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Farmers Work Hard to Make Up Past Loss
Farmers strive to recover two years of losses as Caldwell reflects a busy retail pattern with bumper crops. The Caldwell Commercial Bank survey notes uneven trading, busy Saturdays and Mondays, labor shortages, and households aiding in field work. Signs Point to new homes, rising real estate transfers, and highway projects aiding Boise Valley growth. Weather boosted crops despite late spring, with alfalfa yields below normal and early hay largely stacked. Grain looks promising, potatoes stand well, fruit crops improving, and livestock steady with July lambs and hogs limited. Cream receipts rise slightly, prices for poultry and eggs ease, and rail shipments show varied activity across 1918–22 periods.
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