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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
6
Advice to hatch early and raise vigorous chicks for higher fall and winter prices. Emphasizes natural incubation advantages, proper egg handling, nest setup, and careful artificial incubation steps. Covers timing, equipment, turning, moisture, temperature, cooling, and post hatch handling to reduce shell-dying.
Cambridge University botanists report a new field of plant breeding to immune crops against disease. A special body called plant doctors tests Mendelian heredity by immunizing wheat oats barley potatoes and roots. They claim success with a new wheat named yee man yielding 12 quarters per acre three times the ordinary crop.
Dean Russell of Teachers College Columbia University laments lower pay for teachers vs cooks and maids. He cites 130,000 teaching vacancies and 300,000 teachers earning under 450 dollars yearly, warning the fix could quell agitators by raising salaries.
Housewives note a steady drop in egg prices from about 80 cents a dozen in winter to roughly 45 cents now. With warmer weather egg production should rise and meet Easter needs at reasonable cost, as many plan to use April to clear winter stock.
The Manheim Improvement Company sold the former athletic field to Wm. H. Noggle & Sons shirt manufacturers for a three story factory. The council gains $1300 from two properties along West Ferdinand Street and will use the remaining space for houses. The three acre tract near Lititz turnpike was bought from B. H. Hershey for $3,000.
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