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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1922
Page
4
A USDA note urges ground grains as a mash component for growing chickens and laying hens, reducing gizzard work and improving nutrient use. It warns scratch grain keeps hens healthy and exercise, favors dry over wet feed to avoid labor and digestive issues.
The notes state hens avoid dry mash and do not peck at dry feed, while they sometimes eat wet feed. This detail appears as a brief observation in the article fragment.
The wood duck season remains closed this fall under the migratory bird treaty act. The Bureau of Biological Survey notes the species cannot be killed anywhere in the United States as protection helps its numbers recover. Also protected year round are feeder ducks and swans.
Storage houses hold eggs and farmers have boosted poultry flocks as prices are expected to stay low. On August 1 there were 4,812,248 cases of eggs in storage, about 35 percent above the seasonal three year average, with movements outward from storage beginning in summer.
The article notes eggs appear in fall and winter with most sales before January and prices influenced by weather. It predicts affordable eggs at season start despite conditions and discusses poultry farming as a profitable activity yet farmers restricting sales to wait for higher prices. Poultry fattening stations show reduced occupancy this season.
The secretary of the treasury announces a new form for Treasury Savings Certificates starting Oct 1 1922 with prices $1000 at 820, $100 at 82, and $25 at 20.50 replacing the old values. The sale of $1 Treasury Savings Stamps will be discontinued. Theodore Harder district director signs the notice.
Washington ranks second in bee colony numbers after census showing a 68 percent rise in honey production and an increase in wax output, signaling state growth in beekeeping.
W. A. Lloyd lauds Washington State College extension work at Pullman luncheon, noting efficient funding and strong outcomes. He calls Washington a national leader in agricultural extension, which covers 28 counties with county agents home demonstration agents and boys and girls club work.
The report notes a 76.8 percent increase in beekeeping activity, with 56 806 colonies at ten dollars each valued at 568 060.00. Excludes equipment, which would push the business toward over a million dollars. Honey worth 159 20.60 at ten cents a pound.
The extension service is highlighted as a potent factor elevating Washington among the nation’s top agricultural states, aiding growers and boosting the sector’s prominence.
At the Chicago Live stock Show a doctor admires a large hog while a boy reveals the hog is his father’s prize winner. The doctor asks about the boy’s age and diet and learns the boy says they feed milk to the hogs.
Dr and Mrs H C Curry a Seattle eyesight specialist will be at the Farley hotel in Leavenworth on Monday September 25 for one day only. He is known for careful eye examinations and glasses fitted when needed at reasonable prices.
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