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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
11
Article argues road quality drives farm and trucking efficiency. It compares horse power needs on concrete and gravel surfaces, noting heavier loads require more power especially on poorer roads. Emphasizes benefits of better road permitting higher loads with fewer horses.
The article notes a shift in truck labeling and design as manufacturers move away from fixed two ton ratings. A transportation engineer explains load capacities vary with surfaces and conditions, prompting four ton or one ton country units with appropriate power. Dealers and farmers adjust fleet choices to curb depreciation and match job demands.
The secretary of agriculture approved highway projects totaling 26 279 miles of land with preliminary costs near 3394100000. About 2116 projects representing roughly 1004 miles were completed or under construction by the same date. Federal funds committed in the 19 months after the armistice up to July 1 1920 totaled about 11 etc.
The article promotes a lightweight blade grader for road maintenance. It explains a two patrol system of paintenance with four horses required for heavy ditch work, while ordinary grading can be done by two horses. The design asserts strength to resist strain and ease of draft for common tasks.
Toward improving alfalfa yields at the Toowa experiment station, 10.5 percent of 1 072 seedings failed. Of these, 88.7 percent lacked inoculation or proper timing. Inoculation is crucial, with benefits estimated for about five tenths of the fields.
An odd Paris tale tells of a Jardin des Mantres bear who blocked a water outlet during floods to stay dry. He systematically moved twenty stones weighing twenty to forty pounds to raise the floor level, a plan uncovered as the water subsided.
A Brent farm den discovery near Brent fort led to a curious scene as two coyote puppies were adopted by a family cat and its brood of kittens. The kittens and pups, about two months old, play and spar with the feline matriarch supervising. The mixed brood displays playful rivalry with kittens proving nimble, while coyotes show strength in straight fights.
A British plan proposes harnessing tides in rivers to generate electricity at about two thirds the cost of coal power. It centers on turbine use by ebb and flow with half tide duration. In Cheshire and Lancashire estuaries a discovery may produce near continuous maximum energy.
Special precautions were taken on a wooden block pave turnt laid last year in St Louis. The blocks, still green, shrank and joints expanded from a quarter inch to half an inch. Pitted filler melted, debris floated in an asphalt lake. Blocks were tightened, nine inch liner wax pressed into joints, a pitel with high melting points used, and after relaying the pavement it was shaded from sun with a wetsand cover.
The text urges starting tasks despite perceived heaviness, recommending a brave steady start to reduce fatigue. It briefly notes pies and cakes from the Model Bakery at fair prices and invites bakery inspections, with a segue to upcoming items like “A Tailor-Made Man.”
A speech argues that true normalcy requires cooperation among labor and capital in a free country. It condemns extreme labor demands and stresses mutual responsibility, fair risk, and the Golden Rule as essential to economic recovery and stable enterprise.
George Moffatt of Mina Michigan appeals for faster action to end worker unrest and rising wages while warning against delays that hurt production. He urges individuals to unite and support industry across factories railroads and mines to meet national needs. A boxed piano and a tailor made min ad appear in the same notice.
Mr and Mrs Hodehinn of Flint called on Ely Wolfs Mon. Mr and Mrs Weng Wobb visited late week. Mr and Mrs Win Johnson of Shepherd called Sunday. Fred Rockfellow and son spent Sunday with her sister near Sumner. Clyde Webb and Kendall Wolf attended water races at Saginaw. Decoration Day exercises at Alma drew many locals. George Shoemaker and Bernard Hunter planned to Riverdale. Milton Veacher of Clare visits daughter Mrs Jamey Edwards this week.
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