Congress Hears for Government Remedy Agrarian Ills
President Coolidge in his annual message urges tax cuts and economy to relieve economic ills. He calls for reduced taxation, rail, reclamation, and flood control programs, plus reforms in immigration laws and labor sections, while stressing foreign policy restraint and national unity.
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Cotton price figures from 1897 noted in Memphis slip
R. O. Lawrence found a Memphis cotton quotation slip dated 1897 showing Middling at 44 cents in Memphis and 5 13 16 in New York. The notes say this was better than the price a year later, as old timers recall.
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Memphis
New York
County breeders urged to offer premiums at county show
Byron Norrell calls leading county breeders to add extra prizes for non professional exhibitors at the December 18 21 county show. Dr Dawson offers 3.00 for best trio of barred Plymouth Rocks and 2.00 for second. Mrs Norrell adds 2.00 and a setting of White Leghorns eggs for the second best pen. County agents report strawberry trial results and fertilizer tests across multiple counties with notable yields and manure experiments.
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Dawson
Oklahoma
Winter Bee Care Tips From Oklahoma Expert
Wintering bees requires abundant food a vigorous young queen and weather protection. Remove surplus honey stock hives with half brood frames of food and use light colored honey or a two to one sugar syrup. Avoid feeding honey from unknown sources and wrap hives with newspaper for insulation with small entrances.
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Beating the Boll Weevil with Cultivation and Manure
Report highlights cultivation and fertilization as key boll weevil controls. County agent A E Cook cites M V Mizell’s test in Mc Curtain area showing six rows of manured cotton producing 262 pounds versus 140 pounds from unmanured rows, a significant gain.
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Haskell County
M. V. Mizell
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Mc Curtain
Pontotoc County Poultry Show Opens This Month
The Pontotoc County Poultry association announces its annual show will open on the 18th. Breeders gain local exposure to showcase stock and prove Pontotoc poultry rivals distant breeders, with homegrown stock favored to build reputations.
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Pontotoc County
San Jose Scale Threat to Farmers, Oklahoma Warns
Stillwater reports consider able financial loss to farmers from San Jose scale attacks. Assistant entomologist G. A. Bieberdorf urges thorough winter and spring sprayings using lime sulphur wash and scalecide to protect crops and reduce damage.
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Oklahoma
San Jose
G. A. Bieberdorf
Oklahoma A
M. College
Planting Trees Now Builds Spring Ground Strength
The speaker urges planting trees now to ensure ground is well packed by spring and seedlings have a good chance to survive the first summer. They note personal preference for fall planting, claiming it has worked better for them than spring.
Pecan Harvest Boosts Allen Area Economy
Allen merchants report brisk pecan sales with pounds bought by George Crumley and the Allen Trading Company indicating a thriving harvest. Pecan prices reached 17 cents per pound as families profit from gathering in a strong pecan year across the community.
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Two Men Die in Sulphur Scullin Collision
J Lancaster 35 Frisco section foreman and Ab Roy 45 Sulphur rail workers were killed in a passenger train and motor car collision on the Sulphur Scullin branch line two and a half miles east of Sulphur at 1 55 Tuesday afternoon after leaving Scullins at 1 30. The men, from Sulphur, were reportedly working with a slow watch or motor trouble as the train ran on schedule. Conductor Mage Nations said the engineer stopped almost instantly but the two men were dying as they were found. It is the first serious accident in years on the line.
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Woods County Forms New Chamber of Commerce
IYCOMA Oklahoma reports a chamber of commerce organized by D'Coma businessmen with 31 charter members. This marks the third commercial group in Woods county joining Alva and Waynoka.
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Iycoma
Okla
D’coma
Woods County
Alva
Waynoka
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