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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
3
The National Grange statement analyzes high living costs and farm prices, blaming poor crops and rising purchase costs. It urges embargoes on manufactured goods, especially munitions, and calls for more farmer storage, noting labor and tax rises and the need for fair prices to sustain American farmers.
Announcement that the Farm Department of the Independent will be under new full charge by the publisher cites a return from nearly two years away after a hip injury. The editor invites old friends and new readers to contribute practical farm life content and questions for the department to grow in value and usefulness.
The piece warns that shooting ducks after sunset is illegal and mentions some gunners at Winnegance Creek below Bath who are not observing the law. It notes a surge in duck numbers in recent years but cautions that night shooting will drive them away permanently.
The Bath market for dressed hogs weakens as families and dealers shift to wholesale sources and neighboring Brunswick. Farmers favor selling whole hogs to avoid retail peddling, while the beef house handles more cuts for dealers. Lessons include curing in pickle weeks, smoking in barrels, and brick-oven smoke for hams and bacon.
Three train loads of farm tractors have been disposed of in Kennebec County signaling a coming Maine-wide adoption. The machines cost about 750 dollars delivered in Augusta and promise heavy work for plows harrows and other tasks now done by horses. The Independent invites farmers to view a trial, noting a 20 acre potato field as a test site.
A recipe praises hulled corn boiled with a lye bath to hull the kernels then rinsed until pure. It says to use northern Maine field corn or ordinary corn if needed, boiled until tender and served with cream and sugar or maple syrup.
A speaker at the National Sheep Conference opening in Philadelphia on Thursday urged increasing sheep numbers to offset a wool shortage.
The Boston Women’s Municipal League estimates 750000 rats in Boston causing 1500000 in damage yearly. They warn the nationwide rodent problem could be vast, urging action despite high grain prices that depress prevention efforts on farms where rats are widespread.
The Spotsylvania County Virginia board has begun placing toll gates on several major routes to increase income from motorists. The proposal sparks controversy with a satirical note suggesting harsher penalties might follow.
Advertisement promotes Burdock Blood Bitters as a family system tonic to build strength improve appetite aid digestion and enhance sleep and joy in life. Priced at $1.00.
About 500 Maine youths aged ten to eighteen from eleven districts will attend a Sweet Corn Club Conference in Portland on December 5 6 and 7. Each member brings ten ears grown on a quarter acre plot for the 5000 ear exhibit at City Hall. Prizes totaling 2200 from the Maine Canners Association will be awarded in fifty prizes per district with top awards of 15 dollars. Transportation and hospitality are provided by local groups and 63 club leaders will join as guests. Ralph P. Mitchell leads the event with county agents under the College of Agriculture.
A meditation on reducing faultfinding and self-criticism. It urges appreciating small positives, forgiving oneself, and starting each morning anew with hope and cheerful effort, citing guidance from American Woman.
A national daylight saving convention is announced to be held in New York in January. The piece questions the wisdom of setting the clock back to save daylight and notes public doubt about Americans taking the idea seriously.
Litigation centers on the Eastman farm near Portland road Brunswick valued at 10000 dollars. James Eastman died last June leaving a life interest to son James Edward Eastman who cared for him. Brothers and sisters in Freeport and Somerville claim he was promised full ownership. codicil confirms only life interest.
State Forest Commissioner and Land Agent Frank B. Mace entered Township No. 33 to run lines around the reserve lots and arrange the sale of a land portion authorized by legislative act.
Maine farmers and towns feature crop yields and new ventures. John Wallingford and Co. in Auburn raised 3000 bushels of potatoes on 12 acres. Lewiston dairy prices rise to 9 cents quart. Bath Hospital consumes milk monthly. Portland hosts Maine Nationwide Tour funding seeks 10000 dollars. Sagadahoc Pomona Grange programs enter seventh year with Joanna Hodgkins re elected.
The Agricultural Extension Service at Orono offers a new correspondence course in poultry husbandry based on a leading text. It combines references from the Experiment Station and College of Agriculture and costs only the textbook and postage. A certificate signed by the Dean is awarded after satisfying completion requirements.
The Prairie Farmer extols imagination for young farmers, urging dreamers to envision a brighter future on the old place rather than taking a dry goods store job, noting intelligent effort can transform the land in ten years.
Brief items cover butter salt distribution affecting color and texture of butter, cotton ginning risks, milk care tips with three Cs, oats weight tricks, interstate shipment limits for oats, elk feeding in Jackson Hole, Wisconsin cow testing outcomes, sugar beet seed funding, bull associations lowering dairy costs, and average service costs per member in farming groups.
A local portrait praises a strong workman whose stomach trouble hinders his labor. It extols L. F. Atwood's Medicine as a prompt aid to digestion liver and bowels, claiming relief from headaches and regularity. The ad offers a free Needle Book with needles upon request by mail sample.
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