American Sparrows Aid Farmers by Insect Diet
USDA bulletin reports forty sparrow species in North America, noting native sparrows eat many insects including beetles and grasshoppers, with one third of the diet from insects for song, chipping, and field sparrows. Winter seeds from weeds dominate, reducing weed seed across wide areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
North America
United States
Department of Agriculture
Upper
Mississippi Valley
New Bulletin
Towa
Massachusetts
Iowa
Treatment for Fence Post Preservative Method Yields Better Posts
A Colorado Agricultural College note describes a simple open-tank creosote system using a 36 by 32 inch galvanized barrel cut to suit. Posts are seasoned and heated with creosote to boiling point to ensure penetration, with a tin water can used to gauge temperature.
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B. C. Longyear
Colorado Agricultural College
Poultry as a Profit Center for Farms
The article argues poultry deserves focus as a major income source, noting many farms treat it as a minor sideline. With proper cultivation and management, poultry can yield more revenue than all crops combined.
Animal protein best for egg production and economy
Animal protein material yields more eggs than vegetable protein and is most economical. It can best be supplied as beef scrap and skim milk.
Trade Conditions Show Improvement Across Districts
Trade conditions in twelve districts show mixed signals. New York is general, Boston slight, Philadelphia and Cleveland good. Atlanta and Chicago report activity not pronounced. Minneapolis Kansas City and St. Louis patrol crops. Dallas and San Francisco report encouraging prospects. Richmond progress remains retarded by war.
Havoc Wrought By Gigantic Hailstones
ST. LOUIS May 5 One is known to have been killed thousands of dollars damage was done crops and hailstones large as baseballs are reported to have fallen in the storm which swept across Missouri last Sunday. At Sturgeon Lee Hanley 18 was killed by lightning. In St Louis streets were flooded several feet deep. A boy in a canoe aided a passenger service between a church door and a street car station. California Mo reported hail holes in roofs and sides of houses and west windows demolished. Tipton hailstones measured 8 1 2 inches in diameter and weighed about a half pound.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Sturgeon
Lee Hanley
Int. Louis
California
Tig Maxwell Smashes Ford On Valley Pike
A Valley Pike collision near Staunton left two cars badly damaged. J B Baylor of Baylor Grocery owned a Ford touring car and He Cline of Weyers Cave owned a Maxwell. both vehicles suffered front axle and steering gear damage, with one light burning. Local garage workers towed them from the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Pike
Staunton
J. B. Baylor
Baylor Grocery Company
He Cline
Weyers Yave
Bowlder to mark Dowden's Ordinary unveiled May 10
In Rockville Maryland on May 5 a large bowlder erected by Janet Montgomery Chapter of the DAR will mark Dowden's Ordinary site used by General Braddock's army en route to Fort Duquesne. Mrs William H Talbott and Mrs Frank P Stone oversee events with expected addresses from Franklin K Lane and other dignitaries.
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Rockville
Clarksbuug
Janet Montgomery
Wiliam H. Talbott
Frank P. Stone
Franklin K. Lane
the Interior
Public Sale of City Real Estate in Winchester
Public auction in front of Winchester Court House for lotNos. 603 605 West Main Street with a frame dwelling and store room as part of a 1915 chancery decree. Sale set for May 22 1915 at 11 a m with one third cash and balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court of Winchester
Jacob Cold Packing Company Et Als
Luther CG. Kremer Et Als
Court House
Winchester
Pe Ee Alse
Historic paper read by Mrs Stone with visiting officials
Mrs. Frank P. Stone will read a paper of historic nature attended by Josephus Daniels Secretary of the Navy John Barrett director of the bureau of Pan American republics Representative David J Lewis and British Ambassador Spring Rice. The United States Engineers Band will be present and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad made special arrangements to accommodate visitors from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the
Navy
John Barrett
Bureau of Pan-American Republics
David J. Lewis
Ambasedor Spring-Rice
Mra
Frank P. Stone
United States Engineers’ Band
Washington
The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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Reto
F Heller’s
MissessEtta
Annie Gri
Io Town
Wyate Egis
Crabill
Bell Phone
Burpee's Garden Seeds
Franck Baker & Son
Rockefeller
Carnegie
ASTOR
Hygeia
Snapp
N. Market Street
Sceight Depot
Willis
N. Market St
McKwee’s
D. W
Ilwee
John Baer
Miller's
Orua
Tipton
Tig Maxwell
Ford
Bae Beat
James L. Gardner
Grove Bros. Department Store
Bowlder
General Braddock
M. Ward
John M. Steck
Jas. P. Reardon
Harry R. Kern
Oes
Corporation
Thecety
Robt. M. Ward
Beverley
Clerk Corp
Ourt
Virginia
Frederick County
Southern
Washington, D. C
Colt
Harry Albin
Summit Point
Geo
W. Kremer
Burpee
Fred. S. Boyd
Ance
McVicar Carriage Works
R. C. Libert
Union Bank of Winchester
Jno. S. Solenberger & Co
Oppo. Farmers and Merchants Bank
Chevrolet
Winchester Auto Sales Co
Main Street
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