Virginia farm values double in ten years and rise again
Virginia farming grows more valuable with 630 million dollars in farm property across 184000 farms. Corn dominates acreage with 1800000 acres. tobacco oats hay and wheat follow. Alfalfa expands, soils improve, and hog cholera serum saves farmers money while the horticulture society receives praise.
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Virginia
Koiner
Department of Agriculture
Virginia State Horticulture Society
Parcels Post Rulings Take Effect January First
The Postmaster General announces major parcels post changes from January 1 1928. Fourth class material moves to parcels post with distinct stamps and insured handling, varying rates by zone. Maximum weight eleven pounds and dimensions seventy two inches combined, with unsafe shapes prohibited.
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Philipines
The Boy's Creed and Virginia Election Returns
The piece includes a Boy’s Creed praising outdoor life and self-reliance. It also reports complete precinct returns from Virginia: Wilson 90,888 Taft 28,277 Roosevelt 21,787 Chafin 699 Debs 787 Reimer 50, with notices to subscribe to the Weekly.
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Virginia
Wilson
Taft
Roosevelt
Chafin
Debs
Reimer
Back to the Farm and Rural Progress Reflected
A column advocates returning to rural life citing cost of city living and rural services. It notes farmers supply talent across professions and warns of urban hunger if rural elements are neglected. It mentions Rosenthal murder case verdict for four assailants and death penalty.
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Rosenthal
New York
Snapshots from Exchanges Spotlighting Satire and Society
A collection of fragmented musings on politics, society, and human behavior. The snippets reference the Wilson Administration, economic tensions, marriage expectations, gender roles, and humorous observations about politics, reform, and the self-made man. The tone is editorial and lightly ironic.
Poultry Industry Boost Aided by Fresh Egg Prices
The discourse urges Virginia poultry expansion as national Agriculture Department promotes modern egg production. New York reports fresh eggs at 72 cents a dozen, with near-by yard eggs at 60 cents. Experts say strictly fresh eggs fetch premium, making hens highly valuable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
National Department of Agriculture
New York
Poultry Education Aimed at Higher Egg Returns
The article urges Virginia farmers to learn poultry raising and egg marketing to fetch higher prices. It advises soil renovation of poultry floors by removing 8 to 10 inches of soil, replacing with clean sandy soil, and notes the soil removed can be used for gardens.
Valley Pike area farms offered for sale in Fauquier and Strasburg regions
No 78 Farm, 30 acres with 4 acres timber and 11 more acres near Valley Pike, includes a two story dwelling, outbuildings, fruit trees and water in each field. Prices start at $1600 with $1000 down. Additional Fauquier Co. farm features 6 room dwelling, ten stalls, clear springs, level to rolling land. asking $15.00 per acre.
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Strasburg
Valley Pike
Pike
Fauquier Co. Va
Strasburg Real Estate Bargains No. 63 to No. 69
Real estate ads list properties near Strasburg Virginia including No. 63 a two story frame dwelling with four rooms five lots and metal roof priced at 500 with easy terms No. 58 a large one story frame store building plus a six room metal roof cottage in a prime business location No. 53 two story metal roof building on Main Street suitable for office barber shop or small store and No. 69 two story brick dwelling five rooms two halls with garden water well and modern features in up to date town call for full particulars.
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Strasburg
Main Street
Massanuttem Street
Queen Street
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THE
Middletown
Strasburg News Pub. CO
Frederick Evant
Eberly
Mann
Floyd
Claude Allen
Hillsville Court House
Oregon
E. O. Grover
Fincastle Herald
Truth
Lies
Republican Party
Perdition
E. Little
Middletown, VA
C. W. Wineberg
C.h.henson
H. C. Burgess & Son Insurance
H. C. Burgess & Son
Shenando Building
Strasburg, Virgil
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