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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1922
Page
7
A garbled OCR snippet mentions a sighting and a reprimand or admonition regarding a tent or lodging. Names and precise details are illegible, leaving only vague references to people and a possible corrective action.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports 1921 Illinois spring pigs cost $6.08 per 100 pounds of marketable pork, with 855,140 pounds produced. Corn prices, litter size, and labor largely drove costs. average profit per 100 pounds was $1.28 and per pig weaned $3.05. Tankage fed and sow-pig dynamics were key factors affecting efficiency.
Weather slows early lamb crop marketing and delays gains, with market observers noting that delaying sales reduces profit. The report highlights that selling sooner tends to fetch better prices despite unsettled conditions.
Horticultural guidance stresses careful picking to protect next year’s crop. Avoid two years’ harvest in one season, keep ladders away from trees, minimize bruising, and use proper receptacles to reduce fruit damage.
W J Murray describes a movable sheep pen built from old wagon wheels and 2x4 lumber to pasturize an orchard. The setup forms a wheelmounted frame with four inner gate frames and a swinging gate. Three Hambouillet sheep fit inside, and a fourteenyearold can wheel it easily.
An unclear historical note describes a measuring instrument connected to pear handling and ship loading. It mentions a Durant pours regietag and curitions, with references to Mamie Arenas and other seemingly garbled terms. The fragment suggests an apparatus for weighing or aligning items before loading.
The United States Department of Agriculture urges hard surface roads to be at least eighteen feet wide for safety. The Bureau of Public Roads notes typical truck body width at eight feet and car clearance around 54 feet. At twenty mph drivers should keep wheels at least one and a half feet from pavement edge, while trucks at fifteen mph require a similar buffer.
The article discusses necessary road clearances for trucks on main country roads. It recommends a minimum surface width of 18 feet to ensure safe wheel clearance, increasing to 20 feet near large cities where truck traffic frequency is high, with margins of three feet for safety from edges.
United States Department of Agriculture bureau of public roads recommends planning for rising traffic. A Tennessee Davison county study shows car registrations doubling while road use rises fivefold since 1916. Motor vehicles now make up 84 percent of traffic, horse-drawn 16 percent. Road quality and local economy influence future volume.
The article notes the chief of the Bureau of Public Works in the U S Department of Agriculture will likely not inspect all central federal aid road projects. It mentions staffing limits and ongoing funding decisions, with emphasis on monitoring processes and future inspections.
Since January 1920 the allied commission of aeronautical control has destroyed 14 800 airplanes and disarmed Germany in the air Isendel. Of 20 500 motors handled some turned over but most broken up.
A fragmentary OCR item offers a curious pledge about sharing a pipe with any man. The readable portion repeats the vow and includes stray letters and numbers, suggesting damaged text on a historical page. The core claim centers on a social gesture rather than a specific event or person.
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