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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1930
Page
7
A fragmented OCR page lists various farm and animal product prices. It includes dairy items like butter and cream, mixed feed, corn meal, cotton seed, and seed meal prices. Poultry and livestock sections show chickens, ducks, calves, lambs with scattered price figures.
Virginia Tech horticulturist Dr Hoffman outlines a fertilizer approach to boost apple size and yield. Based on Blacksburg and Crozet trials since 1911, the method combines nitrogen with phosphoric acid and potash, suggesting a seven to two to five ratio but cautions growers to tailor to local conditions and avoid overreliance on one nutrient.
Miss Ilena M. Bailey of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station leads a study at Blacksburg to determine how feeding hogs on peanuts and soybeans and different handling methods affect cooking quality of Virginia hams shoulders and bacon. The project, part of a $6 million hog industry effort, uses 200 pound pigs slaughtered for scores on fat lean ratios color marbling and texture, with meats cooked in a new food research lab to compare farm produced cuts with open market products.
May 13 notes from Greenwood Virginia mention Mr and Mrs Harry Maloy Mr and Mrs Charles Maloy and Mr and Mrs Hugh Maloy of Altoona Pennsylvania visiting their father Ellis Maloy. Also Mrs Thomas Harford of Washington stayed with Mrs Pete Hamman and Joe Pennington and Pete Hamman improved their homes with new porches. Homer Mason and sons Emmett and Robert visited Mrs Mason’s parents Mr and Mrs M Bar.
A family visited the home of Mr and Mrs Pete Ham man on Sunday. A Will Durant quote about life’s moral phases appears, reflecting on indulgence and preaching.
A murder mystery centers on Dan Parades found dead after a jade phoenix symbol appears. Allan Hunt pursues a lead at a crime scene while a French detective and Deputy Attorney Samuels search for the killer. Blood at the scene points to Grainger, a temporary worker, as a possible suspect.
Samuels and Flique discuss a jade phoenix linked to a 25 year old Marseilles robbery. A clipping from Le Clatron du Matin alleges the jade phoenix is in Dan Parados’s San Lucas Island home. The note hints convicts from Ille du Diable and Lacete’s past, prompting anticipation for tomorrow’s chapter.
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