Sammy Sausage's Greedy Trick Causes Pig Feud
In a barnyard tale Sammy Sausage reveals a new trick to hoard food at the trough. Grandfather Porky, Brother Bacon, and the others press for the secret as Sammy pretends to share, then rushes the feeding trough to grab more. The pigs imitate, returning to the old method to share the meal.
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Sammy Sausage
Brother Bacon
Porky Pig
Grandfather
Grunt
Grandfather Porky
Sammy
Grandfather Porky Pig
Hatchet or Saw The Cherry Tree Legend?
A humorous exchange about George Washington’s cherry tree tale. The speaker admits uncertainty over spelling while noting the famous anecdote may involve a hatchet rather than a saw.
One-Wheel Vehicle Riddle From Clever Child
A classroom joke features a teacher asking about a vehicle with one wheel after defining bicycles and tricycles. Edgar answers promptly that a one wheel vehicle is a wheelbarrow, eliciting a quick, humorous reply from the student.
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Edgar
Road construction outlook improves in 1923 season
Washington reports the 1923 road construction season will mirror last year’s satisfactory pace. Twenty-one states project 286 million dollars for road work, with federal aid under construction totaling 258 million. Wages rise mainly on the Pacific coast and in New England by about 30 percent. Gasoline taxation rises in thirty states, strengthening highway finance.
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Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Pacific Coast
New England
Texas to file suit over gasoline tax acts
Austin, Tex. The attorney general will file a test case within days to collect the 1c gasoline tax from the thirty-eighth legislature. It covers taxes due in April and May, estimated at 450000 per month, with only about 75000 collected so far. The case tests three 1c per gallon bills and who must pay, with focus on the third bill’s explicit assignment to wholesalers.
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Austin
Tex
Poultry in Storage Declines From Last Year in June
Austin. Tex. Holds show June 1 poultry in storage totaling 7,884,000 cases down 172,000 from last year while May 1 stocks rose by 4,147,000. Broilers on hand 4,463,000. roasters 21,166,000 pounds. fowls 7,431,000 pounds. turkeys 10,936,000 pounds. miscellaneous 13,244,000 pounds. Frozen poultry totals fell 17,322,000 pounds in May from 74,562,000 pounds. U. S. Air Depot Workers Discharged at San Antonio Kelly Field due to $12,000 cut in quarterly depot appropriation.
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Austin
Tex
United States
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
U. S. Air Depot
San Antonio
Civil Service Commission
San Antonio Air Intermediate Depot
Kelly Field No. 1
New Electrocution Law Stops Pre Act Hangs Choice
Austin Texas electrocution bill passed by the second called legislative session will not permit a man who was convicted and sentenced to hang before the act signed to choose between hanging and electrocution, an attorney general department member announced this week.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Louisiana Sugar Cane Crop Outlook for 1923
Louisiana sugar cane area is projected at 331,700 acres for the year, up from 219,600 in 1922 and above the five year average of 292,100. About 17 percent will be seeded for the sugar belt. Syrup belt production is expected near 9,600 acres, stable from last year, depending on syrup and sugar prices.
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Louisiana
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Boarder Cows May Lose Their Homes
A dairy bulletin analyze feed costs in Holstein herds and shows higher yields lower cost per 100 pounds of milk. It argues low producers waste resources and should be phased out, urging dairymen to adopt higher producing cows.
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University of Tinois Agricultural Experiment Station
Agricultural Experiment Stasion
Urbana
Distinct Advantages in Use of Manure Spreader
The article argues for manure spreaders as profitable farm gear. It highlights unloading by horses, uniform manure distribution, and top-dressing wheat improving grain and grass stands. It cites F L Daley of the Missouri College of Agriculture on rotation stability and notes a spreader only pays off when used, not idle in the barnyard.
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F. L. Daley
Missouri College of Agriculture
Ohio Farmers Hit 100 Bushels Corn Per Acre Club
Extension specialists at Ohio State and forty farmers report the hundred bushel per acre achievement over six years on ten acres. Data show best practices include clover follow, land manuring, mixed fertilizer use, and yellow or white corn varieties. Gilmore set a record with 184 bushels per acre on ten acres, earning nearly 50 cents per bushel.
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Ohio State University
Ohio
W. H H. Gilmore
Rhubarb Plant Demands Heavy Fertilizer Care
Garden note advises regular rhubarb treatment as a vegetable crop. Emphasizes annual attention, manure and cultivation to prevent skinny stalks. Recommends substantial fertilizer to produce juicy stalks.
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Bonnercht
Wlstuan WewpParee
Robert
George Washington
Tiogers
Felix
East Main
Western Newspaper Union
Doc
Sor
Gmita
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