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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1924
Page
3
The article shares practical guidance on drying corn and tomatoes, plus a new serving idea for tomatoes and baked bread. It includes reader letters encouraging more farm wife recipes, and reports University of Arkansas findings on poultry feed needs, savings from free range, and regional crop notes including cotton outlook and grasshopper damage.
The Texas Farm and Ranch reports county agents are kept busy by grasshoppers web worms and other pests with widespread demand on their services. It notes not all problems have ready solutions and emphasizes agents use training and networks to find answers while farmers value expert guidance.
Agricultural Statistician notes a June 26 forecast of 11,934,000 bales, given the June 25 1924 readings. The report outlines a 68.6 condition index and a July 16 indicator for production outlook.
The state board of equalization approved a state valuation today in Oklahoma City that is 20 million dollars less than last year's base of 1,686,187,834. The rate remains at 31 and 2 miles, the maximum allowed under the constitution.
Fisk University in Nashville announced the completion of a 1,000,000 endowment fund for its Negro school, matching a 500,000 pledge from the General Education Board. Contributors include the Carnegie Corporation and foundations in New York Philadelphia Chicago and Boston. The fund will finance teachers salaries as Fisk campaigns a 50,000 addition and Jubilee Singers plan a concert at Lady Astor's home with royalty expected.
Pilgrim Petroleum and Texas and Pacific Oil and Gas plan two wells each near Ada, with depths of at least 2500 feet. L J Zoller did undersurface geology. Drilling starts within 30 days on sites in sections 31-4-6 and 27-4-6, west and north of the Frisco railroad. Additional rigs to be erected on Clint Palmer and Corvin farms as oil conditions allow.
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