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Fall harvest has come to a screeching halt for my family. We have had some minor issues that have slowed us down, but those issues are always expected during the marathon known as fall harvest. We began back in August picking corn. Since then, we have transitioned to popcorn followed by soybeans followed by sorghum with wheat sowing sprinkled into the mix starting in late September.
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“Republicans shouldn’t thresh with Democrats.”
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Confederate Gen. Sterling Price’s forces were in full retreat from his Missouri Campaign after a series of defeats beginning at West Port on Oct. 23.
Read moreIt hasn’t been the best few days for Ellsworth County commissioners. About a week ago, Kermit Rush and Steve Dlabal learned they had been exposed to the cornavirus during a regular Monday commission meeting at the courthouse. Into quarantine they went. A third commissioner, Dennis Rolfs, was already at home, after testing positive for the virus following a family birthday party.
Read moreFall is winding down on our farm. Brown grass is hidden beneath piles of colorful leaves that have fallen. Wheat drilled last month has popped up providing a spiky looking cover to fields for the winter. Corn and soybeans have been harvested and shipped off to the elevator. By the time you read this, we may even have had a dusting of snow.
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In the autumn of 1871, Rose Georgina Kingsley traveled from England to America chronicling her experiences in the book South by West, or Winter in the Rocky Mountains and Spring in Mexico, published in 1874.
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