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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
2
Agricultural notes advise farmers to select seed corn from well formed, medium stalks with one or two heavy ears. Avoid extreme tall or short stalks and ears. Favor stalks with ample leaves and well spaced ears, harvested from the best plants after field selection and careful in-field husking.
A farmer laments the decline of turkey raising as predators and city editors intrude. He recalls past flocks of bronze and Hollands, explains legal fights over turkeys and foxes, and notes hard times with help scarce and farm work shifting to descendants. The piece contrasts rural traditions with urban pressures and a fading rural life.
The article advises letting corn stand to fully ripen on the stalk for stronger seed. It recommends selecting the best ears, saving more seed than needed, and ensuring enough high quality seed is stored to avoid planting inferior grain later.
A farmer explains turkey disease and failed cures including sour crop and liver spots. He narrates experiments with coal tar and venetian red before noting the shift to mechanized poultry farming and canned meat sold in grocery stores.
Market reports show today’s buying prices from local grain dealers for cereals with Wheat, Corn, Ear Corn, Oats and Hay. Live stock prices are given for Beef Pork Veal per pound with live weight values noted.
Myron Weeks of Shenandoah county who vanished last September near Woodstock is reportedly alive in Richwood Kentucky according to the United States Pension Bureau. They say he has two wives, one in Shenandoah and another in Kentucky. Local residents Mrs A G Shaver and daughter Miss Sybil James visit Maurertown and Martinsburg visitors stay with the Fuller family on Washington Street.
The market lists country and retail prices for farm goods. Lard and butter are quoted with varying rates, eggs and potatoes priced per unit, and chickens and turkeys offered in live and dressed forms. Millfeed and corn are also posted with per 100 and per bushel figures.
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