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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1922
Page
6
Multiple listings include an $800 Viano with 10 rolls offered for $250 cash, livestock for sale including five Jersey cows, a five room house for sale near the river, 10 shares of Dryden State Bank stock for sale in Dryden Washington, and a city property exchange inquiry at Joe Stelzig's location in Leavenworth. Contact details provided.
Washington farmers lost 6.8 million dollars in 1922 from hog imports. Spokane Seattle Tacoma and Portland bought 5.9 million dollars worth of corn belt and California hogs in 1921 and slaughtered 6.8 million in 1922. Extension livestock expert C. M. Hubbard urges swine reform stalled by census data showing low brood sows per farm. Albany Yakima Kittitas Lewis and Ska git counties show small numbers. Proposes each farm keep a brood sow and save five pigs per litter to relieve one third of the swine shortage and add nearly two million dollars to farmers pockets with feeding via skim milk waste and local alfalfa pasture programs.
Eleven club boys receive state college scholarships from Union Pacific. Recipients include George Setters Ritzville Everett Terril Kenewick Harlan Shepardson Kelso Robert Polson Montesano William Scott Renton Frank Knizek Dryad Edwin Kroph Eatonville Roy Taylor Olympia Benson Smith Walla Walla Eugene Harns Pullman Roy Banks Selah. Scholarships total 75 dollars plus free rail transportation for each winner based on rank in the competition.
The text notes that scholarship awards come from a railway company to chosen boys from calf pig potato and corn clubs. Scholarships must be used within a year unless the recipient attends school regularly in which case use may extend to the following year. The aim is to foster progressive agricultural training and stronger state agriculture. The selected boys are praised for outstanding club records and leadership in their counties.
Professor O M Morris reported that clean orchard cultivation in irrigation regions boosted growth and early fruiting but depleted soil humus and fertility. In low humus soils, trees suffered drought, with small, poor quality fruit. Cover crops offered some recovery though high fruit color did not return, signaling a warning to growers.
An analyst predicts higher costs for all cotton and wool textiles this coming spring. Cotton futures are up forty percent from a year ago while yarns and worsted yarns show substantial increases. The forecast cites the boll weevil reducing the crop by half and tariff impacts on wool.
The International Polity Club at Washington State College will discuss the foreign policy of Bolshevik Russia and whether the government acts as a center for Bolshevism. The January 17 meeting follows Prof Mauershagen leading the prior session on Near East problems.
A feature list of moral proverbs and Biblical verses on thought power charity peace righteousness and character. Highlights include Proverbs 23 7 Proverbs 19 17 Isaiah 2 4 Proverbs 16 8 Proverbs 22 1 Romans 13 10 and Proverbs 3 5 7 4 17 to urge mindful living and ethical behavior.
The column surveys practical farming advice and household notes from companion topics. It recalls historical facts like the first American silo in 1879 and stresses planning, seeds, drains, proper storage, and the value of milk and good seed. It urges pride in the hometown paper and prudent resource use.
Guidance on poultry roosting space and health. Beekeeping expansion yields 3003 pure bred queens and more honey next year. Dairy herds gain 220 purebred sires boosting fat production from 3.1 to 4.1 percent. 362 dairy cows sold due to poor production. Washington women create 5232 home dress forms under extension service guidance.
In Chelan County Washington Superior Court a hearing is set for January 24 1928 at 9 80 o clock a final report and petition for distribution by executor Fred A Sinclair in the estate of Lorena R Sinclair deceased Interested parties may appear and contest the report at Wenatchee court house Judge Grimshaw presiding Clerk A A Stevens.
The poultry department at the State College outlines a daily feeding plan for laying hens with timed actions from 5:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. including grain, sprouted oats, green feed, scratch, and moist mash, plus constant access to oyster shell grit and water. It also notes litter must stay dry and mentions social visit notes about Tom Cannon and Mrs Cannon’s family. It cites 1922 sweet corn seed production at over 8,000,000 pounds, a 100 percent rise from 1921 but 20 percent below the five year average per the USDA.
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