Holstein Cows Prove Profitable Through Butterfat Output
Connecticut farmers find Holsteins yield more total butterfat and higher net returns than Guernseys or Jerseys despite higher feed costs. The Wisconsin data show Holsteins average 81.60 lb more butterfat than Guernseys and 189.69 lb more than Jerseys, with net gains of 8.44 and 11.70 dollars respectively. Also notes Harvey Washington Wiley joins the Holstein-Friesian Association. his dairy plans include 100 good milking cows with about half registered Holsteins.
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H. J. Judkins
Connecticut Agricultural College
Connecticut
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Wisconsin
Guernseys
Jerseys
Guernsey
Jersey
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Harvey Washington Wiley
Bluemont
Virginia
George Washington University
Washington
District of Columbia
Wiley
Indiana
United States Department of Agriculture
Profesor Wiley
Grasalands
Heo
DeKol Johanna Korndyke
The
Pontiacs Jr
Average milk price by region in 1913 and trends
1913 dairy statistics show the national milk price at 3.849 cents per quart, up from 3.565 in 1912. New England had the highest yearly average and December price, while East North-Central and Middle Atlantic states saw the widest monthly ranges with substantial June lows. Prices varied by unit and grade, with premiums offered for richer or cleaner milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Division
Bureau of Crops Estimates
New England
Horses For the War
England commandeered horses in England and abroad during the war effort. The nation bought and shipped thousands of horses, using its ships and crews to land them in prime condition, paying high prices for road horses up to 350 dollars, while the French and Germans also sought mounts from various regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Mercantile Marine
Admiralty
Texas
Bordeaux
America
Germany
Ireland
Great Britain
Cold-Resisting Plants Collected by Frank N Meyer in Asia
Frank N Meyer spent 1906 to 1908 in China and Manchuria surveying unseen regions for the Department of Agriculture. He gathered hundreds of seeds and cuttings, including dry-hand poplars, hardy table prunes, wild apple and apricot, a hardy olive, and Siberian forage legumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank N. Meyer
China
Manchuria
Department of Agriculture
Central Asia
Siberian
Althar
Opportune Tha Optimist Struck By Motor Car
A vivid OCR fragment shows Opportune Tha Optimist remarking on luck after being struck by a passing motor car. The garbled text includes a plea to a doctor and misspelled exclamations reflecting a chaotic report of the incident.
Domestic Peanuts Show Strong Growth in Southern Regions
The article discusses long standing peanut production in the Southern States and California, noting rising interest in the Middle West and Southwest. It reports annual imports of about 20 million pounds valued near $1 million and cites Japan’s alarm as U.S. buyers withdraw from peanut markets amid a bumper U.S. crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Southwest
California
Africa
China
India
Florida
Japan
United States
George H. Scidmore
Yokohama
Sudden Demand Drop and High War Risk Rates Noted
Reports indicate a sudden decrease in demand due to a somber commercial mood in the States and the specific rates levied for war risks. The insurance context highlights cautious market behavior amid wartime uncertainty and rising charges.
Massachusetts weighs farm labor compensation plan
The Massachusetts Compensation commission studies a plan to insure farm laborers against injury and to extend liability compensation to farm workers. Rural Life notes similar moves nationwide and cites Germany where insuring all labor groups yields high paid benefits for injured farm workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Compensation Commission
Massachusetts
Germany
May Never Recover Hicks Isn’t Withington
A brief, fragmentary exchange notes Hicks’s long illness and convalescence while remarking on nurse Withington. The dialogue hints at health concerns and personal opinions without furnishing a full narrative.
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Hicks
Withington
Wicks
Huge Cost of the War A Berlin study lists daily expenditures
The Berlin Vorwaerts reports daily war costs for Britain France Russia and Allies with figures up to January 1 making a total daily outlay near 45.96 million and cumulative costs around 6.89 billion. It notes no detailed costs for Germany and Austria Hungary.
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Berlin
Vorwaerts
Triple Entente
Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Gasoline Stunts Benefit Farm Life In Humorous Note
A playful piece touts gasoline as a versatile farm aid citing feats such as milking 300 cows, bales of hay, cement mixing, moving a ton truck, plowing acreage, and powering lights. It contrasts with fading boyhood grindstone memories and frames fuel use as practical progress.
Boy in Sayre Battling Foot and Mouth Disease
Doctors from across Pennsylvania visit Sayre to treat Harold Clarey son of the local postmaster. The boy suffers a severe foot and mouth disease, a rare case likely linked to butter from infected cattle. doctors expect recovery.
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Pennsylvania
Sayre
Harold Clarey
Clarey
Fragmentary Exchange Between Speakers in a Dated Column
The readable fragment shows two unnamed speakers debating a remark about a person named Binks. It hints at a temper or interpersonal tension but provides no clear event, date, or setting.
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Holland Prya
Lad
Binks
J. E. Gruber
Hershey Derry Church
Yingst’s
John B. Curry
Swatara Station
Curry
New Holland
Hershey Store Co
Chocolate Avenue
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