Center County Grange displays cooperative progress in Pennsylvania
L. J. Faber praises Center County for thriving Grange activity with cooperatives, banks, and communications owned by farmers. The Pomona Grange owns grounds worth over ten thousand dollars, built from thirty years of cooperative work, with five to six thousand at Grange Day and three to four thousand encamped that week. Leonard Rhone, longtime Master of the Pennsylvania State Grange, is highlighted for his pivotal role.
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Center County
United States
L. J. Faber
Stockman
Center ‘County
Center ‘Hall
Pomona Grange
Center Hall
Leonard Rhone
Pennsylvania State Grange
Pennsylvania
C. D
Montgomery
Berks
Bucks
Bucks County
Agricultural notes on pests soil and crops in 1914 1915
The article discusses pest control through fall plowing dusking and harrowing, saving labor by letting animals harvest corn, making table juice from cull apples, liming limestone soils for alfalfa, and federal import figures for game birds in 1914. It also notes 1915 road and bridge expenditures about 282 million dollars and the portion linked to statute and convict labor, plus drought risk in corn culture and controllable soil and seed factors.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Canaries
United States
Germany will have no surplus say trade group
The American Association of Commerce and Trade of Berlin reports that Germany has no surplus labor or production capacity for exporting cheap goods. Wages have risen, most iron and steel go to arms, and civilian output is scarce. Domestic demand, not exports, dominates, with textiles, dyestuffs, toys, rubber, and leather largely confined to home use.
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American Board
American Association of Commerce and Trade of Berlin
Germany
America
Association
Progress in Soy Bean Uses Highlighted in Bureau Report
The annual report from the Chief of the Bureau notes advances toward commercial use of soy bean seed for oil, meal, and a range of products. It emphasizes developments in processing and potential industry growth, outlining goals for expansion and economic impact.
Soybean prospects in cotton and corn regions noted
The Plant Industry report states the soy bean is well adapted to the cotton belt and the corn region, offering value where cotton acreage has fallen. Immature beans serve as a tasty vegetable, and green soy beans canning is being explored. The U S can compete with the Orient in soy growth and products.
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Cotton
United States
Orient
Onion-only Ohio man sparks sharp sitcom quip
A humorous exchange hints at a man in Ohio living on onions and the joke that anyone who does so ought to live alone. The line shows a witty dialogue underscore in local humor.
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Ohio
Optimist and clock wager in nocturnal exchange
Dialogue captures a light moment as a character jokes about a promised departure time. The other replies with a calm reassurance that eleven hours remain, framing a small humorous exchange.
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Lebanon Valley
York County
Bainbridge
Wago
C. M. McIlhenny
York
Pennsy
Newspapermen’s
Northern Central Railroad
Susquehanna River
Shock’s
Kansas City
John Lapp
Sarah
Isaac Stoltafus
Caernarvon
Stoltafus
Lanewater Way
Godess of Liberty
Reading
Hartford
Conn
Moll
Lehman
W. Moll
Adolph Alexander Weinman
Lancaster County
H. Galen
Fritz
Quarryville
Pine” Grove
Milton Herr
Chicago
James Herr
John McClure
Green Tree
John Hayes
White Rock
Ephrata
Lebanon
Jaques F. Questa
Philadelphia
Reading School Board
Mifflin County
New Castle
Brumbaugh
Dick” Baldwin
Delaware County
Baldwin
Hershey Trust Company
Hershey
Resources
Banks and Trust Cos
Total
Yasetstatucs Aethoerny Fi
Pris
Dauphin
C. Stecher
S.C. Stecher
Edwin M. Mene
WM. H. Lebricher
John Eb, Snyder
John A. Landis
Palmyra Iron and Metal Co
College St
BELL
Palmyra, PA
Orevillon Freres
West 28Th St
New York
Soese
Hershey Printing Co
Hershey, Pa
J. E. Gruber
Derry Church
Yingat
David Gordon Hershey
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