Farm calendar guides fruit spray schedule after freeze
State College advises continued sprays to control pests after the frost. Pink spray timing varies by county, followed by lime sulfur and lead arsenate mixes. Red Spider and Leaf Roller eggs are noted with recommended sulfur washes and autumn timing. Fly control urged by cleaning barns and manure. late-hatched chicks discouraged as winter layers. Garden, pasture, and poultry notes urge manure use and early summer grazing. Free circulars on Rearing Chicks and Common Poultry Diseases offered by Penn State Extension.
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State College
Egent
State College Pathologists
Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture Extension
Pennsylvania State College
State College, Pa
Department
Disbanded Strasburg Band to Sell Equipment
The Strasburg band has decided to disband due to an insufficient membership and will sell its equipment.
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Strasburg
Depleting the Forests in the Coal Region
A PA era editorial warns Pottsville area readers that unchecked forest fires threaten the coal region as forests vanish leaving desolate mountain tops and wildlife displaced. It calls for immediate citizen action to prevent fires, stressing forests as essential to coal production and regional prosperity.
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Pottsville
Pacific Coast
Losses by Fire in Lancaster County Report
The Bureau of Fire Protection presents a five year analysis of fire losses in Lancaster county. It links 70 percent of fires to neglect or carelessness and urges citizen cooperation with fire chiefs to cut losses through more inspections and hazard removal. Reported losses were 331,330 in 1915, 249,200 in 1916, 446,900 in 1917, 380,400 in 1918, and 472,300 in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Fire Protection
Lancaster County
Grasshoppers Threaten North Dakota Michigan Oregon Crops
Reports from the bureau of entomology warn grasshoppers are damaging first post drought crops across northern North Dakota Michigan and Oregon east of the Cascades. Farmers face losses as drought years have reduced funds. The USDA lacks direct funds but offers control guidance including Kopper brit bait mixing wheat bran paris green or arsenic oranges molasses and water. Evening deployment suits semi arid areas for best results.
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North Dakota
Michigan
Oregon
Cascade Mountains
Bureau of Entomology
Dakotas
United States Department of Agriculture
Proper Care for a Horse's Feet and Shoes
Do not economize on shoeing. Hire a skilled shoer and have shoes tended every four weeks. Avoid long calks and overly high shoe height. Ensure shoes fit, keep feet soft in dry weather, and remove shoes if the horse stands idle for a week, with suitable bedding.
Timber profits and farm timber supply plan
Marketing timber profit ably. Supplying timber for farm needs. Furnishing employment for men and teams in winter. Making waste lands yield a profit. Increasing the vale value of the farm.
Spring tonic for vitality promises revived blood health
An old advertisement promotes Gude's Pepto Mangan as the top spring tonic. It claims it rebuilds red blood cells, boosts oxygen delivery, and improves complexion after winter illness. The ad urges using either tablet or liquid form and insists on genuine Gude's Pepto Mangan.
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Earth
Gude
War Tax and Train Timing Notices
Train schedule fragment shows prices or percent tax details and a returning leave from Philadelphia Reading Terminal at 7.00 P M. The snippet includes multiple time values 6.10 6.22 6.42 6.53 6.58 705 to 7 a2 7.29 10.05 and mentions War Tax in percent.
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Philadelphia
Reading Terminal
Providing Shade for Hens in a Coop
The text recommends providing shade for chickens, noting shade should be available for more than a year even for short-term tenants. It suggests quick growing plants for protection and food, including rape, sunflowers, beans, and morning glories as screens. For permanent shade, plant currants, gooseberries, and berries.
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Bureau
Iask
the Amortization Mortgage Co
Pittsburgh
Capital and Surplus
C. Mitchell
P. G. Box
Harrisburg
J. Herbert Zook
Lititz
Steau
Kopper Brit
United States
Richard J. Enber
Claussville
Httle
Harding
Kneer
Johnson
Dennison
T. van C. Phillips
Westtown
George Washington
England
G. W
Charles W. McKinney
East Downingtown
Brickerville
William P. Huel
Palmyra
Washington
Claver
Pepo” Everlastic
Hiershey Seaman Co
Lititz, Pa
Furniture & Rugs
Axminster
Rockers
Ralph M. Spacht
Oliver H. Bair
Phila
W. H. Enck
Penna
Frank E. Schnerer
Spruce ST
Ind
Bell
Spruce Villa Farm Dairy
J. Clayton Brubaker
GRUBE
Wingert & Haas Hat Store
John A. Haas
North
Queen Street
Lancaster, Pa
WM. M. Amer
S. Broad St
Coal and Lumber
Long & CO
Latitz, PA
Lancaster Manheim
Millway
Akron Ephrain
Denver
Reinholds
Vinemont
Reading
Ter
Syeu ouLu Stubdy Barker, Moore
Pfautz’s
Zartman Bros
Wature
Drege
Crudol Company, Inc
Broadway
New York
J. F. Essig
Charles J. Landis
Aaron BR. Hassle
Court of Common Pleas
County of Lancaster
Court House
City of
Lancaster
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Lancater
Tareh
A. D
C. F. Homsher
Sherif
Lawrence K.grosh
P.O
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