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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1929
Page
5
Agricultural notes cover lime sulfur and lead arsenate use on cherry trees and plum curculio control, along with poultry management sanitation. Dairy guidance emphasizes pasture timing, grain ratios, and protein supplementation for cows and calves, plus creep feeding and early treatment for lambs.
An article blends vegetable harvest guidance with farm livestock care. It urges picking leafy vegetables as soon as ready, and using beans cabbage and carrots early, notes spindle tuber disease in potatoes and benefits of certified seed, and emphasizes efficient farm production with uniform equipment and well fed work horses and hens during the season.
The passage reflects on engineering progress from the printing press to locomotives and radio. It notes that road mileage per automobile is 88 yards of paved roads per car and that transport and communication have evolved from telegraph to radio, cable, and telephone. It recalls ancient Greeks prize Tron and the shift from savagery to civilization through invention.
The data show Wichita to Kansas City freight at 11 1 2 cents per bushel and New York to Liverpool ocean rate at 8 cents. Wichita to Liverpool via New York rail is 42.8 cents per bushel, Chicago to Montreal water lowers Wichita to Liverpool to 38 1 2 cents, and Wichita to Liverpool via Galveston is 3 87 1 2 cents. Kansas rates exceed other wheat exporting regions.
Reading from a document, rates include twenty three cents and thirty two cents with Australian port variations. The text notes the rate from Australia varies from twenty two to thirty one cents depending on the port of shipment.
County commissioners hear appeals on personal property assessments and plan further sessions for equalization. Normal Training exams yield 25 county high school participants. Local bachelor and court cases include a 500 bond for a Belleville burglary and three marriages. A rabies scare prompts dog muzzling orders as the county prepares for commencements and naturalization hearings.
Real bargain offered for a McCormick-Deering 15-80 tractor and a separator in excellent running condition. Contact A Carlson or visit the owner at Hebron where Mr and Mrs W E Hiatt and family hosted visitors including Miss Lois over the weekend. Go to Haggman and Wires for wallpaper needs.
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