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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1917
Page
4
A portable grain fumigation device shown by two Oklahoma inventors sparked a fire department call when passersby mistook the burning fumigation candles at the Washington school for a blaze. The machine, mounted on front and rear trucks with a conveyor, is designed to handle stacked grain and may aid areas hit by heavy losses in 1915.
Fairfield Iowa grants William G. Dows Isaac B. Smith and John A. Reed a twenty year franchise to acquire erect and maintain a gas plant and mains in the city for lighting heating and fuel with rates meters tests and regulatory provisions and a required 20000 dollar expenditure within two years to develop gas service for residents and city use.
The annual molt begins with dog days and lasts about four months. Egg production drops as feathers shed and regrow, starting around July 1 and easing toward September 1. If hens molt early and restart by mid November, they may lay through winter for market supply.
The article argues that high quality fruit yields profit while picking packing and marketing costs dominate. Packing and shipping costs are similar for culls and fancy fruit, so profit margins hinge on thinning and avoiding culls rather than selling lower grade peaches.
Scours in pigs signals digestive trouble usually from excessive or changed feed, dirty pens, or cold wet weather. Keep quarters clean bright and ventilated. If scours occur, decrease feed, add a teaspoonful of sulphur per feeding, and give epsom salts. individual pigs may receive castor oil or epsom salts. Charcoal aid suggested.
The article contrasts typical straw berry yields with intensive farming, noting an average of 1700 quarts per acre and a maximum record of 16000 quarts. It suggests the ratio may apply to other field crops and fruits.
The ordinance authorizes a twenty thousand dollar issue over twenty four months to build improve and extend Fairfield Iowa gas plant and distribution system. It becomes effective after a special election on January 30 1917 with required acceptance by the grantee within thirty days.
William Nelson Bailey declares he will not be responsible for any bills contracted by his wife Anna Delph Bailey from this date. Address listed as 906 West Hempstead Street.
The Ladies of the Christian Church will host a chicken supper on Thursday February 8 from five to eight o’clock. Supper price is 25 cents. Proceeds support church activities.
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