Public Roads Survey on Soldier Labor for 1919 Road Work
The U S Department of Agriculture reports results from 29 of 38 states on returning soldiers and sailors available for 1919 road construction and repair. Totals: 11 637 skilled workers and 91 904 unskilled workers, with state by state figures listed for skilled and unskilled labor.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Public Roads
Highway Departments
Alabama
Arizona
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Tilino’s
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mialine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New
Expense of Concrete Road
A. W. Dean, Chief Engineer Mass Highway Commission, notes the concrete surface cost runs about 12 300 dollars per mile excluding grading and drainage. He adds proper construction with expansion joints minimizes cracking and hole formation, with only minimal crack filling costs.
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A. W. Dean
Mass
Highway Commission
Good Garden as Asset for Fresh Winter Vegetables
A good garden provides fresh vegetables and food security. Surplus can be stored for future use, enabling easier and cheaper meals in winter and improving overall farm living.
Fight Diseases in Home Garden
The article warns that disease control in small home gardens is simpler than in commercial plots. It stresses clean methods, burning diseased plants, cautious seed sourcing, and careful manure use. It details potato scab, rust in beans, leaf spot in melons and cucumbers, wilt in tomatoes, and the value of preventive spraying and healthy plant care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Bordeaux
Late Feed Crops Essential For Winter Supply
Farmers need ample feed crops this year to sustain animals next winter. If growth is insufficient, animal costs rise and food supply could tighten nationwide.
Quality and Utility Fowls Advise Balanced Breeding
Poultry expert Rob B Slocum from the U S department of agriculture urges breeders to develop flocks along breeding lines that produce both egg-laying ability and standard type. He notes markets favor utility backed by production and cites Weltsville Md research showing high egg records in exhibition stock.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Rob B. Slocum
Department
Weltsville
Mr. Slocum
United States
Department of Agriculture
Grit Importance for Poultry Health and Economy
Grit is essential to fowl health and feeding economy. It substitutes teeth in feed preparation for digestion and aids gizzard processing. Lack of grit strains the bird, causes disease, and wastes nutrients. Keep a grit box in every pen or yard. Investigators say grit supports strong bones and bright plumage.
Cure Egg Eating in Fowl With Shell Paste Remedy
To stop egg eating in hens provide oyster shell and ample activity. Fill an empty eggshell with a stiff paste of three parts corn meal to one part cayenne and place in a nest. Repeat if needed, plus exercise and darkened nests, to secure a cure.
Poultry Notes on Egg Handling and Cold Henhouses
Do not pack crowded eggs to prevent breakage and soil. If the henhouse is cold cover with tar paper in two to three layers to keep out wind and cold and save on costs.
Raglesville Church Rally Day Promised with Music and Talk
Raglesville U B Church invites all to Rally Day on Sunday June 29 featuring music, speaking and a surprise for attendees. Sunday School and other services are open to the public. preaching is scheduled for Sunday morning June 15.
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Mud Pike
Bethany Church
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Offers Reward
An old advertisement promotes Hall s Catarrh Medicine claiming a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh, notes thirty five years of use, and explains the medicine works through the blood to heal mucous surfaces. It urges readers to start treatment, send for testimonials, and mentions F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio and druggists selling the product.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Tic
Deputy the Pure Bred Stallion Sale Prospect at Hasting Barn
The pure bred stallion Deputy will stand the 1919 season at the Jno Hasting barn five miles southwest of Odon and three miles northeast of Epsom. Terms line shows $15.00. Keeper Frank Bowman owner Jno Hasting.
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Jno
Hasting
Odon
Epsom
Thin Reanut Lanna
Uus Bical
Luise
Frank Bowman
Jno. Hasting
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Washington
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Wisconsin
Annapolis
Baltimore
Government Farm
Beltsville
Ernest Roberts
Pleasant Hill Church
Raglesville
U. B. Church
MO. A. Settle
Pickett, Pershing & CO
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Cash Store
Elmer
Ale
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Alk
Prince Albert
P.A
P. A
Jamhill
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem
N. Cc
Odon Drug Company
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