Maine Farm Finds Profitable Berry Crop
A Maine grower reports blue berry bushes as a profitable crop, yielding up to 5000 dollars yearly. The piece highlights berry production as a viable agricultural venture for local farmers.
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1921
Page
1
A Maine grower reports blue berry bushes as a profitable crop, yielding up to 5000 dollars yearly. The piece highlights berry production as a viable agricultural venture for local farmers.
Farmers recall the blueberry harvests with 100,000 acres in Quebec county and 800,000 in Housek county contributing to a 860,000 to 1,500,000 can output potential. Canners purchase berries on the open market or from their lands, aiming to fill 24 can per crate for 2 860,000 cans. The 1018 season saw prices around $6 a case, slipping to $5 as crops faltered despite strict canning care to meet demand.
A long suppressed loan and a forged partnership drive a widow’s return to the man who helped her. Years after tragedy, Edner Isham reveals her husband Cherreth Isham’s notes and endorsements. Their mutual regard rekindles into enduring love as she offers thanks and vows.
A long readable passage describes a university student, a foreman in a shop, who despite blindness uses micromechanics and readings to pursue education. The narrative highlights perseverance, teaching aid, and a lesson on sight versus skill as the student balances study with work and lectures on efficiency.
Fire Worshipers in London report the Parsee Association of Europe has secured a large West End house with generous Indian donations. It will host Zoroastrian ceremonies and provide a place for the bodies of dead Parsees before burial.
An Alberta page in the Montreal Family Herald describes a creature with a chicken body and duck-like features. The report notes the bird’s feathers are unusual and reversed, with the entire arrangement described as very odd.
Operates lathes drills frese grinders and other machine in machine shop.
A boy named Anderson Puke, ten years old in Shelby county, is believed to be the heaviest boy of his age in Indiana. He stands five feet tall and weighs 245 pounds. The text notes his birth in Brookfield and schooling in the sixth grade.
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