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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1919
Page
3
An article outlines using dried grasshoppers as poultry feed and details a poisoned bait mix with bran sawdust molasses and arsenic. It explains a portable grasshopper catcher driven through fields to harvest insects for chickens and describes construction and operation of the device.
An readers note extols ensilage or canned feed as a valuable winter feed for cows sheep and beef cattle. It recommends investing in a silo if many animals must be fed next winter and ends with a reflecting line on riches and kings.
Readable items include Timothy hay Rye Oats Creamery butter Country butter New potatoes Local flour Cornmeal and cracked corn prices and quantities. Entries list product names with limited price points and small lot measures for regional buyers.
United States Department of Agriculture outlines outdoor vegetable storage banks or pits. Choose a well drained site, pile on the ground or in a shallow excavation, line with straw or leaves, cover with straw and earth, vent as needed, and open pits to remove entire contents. Use multiple small pits to store several crops and separate by straw or leaves.
Market listings show spring chicken and various livestock gathered for the day ending with figures such as old roosters and lambs. Butter and corn values, timothy and clover hay prices, plus steer and calf ranges are listed with unit prices and per head estimates.
The Winchester Ministerial Association ends its summer open air meetings with a 7.30pm service at City Hall Plaza led by Rev. Dr. W. D. Smith. The Men’s Union Choir conducts the singing with special orchestral music and Gypsy Smith song books. All are invited.
Mrs Frances Cline Engeling has sold her millinery shop at 122 North Main Street to Miss Margaret Hodgson who has worked in millinery for several years. The sale is welcomed with wishes for continued success.
Hickory Camp No 34 Woodmen of the World holds an all day picnic at Shenk's park Bartonville on August 21. Events include baseball greased pole high jump and horse shoe throwing with possible dancing. State Manager S B Latham to speak and a U S Senator from Washington invited. Refreshments sold. public invited. a bus from Frederick plaza every 30 minutes 50 cents round trip.
Weather Bureau predicts the week starting August 18 will be generally fair across the North and Middle Atlantic States with moderate temperatures near normal. No rain expected.
The Navy Department announced that the victory medal will be awarded to all officers and men who served in the United States Navy during the war. The medal will be issued in November and a silver lane button will be worn with civilian clothes.
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and the Tidewater Oil Company said they will pay a 19 percent bonus to all hourly workers to ease rising living costs. The measure applies to about 14 000 wage earners and will continue until the cost of living drops.
The Ohio experiment Station finds that dead plant matter such as grass straw stalks and leaves loses about half its carbon in six months. Plowing under in fall yields twice the humus value compared with spring plowing, making dry ground ideal for such use.
The article discusses improving soil fertility as essential for large crops and profits this year and in future years. It stresses adopting soil culture practices to sustain productivity for next year and beyond.
240 acre farm in Virginia with 40 acres in orchard including 18 year old trees. 7 room house, bank barn, double corn crib and out-buildings. Well fenced with running water. 60 acres in timothy and bluegrass pasture. Excellent location. Great bargain to a quiet buyer. For particulars apply to Beal Dittate or Clearbrook Virginia.
Meet Mr. George M. Wood at Hotel Evans to view Brockway and Commerce trucks offered by a local dealer. Live proposition targets a qualified man to handle Brockway and Commerce lines in this area.
A National Vigilance Committee bulletin lists signs of unscrupulous promoters selling stock for Liberty Bonds or War Savings Stamps. It warns investors to consult bankers or legitimate brokers and notes fools gold tactics like postponing action and sneering at established firms.
About 250 000 hand grenade banks will be ready for distribution in the Fifth Federal Reserve District by August 20. Each bank will be issued to children under seventeen who save enough to buy War Savings Stamps, turning the bank into the child’s property once funded. The aim is to spur early saving and provide a wartime souvenir linked to the campaign.
A United States Department of Agriculture guide notes hogs pant to shed meat when hot. Provide shade, or build straw shelter. Always supply clean water for hogs to drink.
A fragment discusses litter management in poultry houses noting straw gathers moisture and becomes useless for fowl scritching. It stresses cleaning out and renewing litter frequently and mentions daily thought on cause and effect.
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