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Officers S. M. Barker, President. R. W. Furnas, Secretary. L. A. Kent, Treasurer.
Board of Managers Ed. McIntire, Chr., E. N. Grennell, M. Dunham, H. B. Nicodemus, J. R. Dinsmore.
State Board of Agriculture State Fair held at Lincoln, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889. 1886, Sept. 10th to 17th.
Secretary's Office.
Brownville, Nebraska, 1886.
[s?]pores in Nebraska. Also Fruits. There has been a world of tree planting done in Nebraska this year. We have shipped over 1,200,000 [Fruit?] trees this spring and about that much on hand to go yet. The trade at other points has been large. While my work has been principally in Nebraska, I have shipped to Colorado, Wyoming, Iowa, Washington Territory, [?] and [?]. Two carloads I shipped to Denver last week. So you see the work of "tree planting" is going on encouragingly.
Truly Robt. W. Furnas
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Officers S. M. Barker, President. R. W. Furnas, Secretary. L. A. Kent, Treasurer.
Board of Managers Ed. McIntire, Chr., E. N. Grennell, M. Dunham, H. R. Nicodemus, J. R. Dinsmore.
State Board of Agriculture State Fair held at Lincoln, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889. 1886, Sept. 10th to 17th.
Secretary's Office.
Brownville, Nebraska, 4/15 1886.
Prof. Chas E. Bessey, Dear Ind. College, Lincoln, Neb.
Dear Sir:
Referring to yours 12[th?] I am in a sorry condition to suggest anything just now. My wife has been very ill since 18th Feby, requiring my hourly attention day & night. I have had but two nights unbroken rest since the date named, that when called to [?] and Lincoln last mo. she will never recover. All we can do is to make her comfortable as possible. She is perfectly helpless, cannot turn over in bed without assistance, she was taken with comgestive chill, followed by pneumonia, and again by complete paralysis of the whole
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Officers S. M. Barker, President. R. W. Furnas, Secretary. L. A. Kent, Treasurer.
Board of Managers Ed. McIntire, Chr., E. D. Grennell, M. Dunham, H. B. Nicodemus, J. R. Dinsmore.
State Board of Agriculture State Fair held at Lincoln, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889. 1886, Sept. 10th to 17th.
Secretary's Office.
Brownville, Nebraska, 1886.
system. Under the circumstances, you will pardon me, I know, in failing to render you aid at this time.
Under any circumstances, I would not venture advice, as to planting, without first examining the grounds to see what you have. By all means, you should keep the work going, even if slow. Do you prepare any Forestry experiments in the F[?]? or with Fruits? Some time, when conditions are different, I would be pleased, in the capacity the University has honored me with, to say something, in a paper, or otherwise, as to what trees are best adapted to [Foresty?] [?]-
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Officers S. M. Barker, President. R. W. Furnas, Secretary. L. A. Kent, Treasurer.
Board of Managers Ed. McIntire, Chr., E. N. Grennell, M. Dunham, H. B. Nicodemus, J. R. Dinsmore.
State Board of Agriculture State Fair held at Lincoln, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889. 1886, Sept. 10th to 17th.
Secretary's Office.
Brownville, Nebraska, 1886.
[s?]pores in Nebraska. Also Fruits. There has been a world of tree planting done in Nebraska this year. We have shipped over 1,200,000 [Fruit?] trees this spring and about that much on hand to go yet. The trade at other points has been large. While my work has been principally in Nebraska, I have shipped to Colorado, Wyoming, Iowa, Washington Territory, [?] and [?]. Two carloads I shipped to Denver last week. So you see the work of "tree planting" is going on encouragingly.
Truly Robt. W. Furnas
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Officers S. M. Barker, President. R. W. Furnas, Secretary. L. A. Kent, Treasurer.
Board of Managers Ed. McIntire, Chr., E. N. Grennell, M. Dunham, H. B. Nicodemus, J. R. Dinsmore.
State Board of Agriculture State Fair held at Lincoln, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889. 1886, Sept. 10th to 17th.
Secretary's Office.
Brownville, Nebraska, May 14 1886.
Prof. Chas E. Bessey Lincoln Neb
My Dear Sir:
[sic.] I believe I have heretofore informed you, I am using all possible leisure hours, in preparing a paper on "Corn. its origin, history, [?] and [?]" in support of the announcement "Corn is King."
Have you, on record, any work, or results of experiments at the State Farm that will be of use to me. I have the reports from some of the old States, where they have long been experimenting. Would like something near home if possible. If you can aid me in any way, I will be pleased to spend an hour with