State Fair Opens with Rodeo and Clemson Cadet Stay
The South Carolina State Fair opens October 17 with strong amusement features and a promising flower show. About 1,200 Clemson cadets will encamp on the fair grounds for three days, adding to the event’s appeal. The Wild West Rodeo, directed by Col. Jack W. King of Texas, is planned to replace former harness racing events and will include 26 Pawnee Indians led by a tribal chief.
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South Carolina
Clemson
Jack W. King
Texas
South Carolina Fair Highlights and Scientific Agriculture
The article describes a multi-state rodeo and flower show at the South Carolina fair plus a strong emphasis on scientific farming. It notes hundreds of livestock, horses, Brahma cattle, and a dahlia display judged by Charles Reed, with poultry and dairy exhibitions and Clemson Carolina football as a climax. It quotes Paul Moore and L. V. Starkey on science’s role in soil health, crop improvement, and animal husbandry, citing Hellriegel Wilfarth, seed companies, and the impact of modern farming tools.
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A. E. Schilletter
H. H. McGill
Moore
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Wilfarth
South Carolina
Hartsville
Webber
United States
Department of Agriculture
Cleveland
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Siberia
Durham
Italy
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Japan
San Jose
Ford buys vast rubber lands in Brazil for rail project
Henry Ford has acquired over 1.5 million acres of rubber tree territory in Brazil without promoters and plans to build 1000 miles of railroad, signaling South America as a potential future industrial center.
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Henry Ford
Brazil
South America
CARD F THANKS
The Moseley and Venning families thank friends for sympathy and support during a recent bereavement.
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W. J. Moseley
Murrell Venning
Dr Long Addresses Agricultural Club
The lecture extols scientific work in American agriculture, praising laboratory and field research for practical farm gains. It cautions that science elevates standards and weeds out shiftless farmers, then mentions soil science contributions led by Dr Lewis of the Rothamstead experiments.
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Lewis
Rothmastead Experi
Rickenbaker Estate Administratrix Appointment Cited
Mrs Lulu C Rickenbaker applies for appointment as Administratrix of J M Rickenbaker deceased. Citizens and creditors are cited to show cause at the Court House in Aiken on October 10, 1927 at 11 o clock why she should not be appointed. Probate Judge George R Webb signs the notice dated September 28, 1927.
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Lulu C. Rickenbaker
J. M. Rickenbaker
Aiken
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