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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1930
Page
16
Bon West an engineer for a railroad association and skilled whittler specializes in miniature peach stone carvings. He reproduces newspaper figures like Andy Gump and Moon Mullins with delicate detail, using a pocket knife and ink for shading, turning hollow stones into lifelike portraits.
Henry J. Fischer, age 25, earns about $1,000 yearly from a two hour daily hobby he finds fascinating and easy. He is known in his neighborhood as the Mushroom King for his skill at growing and selling edible fungi.
The article chronicles Fischer learning mushroom farming from books and Pennsylvania growers, then building a cavelike growing space in his own lot. It details preparation of compost, spawning in stages, and careful climate control to harvest mushrooms four months or longer with seven mushrooms per pound, noting other mushroom varieties exist.
Small button mushrooms mature faster than large No 7 varieties and sell at about 25 per pound. Watering is critical to avoid crop loss and growers rely on cave moisture and misting, with daily picking as crops mature. Markets include restaurants hotels and households with distribution by commission merchants.
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