Costs of Producing Potatoes and Land Charge Added
The guide notes labor, horse labor, fertilizers, and seed make about 80 percent of potato production costs. It explains calculating total operating expenses and adds land-use charges. Labor hours times local rates plus manure at 1.50 per ton and current seed price form the cost base.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
New York
Maine
Feeding baby chicks tips from poultry experts
The article advises feeding young chicks small, frequent portions twice daily while growing into three meals in early weeks. Start with soft and hard feeds in a 3 2 ratio first two weeks and shift to two soft and three hard as they age. Remove leftover moistened feed to prevent souring and dysentery. Encourage exercise and scratching for growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Purebred Focus Boosts Stock Profits Across Farms
A Iberia parish dairyman reports shifting from grade to registered stock under the Better Sives Better Stock crusade. He notes three extra-good grade cows for family use and decides to register animals, citing improved profitability. He is also a breeder of standard Bred White Wyandotte fowls.
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Iberia Parish
United States Department of Agriculture
Personal notices from New York to Washington travelers
Miss Betty Jackson of New York left for Washington after a longer visit with Mrs Elizabeth Steck. Miss Eloise Geary returned to Richmond after visiting Mrs Orsie on West Water street. Mr J W Nalls returned to Washington after ten days with his sister Mrs Nancy McIntosh in this city. Miss Florence Woods of Alexandria visited Missess Bessie Rush and Nancy Crisman. Mrs John Craig of Baltimore, daughter of the late J S Hicks, is improving after an operation in a Baltimore hospital. Miss Ella Abbott plans to return to Winchester in July after visiting Brandy. Mrs Marines Castleman and two children returned from Camp Meade where they visited Sgt and Mrs Frank E Huntley. Miss Lucy B Jones left for Baltimore. Mrs Charles W Ramsburg and daughter Miss Elsie Ramsburg left for Baltimore. Mr S Porter House left for a short trip to Washington.
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Eloise Geary
Ichmond
Mrs. Orsie
J. W. Nalls
Washington
Nancy McIntosh
John Craig
Baltimore
J. S. Hicks
Ella Abbott
Brandy, Va
Winchester
Marines Castleman
Drive Foreigners Out of Beaverdale After Night of Attacks
Beaverdale, a mining town, saw foreigners flee after a night of violence. American citizens reportedly reiterated a plan to expel the foreign element blamed for recent crimes. Five buildings were dynamited and several foreign residents were driven from their homes Monday night, authorities in Cambria County reported.
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Johnstown
Pal
Beaverdale
Cambria County
Hours Fixed For The Chautauqua In Winchester
The Chautauqua sessions are set for three thirty? No, three o'clock in the afternoon and eight o'clock in the evening. Programs and advertising must align with these hours, which have been adopted as best suiting local conditions in Winchester.
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Winchester
Bank Sketch Exhibited by Local Architect
The sketch of the new Commercial and Savings Bank building drawn by Mr. Stuart H. Edmonds, local architect, is framed and exhibited in a window of the current bank on North Main Street drawing favorable comment from passersby.
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Stuart H. Edmonds
Bank
North Main Street
Mrs Trenary Laid To Rest In Mount Hebron Cemetery
The funeral for Mrs. Mabi Bidisiy Trenary wife of J Marshall Trenary occurred at 4 PM from the family home 16 East Cecil Street. Rev Clarence Woods of Centenary Reformed Church conducted the service. Pallbearers included Brook Baker James S Hardy William Keating William Rathman Frank Quantz and Charles Woodward. Out of town attendees were Samuel Trenary Fairmont W Va Joseph N Trenary Cumberland Md and other relatives.
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Mabi Bidisiy
J. Marshall Trenary
Ree
Son
East Cecil Street
Clarence Woods
Centenary Reformed Church
Trenary
Mount Hebray Cemetery
Messrs
Brook Baker
James 8. Hardy
William Keating
William Rathman
Frank Quantz
Charles Woodward
Samuel Trenary
Fairmont
W. Va
Joseph N. Trenary
Cumberland, Md
Smiths Prepare Europe Voyage This Summer
Mrs. E. Virginia Smith left for Washington with daughter Miss Virginia H. Smith visiting New Haven. They plan to sail late July for Europe and tour the continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Virginia Smith
Washington
Virginia H. Smith
New Haven
Conn
Europe
Meat in Injurious to the Kidneys Warns Authority
An authority warns that excessive meat consumption raises uric acid in blood and taxes the kidneys causing back pain headaches nervousness and bladder irritation. It recommends four ounces daily of Jad Salts to flush and neutralize urine acids, describing it as safe inexpensive and effective for kidney support.
Plan to Exterminate Rats Warned as Population Grows
A notice urges immediate warfare against rats showing around a poultry house. It cautions that early small damage may not be noticeable, but as numbers rise the trouble and loss will increase and could occur suddenly.
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Louisiana Dairyman
Betty Jackson
Elizabeth Steck
TOR Washington
Florence Woods
Alexandria
Lucy B. Jones
Charles W. Ramsburg
Elsie Ramsburg
Mr. S. Porter House
The
Associated Press
Ierica
Thevtife
Mrs. Trenary
Star
JAC
Sperry & Hutchinson Co
Walla Walla
S. & H.” Company
S. & S.” Company
M. B. Clowe
C. A. Heller Dry Goods
Jollffe & Jolliffe
People’s Drug CO
Gray & Sheetz
Bull Durham
Pru
P.A
Prince Albert
Tae
Oita Eens
Res
Eynolda Obaceo Co
Jimmy Pipe
Pringe Albert
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