Public-spirited banks back pig clubs to boost meat supply
U.S. Department of Agriculture notes rapid growth in pig clubs from 59 members in 7 years to over 30,000, with strong participation in Arkansas Alabama California North Carolina Louisiana Georgia Texas Oregon Oklahoma Nebraska Kentucky Indiana and Massachusetts. Banks use promissory note and endless chain plans to provide sow pigs and loans, while counties plan meetings in Maine New Jersey and others.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Arkansas
Alabama
California
North Carolina
Louisiana
Georgia
Texas
Oregon
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Kentucky
Indiana
Massachusetts
Pg Club
County Club
Meetings to be Held by New England Milk Producers
New England Milk Producers Association plans meetings under county presidents and secretaries with broad farmer support. Invited are county bankers ministers editors manufacturers and merchants likely to attend in each section to discuss interests of farmers.
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New England Milk Producers’ Association
Notice of Private Sale of War Horses at Yarmouth Junction
100 head of rejected War Horses to be sold at private sale weighing 1000 to 1400 pounds. Acclimated broke and ready for immediate use. Prices to suit buyers. Apply Patrick Ward Manager Stock Yards Yarmouth Junction Me. Also Dr Thomas Oil advertised as a household remedy for toothache earache sore throat cuts bruises scalds sold at drugstores 25c and 50c.
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Patrick Ward
Yarmouth Junction
Thomas
Forest Notes on Balsa Wood and National Forest Data
The article notes balsa wood as the lightest known wood with a specific gravity of .104 and cites a glacial spruce fossil identified by the Forest Products Laboratory. It lists state forest acreage totals, top states New York Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and national forest livestock figures, with pump-rod packrats harming seedlings on Angeles National Forest during dry seasons.
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Central America
Wisconsin
Forest Products Laboratory
Forest Service
New York
Pennsylvania
Humboldt
Nevada
Tonto
Arizona
Angeles National Forest
California
Radish Bed Grows Fast With Manure Bed Method
A gardening tip explains placing a wagon load of well rotted stable manure in a spot with partial sun, leveling it and sowing radish seeds directly on the manure. Seed germination is rapid, harvests come early, and radish worms are less a problem than in soil beds.
Raise More Pigs Meat by the Hog Route
U.S. Department of Agriculture touts hog farming as the quickest way to raise meat supply. Well-bred swine require less labor and capital, yield faster gains, and fit modern farming, especially in the South and West where pork output and profits rise. By-products and scraps like kitchen refuse and skim milk enhance profitability.
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U. 3S
Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Save Your Bottles Warns of Jar Shortage During Canning
The U S Department of Agriculture urges households to save bottles especially wide necked ones for fruits jellies jams and juices. Regular jars and tins should be reserved for vegetables soups and meats as shortages threaten this season. Jars may be sealed with corks paraffin or paper and paraffin if needed and drying and evaporating methods are encouraged to maximize perishable foods.
Maine Will Aid Farmers With Seed And Fertilizer
The State of Maine will provide urgent financial aid to farmers in need for seed and fertilizer. Action was decided at a conference with Gov Milliken the Executive Council Harold M Sewall of Bath chairman and John Bunker of Bar Harbor executive secretary of the committee held in the council chamber in April.
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State of Maine
Milliken
Executive Council
Harold M. Sewall
Bath
State Committee On Public Safety
John &. Bunker
Bar Iarbor
Council
Maine Farmer
Interesting Organ The New England Dairyman Second Issue
The Farm Editor notes the New England Dairyman issue as a fine fifteen page organ for the prominent organization. It features numerous illustrations including a striking photo of Frank S. Adams of Bowdoinham Maine, vice-president, and promises more numbers with interest.
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New England Dairyman
Frank S. Adams
Bowdeinham
Maine
Farmers Seen Essential as War Effort Advances
The ailing mood of some citizens aside, the nation enters the first stage of wartime reality. The country will rely on farmers as a vital element for success in the conflict, a role that seems destined to be demonstrated.
Bath area notes and wartime shipping updates
Local notes report cold mornings limiting bird activity while Bath Iron Works receives material for four torpedo boat destroyers. Population in Bath rose by 2,400 over eight months as fuel imports resume and fishing and boating season nears. Four submarine survivors land in Philadelphia after wartime voyages, recapping their rescue and ship losses in the Mediterranean and off France.
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Bath Iron Works
George Jacobs
Bath
N. L. Jenks
Sunnyside
Great Chebeague
Ethel Lewis
Waterville
William Staples
Court St
P. W. Bradford
Springfield
Texas Steamship Co. Yard
Nequasset
Izaak Walton
Mingo
Kennebec
Howard Coal Co
Harold IF. McCarty
Martha
Harold Thompson
Farmington
Carpenter McCarty
U.S.N
Virginia
City Hall
Portsmouth
Portland
Westport
Haverhill
Maes
Gladys Fogg
Perley Fogg
Cornville
Elmer E. Higgins
Lisbon Falls
Solon High School
Central Maine
Lewiston
Department of Commerce
Lake, Bay Or Sound
Philadelphia
Co. W. Willard
South Portland
Randolph States
Nova Scotia
Walfrid Johnson
Seaman
Sweden
George Bryson
Knoxville
Tenn
Mediterranean
Boston
Naples
Marseilles
America
Marguerite
France
Bryson
Gilda
Scotland
Pallice
Bath notes on ships and civic projects amid wartime
Local items report Fred Beck joining Bath shipyard workers, a 400-foot sewer project in Marshall Street, Mother's Day services, and property sales on the Bailey tract. Embargoes delay freight into Bath while schooners trade coal routes. Public works expand wharves on Commercial Street with city licenses granted for Carltom and L A and W rail spurs.
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Pythian Sisters
Fred Beck
West Auburn
Bath
Board of Highways and ‘Sewers
Marshall St
Men's Club of
Winter Street
Joseph Charles Footer
Bailey
Center
Court Sts
Lulu Miller
Alice E. King
Soldiers of
Co. H
Pastor Evans
People’s Baptist Church
Frank S. Read
J. J. Flynn Advertising Company
Commissariat Committee
National League For Woman's Service
M Jh.s
Raymond Stanley
F. E. Stanley
Newton
Mass
Auburn
Coast Patrol Service
Rockland
Maine Central
Edward E. Barry
Norfolk
Boston
Portland
George D. Jenkins
New York
Annapolis
N. S
Lejok
Jamaica
France
Waldoboro
Damarizcotta Herald
Linwood Castner
Grose Neck
Clinton Gross
Amos Carver
Frances of
Malden
Fred W. Thurlow
Turks Island
Thurlow
May W. Neville
Maine Central Railroad Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
Small
Board of Aldermen
Commercial St
F.W. Carltom
Carlton
Barytes
L. A. and W
Kimball Bros Co Sale Promised on Poultry Supplies
Local ads tout reduced prices on poultry fountains feeders and supplies from Kimball Brothers Company. The page also runs a variety of town notes including sports on Lisbon, naval and coastal updates, and small incidents around Bath.
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Kimball Bros.Co
Bath and area notes from the week in 1917
Local items report Hyde Windlass Co. visitor W. Hart in Stonington and Belfast editor Ernest Bowler in Bath. Navy enlistments enlistments, Mother's Day observances, and a planned constable appointment are noted. Also covered are school sports, shipyard staffing, family obituaries, and a Bath man joining the Federal Shipping Board.
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FP. W. Hart
Hyde Windlass Co
Stonington
Belfast
Ernest C. Bowler
Kennebec Leader
Bath
Don Thompson
Boston
Frank Pearl Card
Bowdoinham
United States Naval Reserve Force
Harold Swain
Farrin St
Lida Talbot
Percy Sprague
Parker
Biddeford
Texas Club
John J. Lynch
Nequasset Lake
Woolwich
Stanley Pierce
Emma A. Pierce
Washington St
Co. K
N. Y
Vera Howe
Frank Manson
George Albee
Claresce M. Fogg
Corliss Street
Sidney B. Lermond
Carl
Scott Albee
Alfred Manson
RC. Mitchell
Oaks Grove
New England
Wyoming
Norfolk
Morse High
Lewiston
Robert Hickey
Sidney St
St. John
X. B
Ida E. Hickey
Bath City Hospital
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Fred Lewin
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Frank H. Peterson
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