Market Prices Paid to Farmers Feature in The Independent
A market report analyzes how farmers often face price pressure from dealers and retail mispricing. It recounts a potato sale where a dealer paid 85 cents a bushel, while a competing offer dropped to 50 cents, prompting a farmer to sell at 20 cents a peck for 80 cents a bushel. Other prices follow: poultry 22–28 cents per ounce, eggs 55 cents paid, 60–65 cents retail. butter 30–35 cents. beets and carrots $1 per unit, onions $4.50 per 100 pounds, cabbage 3 cents per pound, turnips 1–2 cents, beans $6.50–$8 per bushel, apples 80 cents–$1 per bushel, hay $13–$16 per ton, corn up 10 cents, and various grain quotes for local buyers.
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Bath
Lees
West Bath
Bliss
William H. Gould
Bowdoinham
Boston
Gaeta i
Schumacher
Chaplain Gould's Son Wins in Pomona Contest
Clarence B. Gould son of Bowdoinham chaplain William H. Gould earned a prize in the boys corn and potatoes judging contest at the Augusta convention. A staunch supporter of the boys club idea in Pomona meetings he has improved under County Agent Shaw and surpassed his father in some farming areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Pomona Grange
Clarence B. Gould
William H. Gould
Bowdeinham
Augusta
Bro
Gould
Pomona
Shaw
McKeen to Aid Farm Department of the Independent
Former Maine State Grange lecturer Walker McKeen has promised to contribute to the Farm Department of the Independent. Readers will be glad of this.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker McKeen
Maine State Grange
The
Independent
Clean milk depends on disease-free cows and clean stables
Dairy Inspector C W Wescott urges that cows be free from disease and dirt, stables tight and smooth, dry fodder avoided before milking, milker in clean clothes, hands washed and dry, utensils scalded, strainers kept clean, and milk moved quickly to the milk house to avoid odor transfer and bacterial contamination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Wescott
Seed groups split over federal free seed distribution
President Ralph H. Copeland of the Maine Seed Improvement Association condemns the free giveaway of seed by the federal government. He states the nation has received enough radish seed in the past two years to supply the Copeland family for four generations, without solicitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph H. Copeland
Maine Seed Improvement Association
Copeland
Blister rust hits Maine pine area. inspector to speak
Inspector Gilbert B. Posey of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has found severe blister rust infection in a five acre tract near Kittery Point Maine, with over 80 percent of pines affected and over half dying. He will speak at the Portland Society of Natural History on December 18 and offer guided visits to the site.
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Gilbert B. Posey
United States Department of Agriculture
Maine
New Hampshire
Kittery Point
Posey
Portland Society of Natural History
Elm St
Vast Public Lands Data From Secretary Lane Report
Secretary Franklin K. Lane reports 250 million acres of public lands remain for homes and trade. About 20 million acres were taken up in the past year. Most remaining acreage lies in arid regions where irrigation projects are under reclamation.
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Franklin K. Lane
Everybody's Column Wants Ads for Three Week Trial
The Farm and Home Department introduces a community wants column in the Independent. Readers are invited to mail copy for free three week trial advertisements similar in length to this notice. Aimed at showcasing diverse notices and building a useful feature for all residents.
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Farm and Home
Independent
Teachers Wanted in New England Agencies Portland Maine
New England Teachers' Agency seeks teachers at once through G. W. Cragie Mer. Y.M.C.A. Building Portland Maine. Also nurse seeks patients in a well equipped Manchester New Hampshire building with references. Box 472. For sale S C White Leghorn pullets ready to lay at 414 Washington St. City.
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New England Teachers’ Agency
G. W. Cragie
Mer
Y.M.C.A. Bldg
Portland, Meé
Broad Acres
Manchester
N. H
S.C. White
Washington St
Corn for Factory in Maine Boosts Farmers and Canneries
Sweet corn canning plants provide a steady market for Maine farmers. Output has reached up to 300,000,000 cans in a year and yields of about $100 per acre are common. Farmers also gain corn stalks for silos and husks and cobs from the factory for home use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Rich New Yorker Dedicates 65000 Barn in Annadale
A New Yorker dedicates a new concrete barn on his Hudson Estuary estate with a house warming. A special train ferried 100 guests from New York City. Louis Gordon Hamersley owns the property and reportedly spent 12000 on decorations, a likely high figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annadale
Hudson
New York City
Louis Gordon Hamersley
Hamersley
Nuisance Swearing surrounding a hired man and its impact
A Richmond farmer notes constant swearing from a hired man disturbed horses and cattle and unsettled people, though the worker was reliable. The article adds a tip that lard rubbed on sweet potatoes before baking keeps them moist and tender after cooking.
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Richmond
Farm News Items from Fort Fairfield and Caribou
Farmers and businessmen in Fort Fairfield and Caribou build a creamery and note seed wheat at Aroostook Farm priced at 2.25 per bushel. The Washington seed act, potash from kelp project in California with 175000 appropriation, and 50000+ farmers seeking farm loan act loans. New buyer Fred Simpson from Connecticut purchases 65 acres in Starks for poultry and garden work. Orono Experiment Station offers true to name seed oats at 1.25 per bushel.
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Fort Fairfield
Caribou
Aroostook
Washington
Maine
Kentucky
Louisville
Women’s Association
Department of Agriculture
California
Fred Simpson
Connecticut
Starks
Ida Philbrick
Farmington
Orono Experiment Station
Highmoor
Next Year’s Pigs and High Corn Prices
Discussion notes that elevated corn costs will limit brood sow numbers, likely yielding a small pig crop next year. Despite high prices, the outlook suggests sticking with hogs to remain in the game.
The Future World Andrew Carnegie in Ladies' Home Journal
Andrew Carnegie urges in the Ladies' Home Journal to let the future unfold by obeying one’s inner judge. He argues personal conscience guides progress and cautions against relying on external fate alone.
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Andrew Carnegie
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
West Bath Grange December program items
West Bath Grange schedules a December 18 meeting with singing by the Grange reading by Mrs. Fred Wright and Miss Plant, piano solo by Althea Strout, chorus singing, duets by Mr. and Mrs. Pinson, and readings by Mrs. Rogers. Members should bring apples candy or corn cakes and a ten cent present for exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Grange
Fred Wright
Miss Plant
Ward
Althea Strout
Pinson
Rogers
Dromore Grange Holds Meeting Amid Storm Disruption
Dromore Grange in Phippsburg met this week after a Tuesday night storm. Officers will likely be elected at the next gathering. Master Reuben H. Purington will travel to Bangor next Monday for the State Grange, stopping at the Penobscot Exchange where Sagadahoc delegates will be housed.
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Dromore Grange
Phippsburg
Reuben H. Purington
Bangor
State Grange
Penobscot Exchange
Sagadahoc
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Copelands
Brunswick Coal Co
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E. H. Phinney
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