Pruning and Terracing Boosts in Pontotoc County
The Owl Creek column extols community pride and details pruning fruit trees with proper tools timing and methods for peach apricot cherry plum and apple trees. It notes terracing plans by Cad Patterson and Kent Hill with transit usage and a push to buy more surveying instruments. It also reports G M Adams winning prizes in Dallas News cotton yield on five acres with Mebane seed under guidance from agents.
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W. Rapp
Kent Hill
Mr. Hill
Warns Farmers About Weevil Risk For 1926
The department warns against assuming 1926 will mirror 1924 25 or 1915 conditions. Weevil survival hinges on winter weather and fall hibernation rates and Spanish moss hibernation data from Tallulah Louisiana show variable levels, not past damage alone. Experimental results suggest winter infestation can be normal despite favorable climates.
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Tallulah
Whitehurst
Delta Laboratory
United States Department of Agriculture
Cotton
The Cotton Problem in Galey County Agriculture
The article discusses farming in Galey County's northwest, noting strong crops but stressing that renting farmers rely on cotton. It argues for feed crops to support families and livestock, warns of a 1920-like financial crisis if feed is not grown, and criticizes landlords and high land taxes as drivers toward cotton planting.
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Stoeck
Pontotog Co Cotton Yield Mounts In Pontotoc County
Cotton ginned in Pontotoc county before January 16 totalled 27,611 bales, per county crop reporter Buel Bradford. In 1925 the figure was 22,672, nearing the full crop. Past years show much smaller yields from 1922 to 1923, underscoring rapid growth this season.
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Pontotoc
Buel Bradford
Cardinal Mercier of Belgium Dies at 74 in Brussels
Cardinal Mercier, a key Belgian wartime figure and defender of the afflicted nation, died at 3 PM after a December 29 operation. He led resistance to German occupation, penned the 1914 pastoral letter denouncing invaders, and advised unity with the English and Roman Catholic churches. He had traveled to the United States in 1919 and urged faith and humility.
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Brussels
Belgium
Cardinal Mercier
Hubert
Albert
Prince Leopold
St. Jean‘s Clinic
Max
High Church
England
Desire Mercier
Malines
Vatican
Rome
Vatician
Berlin
Baron von Bissing
von Bissing
Baron von der Lancken
Coquat Harrach
Germany
Waterloo
Briane d’Alleud
Charcot
Paris
Abbe Mercier
Institute of Philosophy
University of
Louvain
Leo XIII
Holy See
College of Cardinals
Leo
Maines
Pius X
United States
New York
General Pershing
County club women meeting postponed to February 6
Snow canceled Friday afternoon session. Mrs Morgan reports strong interest and many would have attended. February 6 set for the postponed meeting with Miss Vera Jones district agent to help federate the clubs.
Boll Weevil Warning Across Cotton Belt
United States Agriculture reports show higher than normal boll weevil hibernation entering to the winter in Louisiana North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia despite unfavorable climate. The rise in hibernation signals potential crop impact across the cotton belt.
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Washington
Cotton Belt
United States Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Texas farmer wins big in More Cotton on Fewer Acres contest
G M Adams of Smith County Texas won the grand prize in Dallas News More Cotton on Fewer Acres contest by growing fifteen bales of cotton on five acres with one and a quarter inch staple. He used Mebane seed intensive cultivation and scientific methods urged by the county agent, succeeding despite drought on upland soil. Other farmers in Texas did nearly as well, showing potential for profitable farming and more acres released for other crops. A Grady county contest is seen as similarly beneficial.
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Dallas News
Smith County
Texas
G. M. Adams
The
Adamson
Oklahoma
Tom Marks
Harmon County
W. l. Leathers
Adams
Grady County
Chickasha Express
Plans for renewing attack on boll weevils in Oklahoma
Oklahoma plans to renew the fight against boll weevils late in February as test cages opened by John A. Whitehart, president of the state board of agriculture, begin the study. Ten test cages are set up across the state with 500 weevils released for testing.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
John A. Whitehart
State Board of Agriculture
North Ada Club Plans February Meeting At Mrs Golden Home
The North Ada Club met January 13 at Mrs Brundidge's home with Mrs Morgan presiding. A program for the next gathering was arranged covering permanent society meetings, motions, debates, and resolutions led by various members. Mrs Morgan demonstrated sewing machine attachments and the February meeting will be at Mrs Golden's residence.
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North Ada Club
Sweet Potatoes Growers Face Oklahoma Learnings
The article notes Oklahoma sweet potato production is rising with yields over 200 bushels per acre where soil suits the crop. It urges more knowledge in growing, storing, and marketing since methods successful in one area may fail elsewhere, though general principles apply.
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Oklahoma
Frisco to Install New Telegraph Gear at Depot
I McNair Frisco agent announces all new modern telegraph instruments will replace the old at the Frisco passenger depot, enhancing service connectivity.
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Frisco
I. McNair
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Cad Patterson
Hird
Burge
Craig County
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Big Cabin
Ross
Extension News
Sonering
Sari Dow
Pontotog CO
John Galsworthy
Robert Bridges
Manchester Union
Leopold
Bier
Cardinal
Church of England
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