Small Farm a Money Maker and a Good Investment
An essay advocates turning logged off lands into productive ranches to build home and independence. It argues land is the best investment, outlines costs and potential returns, and urges careful land choice, irrigation, and farm planning to replace high rent with home ownership and self-sufficiency. It links pioneer spirit to modern farming and stresses youth savings and stewardship for family welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Rock
Puget Sound
Enormous Tonnage on Country Roads Through 1915 19
A U S Department of Agriculture study by the Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates details the heavy use of country roads for farm product transport. It reports 27 tons per 100 acres across 11 crops and an annual average of 86,560,000 tons moved from 1915 to 1919, listing corn wheat oats barley rye rice flaxseed cotton tobacco potatoes and cultivated hay as the crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates
United States Department of Agriculture
Medina man claims largest apple tree in the United States
Leon S. Joy of Medina New York claims the largest apple tree in the nation. His tree measures 10 feet 6 inches in circumference with two major limbs 6 feet and 5 feet 5 inches long and a total limb span near 60 feet. He also has a second tree eight feet eight inches in circumference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon S. Joy
Medina, N. Y
United States
Rural Weekly Valued Agent in Community Life
The piece argues education should be marketed to the public like goods. It urges teachers to use the country newspaper to inform patrons, build community engagement, and avoid mudslinging while highlighting the newspaper as a vital public service and marketing channel.
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J.orin
America
Community Forum
Birds and Fish Season Rules by County Across Washington
Upland bird and waterfowl rules listed for San Juan Island Island, Whatcom Snohomish Skagit Clallam Jefferson King Kitsap Pierce Grays Harbor Lewis Thurston Mason Skamania Cowlitz Wahkiakum Lewis and other counties. Includes season dates bag limits weekly limits and prohibitions on dogs during deer season and armed restrictions. Also outlines trout bass crappie and other fish limits by county with sunrise sunset restrictions and river proximity rules.
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San Juan
Island
Whatcom
Snohomish
Skagit
Clallam
Jefferson County
King
Kitsap
Pierce County
Pacific County
Grays Harbor
Lewis County
Thurston County
Mason County
Skamania
Cowlitz
Wahkiakum
Clarke County
San Juan County
Snohomish County
Mason
Jefferson
Lake Sammamish
Lake Washington
King County
Lewis
Vancouver Lake
Shillapoo Lake
Thurston
Pierce
Second annual Guernsey Lup held in Whatcom county
The second Guernsey Lup event took place in Whatcom County with thirty automobiles of dairymen visiting thirteen breeders farms showcasing Guernsey cattle operations and farm visits.
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Whatcom County
Dairymen Plan Expanded Herd Improvements across Counties
County dairy groups report multiple bull placements and extensive tuberculosis testing. Guernsey Jersey and Holstein sires are distributed in Benton Clallam Grays Harbor Island Snohomish Pacific Whatcom and Pierre counties. County agents oversee tests and dispersion sales while noting high butterfat backing for a young Guernsey sire.
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Logan Brothers
East Stanwouil Snohomish
Lore
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Ohio L. Miller
Everett Daily Herald
Country Weekly
Columbia and
Snake Rivers
Clallam County
Columbia
Klickitat
Walla Walla
Franklin
Yakima
Kittitas
Douglas Columbia
Garfield, Benton, Grant
Whitman
Max
Mum
Fischer Bros. Co
Seattle
4& MFG. CO
Sri Ave. W
Dairymen’s Corner
Benton
Clallam County Guernsey Club Co
Illis Chambers
C. C K.dall
Ben H. Biden
Dan Jackson
Presis
Peter Jensen
Scott
Frans County
Jersey
Jersey Club of
Harbor County
Wwington
County A
Cowan
Berry
Guernsey H
Guernsey
Island County
Lewis Corn
Gray Harbor
Okanogan County
Dors
Benston Farm Bureau
Pierre County
Carroll
F. O. Ginnever
Washington
Oliver
E. W. Hall CO
2Nd Avenue
Wash
Wholesale Typewriter CO. Si
2Nd Ave
American Jewelry Co
Bargain House
Second Ave
Mare
Malai
H. Clay Glover Co
West
New York
N.Y
O C. F. Baasch
Re Satisfaction & Delicatessen
3Rd Avenue
Madison Street
D. Stevens
Hotel Stevens
First Ave
Marion
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