War Road Building Policy Outlined for 1918
Secretary Houston of the agriculture department tells highway officials the war policy for road work. He urges maintaining existing highways and completing those vital for the war and moving commodities while delaying less essential projects. The office sends schedules for 1918 federal aid, detailing road descriptions, materials, costs, and war impact to guide an efficient program.
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Houston
Department of Agriculture
American Association of State Highway Officials
Office of Public Roads
United States
Condemnation of Highway Types Tied to Maintenance Realities
An Illinois highway official argues road type choices depend on maintenance capability. Public sentiment often condemns roads as costly or poor without examining upkeep costs or proper maintenance. He urges engineers to educate the public on economic principles in road improvement.
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B. H. Piepmeier
Highway Department
State of Illinois
Isolated Clodhopper Hauls On Poor Roads
Isolated by bad roads the farmer is a clodhopper who must hop fast and long to keep income from sinking under transport costs. The quote portrays rural hardship and mobility limits affecting farming earnings.
Comfortable Barns Best for Dairy Cows
Comfortable barns keep dairy cows warm at lower cost than expensive feed, highlighting efficient housing as a key herd management strategy.
Material for Good Butter Good butter comes from clean flavored cream
The text asserts that high quality butter results from using cream that is clean in flavor and quality. It emphasizes the link between cream purity and butter excellence.
Prices for Metals in New York Markets
Lead quoted at 7.10 to 7.25, copper 23.12 percent, bar silver 99 cents. Tungsten concentrates 60 percent range 20.00 to 22.50 per unit. Crude ores 60 percent 22.00 to 25.00, 25 percent 12.00 to 12.50, 10 percent 9.40 to 12.20.
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New York
Boulder
Cole
Colo
Upland
Nebr
South Park
Gunnison Valley
Phelps Dodge Reports Large 1940 Copper Firm Profits
The annual report for the year ending December 31 shows Phelps Dodge Corp with copper lead silver and gold sales totaling 48 978 772 and coal coke and merchandise sales of 12 182 687. Other income brings total income to 62 262 186 and net earnings to 22 456 906 after expenses of 39 805 280. Dividends reach 10 800 000 and surplus 11 656 906 with a reserve for mine depletion of 5 516 526. The report notes a 110 069 341 increase in mine valuation to meet government rules, final surplus 181 986 847. Last year net after fixed charges was 21 974 000.
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Phelps- Dodge Corporation
Arizona
Rich ore shipments mark 1917 at Colorado mines
Ore shipments in March 1917 show San Miguel county leading Colorado with a 33 percent gain. The Rico Argentine mine produced and shipped ore worth over 100000 dollars to smelters. A rich vein near Ouray and Tram Angle will be mined after litigation ends. Aerial tramway sections for Rawley Mining arrive. Primos mines in Bear Creek employ many workers. Apex Refining buys a Boulder oil field refinery plant covering eleven acres with 500 barrels daily capacity.
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Camp Bird
Ouray
Tram Angle Station
Grand Valley
DeBeque
Rawley Mining Company
Bonanza
Shirley
Primos
Bear Creek
San Miguel County
Vanadium
Apex Refining and Drilling Company
Boulder
Anaconda and Inspiration deny consolidation plan
High officials deny a report that a merger between Anaconda Copper Company and Inspiration would occur on a one for one share basis. The Anaconda firm is building a large electric ferro-manganese plant at Great Falls Montana with five 7,000 horsepower furnaces and a total of 35,000 horsepower, possibly expanding to 50,000 horsepower with two more furnaces.
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Anaconda and
Inspiration Companies
Anaconda
Inspiration
Anaconda Copper Company
Great Falls
Mont
New Mexico Mines Activity Expands Across Mogollon and San Juan
New Mexico reports milling of 1100 to 1200 tons with usual cleanup on the 15th. The Oaks company develops Pacific and Central Group at Mogollon while ore is saved for shipment. Mesa Verde acquires over 50 000 acres of oil leases in San Juan field. A new bedrock mining camp grows twenty miles north of Lordsburg for fluorspar. San Juan county eyes oil activity with Socorro mill machinery being installed at Mogollon and expected to run by early summer despite slow deliveries.
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Mogollon Mines Company
Oaks Company
Pacific and Central Group
Mogollon
Mesa Verde Company
San Juan
Bedrock
Lordsburg
New Mexico
San Juan County
Socorro
Five Rigs Operate in Big Sand Draw Field Wyoming
Producers and Refiners Corporation runs five standard rigs in Big Sand draw. Several drill on leases from River ton Petroleum Company and Leslie Oil Company on the Lee school section in Warm Springs field near Thermopolis. It brought in its third well to 1005 feet, one foot deeper than well No 2 on the same section.
Miscellaneous Markets Metals Prices and Tungsten Concentrates
Market notes list bar silver 99 percent at 7.10 to 7.25, lead 7.10 to 7.25, spelter 6.76, tungsten concentrates at 24.50 per unit. Boulder Colorado reports tungsten ore values with suffix pricing around 22.00 and 12.50 per cent, plus additional fractional figures in a terse market brief.
Price List Fragments From Boston Texa Territory Markets
Scattered rates show fines and charges for various goods and services in Texas territory. Items include fine staples, combing services, clothing categories, and pulled extras with quoted price ranges.
Kansas City Produce and Butter-Creamery Pricing Note
Market list from Kansas City includes Butter-Creamery with firsts at 3894¢c seconds at 38c and packing at 30c. Egg prices show 32¢ per dozen, broilers at 24¢, with other items such as guent AeA and 18¢ listed.
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Kansas City
Chicago Butter Creamery and meat price listings
Chicago notices show prices for butter creamery eggs wursts at 34 42c and 83 84%4%c, with ordinals firsts and case marks. Potatoes from Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota sold in bulk at $1.10 to $1.25 per sacks names ditto. sacks priced at $1.20 to $1.30.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Chicago Live Stock Quotations Report
Chicago stock market summary shows hogs priced by category from light to rough with bids ranging 10.50 to 17.60 and pigs at 13.00 to 17.25. Cattle quotes list native steers 10.20 to 17.35, stockers and feeders 8.30 to 12.25, cows and heifers 6.85 to 13.85, calves 8.00 to 13.50. Sheep and lambs also reflected withe values 13.00 to 17.40 for sheep and 16.25 to 1.65 for lambs.
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Chicago
Sugar Centeral Price Note in New York Market
A brief item records a sugar price note from Sugar New York centric market data showing 6.005 and a refining figure 7.45 with notation unclear. The text provides a snapshot of commodity pricing typical of late market reports.
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New York
Linseed prices and bids noted in Duluth market report
Linseed prices show a bid of 34.04 percent for July at $4.04 per bushel and an asked price of $4.04 percent for October with May figures listed. Minnesota market data includes arriving shipments and price references in Duluth.
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Duluth
Minn
Liberty bond booster speech urges patriot investment
A spirited call to buy Third Liberty bonds emphasizes liberty, national security, and patriotic duty. The speaker links bond purchases to safeguarding freedoms, supporting government credit, and protecting savings with a guaranteed, solid investment backed by the United States.
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United States of America
Plymouth Rock
My wife is the limit in wartime club talk
An American businessman complains that since the war began every meeting consumes life. A French guest jokes that his wife does little club work, recalling a past quarrel with the line La club ne vaire, a quip about the club life during war.
Powderless gun could revolutionize land warfare
An American inventor unveils a powderless firearm that resembles a grinding wheel at close range. It spins at high speed powered by an electric motor and fires hundreds of rounds per minute. Bullets sit in cups and release by centrifugal force. It claims five mile accuracy, low cost, and noiseless operation.
Milk's Journey from Cow to Kitchen in Small Towns
A descriptive look at the milk distribution process from farm to doorstep, noting farmers rising before daybreak, cooling, trucking over rough roads to rail, and pasteurization before delivery. It also touches on federal bird protections and enforcement by wardens during spring migration.
Reduce Fly Injury to Stock
US department of agriculture promotes prevention of fly larva damage to livestock. Key measures include burning or burying carcasses, timing births to late fall winter or early spring, continuing branding and wound care in winter and spring, protecting livestock from injuries, and destroying ticks and trapping flies. Farmers' Bulletin 857 outlines the damage and control methods. Burning or burying carcasses is crucial since maggots feed on decaying matter and propagate the infestation. If decay were eliminated, blow flies responsible for maggot infestation would be nearly eradicated.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Last Day For Migratory Bird Hunting Open Season
The final day of the open season for migratory game birds ended January 31 making it unlawful to capture or kill such birds anywhere in the United States. The Department of Agriculture announces in response to requests about the federal protective law as state game commissioners and sportsmen report higher wild fowl losses this past season than ever before.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Investment in U S dairy farms tops the millions
The Department of Agriculture reports 23 384 000 milking cows on U S farms on January 1 1918 valued at 1 643 639 000. Land buildings and machinery add vast value with land cost driving totals, a 50 cow dairy needing about 13 300 in equipment alone.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Exercise Prevents Pig Thumps In Early Life
Guidance for pig farmers on preventing thumps in newborn to ten day old pigs. Emphasizes exercise as the main preventative measure, with methods for outdoor and indoor housing, including alleyway workouts and barrel or hogshead containment to ensure movement and fatigue. Rules stress early good start over ten days old.
Quality of Butter Drives Consumer Confidence
The article stresses uniform butter quality as key to sustaining customer loyalty and success for a private dairy. It emphasizes consistent standards as essential to market reputation and repeat business.
Value of Heifers in Butter Production
The article states heifers are valuable to farmers based on how little feed is needed for them to produce a pound of butter, linking feed efficiency to cattle value.
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St. Louis
Colorado
Rico
Montana
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Denver
Carlond Price
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Enver
Lima
Ted
Boston Wool Trade
Boston
Tex
Uncle Sam
Irvin S. Cobb
Rocky Mountains
Bunker Hill
Independence Hall
Appomattox
Washington, D. C
National Capitol
George
Uncle Sam Short
Home Defense’ League
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