Lower Prices for Highway Materials
The Bureau of Public Roads reports notably lower costs for highway construction materials in April across the United States. Prices cover earth and rock excavations, gravel, sand-clay, crushed stone, various classes of concrete, surfacing, reinforcing and structural steel, cement barrels by state, with figures indicating units per cubic yard, pound, or barrel.
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Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Aquare
New York
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Campaign to Improve Wheat Quality and Yields
The Southwestern Wheat Improvement Association leads a campaign to prevent losses from improper shocking stacking and storage of wheat. It urges timely threshing and proper drying and stacking to raise quality and yield for the 1922 crop. Director H. M. Rainer heads the effort with support from millers bankers clubs and state agricultural bodies.
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Southwestern Wheat Improvement Association
State Boards of Agriculture
Farm Press
H. M. Rainer
Santa Fe Railway
Laws Against Dogs to Protect Sheep
The United States Department of Agriculture notes that while 48 states have dog laws to protect sheep many are poorly planned or enforced. A strong active law yields better results than a weakly enforced stronger rule. Dogs deter people from entering the sheep business, a major setback for the industry.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Hurricane Warning Service Expanded For Atlantic Gulf Coasts
The Weather Bureau announces expanded hurricane warning services for the south Atlantic and gulf coast regions. Enhanced staffing at Brownsville and Apalachicola plus observers at Burwood aim to improve alerts from June through November for ships and shore areas.
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Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Congress
Hurricane Service
Brownaville
Texas
Apalachicola
Florida
Burwood
Louisiana
West Indies
Central
South America
Cuba
Mexico
Gulf
Nowman Apples o the Last Seed
The article compares the thorough use of apples by manufacturers to a packing house pig, noting apples are pressed for cider and vinegar, pomace processed for pectin sold to jelly makers and housewives, and the remaining residue dried for cattle feed.
Convictions And Fines In Bird Law Violations Across States
May sees multiple cases under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Illinois fined 25 plus costs for gull killing. Virginia fined 25 for heron sale. Kentucky 25 each for duck hunting from a motor boat. Florida 25 each for possessing ducks in close season. Oregon 25 each for duck hunting after sunset and 25 for killing a hand tailed pigeon. Arkansas 20 each for duck sales. Florida 50 for killing ducks in close season. Virginia 100 for selling ducks. Louisiana 100 for selling ducks. End line notes clothing.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Virginia
Kentucky
Florida
Oregon
Arkansas
Louisiana
Securing Better Butter for Navy
The U S Department of Agriculture aided the Navy to secure high quality tinned butter for shipboard use and distant supply points. Butter has been pasteurized sweet cream, resists storage, and endures adverse climates. Cream acidity, firm body, and waxy texture are optimized. From 1911 to 1921 scores improved, with 95 at packing and only about two points drop after 10 months. In 1921 seven creameries supplied 800,000 pounds at a supervision cost of about one third of a cent per pound.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Navy Department
Navy
Department of Agriculture
Silage Mixes for Steers Show Economic Gains
U S Department of Agriculture and Louisiana Experiment Station compare silage crops for steer feeding. Silage-fed steers tend to gain more economically, shrink less, and increase profits versus dry roughage while enabling use of rotation crops to restore worn-out land fertility.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Louisiana Experiment Station
Cattle Feed Mixes Show Varying Gains In Silage Trials
Study compares many silage diets including corn silage Biloxi soybeans sorghum and Japanese cane with cottonseed meal and molasses. Straight corn silage gave best gains while heavy yield crops like sorghum and Japanese cane boosted farm fattening capacity. Biloxi soybeans mixed with corn or sorghum performed variably, with late-maturing crops yielding strong results. Sorghum silage and Japanese cane Biloxi soybean silage proved similar in feeding value when supplemented.
Rope of Tails Rope on display in Montana as rodent drive ends
A 4 foot rope made from 300 gopher tails was exhibited at the Montana Extension director office and shipped to the U S Department of Agriculture. It was created by Blackfoot Indian Split-Ear and helpers near Browning Glacier County Montana after an anti rodent drive that killed at least 15000 ground squirrels.
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Montana Extension
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Browning
Glacier County
Montana
Farmer’s Logic on Early Rising Stresses Daybreak Beliefs
In his early rising the farmer reasons that if the day breaks before he rises he cannot expect to have a full day ahead. He values starting promptly to seize the day and maximize productive hours.
Tanlac Praise Stars At Basnett’s Pharmacy
More people have taken Tanlac and praised it than any other medicine in the world. There is one reason only Merit Basnett’s Pharmacy.
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Bassett's
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