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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1915
Page
7
A Pennsylvania farmer and wife recount eleven years of growing from $800 start with 11 acres to 177 acres. They describe shared labor and equal partnership as the secret of happiness, with a family of two boys, a car, church activity, grange travel, and profits that fund both farm and life comforts.
The Grange has advanced farm cooperation for fifty years, outstripping rival groups in educating farmers to work together. It oversees co op businesses worth multi millions including the Scipio Patrons' Supply Company in New York which did 86000 in business last year with groceries and merchandise valued at 40000 and 10000 in fertilizer.
Minorcas originate from white forms of black stock and produce the largest white eggs. They are striking with pure white plumage red combs and wattles, but despite theory they are not rugged or suitable for mass rearing like Leghorns.
At the Denver annual meeting in January the Colorado State Grange amended its by laws to ban dancing during regular meetings or any half hour. The state master may remove a subordinate grange master or suspend a grange charter for violations. Rural Life notes Eastern granges resemble dancing clubs with community farmers dwindling in membership and ritual work becoming a burlesque.
More than 100000 hampers of fine peas failed to reach markets in New Jersey's truck belt last month. Europe seeks food while U S buyers pay high prices. acres of pea vines remain unpicked and will be plowed under for fertilizer. Poor federal marketing supervision and lack of an efficient commission system hinder distribution, forcing waste.
Kansas winter wheat production is seen at about 188.7 million bushels with an average yield of 16.8 bushels per acre, per the state agriculture department monthly crop report. The estimate exceeds May forecasts by 2.1 million bushels and shows a four tenths bushel per acre rise, aided by 10 percent more wheat sown last fall and 86 percent more acres than 1914 in 53 counties. If the trend holds in the remaining counties, total county sowing would reach about 9.8 million acres, up from 9,001,000 in 1914.
A partial 19th century clipping shows a couplet exchange about marriage roles. The line expresses a claim that marriage did not transform someone into a cook, reflecting domestic expectations in the era. The fragmentary text references Philadelphia as the publication city.
In 1848 two Friends near Sandy Spring Maryland planned a farmers club. It formed February 12 1844 at Richard Bentley’s home and has met monthly for seventy years with mainly light winter meetings. Dues are minimal and assessments fund expenses. Early trials with fertilizer show strong crop gains.
Cy Warman, author of the song Sweet Marie and Grand Trunk Railroad official, was described in a Chicago obituary. A northern Michigan hotel host recounted Warman’s modest career and an anecdote about his role listening to train wheels while a trainman taps for safety.
In New York City last year 4035 people were reported missing and 8240 were recovered. The numbers indicate a high level of missing person activity with substantial recoveries.
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