Maine Apple Maggot Control Methods Proposed for Orchards
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station outlines two poisoned spray methods to combat the apple maggot. One uses arsenate mixed with molasses and water as a bait, the other sprays arsenate of lead on all leaves. First method targets only susceptible trees with limited spray, while the second covers all leaves for comprehensive protection. Results cited from Maine Station and Nova Scotia show orchards with prior heavy infestations producing clean fruit after treatment.
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Maine
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
Department of Agriculture
Province of
Nova Scotia
Charles D. Woods
Pigs and Poultry as Farm Capital from By-Products
County agents urge farmers to expand pig and poultry herds using kitchen and garden waste. By cooking and feeding imperfect vegetables and thinned corn to hogs and hens, waste becomes profit, with pigs returning solid dividends at current prices. The article foresees a shift toward range and pasture and emphasizes acorn-fed pigs yielding valuable ham.
Americans Can Grow Value in Rabbit Fur Says Expert
The war has raised fur prices as imports from Europe and Australia drop. American breeders, with proper management and selective breeding, can produce cony rewarded by a strong domestic market. Furriers should recognize domestic supply and standards, and cooperate to showcase well dressed skins to traders.
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Europe
Australia
America
Food Waste and Nutrition in Home Kitchen Practices
Scrap foods like leftover cereals and vegetables can boost nourishment when used properly. Skim milk and sour milk have broad culinary uses, while storage and handling affect nutrient loss. Potatoes lose salts when peeled. keeping skins preserves value. Sheep sorrel is mildly poisonous to horses and sheep, so avoid grazing livestock on it.
Potato growing advice expands harvest strategy
The Potato Association of America urges more focus on potatoes with two crops this year after clover or strawberries. Ohio Experiment Station notes June 30 sowing yields nearly double versus standard cellar stock. They promote dry storage to guard excess yields for years. Wild carrot seeds, small and bristled, hitch rides in grass clover and alfalfa seed, spreading widely despite barbs removed in clover hullers.
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Potato Association of America
Ohio
Potato Association
Local Jottings Highlight Navy Officer and Town News
Captain Charles I F Hughes U S Navy visited home as town social life thrives. Notes on Leonard Marks a tenor pupil of Dr Floyd Mackey, trips of John and J W Sampson by motorboat Shaky Lizzie, and local visits by H M Gifford and H B Wilson. Casual items include funerals, births, marriages, a Boston charity dea
Boston Produce Market Prices From Fresh Mares to Veal
The Boston market report lists prices for dairy and produce items including butter from Northern and Western creameries, eggs in assorted grades, flour, hay, lamb, oats, pork, potatoes, sugar, and veal. Measurements include per bushel, per bag, per cwt, and per gallon across listed goods.
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Boston
Jennery
Bath News Snips Highlight Local Housing and Travel
The Mary A. Hathorne property at 165 North St. sold to Morris Povich. Liberty Bond owned by six month old Richard Jenkins. George Brigham and Annie Russell announce marriage intentions in city records. Fairview Casino opened with a July 4 dance. Perkins Orchestra to provide music Wed and Sat through season. Local autoists visit Orr's Island. Bath coast drive praised. Head Tide store buys eggs by the pound. L. A. & W. railroad starts half hour Brunswick to Yarmouth service. Bath boys receive Navy promotions. coal supply secured for six months. Bath young ladies plan Rockhaven house party. New draftsmen arrive at Bath Iron Works for torpedo boat destroyers. Signs lighting the business district prompt talk on removal. Foundations for two 15 ton electric cranes under construction at Bath Iron Works. Echo notes Bath social visits and notable residents. Out-of-state shipyard reps entice skilled workers to the South. Bath remains cautious amid coast-area labor news.
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Charles I F. Hughes
U. S
Leonard Marks
Floyd Mackey
New York City
John
J. W. Sampson
Lizzie
Norman
Winter Harbor
Augusta
H. M. Gifford
Lewiston
Iwarna
Rockland
Boston
Hiram Cornish
North Bath
Edwin J. Cornish
M. W. Burlingame
Mark
Brooks
Beachmont
Mass
M. B. Hlodgdon
Burlingame
Nellie Wodtdon
Massachusetts
Maine Central Station
Triveters Aid” Society
Henry B. Wilson
U.S.N
Wilson
Chester
Bath Iron Works
Dain
Sabine
Otho Hooper
Marion Dain
Marion Robbins
Irene Oliver
Florence Pendleton
Jessie Oliver
Tela Blair
Beaisice Cooper
Hazel Henderson
Reta Gass
Doris Shepherd
Louise Wade
Messrs
Herbert Rice
Parker Worrey
Marshall McDonald
Arthur Thistle
Leland Plummer
E. C. Wright
Woolwich
Elm St
Front St
Percy
Wright
Water St
Harry Brown
Mary A. Hathorne
North St
J. C. Footer
Morris Povich
Richard Hamlin Jenkins
Joseph Jenkins
George E. Brigham
Annie M. Russell
Fairview Casino
Perkins
Bath
Orr’s Island
New England
Head Tide
Maine
Brunswick
Yarmouth
Bert Merrill
Navy
Pennsylvania
Rockhaven
New Meadows
Arline McNeil
Gladys McGillicuddy
Elizabeth McKay
Evelyn Shaughnessy
Marguerite Hennessy
Helen
Louise Childs
McCarthy Cottage
Bath Tron
Carlton
Hacker
Berlin Met. Co
Terry Mfg. Co
Sheepscat
Echo
Carpenter
New Orleans
W. H. Curtis
Honolulu
Erskine M. Phelps
Union Oil Company
San Francisco
William F. Ham
Hartleb & Chelima
Mr. Ham
Worcester
Rockwood Sprinkler Co
Winfield MacGregor
Arthur Leydon
Rufus Ham
Sidney Spevack
Arthur H. Price
Congress Shirt Co
Sidney
9Th Mass
Litttle
Bath notes of visitors, shipping delays, and local events
Mrs Arthur McGraw visits Bath on route to Squirrel Island. Sightings of two planes over Bath reported. Bath Bottling Co struggles with orders as a soda shipment delays. Green Leaf Gift Shop opens a second season with Misses Marion and Goldie Greenleaf in charge. Joseph Perry visits from Boston en route to East Boothbay to work for Rice Bros. Quincy visitors Mrs Charl J Bournmer and Ernest F Bournmer arrive to see G T Bournmer. Sparks circus entertains Bath with a clean show. Miss Susie Barns and Miss Bertha Deane depart for Portland after brief visit. Ladies Circle First Baptist holds a picnic on New Meadows near Bull Rock Bridge. Past Sachems Levi T Thompson et al of Sasanoa Tribe attend Lewiston meeting. Plans for a future field day announced.
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Arthur McGraw
Detroit
Squirrel Island
Malcolm Witham
Taner Wetherbee
North End
Bath
Bath Bottling Co
Green Leaf
Southport
Marion
Goldie Greenleaf
Joseph Perry
Boston
East Boothbay
Rice Bros
Beth
Charl J. Bournmer
Ernest F
Quincy
Mass
G. T. Bournmer
Sparks Circus
Susie Barns
Virginia
Bertha Deane
Wilmington
Portland
First Baptist Church
New Meadows
Bull Rock Bridge
Bath and Kennebec area notes and social items
Yard work on a four master continues as inspectors check the Sagadahoc steam lighter. Bath to Woolwich ferry crowds include autos and pedestrians while naval reserve supplies arrive in Kennebec. Local musicians plan to rebuild the Bath Band and a Cosmopolitan party enjoys a river outing and a movie night.
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Percy & Small’s
U. S
Thompson
Blaisdell
Sagadahoc
Bath
Woolwich
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Adhetter
U.S. Department of Agriculture
United States
Southwest
U. S. Department of Labor
Uew
Tate
Moevery
Tin Department of Agrrivaltice
Ub Deppivtss Tintiy
Department of Lever
Lnbor
Department of Labor
Elearins House
Fulih
Kimball Bros.Co
Levi T. Thompson
Woodbury Potter
Frank Farrin
Charles Preble
Joseph Evrard
Walter Erskine
Roscoe P. Higgins
William Harvey
4Th Section
First District Naval Reserve Force
Kennebec Yacht Club
Berton Pierce
Ardeen
Eugene Youland
Arline
Abbie
York Beach
William J. Blackwood, Jr
Bureau of Standards
Washington, D. C
Knights of Columbus
Hockomeck
Daniel T. Dougherty
Atwood’s
L. F.” Medicine Co
Portland, Maine
Castoria
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