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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1915
Page
7
Red clover is praised as the main foundation for a permanent northern and eastern U S farming system due to feeding value soil impact and rotation flexibility. It discusses yields hay and green matter volumes seeding methods soil fertility and management to avoid bloating and ensure good stands.
The article cites the U S Department of Agriculture noting less than 40 percent of arable land is well cultivated and under 12 percent yields full returns. It highlights North Dakota and Montana as underutilized and quotes Maine, Liberty Bailey, and other authorities on the gradual path of agricultural development.
Mrs Simkins denies a gardener sighting as Mrs Do Troop reports her husband in the garden. A neighbor learns the “thing in the onion patch” was not her husband but a scarecrow, causing a startled reveal to the daughter.
Mayor Mitchel urged President Wilson to embargo wheat exports citing concern over food supplies. Wilson replied there is no shortage and a forthcoming Agriculture Department statement will reassure. He added he lacks authority to ban exports even if wise. Also included is a 1914 price note for hogs and farming costs from Wyoming County, Pa. farmer B H Robinson.
A purebred O. I. C. hog born February 24 1914 and slaughtered December 1 is tracked for feed costs. Initial pig price 4 dollars, 800 pounds of mixed wheat feed 12 dollars 80 cents, 40 pounds of middlings 70 cents, 200 pounds of corn meal 3 dollars 50 cents. Total cost 21 dollars. Dressed weight 80 pounds.
The 750 pure bred dairy cattle in Chicago quarantine since the foot and mouth outbreak at the National Dairy Show last October show mild illness with no deaths except calves lost during sickness. The herd costs about $80 per head to maintain and doctors disagree on after effects and final disposition. States and Canada may bar or restrict entry, Iowa cattlemen threaten an injunction to keep them out.
The Bureau of Animal Industry tests mingling yearlings with suspect cattle to determine safety. The experiment aims to assess danger to other herds and suggests quarantines may cost more than they are worth if risk persists.
A dairyman and farmer tries to secure a housekeeper’s transfer of her customer base by claiming his hens never lay anything but fresh eggs. The conversation centers on whether her eggs are consistently fresh and the implied threats of trouble.
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