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Arizona Woman Killed in Ostrich Stampede

In the early 1900s, ostrich farming was a booming and unusual industry in parts of the American Southwest.  The birds were valuable for their feathers,…

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The Night Raiders Who Gassed Chickens and Hogs

There are ordinary farm thefts, and then there are crimes so strange they sound as though they were lifted from the pages of a wartime…

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Minnesota Farmer Cuts His Own Hand Free from Corn Picker

In the early days of mechanized farming, corn pickers made harvest work faster, but they also brought terrible new dangers into the fields.  Moving rollers,…

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A 1909 Hen House Alarm You Can Still Make Today

In the summer of 1909, a Pennsylvania newspaper offered its readers a simple but clever solution to a very real problem: how to protect a…

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Careful Selection of Corn for Seed

The article below, originally published in 1916, gives sound advice on selecting the best ears of corn for next year’s seed. Careful Selection of Corn…

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