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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1921
Page
3
Saturday October 22 marks a sacrifice sale with heavily discounted items including blankets from $2.09 to $3.04, Latin marseilles spreads $3.00 to $3.69, ladies dresses from $3.19, plush coats $20 to $24.50, Xmas glassware, towels, and corsets at deep cuts. Special all wool double blankets offered for $8.50, originally $12.50.
United States Department of Agriculture specialists report that the northwest faces growing losses from insufficient packing and storage facilities for boxed apples. The study, summarized in Farmers' Bulletin 1204, notes two packing types ranch and community houses, with community packing rising from about one quarter of the crop in 1916 to roughly one half by 1919.
Those planning grapevines should prepare cuttings this fall. One vine yields many cuttings, stored in damp sand or buried outdoors to prevent freezing, then rooted in spring. Cuttings come from new wood with two to three buds and eight to twelve inches long.
Some farmers condemn poultry manure for burning crops due to its high soluble nitrate content. Others report marvelous results. When applied thinly and evenly, the manure is safe and yields excellent crop growth.
Farmers plan to use hogs to consume fallen apples and root over every foot of orchard ground after picking. The hogs, active for grubs as winter approaches, help prevent worm infestation and boost soil preparation unless an early freeze ends ground activity.
Virginia railroad taxes rise sharply after the 1921 quinquennial assessment. The State Corporation Commission reports 2,974,354.99 capitalized value taxed, with an increase of 248,579.27 over last year and a substantial rise since 1916, signaling a heavy toll on rail carriers to the state treasury.
Dr Waite recommends coal tar creosote paint on trunks to prevent rabbit damage to young apple trees and as a wound protector. He notes painting several hundred saplings reduced injury but rabbits resumed gnawing in exposed strips before full coverage stopped them. M B Waite and H Byrd urge orchard protection and trunk cleaning to minimize damage.
Discontinuing farming will sell at public sale 3 miles west of Bunker Hill on Thursday October 27 1921 starting at 10 o'clock. Items include 8 head of horses and cattle, 15 head of extra good black faced ewes, farming implements and household goods. 12 months credit with cash discount. A G Legg Dodd Hoffman Auds J A Glendening Clerk. tu-sat
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