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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1920
Page
2
The notice lists subscription pricing as 1.50 for red as second class matter and 2.00 in advance, with postal details dated 1903. It references post office delivery zones including veteran Four Center and towns Maynard Sudbury Acton.
Authorities like Bradstreet and Dunn's Review note prices easing from wartime peaks. By September a dollar buys about sixty cents worth of necessities wholesale, down from forty-nine cents previously due to consumer resistance to high prices. The press focuses on returning to pre war levels while balancing supply and demand to avoid a sharp collapse.
A St Louis Star cartoon critiques gambling and corruption in baseball with graves labeled boxing horse racing and a gambler figure. The piece argues American baseball is under pressure from vice but praises the sport’s integrity and consensus for the best team winning the World Series.
The piece notes state measures favoring women in Massachusetts education while denying other campus extensions. It reports Mexico’s President-elect Obregon’s welcome crossing the U.S. border at El Paso and contrasts a Havana exile’s return as Col Felix Sz. The author hopes continued connections between north and south.
A new independent organization based on the Savings Division of the First Federal Reserve District is incorporated in Boston to promote thrift, conservation, and safe investment. It will teach economic principles, cooperate with Treasury work, and operate with a broad educational agenda across schools, homes, and organizations.
A Wisconsin Agriculturist writer explains budding as a simple operation suitable for any orchardist with few trees. Buds are cut from the chosen varieties and inserted into stock by a half inch cut above and below the bud, with wood shaved under the bud not removing the bark. the leaf is clipped and the bud should be full and mature from this season’s wood.
Selecting healthy growing stock, cut a T shaped incision through the bark, lift the bark and insert the bud firmly under it. Tape the bud, remove tape in two weeks after union forms, and trim the stock above the bud next season to direct sap to the bud. Budding is favored in western orchards as easier and more satisfactory than grafting.
The article discusses whether double cropping in orchards and gardens is profitable. It notes double cropping is common in potato patches and orchards and that intercropping can be successful when trees are young. It questions whether cropping the soil during early years harms tree growth and reduces soil fertility and moisture.
Farmers should engage in forming a co operative group by holding meetings and circulating printed material. A committee should canvass the community and the proposal discussed thoroughly. Avoid promises of impossible results and stress the value of an effective, united organization.
Cattle fattening profits rise in summer as grain is used efficiently with good pasture. The market also strengthens since the supply of well fattened cattle is limited in the season.
An article advises ongoing culling of hens during summer to avoid losses. It notes waiting until fall to sell culls leads to higher feed costs and lower prices from a glut in the market. The guidance emphasizes continuous management for better profits.
Maynard Massachusetts listing for Ford parts from John Edwards proprietor at 126 Butler Avenue. Includes telephone contact 14 12. Local ad notes parts availability and business location.
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