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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1914
Page
7
Department of Agriculture specialists outline a freezing centrifugal method to concentrate apple cider, yielding 1000 gallons of concentrate from 5000 gallons of ordinary cider. The syrup keeps well, reduces water freight costs, and could extend markets to far regions if commercial tests succeed.
The Reconnaissance Soil Survey of Southeastern Pennsylvania finds river bottom soils along the Susquehanna and Delaware rivers well suited to trucking and gardening. The survey covers 19 counties including Dauphin, Chester, Philadelphia, and York, with corn and wheat yields noted and potatoes grown for home use and local markets. Tobacco is important in several counties, with varying crop emphasis across the region.
The Grange outlines the push for small farm alcohol production and a Casey bill to fund demonstration stills. It notes 1910 remarks by State Master Creasy and the Underwood Tariff amendment enabling farm distilleries, urging patrons to lobby Congress for H R 17855 to advance denatured alcohol.
The article notes estimates of 10,000,000 men in Europe and 24 pounds of food per day per person, totaling 11,250 tons of food. It compares daily transport to 20 ton box cars and 14 trains of 30 cars each, drawn by major locomotives. It cites Texas at 8,560 silos, with one silo per fifty farms, per the Business Men's Association.
A guide to growing flowering bulbs indoors including Chinese lily narcissus polyanthus hyacinth and other bulbs. Instructions cover container setup soil drainage watering schedules cool dark to light transitions and feeding with bone meal and nitrate of soda. Mentioned prices and specific varieties for best bloom.
In Chicago the sale of three million bushels of wheat in a single day marks the largest activity since the war began, seen as a sign of revival. Much of the grain goes to Switzerland via Italy as the US harvest remains large but the global crop is short and prices rise.
Farmers face perishables like berries suffering from slow and uncertain freight processes. A transport system using motor trucks minimizes handlings, enabling faster delivery from field to market and reducing waste in the supply chain.
The motor truck reduces handling to nearly zero by loading directly at the farm and delivering to the city selling point, streamlining transfer and distribution.
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