The newspapers always have printed news that was of special interest to the farmers of the area. On Sept.30, 1886 something astounding was reported. "Allen Thomas exhibited in The Times office a photograph of a header and thresher, sent to him by his son, Jack, now in Yole County, California. These machines head grain, threshes it and sacks it as it goes along. Twenty-four mules driven by one man, are required to pull it. Only three men are required to manage the machine. What a giant stride this is from the reap hook and the frail!"
Farmers turned to the market page in the 1880's just as the present day farmers do. The market prices offered for farmers' crops and produce in the June 1886 were:
| Wheat | 55c per bu. |
| Oats | 20c per bu. |
| Corn | 20c per bu. |
| New potatoes | 50c per bu. |
| Spring chickens | $1.50 per doz. |
| Butter | 10c lb. |
| Eggs | 7½c doz. |
Al Ford ain't much on a snake story now yet on a fish story; but when it comes right down to "fair and square turkey," Al can talk the language. He reports that last Sunday the family of Stephen Adair, five miles from town, was surprised to see a hen turkey, which had strayed away from the premises some two months ago, come strutting home through the snow with a brood of 10, newly hatched turkeys at her heels. They trailed her back through the snow to her nest and found that she had hatched every egg.
April21, 1887
Mr. T.G. Snorgrass sold his celebrated jack "Black Lion" to Mr. Ed Patterson of Cooper County, last week for $1,000. A thousand dollars is a large sum to pay for one animal.