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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1913
Page
3
A Kansas Department of Agriculture horticulturist explains pruning to form tree shapes and proper cuts to avoid decay. The article also covers the rise of cream separators, their principle, capacity range, costs, and notes on cream quality versus traditional methods.
E K Parkinson explains hopper feeding to save time and maintain digestion on farms with many fowls. Metal hoppers reduce rodent issues, though some egg loss may occur. He lists several dry mash formulas for Leghorns, Flymouth Rocks, and Maine station guidance, with monthly linseed meal additions.
Secretary Houston's annual report to President Wilson outlines a five to six part plan for the Department of Agriculture to improve coordination, including research state relations rural organization forest service weather and regulation. It urges re districting for pure food law enforcement and seeks authority to amend food laws to improve the food supply.
Instructions by H W Doyle describe optimal hotbed placement in a sheltered, sunny position and heat sources from fermenting manure. The article outlines pit depth, frame construction from lumber, sash size 8x6 feet, frame bracing, sash mounting, weatherproofing, and covering methods. It details six weeks for growth and ten days before sowing seeds, plus manure layering and soil mix for a hotbed boil.
The report notes oats barley and rye are abundant with wheat acreage yielding a record out-turn. Barley oats and rye exceed expectations while corn is forecast to produce the poorest result in twenty years.
In Ackley Iowa reports show local merchants get little profit from eggs. A local buyer paid 33 cents a dozen. Chicago market was 42 cents. The buyer netted 30 and a half cents after crate costs, while crates added 25 cents each. Shipping and storage gaps by small town merchants influence price disparities. Railroad workers also buy eggs in towns for personal use, widening the gap between rural and city prices. A Ackley resident sent 30 dozen to New York, where buyers paid 20 cents more per dozen, with transport costs of 1.24 dollars reducing gains to the New Yorker by seven dollars and fifteen cents on thirty dozen.
The fragment notes a price around a dozen units totaling roughly 23 cents per dozen. It hints at a small IS item pricing detail without broader context or identifiable entities.
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved Postmaster General Burleson’s plan to raise parcel post weights to twenty pounds for all zones beyond the second and to boost early zone weights to fifty pounds. Rates will be cut in zones three through six with specific penny-per-pound adjustments while books shipments gain favored treatment. The changes, effective March 16 1914, followed earlier August action expanding weights and cutting first zone rates.
Mr Paul A Rix assistant to the president of Kissel Kar company Hartford Wisconsin visits Waterloo to inspect the new Kissel Kar garage. He praises Waterloo growth over the past decade and notes strong support among local businessmen for home institutions despite healthy competition.
Chicago Record-Herald reports leaders of the Masons Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows consider combining into a single secret society to guard American schools and liberal institutions. The plan envisions all members carrying rifles, a contrast to prior arming limits.
Mrs. John Widmayer of Jackson Michigan praises Vinci for maintaining activity at age 69 and recommends Vinol as a strong body builder. The ad claims Vinol heals digestion and blood weakness and offers a money back guarantee through Wangler Bros Co and C J Miller Druggist in Waterloo Iowa.
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