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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
6
The article stresses careful picking on fruit farms to protect next year's crop. It warns against rushing to harvest two years’ fruit, avoiding ladder contact with trees, and using proper receptacles to prevent bruising, with bags often harming fruit during collection.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the Bureau of Public Roads recommends a minimum 18 foot width for hard surface roads to allow safe clearance between automobiles and trucks. For high traffic near cities the minimum should be 20 feet to ensure a three and a half foot wheel clearance and safe margins.
United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin 1069 summarizes dairy cow production data from 9G cow testing associations. It shows that cows with high milk and butterfat output yield greater income above feed cost, especially when feeding improvements accompany better breeding and care.
Wr J. Murray explains a simple portable sheep pasture for orchards. Use a cut wagon axle bolted to a 2x4 frame to create movable fencing and grazing space. The method allows efficient pasture without heavy permanent barriers.
A small, movable sheep pen is built from 2x4 frames to hold up to three Rambouillet sheep on a small plot. An inner 1x2 gate swings on extending handles, allowing easy opening and removal, with the setup designed for minimal trouble and manual relocation.
An experimental device at the Oregon station measures pear ripeness by pressing three half inch holes in the fruit flesh. Bartlett pears read for picking or shipping at 35 pounds of pressure. The article notes orchard payoff and summer treatment practices for pest and disease management.
A federal study by the Bureau of Public Roads and Tennessee officials shows traffic volumes increasing faster than vehicle numbers. The 1921 count reveals car registrations doubled since 1916, with horse and motor vehicle traffic still nearly equal, and farm implements contributing about 16 percent of total traffic.
The chief of the bureau of public roads outlines a nationwide federal aid highway system. It would span about 0,400 miles and be built with 80 mph inspection travel, 8 hours daily, without repeating a mile. Completion would take roughly two and a half years with daily progress and broad societal benefits noted. Prices for dairy and poultry products deflated slowly since 1920 per the U S Department of Agriculture.
Guidance urges separating young colts from nursing cows or nurses on the farm. Keep colts penned in clean cool ventilated stalls, screened to keep out flies, allow nursing at night, and accompany mothers in the horse pad at night.
Advice from the forest service urges careful farm woodlot management and silo planning. It emphasizes home forests for timber, proper animal food for chicks and egg production, and cautions against buying cows in midsummer while highlighting silos in dairy farming.
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