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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1916
Page
3
A essay advocates fresh air as humanitys greatest asset. It argues 75 percent of rural residents sleep in poorly ventilated homes causing winter ailments from impure air and warns against overreliance on stoves. It recommends sleeping outdoors when weather permits and using screens to deter mosquitoes for better rest.
Practical hints to extend vase life of cut flowers. Use salt sugar and starch in water, refresh daily, and recut stems under water. For sapful stems sear with a match or dip ends in boiling water, then reseal with fresh water. With careful handling flowers may stay fresh a week or ten days.
An expert argues Maine needs a revived sheep industry. Declining numbers since 1880, aided by wool prices and fencing costs, are contrasted with higher meat values and improved breeds. He cites Western buyers’ influence and urges rebuilding through resilient local flocks and better breeding like Hampshire and Cheviot types.
Government mobilizes national fertilizer resources using fish canneries waste. Pacific coast waste has been underused while eastern fisheries already produce fertilizer from fish scrap. Salmon canneries in the U S may yield 11 12 thousand tons of fertilizer and 2 1/2 million gallons of oil annually.
A poultry raiser caponized his entire 1914 rooster crop with one loss and grew nine pound birds by Thanksgiving. He sold the lot at 17 cents per pound, averaging over $1.50 each, doubling his money after feed costs. The previous year fry roosters yielded about 50 cents each, even after feed and caponizing costs. He plans to caponize more roosters this year and buy neighbors' stock for holiday sale.
Eastern farms face pasture losses from the hay-scented fern and brake. The bulletin recommends cutting ferns in mid June and mid August, burning dried cut material, seeding with pasture sass and clover, and applying lime or fertilizer. An alternative salt spray method uses one pound salt per 1% quarts water with a knapsack sprayer, covering about five acres daily, with two applications yearly before sparing.
The article notes postponing fern treatment until after August herbicide spray to allow clover growth. It states reducing fern numbers first helps grass and clover, while cultivation has failed to provide lasting control and may allow ferns to regrow. Hay scented fern results are believed applicable to brake in the Eastern States.
The 1915 Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering notes that farmhouse design should prioritize making a genuine home over mere financial return. Investment should fit the owner's means, not the plant balance. Rural life charms depend on conditions that keep families from fleeing to cities, and support for diverse career paths beyond farming. A health warning follows about choosing safe drinking water over puddles.
Spring advisory from the department urges immediate destruction of small tent caterpillar nests on orchards and trees. Nests can be torn out or burned on small branches, with careful handling to avoid bark damage. For larger limbs use hand removal or vented spraying with arsenicals, cautioning on stone fruits and emphasizing early small-caterpillar treatment.
A collection of humorous vignettes and anecdotes from newspapers, including a father teaching his daughter letters about O and Q and a geese scene with a summer boarder. Other quips involve a Titanic disaster bridge question and a farmer noting animal intelligence with an actor goose.
A village news item recalls a farmyard chase as a rider on a buggy pursues a rooster across a road to a farmer’s back door. The farmer’s wife helps trap the bird with an apron while the rider jokes about not letting it escape again before driving off.
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