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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1917
Page
11
A boy recalls growing a small potato crop that yielded one bushel three pecks and a lesson in market shrinkage. He hides the harvest in a cellar barrel and learns money earned from farming carries risk, pride, and practical wisdom about ownership. The tale ends urging parents to let a boy have a potato patch of his own.
Poultry experts from the U S Department of Agriculture say early hatched chicks gain faster and reach larger size than those hatched later. March-first hatchings lead to heavier four month olds with earlier maturity and egg production, under equal care.
100 head of rejected war horses will be sold at private sale weights from 90 to 1400 pounds. Acclimated, broke and ready for immediate use. Horses and prices to suit everybody. Apply to Patrick Ward, Manager, Stock Yards, Yarmouth Junction, Maine.
The comparison notes that chicks hatched on April first show a true hold while those hatched on May first differ in outcome. Specific details and context are limited in the readable text.
Brunswick farmer A Rogers argues for a town steam roller and efficient road building to cut costs as road work will surge. He cites doubled taxes and a shift from horse teams to mechanized construction to keep taxes down while permanent roads attract increasing auto ownership. He warns higher rural burdens threaten farm viability and rising urban costs.
The article extols cultivating and soil stirring to prevent weeds. It emphasizes using plow, harrow, weeder, cultivator, wheel hoe, and occasional hand hoe as needed. Good seed bed preparation and timely cultivation reduce reliance on laborious hand weeding and maintain garden efficiency.
A reader shares methods from the Independent for breakfast bread from overnight doughnut dough, fried in hot lard. It also outlines making gingerbread and cookies without eggs using buttermilk or sour milk, molasses, brown sugar, spices, and baking soda, with flour last and a moderate oven.
A columnist condemns idle youth and urges parents to engage restless boys. It argues that lack of responsibility leads to wasted potential, and suggests placing them in new surroundings to spark development and curb negative influences.
In a Boston Journal editorial, supporters urged that land banks under the rural credits act be run by bankers for farmers. The Federal Farm Loan Board has made solid appointments, with Leonard C. Robinson named president of the Springfield bank serving New England, New York and New Jersey, bringing farming and banking expertise.
The piece lists several agricultural and financial leaders including B. G. McIntire of East Waterford Maine as vice president and E. H. Wilkins of Middletown Connecticut as secretary. E. H. Forestall of Cortlandt New York and Herbert Myrick of Springfield are named as treasurer and director respectively. Kingman Brewster of Springfield is noted as registrar and attorney. The passage praises the group and suggests strong management may aid the land bank promoters.
Farm stocks on March 1 show wheat at 101 million bushels and corn at 789 million, with oats at 394 million. Prices to producers stand at 1.64 per bushel for wheat, 1.01 for corn, and 0.569 for oats, reflecting year over year changes.
Ontario now hosts six feldspar prospects versus one last year as Canadian mines supply American fertilizer makers. The potash content boosts fertilizer use though experts warn the material is not readily plant available and may be of limited value as a fertilizer ingredient.
Spring notes urge farmers to prepare stock and tools, market hay and produce, and keep busy with chores. Messages promote skill over strength, early tomatoes, proper watering, air, and lime dust for damping off. Cookies, education, kindness, and optimism frame a cautious, hopeful forecast for farming's rebound.
The article notes that consumption deaths this winter may reflect infections contracted years ago. It emphasizes the disease's insidious, dormant nature, often lying hidden from childhood memories and reemerging later in life.
The Farm Journal urges vigilance for a series of warning symptoms to watch for. Symptoms include repeated unrelieved colds, unexplained weight loss, fatigue, afternoon fever, coughing up blood, persistent cough lasting a month, night sweats, and digestive disturbances.
American exports show horses valued at 42,531,118 dollars and mules at 19,662,425 dollars for the seven months ending January 1917, reflecting strong wartime demand and trade activity.
Instructions describe placing a sitting hen in a quiet secluded nest with china eggs as props. Move her at night, seal the nest, provide feed and water, then open the entrance by evening of day two for her to hatch. Remove china eggs if she returns to incubate real eggs and avoid disturbance during hatching unless necessary.
A poll of 200 teachers named the wife of a farmer of moderate means as history’s greatest woman. She praised a farm wife who cooks, irons, raises a large family, and pursues personal moral and intellectual growth as the ideal.
Advice on avoiding debt and breaking the habit of unnecessary spending. Emphasizes saving toward what is owed, and stresses that honesty and determination enable a person to regain financial footing and dignity.
When a can of milk corn tomatoes or other items seems off do not eat it return the can to the store for a replacement. The notice warns that eating suspicious contents from a can is unsafe and urges consumer caution.
Frank S. Adams of Bowdoin is chosen vice-president of the New England Milk Producers' Association. The Sagadahoc County selection brings sterling recognition and local pride to the area.
Advice emphasizes self awareness after surprising events to build stronger character. Recommends observing actions, reflecting on responses, and improving behavior with each incident. Encourages steady personal growth through deliberate practice and discipline.
After the banquet, wash up the dirty dishes. Unwashed dishes left for a month or two are hard to face later when you need them again.
The piece urges timely fixes, warning neglect leads to run-down appearance and larger costs. It invokes the proverb A stitch in time saves nine to stress early action avoids bigger upkeep and inconveniences.
The Plymouth Rock fowl proves a satisfactory dress for market with heavy weight and retail price around 25 cents a pound. A. H. Goodwin of Phippsburg raises White Plymouth fowl, indicating strong money potential.
The report states that about 45 animals will be kept for breeding, with hatching starting right away. The context suggests a market or farm setting focusing on stock management and immediate incubation plans.
Report notes children suffer bullying and abuse during recess and calls for teachers to monitor yard activity as closely as they monitor classrooms. Emphasizes vulnerable young students needing protective oversight from staff.
A suggestion to improve health of school children favors hot lunches at noon. Domestic science would be taught and students would prepare a hot dish for their noon meal, supplemented by bread and cake brought from home.
The article describes the varied tasks of a farmer's wife including cooking three meals daily, household management, milking cows, feeding pigs, poultry care, child care, butter and bread making, washing and ironing, mending and darning, soap making, dressing chickens for market, and gardening among many other duties.
As soon as frost ends you can start planting onions peas spinach early potatoes radishes beets lettuce carrots parsnips cabbage and turnips. Sweet peas and poppies may be sown when the soil is dry enough to work and a good garden is urged.
Agricultural experts advise treating seed potatoes to prevent scab. Soak in a solution of formaldehyde one half pint per 15 gallons of water for two hours, then dry and cut for seed. Avoid using soil where scabby potatoes have grown recently.
West Bath Grange members gave a fruit shower to Elmer Rich of North Bath last Saturday. A collection was raised and several kinds of fruit and niceties were sent to him. Rich was very ill with bronchitis stemming from a bad cold.
Straw litter is advised to spread on snow before hives when winter lingers. Bees emerge on warm days and may chill. on straw they can crawl back to the hive. Keep people away to prevent bees from eating half frozen workers.
Lice are hard to control under average farm conditions and affect chicks more in warm months. Hen hatched chicks face fewer interruptions from lice in early spring, aiding growth. Early hatch reduces lice impact and growth disruption.
Poultrymen are cited for withholding fresh eggs to profit later and selling incubated eggs as fresh. Report discusses unsafe practice, enlarged yolks, and reputation harm, urging sellers to keep aged eggs out of markets and use incubated eggs only at home.
Charles S. Mills of Portland lost 15 Rhode Island Red hens during a heavy snow storm. Thieves broke the door lock and erased tracks by snow, raising concerns over a rising hen theft problem among poultrymen.
The article urges keeping ewe lambs for breeding as twins are heritable. A ewe that raises twins annually will pass the trait to her offspring, benefiting the owner's flock through consistent twin births.
Senator Fernald questions the free seed program from Washington but pledges to ensure Maine constituents are not forgotten in the ongoing generous distribution effort. The remark reflects concern over federal seed giveaways and local impact.
A description of a family with few possessions facing hard labour yet finding resilience and unexpected rewards through perseverance and close ties. The piece highlights hardship, shared duties, and the value of familial support in tough times.
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