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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1911
Page
7
Editor outlines estimated costs for producing high grade apples like Spitzenbergs and Newtons. Details show exact first four items, approximate last six, totaling about fifty cents per box with potential reductions to three to four cents for wiping and picking. Factors include orchard size handling capacity yield and local practices.
Ottawa professor Gilbert outlines eight reasons poultry adds farm value. It converts waste to income via eggs and chickens and offers year round revenue with moulting pauses. Poultry yields faster returns on capital than other crops and provides valuable manure for gardens or orchards. Birds in orchards control pests and poultry can be raised nationwide for meat or eggs. It offers wife friendly work, winter egg production, and requires little capital to start.
The article argues for more farmers to keep bees to cut the sugar and syrup bill. It stresses learning through reading and winter study, warns against a carefree approach, and advises starting small to gain experience before expanding. It highlights kerosene lamp scents to attract nectar and the need for careful, cautious beginnings.
Danish authority Prof Boeggild notes that doubling milk production via better cows yields more than quadruple profit. Critics miss that profit comes only after the cow’s feed costs are covered, and the good cow ultimately pays for her own upkeep and the surplus milk plus profit.
The Washington Exhibition Car drew 1000 to 3000 daily visitors in towns visited on December 4 as it tours Indiana and Pennsylvania. Reports from Great Northern agents show strong interest in Washington, with many attendees considering western homesteads. Washington materials were distributed at the United States Land and Irrigation Congress, signaling a likely spring influx of homeseekers and investors.
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