Heavy strain on highways as trucks overwhelm roads
The United States Department of Agriculture warns that roads built for ordinary loads cannot sustain the increasing traffic from freight and urban demand. Rail congestion shifts burden to highways, prompting fleets of heavy motor trucks traveling at higher speeds and stressing infrastructure. Solutions require fair regulations balancing construction costs and user charges to maintain essential transport.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Roads in Good Order Prompt Public Investment Talk
An editorial advocates spending to improve roads arguing that properly surfaced highways raise land values and boost market conditions. It warns against accepting poor roadwork bought on installments, claiming such deals never catch up with losses and lead to perpetual replacement.
Surface repairs drive road upkeep and labor sharing
Public focus favors surface work while drainage and hidden features go unnoticed. A single heavy lumber load in rain can undo weeks of repair. Propose dragging roads with farmers agreeing to haul or call out hands at intervals, enabling winter work for horses and neighborly joint road repairs.
Federal Inspectors Scrutinize Evaporated Milk for Army Use
U S agriculture inspectors monitor factories condensing or evaporating milk for Allied armies and home use. Factories ship up to 80 percent of output overseas, with samples tested for purity fat and solids, labels checked for misbranding, and cooperation between federal and state inspectors to curb abuses. The act covers interstate or foreign shipments, guiding quality standards for evaporated milk.
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United States Department of Agriculture
How Subs Were Foiled Is Told Official of US Shipping Board
An official describes convoy tactics used to outmaneuver German submarines. He recalls sailing from New York, arranging ships in a compact column, guarded by balloons and hydroplanes, with 25 lookouts and a strong naval escort. Camouflage created misdirection, with ships appearing on altered courses to fools U boats.
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United States Shipping Board
New York
Ivery
Parvo Beens
America
Bay of Biscay
Broadway
Pire Island
Grand Fleet
Cigation
Campusium
Toronto
Canada
Europe
Inney
Consdatus
Inarus
Abe
Vail
Wraina
Ausuat
Best Feed For Dairy Cows And Cost-Efficient Rations
Guidance on feeding dairy cattle with reduced grain reliance through legume hay and silage. Emphasizes pasture, home grown protein rich feeds, corn silage, and legume hays like clover, alfalfa, and soybeans to sustain milk production at lower costs while partially substituting grain.
Canada Reborn as War Result
The article proclaims a transformed Canada after World War I, highlighting immense wartime losses, national resolve, and rapid postwar gains. It credits soldiers and the entire population for grit, industrial prowess, and fiscal strength, while noting a vast reconstruction and development program ahead.
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Canada
She Keeps 'Em Happy Relieves Wounded Soldiers in Hospitals
A Red Cross worker in a Paris hospital uses a scarlet kerchief and fortune telling to lift morale among recovering American soldiers. Hetty the gypsy performs readings, promising adventure and good fortune to weary conscripts, while fellow staff note the therapy's playful value in wartime care.
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Gering
Red Cross Indy
Night Owls Dig For Smoke Fund In Hotel Rooms
In a Seattle hotel, residents dubbed night owls gather after midnight. Mrs Clarke is collecting funds from each guest arriving late, forming the basis for a fund described as the France smoke fund.
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Night Owls
Seattle
Clarke
France
Two litters a year urge for sow management notes
Agricultural guidance outlines a regimen for sows to produce two litters annually. It discusses rest periods, feeding focus on milling feed, and timing for breeding to achieve September farrowings. It emphasizes region differences with milder climates boosting sow profitability and warns of risks from cold and improper care.
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United States
Fred Dentin
Farrie
Farrow
Soy Beans Boost Sheep Gain at Wisconsin Station
Research at the Wisconsin Station shows soy beans in sheep rations improve gains per feed unit. In a 12 week trial, soy included rations produced an average gain of 16.2 pounds, versus 9 pounds with oats. Feeds required 6.11 pounds grain and 1.0 pound roughage per pound of gain with soy, compared to 7.28 and 8.02 for oats. A second trial with two lots of nine lambs noted higher dust weight gains and wool yield advantages for soy rations.
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Steven Deparont
Wisconsin
Horse Feed and Workload Guidance from A Curious Ad
A fragmentary ad discusses grain weight for a horse to meet performance needs. It mentions varying intake of oats and other grain, with emphasis on matching feeding to workload and avoiding overfeeding. The text is garbled but centers on diet and exercise balance for equine performance.
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