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Summary
John Rickseger was listed as one of five Beaver Island farmers cooperating in the planned 1932 alfalfa fertilizer experiments. The report supplies no farm name or location beyond the island context.1
Evidence and limits
The source provides no age, family relationships, parcel, or later agricultural record. It does not establish that the planned plots were completed.
Open questions
- Which farm and civil records identify John Rickseger?
- What were the results of the planned experiment?
See also
Footnotes
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Charlevoix County Herald, September 2, 1932, “FIVE FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS STARTED ON BEAVER ISLAND.” ↩
Sources
- Charlevoix County Herald, September 2, 1932, “FIVE FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS STARTED ON BEAVER ISLAND.”Lists John Rickseger as one of five Beaver Island farmers cooperating in the planned alfalfa fertilizer experiments. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 2 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “John Rickseger”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/john-rickseger/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix County Herald, September 2, 1932, “FIVE FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS STARTED ON BEAVER ISLAND.”.
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