Chicago
Catico
Anes
Bret
Doc
Three Legged Turkey Story From Portland Oregonian
A boarding house keeper bought a coop turkey with an extra leg that grew from the knee. The unlikely bird, described as having three legs, provoked jokes about kitchen portions and the keeper’s three boarders. The turkey proved to have only two legs when prepared for dining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Oregonian
Reaping Machines Introduced By Chicago Pioneers In Syria
A consular report notes that native Syria farmers used reaping machines for the first time this year. Eleven operated in Coele Syria and twenty six in Esdraeion. A steam threshing outfit from Richmond Indiana and an off motor flour mill from Indianapolis are now in operation in Lebanon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syria
Chicago
Coele-Syria
Plain of
Esdraeion
Richmond
Ind
Indianapolis
Lebanon
Senator Clark’s Bad Precedent Carded
Congressman Bower of Kansas cites a letter and clipping claiming Senator Clark of Montana gave $18,000 to his sister in law’s son. The father’s reply suggests a plan could be copied, implying a harmful precedent in politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Clark
Bowersock
Kansas
Montana
Clark
Note Demands Full Absence Causes From Guardian
A teacher enforces strict rules requiring a note from a parent or guardian for any absence. A sample pupil entry shows misspelled and repetitive phrases blaming sore throats and various days, illustrating chaotic student excuses. The piece benches a quip about a weekly review of the excuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa
Lowisa
Diinois Horticulturists Meet At State Univ Urbana
The Missois State Horticultural Society held its 47th annual meeting at the State University of Illinois in Urbana from December 17 to 19. Talks covered soil care, bitter rot control, peach pruning, and cover crops. Exhibits and lectures discussed spraying, Nurseries, pests, and orchard management, with a banquet and officers elected for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diinois Horticulturists
Missois
State University of Diinois
Urbana
Jewel
T. J. Burrill
Stinson
Missouri
H. L. Dean
J. L. Hartwell
Craig
Cornet
New York
O. C. Simonds
Chicago
E. B. Freeman
Schermerhorn
E. S. Titus
Fores
Dunlap
Beardsley Hotel
Uinols
H. A. Aldrich
Jeoga
Teckeenvilles
L. R. Bryant
Princeton
J. W. Stanton
Richview
H.T. Thompson
G. J. Foster
J. BR. Reasoner
A. V. Sthermerhorn
Cow Peas in Orchard Show Potent Benefits
In a ten year old orchard on clay soil nine acres were sown with cow peas on June 3 1901 while the rest received standard cultivation. By August the pea ground stayed green and thrifty whereas the potato and non pea patches suffered. At harvest the pea area outproduced others with 97 barrels on October 13 and twenty eight barrels picked earlier, while the potato patch yielded little.
In Favor of the Dual-Purpose Cow Proposal
Prof W J Kennedy argues that land value and farm profitability depend on stock farming. He cites England and Jersey to show livestock sustains values, urges Iowa farmers to keep dual purpose cows producing butter fat and marketable calves, asserting land remains valuable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Kennedy
Central
West
England
Island of
Jersey
Iowa
Low Grade Cottonseed Meal Warning and Cattle Market Advice
A Maine Experiment Station director reports several low grade cottonseed meals were sent for analysis and some lacked guaranteed analysis. Retailers halted sales. meals contained 24 to 34 percent protein. Consumers with dark or speckled meals should send samples for free testing by mail in a tin box. Also notes cattle demand, trade disruption in Chicago, and advice to avoid rushing to sell cattle while feed is abundant and prices may rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Review
Maine Experiment Station
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
Chicago
Milk Adulteration Declining Says Deiry World
The Deiry World of London reports a drop in milk adulteration based on the Board of Agriculture data for 1890 to 1900. The peak was 14.3 percent in 1893 with 2 210 adulterated samples out of 15 543. By 1900 2 497 of 23 225 samples were adulterated, 10.8 percent. The Somerset fat standard rose from 2.75 to 3.0 percent in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deiry World
London
England
Somerset
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James Gardner Slater
Daily Story Pub. Cap
Rei’ Parker
Abi- Gene
Arraer
Stone
Star
Tena
General Merchandise Estaba
Last Chance
Turkey
James Handly
John Craig
Cornell University
A. Forbes
Ilinois
San Jose
EB. A. Rieh
Alton
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