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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1916
Page
3
The Fire Company plans a series of Thursday evening concerts at its hall, East Cork Street, starting at 8 o'clock until further notice. Led by Robert Hartman the ensemble has shown good progress this winter and will include short intermission lectures on popular topics. The general public is invited to attend.
Mrs Charles L Robinson has returned to her North Market street home after extended treatment at Wernersville Pennsylvania and is much improved. She was accompanied by her husband who rested in the mountains during the trip.
Mr. Charles Sauber of Baltimore is spending a day or two on business and is registered at Hotel Evans.
The article reviews seed corn depth experiments from Ames Iowa and Illinois showing shallower planting yields higher early germination while deeper planting suits dry springs. It notes soil type and moisture affect germination and advocates two inches for warm soils and shallow planting. It also describes a Danish method growing potatoes in dark cellar conditions on a dust-free table with dry earth and seed potatoes.
Describes planting washed potatoes with sprouts cut and buried four inches apart. Sprouts are removed as they appear. In two to three weeks white points form and later become small potatoes. Large enough, harvest first crop then allow continued production for additional crops until parent potato is exhausted. No water required. Sprouts cut carefully without injuring the parent. The new potatoes are firm, solid, with thin skins and good flavor. Advantage over garden cultivation includes no deep planting or hoeing and limited pests.
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Local buyers offered prices for corn oats hay and dairy goods. Notable quotes include Yellow corn at 3.55 per unit and Cracked corn at 3.65 with hay and potatoes listed for retail and wholesale. Fresh and store butter noted along with spring chickens and old hens prices.
The column lists prices for corn cob and carrots, butter varying by creamery brand, Virginia rolls, dairy prints, and poultry terms. Livestock prices cover hay, sheep and lambs, calves, and pigs, with ranges by quality and weight for buyers.
John Suddith and Milford Bolner left for Widdy Stone Pennsylvania to take machinist posts with Baldwin Locomotive Company. Suddith comes from Ryan and Orndorf and Bolner from Snapp foundry. Claude Ryan of the United States Navy, attached to the battleship Kansas, arrived to visit his mother, Mrs. Nettie Ryan, on North Washington Street.
At the close of Baltimore wholesale markets this afternoon, red wheat was quoted at 1.19 and corn at 54 cents. Mrs Stanley B Weld, visiting Martinsburg West Virginia, spent Saturday evening with Miss Mary K Strickler at her National Avenue home.
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