Standardization Aims to Cut Costs in Market System
Bureau of Markets U S Department of Agriculture urges uniform containers for fruits and vegetables to lower distribution costs. Five standard hampers and four standard round-stave baskets would replace the many types now in use, reducing breakage and speeding loaded rail cars. Continuous use of weight selling preferred where possible.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Georgia
Colorado
New York
Thicken Stand of Alfalfa Worth Trial
Thickening a thin alfalfa stand may be worthwhile because labor and seed cost are small compared with plowing and reseeding. If old plants are hardy and vigorous the trial is recommended. if the plants are weak, test the difficulty before spending more time and money.
Destroy Lice in Brooders Before Storing Coops
After chicks outgrow brooders and coops they are moved to houses. Ensure no lice or mites remain in coops and brooders before they are stored for the next season.
Increased egg production with fewer hens in a roomy coop
The article notes ten hens in ample space lay more eggs than twenty crowded birds, saving feed and labor. It warns against overcrowding, and highlights a trio of supplements charcoal grit and oyster shell, while stressing the importance of dust baths for fowl health. It adds a brief remark that diamonds were first found in India.
Make Use of Pastures for Jute Fall Pasturage
Advice urges using current grain seed prices to maximize profits by exploiting jute fall pasturage.
Alfalfa and Poultry Tips From Farmers
Ridding lands of Canada thistles with alfalfa requires cutting three times in summer or three times a year to exterminate the weed and improve crop yield. Farmers often misstep by selling their best fowls instead of the poorest. Strong emphasis on feeding and housing chicks for continuous growth.
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Canada
Do Not Get Careless With Your Blood Supply
Health warning urges readers to monitor blood purity and strength and to ward off disease by using S S S vegetable blood medicine. Readers are advised to buy a bottle at their drug store and to write for free medical advice from Medical Director Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Dean
South Dakota
Sundquist
Carpenter, Webster
S. D
Doan
Iuus- Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
N. Y
Swift Specific Co
SwiftLaboratory
Atlanta
Willing to Pay the Price for a Grandson’s Visit
Freddy visits Grandpa and enjoys celebrations but falls ill after returning home. The doctor orders bed rest and medicine while Grandpa secretly sees his frail state. The boy whispers that the time spent was worth it despite illness.
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Freddy
Grandpa
No Doubt of It. Portable House Question?
Quotations from the Houston Post discuss what constitutes a portable house and humorously define it as any house carried away by a cyclone. The exchange highlights weather and housing jokes in a witty telegraph-style note.
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Houston Post
iClerk Meant to Get Even Between Clerk and Minister
A parish clerk and a country church minister clash over a short sermon. The clerk lures the minister to supper and the minister delivers a long sermon of about an hour, provoking the clerk to call for Psalm 119 from end to end and announce a singsong night.
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Iclerk
London
Hopeful Sign in Daisy Romance
Daisy tells her mother she believes Mr Meadows loves her and may have serious intentions. Her mother notes Meadows laughed at her father's joke last night and considers the budding romance with cautious optimism.
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Daisy
Meadows
Papas
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