Secretary urges poultry boost to aid war food supply
A government letter to the American Poultry Association, transmitted via Henry M. Lamon, urges expanded poultry production to quicken meat supply and aid allies. It stresses adopting new farm methods, government support, and potatoes as a key staple amid wheat shortages.
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Secretary of Agriculture
American Poultry Association
Henry M. Lamon
Department
State Agricultural College
Department of Agriculture
Western hay market and local news roundup from Bath
Market notes show No. 1 Timothy hay at 25.00 to 27.00 per ton and No. 2 at 22.40 to 24.00, with high regional prices and demand for Timothy Clover mix. The Brunswick Morse High school football loss to Brunswick 14 7 is reported alongside daylight saving experiments in New England schools and a Brunswick motorcycle accident. Major Bath items include the Annie C. Ross launch, local deaths, and Red Cross volunteer knitting efforts.
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St. Louis
Adams
Department of Agriculture
Augusta
United State
Canada
E-Tate- Eshed
Gurmarive
Keeping Cows to Make Manure
Prof. Frank App of the New Jersey Experiment Station argues dairy farmers face a crisis. He questions whether to keep cows until feed costs fall or milk prices rise, noting manure needs drive cow herd use. He warns many dairies are unprofitable and urges selling cows where conditions hinder milk profit. Pennsylvania Farmer.
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Frank App
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Diversify Fertilize Motori ze Specialize
The Saturday Evening Post outlines a plan to raise yields without extra labor by diversifying crops and using targeted fertilization. Diversification means managing the farm to maximize the best crop each year while using other areas for supportive crops or products, and fertilization links directly to increased yields and lower per acre costs.
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Saturday Evening Post
Potato Crops Backed as Prices to Fall Across U S
The Department of Agriculture forecasts a record national potato yield exceeding 467 million bushels this year, far above 1916 figures, signaling lower prices and restored prominence of the tuber on American tables.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Save Your Own Vegetable Seed
A USDA Farmers Bulletin No. SS4 explains how home gardeners and truck growers can save seeds from beans peas corn peppers okra squash cucumbers and melons. It covers selecting seed from cod plants and details curing and handling seeds for home and market gardens.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bullettin
Lamb Club Progress At Mount Juliet Tennessee Sale Totals
The Mount Juliet lamb club sold this year's output at 16.41 dollars per hundredweight totaling 12 500 dollars for members. In 1894 price was 2 50. Over 74 years sales reached 120 500 dollars. Dr Lee Wright led with 101 lambs 94 first grade averaging over 55 pounds. County agent W K Tipton notes Bairds Mill club also at 16 54 per hundred.
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Mount Juliet
Tenn
Lamb Club
Lee Wright
SS Eves
W. K. Tipton
Bairds Milllamb
Brough
Clean Up Fence Rows After Harvest Weeds control note
After harvest is a good time to kill weeds in fence corners and along the road side. Stopping seeding now prevents next year’s crops from being afflicted by weeds and, done over time, eliminates many weed varieties. Weeds thrive where fields are infertile and out of balance. correcting these factors causes weeds to fade naturally.
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Morse High
Brunswick
Kelley Field
Brunswick High
McKinney
Cass
Cheice
Merve
S.des
Cranewick
Brusswick
Coss
Morse
Talbot
Visitimetes
Seth
Mullin
Portland
Otis I. Trafton
Catherine Loveitt
Martin's Point Bridge
Miss Loveitt
George Jewett
Cook, Everett and Pennell
Maine General Hospital
Water St
Ira W. Strout
Delphiose Gauthier
Elmer H. King
N. Strauss
Royal Charity Hospital
Berlin
Levison
Strauss
Stravas
Potatoes With Meat A Budget Nutrition Note
The USDA endorses potatoes as a cheaper energy source when wheat costs rise. Potatoes supply minerals and starch, aiding digestion and counteracting acid in meat. They can replace parts of bread or be mixed into flour. Price comparisons show cost per nourishment varies with bulk and form. Plowing kills wireworms by destroying their food supply.
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Department
United States Department of Agriculture
Record City Farm Yields Ninety Bushels Oats Per Acre
Cart Vrooman assistant secretary of Atr ure on one of his farms at Cheneca UL set a farm record with ninety bushels of oats per acre. The statewide average across Vrooman farms this year was seventy two bushels per acre. The article notes Vrooman nearly doubles the state average on this field and credits USDA advised methods. It mentions sowing and husbandry practices and grain markets alongside unrelated ads and a legal verdict in Bath.
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Cart Vroomen
Atr Ure
Chenca
Vrooman
United States Department of Agriculture
Liberty Loan Talk At Dreamland Impresses Audience
Col E Punnwer of We Four Minuw spoke on Liberty Loan at Dreamland and the Opera House Monday, urging strong subscriptions as crucial to victory. He claimed bonds yield better interest than savings and that instalment buyers save dollars, stressing theatregoers could afford bonds to support the war effort.
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Col
E. &. Plunwer
Dreamland
Opera House
Germany
Avtria
Turkey
Americs
Avcrege Savings Bank
Woman Narrowly Escapes Fire at 6 Dike Place
Mrs Nany J Richardson a seven year old girl living alone at 6 Dike street woke to smoke and alerted neighbors as a chimney fire flared late Monday night firefighters quickly responded. Box 71 brought help and a second blaze was found in a partition though the front room fire was contained with about 266 dollars in damage.
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Nany J. Richardson
Richardon
County Board Certifies Exemption Decisions
Sagadaboc County exemption board certifies to District Board No 1 the exemptions for Axel D Wilson and Arthurs J Christopher as not dempted or discharged. Wilson a Cambridge boy residing at 746 High St and Christopher a Quircy boy at 4 Walker St. Alice A Abraham granted exemption. Arthur G Brown of 112 Center St rejected.
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Sagadaboc County
Axel D Wilson
Arthurs J. Christopher
Wilson
Cambridge
High St
Christopher
Quircy
Walker St
Alice A. Abraham
Arthur G. Brown
Center St
Divorces Granted in October Term of Satachshoe County Court
Sixteen divorces were granted by Justice Bird in the October term of the Satachshoe County Supreme Court. The list includes Arthur P Wright Bath from Bea Wright for statutory offense and multiple cases of cruel or abusive treatment. Rena L Drouin Bowdoin from Louis Drouin for intoxication. Nellie A Merriman Richmond from Harry C Merriman for statutory offense. Edith Wasz Bowdoin from William Wage for abusive treatment. other petitions list names and residences with grounds such as cruel treatment or intoxication.
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Portland
Flora Blanchard
Bath
William E. Dourglass
Richmond
Justice Bird
Antix SS
Dearborn
Bertha M. Dearborn
Ozi Y Christiansen
James J. Christiansen
Sdney M. Hopkins
Cora B. Wepking
Fred (. Lewis
Laura E. Lewis
Carrie A. Cripps
Aid
Ernest Cripps
Harriet M. Wright
Rom Jordan C. Wright
Nellie A. Merriman
Harry C. Merriman
Frank D. Totman
Path
Madeline Totman
Rena L. Drouin
Bowdoin
Louis Drouin
Alice G. Merry
Ralph E. Mery
Edith Wasz
William Wage
Helen M. Hatch
John F.j.hatch
Real Estate Transfers Across Bath and Nearby Towns
Multiple conveyances record transfers in Bath Phippsburg Bowdoin Topsham and Woolwich involving Rosa Poli James Whittemore Margery Bailey and The Texas Steamship Co among others. Transactions list buyers and sellers including in Bath Beatrice Hinckley and Arthur Johnson and in Bowdoin and Topsham with names like Roger Williams Lillian Williams and Charles Douglas.
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Rosa Poli
Rose Gordon
Bath
Frederick W. Swanton
T Alo Winifred
Wardwell
James B. Whittemore
C. L. Douglas
Powdoin
Margery E. Bailey
Alice .E. King
Cleveland B. Kane
Edwin F. Ramsay
Henry Bickle
Herbert W. McCabe
Catherine D. Hawley
Harold E. Bennett
Phippsburg
Emil Kleemacen
Belle Roundy
Bow
Topsham
Lillian A. Williams
Roger E. Williams
John S. Bishop
Charles L. Douglas
Bowdoin
Louisa D. Murphy
Phippsbdurg
Clarence N. Flood
Arthur I. Pepper
Hester A. Webb
Edward H. Carlton
Woolwich
Violet T. Wright
Scott R. Frye
Beth
Fred 3. Roberts
Isaae H. Ifolbrook
Hiram B. Cobb
Lea Marie Cobb
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