Pioneering Tenant Farmers Grow Pigs and Data from Elsewhere
Marion County weekly column highlights Phil Mace who sold 19 pigs for 486.00 last Sept and 39 pigs for 1000.56 last week, bringing six month pig revenue near 1500.00. Feeding costs under 600.00 and corn grown on farm fed to pigs boosts profits. Billy Reed, another tenant farmer, sold four surplus pigs for 92.59 after rapid weight gain. The piece also touches on census progress and population projections.
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Marion
Ww. BR. Weil
Marion Star
Phil B. Mace
Wells
Mace
Billy Reed
Mr. Mace
Taking of Census as a Huge Enterprise
The director of the Bureau of Census William M. Steuart notes the rapid U S population growth and calls the 1930 census a vast undertaking. He stresses sworn secrecy for respondents data and says violations carry heavy penalties. He compares the census to historic counting efforts and underscores its constitutional basis as a decennial national statistic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bureau of Census
William M. Steuart
Stewart
David
Mentus
Disputed German War Damage Claims After Months of Talks
After ten weeks of negotiation, experts fail to settle the amount Germany owes for war damages. Allies demand reparations while Germany argues it has paid a fair amount in cash, kind, and lost territory. Senator Borah calls Germany’s offer essentially just, but Allies push for more. The conference stalls amid distrust and divergent aims among nations and commissions.
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Germany
United States
America
Great Britain
France
Uncle Sam
Borah
Unis
Cotton yields and fertilizer tips from D R Coker
The article discusses farm economics of cotton, noting costs stay similar per acre regardless of yield. It cites D R Coker advocating side-dressing with 200+ pounds of nitrate of soda per acre and cites South Carolina data showing an average gain of 40 pounds seed cotton per acre and a profit of 18.80 dollars per acre from such fertilization practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department
of Agriculture
D. R. Coker
Cotton Authority
Viertaville
South Carolina
South Carolina Experiment Station
Audi
Side-Dressing Cotton Pays, Says Moss
A farm report notes that side dressing cotton with fertilizer boosts yield. Moss discusses timing and methods, highlighting economic advantages and practical steps for farmers.
Industrial centers dominate national production in 1927
Department of Commerce data show seven states led U S manufacturing in 1927 with New York and Pennsylvania at the forefront. Total output across the nation reached 362 721 375 000 dollars, with New York at 91 000 000 000 and Pennsylvania 36 700 000 000. The seven states accounted for 60 1 percent of total production, New York alone 15 percent, while New York held 12.9 percent of the wage earners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Michigan
New Jersey
Massachusetts i
United States
Masachusetts
Sense of Honor and two roads for the world
Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick argues the future hinges on choosing between a grab bag philosophy and a heritage of moral living. He contends true value lies in internal standards, moral independence, and adherence to noble ideals like Jesus Christ, which cannot be bought.
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Harry Emerson Fosdie
Jesus Christ
Christ
Railroad land grants and forfeitures since 1850
Government grants to railroads totaled 89 since 1850 with 72 adjusted and closed leaving 45 open. Grants ranged from 36,079 acres to 43,989,861 acres granted to the Northern Pacific. During Cleveland's administration it was found railroads claimed alternate sections on branches for which no grant existed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Michigan
Northern’ Pacific Railroad Company
Cleveland
Fragmentary Record Reflects Unclear Courted Claims
Fragmentary OCR text mentions cases and hearings with unclear details. Phrases like paralied and hushed up imply unresolved or forgotten matters. No clear names, dates, or organizations are readable to specify entities or outcomes.
Communist Deprivation of Citizenship Case Details
In the Western District of Pennsylvania Federal Court the grant of citizenship to John Tapolcsanyi was canceled. The court found he was a Communist and did not intend to support the U.S. Constitution, but rather acted as an internal enemy seeking greater damage than an external foe.
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Pennsylvania
John . Tapolcsanyi
Supreme
United
Totter
Hungary
United, States
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Plerida
Geneva Arms Commission
Mushenden
Henden Dagen
ogEnBuGs
McCarmeck & Co
Baltmore, Md
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Ariel
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Heat and Light
South Carolina Power CO
Diath
Jay-Mac Chevrolet Co
Aiken, S. C
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