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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
5
Charles J. Bonaparte former Secretary of the Navy and Attorney General received a solemn requiem mass in Baltimore after a family service at his Maryland home. Navy officials attended and honorary pallbearers were drawn from Baltimore lawyers and Catholic University trustees. Interment followed at Loudoun Park Cemetery with flags at half mast.
The House of Representatives adopted the conference report on the resolution terminating the war with Germany and Austria. The action occurs in Washington with the date listed as June 30. Associated Press report notes passage by vote.
A U S Department study notes farmers in eastern Pennsylvania use walled yard enclosures for manure near stables, boosting corn to 85.50 bushels per acre and wheat to 9.75 bushels on ten farms. In Chester County, yields rise to 65.3 bushels corn, 24.8 wheat, and 41.46 oats, reflecting manure handling as a key practice alongside superior soil.
United States Department of Agriculture specialists report wide variation in production costs. Wheat on 481 farms averaged 2.51 per bushel, but over 50 percent of farmers spent more, up to 8.20 per bushel. Cotton averaged 23 cents per pound on 842 farms, yet about 60 percent had costs above the average. The department now releases frequency tables to show how much of a product is produced below given costs and stresses bulk-line costs over averages.
The article advises periodic cleaning of henhouse woodwork and roosts with a capable lice killer or kerosene to eliminate mites that trouble poultry both day and night.
A farmer can profit by raising geese with a cheap shed for shelter. Geese thrive in winter with minimal feed, doing well on ensilage clover and chopped vegetables.
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