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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1921
Page
4
A cost study of thirty eight profitable New York farms in 1919 by the New York State College of Agriculture found an average horse consumed 6769 pounds of grain a year. Farms with 2.2 hours of horse work daily fed less grain and hay than those at 3.8 hours, yet the higher hour farms achieved labor at a lower hourly cost.
The government urges large scale tree planting across states. Idle acres in New York and Pennsylvania could yield millions annually. Eastern states, once rich in timber, now import lumber from the Pacific Coast at high cost.
The nation accelerates road building as 2985 points show progress. By June 1920 the government reports 2116 projects totaling 16,000 miles completed, with 30,000 miles approved and an estimated cost near 400 million dollars.
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