Markets Report from the Bureau of Markets Virginia potato and citrus trends
The report shows Virginia eastern shore Irish cobbler potatoes rising to about 4 3/4 dollars per barrel in New York, with eastern markets higher overall. New Jersey cobbler prices around 2.50 to 3.00 per 100 pounds in New York, and California salmons and Georgia peaches cited with notable shifts. dairy butter prices hold steady with July scores.
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Washington
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Virginia
New York
New Jersey
Kansas
Ohio
Kansas City
Chicago
St. Louis
California
Colorado
Turlock
Arkansas
Georgia
Elberta Peaches
Texas
South Carolina
Tom Watson
F.o.b
Timothy
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Cincinnati
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Omaha
Prairie
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Southwestern Mills
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Boston
Wisconsin Cheese Board
Young Americas
Fort Worth Stock Market: Hog and Sheep Prices Steady
Fort Worth reports steady hog prices with 1,500 head selling mostly at 11.00 to 11.25 per hundredweight and a top at 11.40 for one lot. Sheep and yearlings held steady while lambs rose 5 cents. Grain markets ended the week July 27 with a mixed tone and a late bull run on export demand.
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Fort Worth Stock Market
Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago
Desirable flavor and feeding effects in poultry flesh
USDA specialists explain factors determining good table flavor in poultry. Age and exercise shape taste and texture, with caponizing refining muscle fibers and increasing breast mass. Special feeds like grain milk mash and celery or chestnuts impart desired flavors, while onions and wild garlic taste transfer to the flesh.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Coal and wood ashes as soil amendments
Coal ashes have little value as fertilizer and are best for loosening heavy clay soil after screening coarse material and evenly mixing with the soil. Wood ashes have fertilizing value but should be applied before leaching occurs.
Milk goats yield two quarts good for infants and cheese
Goats milk provides similar uses to cows milk though butter yields are weaker. A two quart daily lactation is viewed as good by USDA specialists, with eight to fifteen times body weight milk per lactation noted for robust does.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Europe
Preventing Potato Losses Through Careful Handling
Bureau of Markets specialists warn growers and shippers bear much of the responsibility for losses from shipping diseased potatoes. Careless handling at harvest damages the protective skin, invites infection, and requires paring. such damage can be prevented in the field and by better handling practices.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Secure Best Harvest Help
Advice urges securing harvest labor weeks in advance as roving workers migrate north. local help is preferred to rovers to avoid delays and higher rates, ensuring crops are harvested before spoilage.
Harness with Care for Strong Work
Select harness with care ensuring reins breeching reins holdback straps tugs belly bands and yoke straps are heavy enough for the work required A run away team cannot be controlled with weak reins or straps
Governor Proposes Amendments To Textbook Law And More
Governor Neff submitted several legislative ideas with only one he endorses, citing insufficient study. He urges amending the free textbook law to extend contracts and allow economy and efficiency in adoption, potentially saving about a million dollars by extending current contracts for two years.
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Austin
Tex
Neff
State
Text Book Commission
Textbook Commission
State of Texas
Courts of Civil Appeals
Court of Criminal Appeals
Supreme Court
Laguna Madre
National Association of Audubon Societies
Texas
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Harmless Liver Remedy
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable substitute for calomel. It claims calomel causes cramps nausea and salivation, while Liver Tone quickly relieves biliousness without sickness or harming children.
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Dodson
Fifty Lost in a Stud Game and Booze
In Shelby a sheepherder named Bill returns broke after a year of steady work and riotous living. He tells his boss he burned through four hundred dollars by losing about one hundred fifty in a stud game and nearly a hundred at the Fashion Dance hall and for liquor. He cannot recall the remaining fifty, guessing he “naturally fooled that away.”
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Shelby
Bill
Fashion
Hat Dreams and a Five-Cainea Costly Wish
A humorous tale from London Ideas about Pat and his wife. After five years of marriage her extravagant hat tastes strain their finances. She awakens hopeful for a dream hat, but he quips it would be the first dream costing him nothing.
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Pat
Patrick
London
Mad All Over Pedestrian Quarrel Over Disappearing Motorist
A Birmingham Age Herald chatty piece records a pedestrian's fury at a vanished driver. The passerby vents anger at the motorist while noting potential kin in the crowd who might share the quarrel.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Two Coal Miners Killed Five Injured Hartford Mine Disaster
Two coal miners died and five were injured in an explosion at Canal Coal and Coke Company mine No 12 in Hartford Arkansas, about 35 miles south of Fort Smith, on Sunday night.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Canal Coal and Coke Company
Hartford
Here
Corns Grow On Toe Becomes Less Bad
A Columbus mother of a five year old and two corns on one toe laments the pain. Her son, watching, brightens with a hopeful joke that the corns will merge into one, easing the distress. The playful exchange captures a child's simple logic.
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Columbus
Indianapolis News
Twin babies brighten a hard-pressed father’s life
A West Side apartment janitor, caring for his three other children, joyfully welcomes twin boys described as identical. He names them Peter and Paul and says they charm passersby who frequently donate coins, helping cover their board and more.
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Peter
Paul
Being Nice to Uncle
A niece invites her uncle to dine and asks for more soup. The uncle praises the courtesy while the girl explains she wants him to eat less turkey than before. The exchange highlights a child's candid reasoning and family humor.
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Frances
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