Babson notes Northwest business mixed as U S shows gains
Babson values Northwest business conditions for the United States showing mixed results with Spokane and Seattle near year-ago levels while Portland and Washington state show pockets of improvement. Weather and holidays dampen wood, cement and mill activity with several plants idle due to weak orders.
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Northwest
United States
Roger W. Babson
Tistican
Washington
Wayamine
Tolaho
Monwua
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Eugene
Klamath
Orchard Cultivation Talk At Birmingham Tuesday
W F P Rofkar of the experiment station urged bark grafting over cleft grafting for fruit trees during a pruning and grafting demonstration at W H Old's orchard. About fifty growers attended as three years of work in pruning and grafting was shown with lantern slides. Next Tuesday Frank Beach of the Ohio State Horticulture Department will discuss orchard cultivation practices and fertilizer use.
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W. F P. Rofkar
Rofkar
Birmingham School
Bulding
W. H. Old
Frank Beach
Horticulture Department
Ohi State Drive
Beach
Pacific Coast set to grow as commerce shifts westward
The Babson chart indicates general business remains near normal nationwide. In Montana Idaho Wyoming conditions show modest activity with unemployment easing in places while rail work and mining recover slowly. Leaders argue Pacific Coast cities will become national hubs, reshaping trade away from New York as railroads await energetic management.
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America
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Babson
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Jas. J. Hill
St. Paul Land
Dusting Beats Liquid Sprays in Ohio Orchard Trials
Ohio Experiment Station entomologist notes dusting apples and peaches showed better foliage by season end. Though experimental, dusting controlled scab and blotch, with minimal fruit variation versus sprayed plots. A high powered dusting machine used on sixteen Jonathan plots showed promising results.
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Ohio
H. A. Gossard
Ohio Experiment Station
Gossard
Comparing methods for life extension in agriculture
Mr. Goseard states that a five year period remains to settle which method provides the most reliable results on average. He warns that immediate and widespread adoption of dating to the exclusion of spraying risks catastrophic disease and insect pest outbreaks.
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Goseard
Putnam Livestock Men Lead Co-ops in February Shipments
Putnam County again led in members using cooperative channels and in total livestock shipped, according to February figures from the Ohio Palm Bureau Federation. Forty-four counties reported over 3,000 producers using co op channels, sending 646 floor units to market with a net value near the yearly average. The average expense to market was 68 cents excluding shrink.
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Putnam County
mMmnber
Ohio Palm Bureau Federation
Payette
Wrandot
Hardin
Darke
Logan
Angalvize
Chicago Wheat and Corn Prices Open Mixed
Chicago markets report wheat and corn opening unchanged to mixed. May wheat at 104 7 8, July 106 1 8, Sept 107 1 4. May corn 76 1 4, July 79, Sept 79 7 8. lard at 11.00.
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