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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.
you when next in Lincoln, which I hope will be soon.
Will also call on you to aid me in simplifying some scientific terms I will use.
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 28 1886.
Prof Chas. E. Bessey Lincoln Neb
Dear Sir:
Referring to yours 5/26. I hand you an order $10 to [the pay?] express indicated. The Board, you will remember, authorized the expenditure by $25. When you wish it all, you can have it. And beside, I wish you to make this work you have undertaken for the Board creditable to yourself and the Board. To this end, if more than $25 is required, I will [?] such additional [amts?] as you may wish for, and trust to the full Board to reimbures. $25 was a "[expletive]" sum. It should have been $100.
In the matter of Electrotype plates, use your [?] judgement, & we will be staisfied, [?] we
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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.
with the work, as you indicate. The Journal Co. will do what printing you wish, and charge to our Board.
When I am next in Lincoln, I want an hour of your time to submit some points in my corn paper, I am preparing. I will use a [portion?] of it in [some?] agricultural address before [county?] [?], I have p[?]ed this fall, notably at Hastings.
I am quite sure the Farms under your care, will [share us?] some recorded experiments in the [?], and the paper of the [?] [?] [?].
I hope to be in Lincoln next week.
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 31 1886.
Prof Chas E. Bessey Lincoln Neb
Dear Sir:
Was your attention, while at New Orleans, called to that [?] grass, that came up through the asphalt pavement? I have some of it, and send specimen. — Plant it. I do not think it will stand one minute, nor do I know if it has any merit. But the fact that it actually would push its way up through the asphalt pavements is wonderful. I have forgotten its name.
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, 7/24 1886.
Prof Chas. E. Bessey Lincoln Neb
Dear:
I send you to day, specimens of walnut, showing the bark and wood, of the large nut, & small nut.
Truly Robt. W. Furnas
Do you recognize, in the West, here, two varieties [?]-[?]? Americana and heterophylla! – I am quite sure there are two in this locality.