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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1914 | 4 |
| 1915 | 9 |
| 1916 | 6 |
| 1917 | 2 |
| 1918 | 3 |
24 stories matching corn
- The Northwest Corn Revolution
Railroad experts prove that Washington’s climate can sustain record-breaking corn yields.
- The Judge's Missing Corn
A local officer of the law advertises a corn crop, only to find that publicity acts as an invitation to thieves.
- Benton County Bets on Hogs, Corn and a Free Boar
Prosser's first annual Hog and Corn Show drew Kennewick crowds on the morning trains — and a warning that exclusive fruit raising would not carry the county forever.
- Kennewick Celebrates its First 'Wormless' Corn Crop
Local farmers are puzzled and pleased as the 1915 sweet corn crop arrives remarkably free of worm damage.
- The Silo Boom in Richland
Farmers are banking on corn and dairy to survive the rising cost of hay.
- Sweetening the Valley: A Wartime Suggestion
With sugar rations looming during the Great War, one local farmer suggests Kennewick turn to home-grown sorghum syrup.
- The Pastor’s Sales Pitch for Kennewick
Rev. C. D. Rarey returns from an Indiana lecture tour, selling the Northwest as a land of opportunity to those weary of rain-soaked, failing harvests.
- Benton County's Golden Harvest
Local farmers and producers sweep state and national competitions, proving the region's agricultural dominance in 1915.
- Richland Growers Weather the Frost
While Yakima orchards suffer, Richland farmers see potential for a record apple crop following a mild spring frost.
- The 'Graveyard Bug' Threatens Kennewick Berries
Horticultural Inspector warns local growers that a destructive snout beetle is infesting regional strawberry patches and offers advice on how to eradicate it.
- The New Crop Bringing Hope to the Valley
Agricultural experts test a hearty, drought-resistant forage grass that could transform local ranching.
- Thanksgiving at the Schoolhouse
Community ties remain strong as the Valley View schoolhouse hosts a holiday feast, soldiers' fundraiser, and prayer during a season of drought.
- The Coming of 'War Bread'
Federal authorities mandate a shift in milling standards as Washington residents are warned to prepare for lower-grade flour and higher prices.
- State College Experiments Prove Soil Fertility Benefits
Washington State College's long-term farm study demonstrates that crop rotation and manure outperform mono-cropping and summer fallowing.
- The Strawberry Gold Rush: Kennewick’s First Big Fruit Deal
Local growers secure a premium contract with Spokane’s elite Davenport Hotel, marking a shift from subsistence farming to high-stakes commercial agriculture.
- A Quarter-Century of Farming Ends in a Seattle Trade
Columbus B. McAlpin, a pioneer of the Richland valley, trades his 200-acre ranch for a Queen Anne apartment building.
- The Richland Turkey Boom
A progressive local farmer strikes a lucrative deal with the finest hotel in Spokane, signaling prosperity for the region's poultry industry.
- The Boom in Kennewick’s Hog Industry
As wheat prices fluctuate, local farmers are advised to pivot toward diversified livestock to ensure stability.
- The Sheep Herders Who Burned a Half-Million Dollars to Scare Coyotes
For eighteen months a Rattlesnake Hills gas well blazed away at a herders' camp — until experts did the math and a three-cornered oil race began.
- The War Effort Shifts to the Orchard
With food scarcity looming, state extension leaders urge Washington farmers to plant wheat between their fruit trees to combat the national shortage.
- Dairymen Tour the Valley to Learn the Gospel of the Silo
Thirty farmers from Richland and Kennewick spend a day inspecting five kinds of silos and hearing state experts explain how to keep winter feed from molding.
- The County Agent, the Sugar Beet, and the Strawberry Harvest That Finally Went Right
In his 1916 annual report, county agriculturalist Lee M. Lampson chronicled a quiet revolution in Benton County — homegrown seed, revived sugar beets, cooperative buying, and the federal employment office that finally matched a thousand strawberry pickers to the ripening crop.
- A Crate of Sweet Potatoes to Sell the Desert
Land agents pack up the valley's finest produce — mammoth sugar beets, honeydew casabas, and one 250-pound potato crop — and ship it to Chicago to convince Eastern buyers that this sagebrush country is a garden.
- Keep Your Money at Home? In Kennewick, the Shoe-Leather Trail Led to Pasco
A letter to the editor takes aim at buy-local boosterism, arguing that Kennewick shoppers already knew the real prices—and often crossed the river to Pasco or sent away for mail-order catalogs.