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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1917
Page
3
A Saturday meeting in Lane County drew farmers and business leaders to boost roads and form a permanent group. The chamber of commerce relaunched plans for a $60,000 corporation to push industry, with a focus on a broader countywide community promotion effort and tax-based funding.
Summary of the March crop report by the Bureau of Crop Estimates. Washington stocks and prices for wheat corn oats and barley with year ago comparisons. Oregon figures for wheat corn oats and barley. merchantable quality percentages. Also notes on new licenses and taxes for La Crosse Washington business firms and license measures.
A jury in Baker Oregon awarded Alonzo Robinson 1500 dollars and the Weygandt estate 3950 dollars for injuries to Robinson and the death of Henry Weygandt in a collision at the O W R N Co crossing in Weatherby. Separate verdicts totaled 5450 dollars.
The Mallory line announced an embargo on rice shipments via Galveston destined for New York and beyond. A Morgan line embargo is already in force. The move aims to clear stocks already booked for passage.
The Portland wheat market lists Bluestem at 1.64 and 1.61, red Russian 1.56, oats and barley at 36.75 and 38.00, butter cubes at 35.8, and jobbing prices for prints and butterfat. Livestock quotes include cattle steers at 9.25, cows to 8.00, calves to 10.00, hogs around 14.85, and sheep with wethers 12.00 and lambs 10.75.
Prominent Boston women prepare to serve as army automobile pilots. Two are pictured learning to repair motorcar engines in case of wartime need.
Nebraska experiment station reports milk fed to chickens doubles egg production. Milk or milk mash supplies protein needed for chick development. carbohydrates alone do not replace protein. When milk is unavailable, commercial meat scrap is equally effective as a substitute.
Wisconsin experiments show a rye and vetch cover crop after harvest suppresses quack grass. Sow two bushels of rye and 20 to 30 pounds of winter vetch per acre. they sprout quickly, then resume growth in spring to three feet high, later turned under as green manures or cut for hay.
A discussion notes more farm equipment rusts or is discarded due to faulty parts than from complete wear. It argues farmers bear the bills, remain steady buyers, and stay in the field, urging four remedies: careful selection, buying from reliable dealers, keeping machinery in repair, and sheltering gear when not in use.
A 60 foot barn adjoins a 20 by 14 by 14 foot shed for farm scales and storage. A 6 foot square hole near the roof allows hay to be loaded on the scales. Large doors measure 10 by 12 feet. a small door has a window. a stock drive door leads to the scale.
The article urges farmers to maintain a small wood lot as forestry becomes an important farm feature. It stresses fuel supply, fence posts, timber, landscape beauty, and comfort for occupants as key benefits of having a wood lot on the farm.
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