Macomb farmers plan elevator with $25 shares
A Macomb meeting of about seventy farmers discussed organizing a cooperative elevator to operate locally. Colchester’s经验 elevator success is cited. Macomb would start with $10,000 capital, $25 shares, and a ten-share limit per person, with site selection and building plans to follow within a week to ten days.
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Macomb
Court House
Adair
Colchester
Roseville
Hunt
George Switzer
Frank Haines
W. L. Yeast
W. G. Jones
Chalmers Tp
T. B. Tillison
Dan Crawford
Scotland
Wm. Binnie
B. W. Taylor
John Wiley
WW. C. Patterson
Emmet
A. M. Stickle
Senate delays bill on conference report to May first
The house debated a point of order on a conference committee action. The measure is sent back to the conferees to fix an effective date likely May 1 1917 as set by the senate. Prompt acceptance of the report is expected and the bill, already approved by both houses, may go to the president early next week.
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Conference Committee
Senate
Donald defends hiring Chinese seamen for ships
John A. Donald of New York, nominee to the shipping board, told the senate commerce committee he employed Chinese seamen legally obtained because he could not compete with other ocean carriers. The charges arose from a house dispute led by Representative Bennett of New York claiming British-flag ships with Chinese crews violated law.
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Washington
John A. Donald
New York
Wilson
Shipping Board
Senate
Commerce Committee
House
Representative Bennett
Donald
British Steamer Sunk
London reports the steamer Excellent of 1944 tons is believed sunk after a maritime incident.
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London
Foley's Honey and Tar Promoted for Colds and Coughs
An advertising item touts Foley's Honey and Tar as an efficient remedy for colds coughs and croup. It claims to heal inflamed membranes loosen phlegm ease breathing and stop throat tickles with testimonials from W F Thomas Summerville Ga and Miller and Arthur.
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Foley
W. FP. Thomas
Summerville
Miller
Arthur
Warning on Good Wheat Seed for Spring Planting
The U S Department of Agriculture warns farmers in the upper Mississippi Valley to secure plump healthy seed wheat for spring sowing. Severe rust and disease in the 1916 crop left many grains light and shriveled. use screened seed if good stocks are unavailable and avoid selling prime seed at high prices to prevent future crop disaster.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Peach Crop Killed in Macomb Section
Cc L Van Meter of Macomb township reports all peaches killed again this year. He has nearly eight hundred trees and examined many buds finding them all dead. Weather may have been colder than thermometers. buds believed to survive 16 below, thermometer showed 14. The crop is done for this year in this section.
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Cc. L. van Meter
Macomb Township
Ife
Macomb Journal
Distinctive Home Markers and Weather across Farms
The author notes distinctive home traits along roadsides such as evergreen hedges maple rows and well kept yards. It also argues that school agriculture and domestic science benefit youths when applied on farm and home tasks. Dairy cows suffer weather exposure before winter begins.
Selecting Poultry for Family Table
Washington report on USDA Bulletin 467 notes age sex exercise and care influence tenderness and flavor in poultry. Freshness and cleanliness affect safety. proper cold storage and thawing preserve quality. Full-grown birds offer best value. cooking adapts to toughness and size. canned and potted poultry retain value when properly sealed.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Bulletin
Inventory as a farm business duty and plan for profits
An editorial urges farmers to adopt calendar year inventories and annual January first tallies to assess profits and losses. It argues for roundups of the year's business, stressing that even in hardship the process motivates better planning and can guide improvements next year, especially on rented farms.
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Country Gentleman
Thawing Poultry Guidance For Home Use
A guidance note outlines thawing poultry safely at home by buying a day ahead. In warm weather thaw in the refrigerator, in cold weather a cool room suffices. If at home thawing isn’t possible, market vendors should thaw only shortly before delivery.
Farm Notes On Weed-Free Strawberries And Orchard Care
Notes advise against using weed or straw mulch for strawberries to prevent weed growth. Emphasizes air space for cattle, pest control via orchard cleanup, and identifies pests like plum curculio codling moth and bark beetles. Mentions a hog worm remedy involving a one day fast and a tablespoonful mixture for a 100 pound hog.
Warning on Raw Pork Dangers and Trichinosis Prevention
A U S Department of Agriculture bulletin urges avoiding raw pork and raw pork products to prevent trichinosis. Cook all pork thoroughly until no red color remains and juices jelly. Federal inspectors cover interstate products. raw preparations beyond scope.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
United States
Department of Agriculture
Department
Knox College duties resume for Hatnags and Gay in Galesburg
Rockport Illinois notes Charles Hatnags and Hobart Gay leave for Galesburg to resume duties at Knox College after a holiday at home. Mrs Sue Poor improves from congestion of the liver. PLC M L A meeting postponed to Jun 29 with officers installation and initiation planned. Grover Clack rejoices at birth of a daughter Jan 8. Invincible Sunday school class to host a box supper in Waines hall Friday night. Miss Kate Weatt her daughter Miss Tuein and Miss Mary L Horton entertained at home.
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Charles Hatnags
Hobart Gay
Galesburg
Knox College
Sue Poor
Grover Clack
Waines’ Hall
Kate Weatt
Miss Tuein
Mary L. Horton
Mud roads threaten Champaign County wealth and progress
The Champaign County Improvement Association issues a communication listing eleven reasons the county cannot afford mud roads. It argues mud roads are an extravagance, hinder emergencies, delay physicians, affect mood, reduce event attendance, slow transport, increase vehicle washing, drain finances, and blemish the landscape, leaving residents unable to pursue many desired activities.
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Champaign County _Improvement Association
Champaign County
Champaign County Improvement Association
Made Fortune Out of Pure-Bred Hogs
Henry Fesenmeyer of Iowa rises from a $10 a week harness shop job to a prosperous swine breeder. Starting with one registered sow on a town lot, his venture expands to five acres then a farm, facing cholera losses before achieving lasting success. He now owns 30 rolling acres, a large house, and new hog houses with more improvements planned.
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Henry Fesenmeyer
Iowa
Fred L. Petty
Towa
Fesenmeyer
Water importance in hen egg production at Missouri station
Experiments show hens given water only once daily produced 50 percent fewer eggs across varieties. A pen of 60 White Leghorns used 1-2 gallons daily in warm weather, suggesting 5 gallons per day for 100 to 120 birds. Water is essential for digestion, growth, and egg composition and should be offered more than once daily.
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The
Bulletin
Missouri Experiment Station
Missouri
Boys and Girls Should Own Something on the Farm
Prof P G Holden urges turning the home into a cooperative where children have ownership and responsibilities. He advocates letting kids own pigs or calves, a plot of ground, and shares in family ventures, to develop independence, cooperative spirit, and practical financial insight. He stresses kids should help solve household problems and participate as stockholders in a family corporation.
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P. G. Holden
Fendeavor
Farm guidance for cattle, calves and orchard care in old notes
Practical farming tips cover marketing surplus cattle, building permanent sheds, clean calf pens, daily straw and manure management, feed mixes for calves, earth around young apple trees to deter mice, snow protection for trunks, value of rot manure mulch, bees aiding glass peach cultivation in England, poultry ventilation, typhoid prevention, thinning crowded shrubbery, scale infection risks in orchards, and brood sow management around farrowing.
Local clubs elect officers and note marriages in 1917
The Christian church women met at Mrs L M Simns home electing officers for 1917 with Earnie Camp president Frank McMullen vice Lola Byere secretary and Mrs Michael Doyle treasurer. A WH Co T club gathering occurred at Mrs Henry Rupert's Jan 11. Sophia and Charles Bauer returned from Chicago. I B Frank Mae Lowe wed at Quincy with Rev W D Hadres officiating. The bride, daughter of T J Keller, is California raised and Musically accomplished. groom son of Louis Frank, a barber. Mr and Mrs Frank will reside in California after brief Rockport stay. Mrs Sallie Davis of Black Oak died Jan 5 at 75 after pneumonia. Funeral at Black Oak church by B F Capps. Burial in church cemetery. Nurseries in England and Europe employ many women who set buds rapidly, up to 1000–1200 a day, similar to men.
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Christian Church
L. M. Sim
Earnie Camp
Frank McMullen
Lola Byere
Michael Doyle
WH. Co. T. Club
Henry Rupert
Marry Jalin
Herman Bauer
Sophia
Charles
Chicago
I. B
Frank
Mae K. Lowe
Quincy
Ed Tryon
Cherry Street
W. D. Hadres
First Christian Church
T. J. Keller
California
Louis Frank
Charles Lowray
Sallie Davis
Black Oak
John
Jake
David Miller
Rockport
B. F. Capps
Noted boar improves Poland China breed with sales record
The account describes a sow named Sweeney DetOrg producing 18 pigs in a year, sold at 80 dollars each. The owner kept the sow until her death and sold pigs totaling 33,500 dollars to local farmers at 235 to 360 dollars per head. Mr. Pesenmeyer later bought another sow for 151 dollars, and later bought the notable boar A Wonder for 345 dollars, whose blood improved the Poland-China stock.
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Pesenmeyer
Paris newspapers may have size cut in war bill
Paul Heunter a deputy from the Aube introduced in the Chamber of Deputies a bill to limit newspaper editions during the war and for three months after hostilities end to 186 square inches. Papers sold for more than one sou may keep their present form and size. No extra editions. The measure aims to ease the paper famine.
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Paris
Paul Heunter
Department of the Aube
Chamber of Deputies
Market Outlook Pushes Deferred Purchases Amid Uncertainty
Buyers and sellers sense a broad transition period with commodity prices expected to rise in the longer term. Many market participants anticipate further clarification as concerns about future costs grow, leading to a tendency to delay purchases while awaiting clearer signals.
Blood and health claims advertisement from Hood's Sarsaparilla
An advertisement extols blood as essential for warmth and body function, urging use of Blood's Sarasaparilla to improve impurity and pallor. It touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a scientific remedy for blood diseases, scrofula, rheumatism, and catarrh, claiming permanent benefits and broad tonic effects.
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