Oklahoma Students Defeat Texas In Livestock Judging Meet
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical college beat Texas A and M at the Southwest American Livestock Exposition in Oklahoma City by 2929 to 2923. Lloyd Godley led Oklahoma with 666 points, the top individual, while W. E. Flint of Texas and Dan Arnold of Oklahoma followed. Oklahoma also trailed in the interstate boys club contest to Kansas and Texas after a long, tiring day of judging. The article adds dairy feeding and husbandry tips for Oklahoma farms.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Stillwater
Texas A
M. College
Fort Worth
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
Oklahoma City
Lloyd Godley
Godley
W. E. Flint
Dan Arnold
Kansas
Pruning Young Trees For Fruiting Tracts
Extension horticulturist D C Mooring advises low headed pruning for young fruit trees to reduce sun scald and wind damage. For unbranched trees cut to eighteen to twenty inches for stone fruits and twenty four to thirty inches for apples, with four well distributed main limbs and limited remaining buds.
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D. C. Mooring
A. and
M. College
Bee Work For March From Ernest E. Scholl
Warm January triggers unusual bee activity and stored food use. Inspect colonies on first warm March day and supply honey or sugar water. Note elm and other pollen sources. If cold snaps reduce pollen, feed with rye meal and ground oats, provide water, and assist in clearing dead bees. Prepare hive entrances, nail foundations, and stock supers for honey flow and early swarms. Repair tools and keep smoker fuel stocked. Read Spring Bee bulletins for guidance.
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Ernest E. Scholl
Proper Feeding and Care Secrets of Dairy Success
A C Baer head of the Dairy Husbandry Dept at Oklahoma A M C stresses two secrets to dairy profitability: proper feeding and proper cow care. He notes many Oklahoma cows could be profitable if properly fed housed and cared for. Alfalfa hay is the best dairy feed. corn and sorghum crops can be grown for silo. silage provides feed on dairy farms.
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Oklahoma
A. C. Baer
Dairy Husbandry Department
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
Feather Eating Fowls and Their Diet Causes
Harry Embleton of the A. and M. college explains fowls eat feathers when deprived of certain foods. Milk tankage meat scraps or alfalfa pasturage supply remedies. If the deficiency persists the habit is hard to break and persistent cases may require culling.
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Harry Embleton
Poultry Department
A. and M. College
Picturesque Farm of H R Hochstrasser in Francis Okla
Francis Herald describes H R Hochstrasser's farm adjoining Francis north section. He has planted Bermuda onions across acres and maintains one of Oklahoma's finest grape vineyards. The transformed property, under his management, evokes an old country scene for visitors and tourists.
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H. R. Hochstrasser
Francis
Oklahoma
Francis Herald
Farm cuts flock by half boosting egg output per hen
A. P. Burge Garvin county agricultural agent reports Mark Ashurst farm reduced a flock of 160 white leghorn hens by 50 percent. After the culling the layer percentage rose from 20 to 75 percent and total daily eggs increased by 25 percent. Before culling 160 hens averaged 30 eggs daily. after 80 hens average more than 40 eggs daily.
Plan to extend cotton variety experiments at East Central college
Prof T W McCormick head of agriculture plans to continue cotton studies with his class at East Central college. He will drop two or three unsatisfactory varieties, select new ones and dedicate more land this year. Years of trials aim to identify varieties best suited to Pontotoc County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. McCormick
Department of Agriculture
East Central College
Pontotec County
Weevil Survival Rates Hint at Cotton Crop Outlook
Dr Scholl reports the Antlers test cage shows more boll weevils surviving winter than expected, signaling potential crop strength. Dr Coad notes Louisiana experiments find only about one seventh as many weevils survived as last year, near a ten year average. Both agree February blizzard killed many, with March weather still to reveal Oklahoma impact.
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South
North
Scholl
State Department of Agriculture
Coad
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Capon Praised For Tender Quality And Growing Local Demand
Local readers report capons as very tender and fine eating after Clyde Kaiser provided one for tasting. Clyde plans to caponize many birds this year and Mr. Lackey of Fitzhugh expects to expand last year’s 100 capons. Ada residents may form a strong local market if consumption increases.
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Clyde Kaiser
Clyde
Mr. Lackey
Fitzhugh
Ada
Poultry Plant Spark in Broken Arrow Draws Attendees
Establishment of the Smith A Testerman poultry plant near here and a large poultry market has increased attendance at the poultry short course run by the Broken Arrow vocational agriculture class. Continued on Page Two.
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Broken Arrow
Smith A. Testerman Poultry Plant
Cargill Wins Oklahoma City Mayor Nomination By Narrow Margin
OKLAHOMA CITY March 21 Cargill secured the democratic nomination for mayor with a 3,947 vote lead and total mayoral tally of 8,930. Allen Street conceded defeat. Lackey finished poorly. Patterson led for public property, Wahlberg for finance. Ward by ward results show Patterson narrowly carried the second ward and Nicely led first ward while Wahlberg won finance statewide.
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Oklahoma City
Walton
Farmer-Labor Reconstruction League
O. A. Cargill
Allen Street
Dan Lackey
Warren Gill
Joe Patterson
John W. Nicely
Farmer-Labor League
William F. Wahlberg
Joe O’brien
Patterson
Voes
Nicely
Booth
Phillips
Strong
Niceley
Wahlberg
O’brien
Rural Schools Ten Remain in Session in Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County schools will stay in session awaiting state aid under rural school relief provisions. The appropriation has passed both legislative chambers and awaits governor approval. Governor Walton is seen as likely to support relief benefiting farmers. Lulu and Lala schools have restructured budgets to run eight months.
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Pontotoc County
Walton
Lulu
Lala
Mitchell Sentenced to Death in Holt Murder
Waco Texas March 17 Roy Mitchell a Negro was condemned to death by a jury for the January murder of W E Holt The jury returned the verdict after nine minutes of deliberation and was to fix the sentence later tonight in Waco Texas
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Mitchell
Waco
Roy Mitchell
W. E. Holt
County Officials Protest Senate Road Bill No. 340
Ed S. Butterfield, Oklahoma County commissioners chairman, urged 231 county leaders to meet and oppose Senate Bill 340. He warned the measure would centralize road control in the highway department, an appointive office, risking lawsuits and delays in road construction.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
Ed S. Butterfield
Board of County Commissioners
Oklahoma County
Butterfield
Highway Department
Piute Indians On Warpath In Utah Mountains
A Salt Lake City report says a San Juan County posse chases renegade Piute Indians near Blanding after a clash that left Joe Bishop's boy dead and two Indians wounded. Authorities had tried to trial two captured youths for camp robberies and a later escape sparked renewed hostilities.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
San Juan County
Blanding
United States
Marshall Ward
Redskins
Puck
Joe Bishop
Buck
Oliver
Old Posey
San Juan
Robbers Take Stamps in Olympia Post Office Burglary
Robbers broke into the money order vault and stamp room of the Olympia Washington post office early today and made off with an estimated 15 000 to 20 000 dollars worth of stamps. Postmaster Clemm provided the estimate.
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Olypsa
Wash
Clemm
Ada eyed for new glass plant this summer
Eastern interests plan another glass factory in Ada as Chamber of Commerce members expect. A visiting plant expert praised location gas rates labor and other factors and will urge directors to relocate the plant now operating in the East to Ada this summer. The move would attract about 150 families and employ many locals, boosting the city’s north side industrial growth.
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Ada J
Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma House Debates Report on Zenephon Jones Release
Oklahoma City March 20 A House resolution calls for a committee report on the release under guard of Zenephon Jones from the state penitentiary. Tolbert says the aim is to clarify Gov Walton’s role in permitting the Muskogee slayer to depart. The committee notes a key witness was absent in the East but has since returned and the report is due soon. Local bills fill the morning session. Senate seeks a soldiers bonus election with a different revenue source and reduced bonus.
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Oklahoma. City
Zenephon Jones
State
Tolbert
Kiowa County
Gov
Walton
Muskogee
Stewart
House
Senate
Cordell of
Manitou
Oklahoma Legislature Inches Toward Large Budget Breakthroughs
Oklahoma City March 20 The upper house faces an appropriation bill at 16 4 million after the lower house dropped its 12 1 2 per cent cut. The senate passed 19 local measures while a push to reduce legislative size to 40 24 stalled. A Muskogee bill to cut judges from three to two advances, saving 35 000 yearly. An intense debate followed with strong pushing for rapid spending.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
Calvert
Nowata
Lamar Looney
Senate Committee On Judiciary Appointments
House
Gulager
Muskogee
Muskogee-Waggoner
Aged Indian Woman Dies After Long Life
Cusie Cann, an Indian woman reputed to be 126 years old, died at Jackson Valley. Reports say she told of witnessing the arrival of the first Mexicans in California and later the Americans who settled the country.
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Tone
Calif
Theses of Communist Program Entered in Michigan Hearing
Extracts from theses and resolutions from the 1921 Moscow Congress were read to William Foster in the Michigan criminal syndicalism trial. The state says the Moscow International is the governing body of the Communists and supports a plan of force. The theses outline how Communists would operate where legal, and how to function where illegal.
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T. Joseph
Mich
The
Internationale
Moscow
William
Foster
Michigan
Moscow Internationale
England
United Staties
Blizzard Damages County Fruit Crops With Freeze
A cold snap in Ada dropped to 11 degrees at dawn as orchards suffered with peach and plum losses likely heavy. Joe Rushing and J B Hill warn that apples and cherries largely escaped harm while peaches face financial impact as canning season looms.
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Ada
Old Boreas
North Pole
Oklahoma
MacMillar
E. A. MacMillian
Weather Bureau
Joe Rushing
Mr. Rushing
Rushing
J. B. Hill
Secret Oklahoma marriage linked Crawford and Harden duo
Val Crawford of Okemah and Viola Harden of this city announced their secret marriage, conducted February 10 in Muskogee. The bride, popular in local school activities, is the daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Harden. the groom is attorney and brother of John Crawford.
Harvard professor links Greece and Rome decline to malaria
A Harvard professor argues that malaria carried by prisoners from abroad contributed to the degeneration of ancient Greece and Rome, shaping the fall of those civilizations according to his theory.
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Greece
Rome
Harvard
Wallace Urges More Aid for State Farmers
Secretary of Agriculture H. C. Wallace urged aid for farmers in an address before a joint legislative session. He highlighted four acts from the 67th Congress: War Finance Corporation revival, farmer on the Federal Reserve Bank board, Packers and Stockyards Act, and Agricultural Credits Act. John A. Whitehurst praised for advancing farm welfare, with Senator J. W. Harreld advising prudent rural credit use in lean years.
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Oklahoma City
H. C. Wallace
Wallace
War Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve Bank Board
John A. Whitehurst
State Board of Agriculture
Oklahoma
J. W. Harreld
Senate to tighten purse strings on 16 million appropriation
The senate prepared to cut the 16.4 million institutional appropriation bill from the house with initial reductions totaling about 1.63 million. If the ratio holds, total cuts may reach about 4 million. The house passed Senate Bill No. 340 to empower highway department personnel and improve organization, with an 86 to 1 vote and Representative Pollock of Carter County voting no. The bill was amended to let county commissioners keep contract award power for road work in their counties.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
House
Highway Department
Representative Pollock
Carter County
Senate panel backs mansion bill for Gov Walton
John Golbie of Guthrie as senate building committee chair praises Senator Ross Lillard plan to fund an executive mansion. The appropriation grows from 275000 to 100000 and the mansion sits a block west of the capitol.
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Oklahoma City
John Golbie
Guthrie
Senate Building Committee
Ross Lillard
Gov
Walton
Capiol
Vanoss Young People Debate Announced
The Vanoss debating club will meet bi weekly at the Vanoss School auditorium. Next meeting is Wednesday March 28 at 7 36 p m. The topic asks whether there should be a ship subsidy with John Jones and James Walters for the affirmative and Clinton Sturdevant and Willard Owens against. All are welcome to attend.
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Young People’s Debating Club of
Vanoss
Vanoss School
John Jones
James Walters
Clinton Sturdevant
Willard Owens
Unmasked Bandits Hold Up Bridgeport Bank
Three unmasked bandits robbed the Bridgeport state bank at noon in Bridgeport Oklahoma and took between 3000 and 4000 dollars. They escaped toward the hills of western Caddo county in a car after locking cashier A B Wheeler in the vault. he was released about seventeen minutes later. A posse was launched immediately.
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Bridgeport
Okla
Bridgeport State Bank
Caddo County
A. B. Wheeler
Wheeler
Ice court tennis near Glen Coe
An unusual tennis match unfolds on an ice court with players skating. The location is near Glen Coe, suggesting a novelty or winter sports event combining tennis and skating.
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Glencoe
Til
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Byron Norrell
Gargill
Reconstruction League
Cargill
Utah Mountains
Utah Town
Rossiter
Pat
Appropriations Committee
Cameron School of Agriculture
Lawton
Triumph Friends of the School
Oratory
J. P. Rossiter
W. S. Cunningham
Creek
Wallage
Agriculture
Congress
Solons
Bridgeport Bank
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