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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1922
Page
2
The Star announces a forthcoming classified directory titled Who's Who In Winchester. It will list leading citizens and business changes who support community prosperity through Chamber of Commerce membership. The booklet, once finished, will be widely distributed and available at hotels and business houses.
President Chapman of the Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce urged motorists to use the license service it provides. The chamber, funded by local business leaders, offers fast licensing without Richmond delays. Applicants must provide a filled form with prior year license, engine, horsepower, and pay by certified check or money order. fees vary by horsepower and tonnage. Licenses are not issued after 3 PM to allow mail dispatch to Richmond.
Carver & McVicar at 180 South Market Street advertise a selection of pottery and useful baskets to beautify homes. The note invites readers to visit for decorative and practical items.
The U S Department of Agriculture notes purebreds as a key factor in farm prosperity in Tioga County New York. Survey by Harold B Fuller shows about 50 percent of dairy sires are purebreds and roughly 20 percent of cows listed are purebreds with high-grade cattle concentrated in prosperous areas. A farm bureau drive aims to eliminate scrubs and promote purebred bulls and heifers, including community sire exchanges and a past sale event where price was not the sole criterion.
Ice needs for dairy farms vary by location and herd size. In the North a moderately good ice house with limited melt requires about half a ton per cow to cool cream and keep it at delivery temperature, rising to 1.5 tons if whole milk is cooled. For a typical farm family about five tons suffices.
Farmers urged to provide more vegetable feed in spring than winter to boost egg fertility and chick vigor. Beets sprouted oats and other succulent greens recommended.
The USDA bulletin No. 979 urges eliminating loose hay marketing practices. It advises country shippers to improve grading and invoicing, terminal dealers to standardize handling and weight checks, and consuming sections to ensure careful weighing and better records.
The United States Department of Agriculture proposes a ration for flocks fed entirely on table scraps. The mash combines corn meal bran middlings and meat scrap with optional bone meal adjustments. If scraps are unavailable substitute five pounds of cooked vegetables daily for eighty hens.
The article notes building materials, especially lumber, have fallen to fair and reasonable prices after a period of high costs. It invites customers to plan projects with a complete stock ready to supply the right materials at affordable prices.
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