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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1916
Page
3
In Macon Georgia a group of brothers started a pig raising project for a club. Each bought a pig and fed, fattened, and slaughtered them, producing meat for home use and sale. They weighed and costed the hogs, earned substantial profits and plan to expand to purebred hogs and larger-scale farming.
W F Massey describes moving from fixed long frame rows to portable hotbeds and cold frames. He builds 14 inch rear and 12 inch front frames with 3 inch wide crossbars and 1/2 inch joints, iron framed and foldable for storage. The system improves crop rotation, allows early lettuce and beets, and enables timely transplanting of tomatoes while protecting beds with double glazed sashes.
Agricultural guidance urges planning a two to three crop indoor style garden to supply fresh vegetables all season. Use wrapping paper ruler and pencil to map plots at scale and involve family to choose varieties for steady yields.
A narrator details layering sifted coal ashes in a frame to bed geraniums, then packs the seedlings for future use. The method emphasizes careful preparation in a crowded greenhouse setting and storage for later planting.
The notice advertises White pine trans plants at 5.25 per 1000 for waste lands in Maine with delivery to the site bringing total to 5.50 6.00 per 1000. Plan 1250 plants per acre at 6 by 6 feet, total plant cost about 7.00 per acre and setting around 3.00. stock available spring 1916 with 1917 restock. Purchasers must use stock only in Maine and cannot resell before planting and must care for roots and provide reports.
The March crop report from the Bureau of Crop Estimates and Weather Bureau details farm stocks and producer prices for wheat corn oats barley in Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and the United States. It lists on farm stocks March 1 figures by state with price per bushel and merchantable quality percentages for corn and oats, highlighting US totals for wheat and barley and noting year to year changes.
A notice describes the Forest Nursery run by the College of Agriculture Forestry Department offering planting stock at cost. Orders require cash or money order for full amount, with 500 plant minimum per shipment and extra charges for packing, shipping, and transport to the buyer.
The 1907 USDA Bulletin 104 on using ground feldspar as a substitute for potash found the idea inconclusive and cautioned against large scale use. Investigations since then show feldspar potash is largely insoluble, with many soils already containing available potash. no general commercial value is established.
A grower recalls planting an apple orchard nearly 30 years ago and never missing a crop in 17 years. The first commercial harvest yielded 150 barrels, and over the last 11 years the crop ranged from 200 barrels to a higher figure.
Directions from extension specialists cover tomato pulp canning and cream of tomato soup. Steps include blanching, skin removal, boiling pulp, sieving, sterilization times for jars and cans, and preparing soup with tomato pulp milk butter and seasonings. The guide emphasizes hot-pack canning and precise times for different equipment.
John Miller Olive Rowe and Mary Monroe were chosen for Morse High School debating team to represent at Assembly Hall Friday evening against Camden High. Porter torpedo boat destroyer completed standardization trials at 30.77 knots with favorable fuel tests and minimal vibration.
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