Weigh The Market Milk It Prevents Misunderstanding
US Department of Agriculture studied milk shipments from country stations to the Baltimore city plant. Losses between points were small, but weighing at the city plant showed a 2.56 percent shortage versus can measure, largely from dented cans and weighing differences. Weighting at both ends could reduce disputes.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Baltimore
Coun
Department
President will invite nations to dairy congress
The World's Dairy Congress Association plans an international meeting as President Harding may invite foreign governments. Key industry leaders met with Secretary Wallace on March 13 to set a working plan for the 1923 congress. The event, tied to the National Dairy Show, aims to attract about 600000 visitors to the host city.
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H. E. van Norman
Wallace
Ssesion
New York
Chicago
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Lincoln
Nebr
Harding
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Change in road paving types on federal aid highways
Engineers from the Bureau of Public Roads report a shift from predominately plain and surface treated macadam a decade earlier to diverse materials on Federal aid roads built from 1916 to 1920. Brick and cement concrete now dominate, with bituminous options growing in use.
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Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Food-Control Problem to Be Studied by Engineers
A federal study in southeastern Missouri will analyze flood channel performance to design better channels for drainage. Researchers will examine rainfall, slope, flow-retarding factors, and discharge in a 32 mile leveed floodway to develop design formulas for large-scale flood control. News notes beyond the study include unrelated items and classifieds.
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Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Little River
Missouri
Income for Village Streets and the Motor Truck Burden
The article argues that increasing motor traffic harms village roads especially in spring when frost exits. It notes state restrictions on village license fees and the rising truck counts from 1910 to 1921. It calls for national action with states to fund road repairs to spare farmers and rural residents from bearing wreckage costs.
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America
Portable Gravel Testing Machine For Road Construction
A simple portable apparatus devised for the Bureau of Public Roads to test gravel for concrete use. Two steel balls are arranged with gravel placed on one. the other ball drops from varying heights to strike the gravel. The height needed to break the gravel indicates its suitability for road building with local materials.
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Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Concrete material tests to ensure gravel suitability
The bureau conducts wear tests on concrete using various materials to determine safe limits when material quality is doubtful. The note mentions traffic blows, tests of gravel versus stone, and the goal of avoiding costly materials when nearby gravel suffices. Also a small classified line offers Buff Orpington eggs for sale by Mrs. Jesse Flora, phone 272.
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Bureau
Jesse Flora
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