Texas News Chronicle From War to Work and Warnings
Texas reports move of grain cars from Ballinger and cotton crop losses near Mexia due to boll weevil. Notable items include a road bond election in Uvalde, a WWI era reform in Wharton, and tax rate cuts in Mexar County. Governor Hobby reappoints a water engineer. Pecos and Shafter mining outputs noted. Mexican nationals flee wartime draft then face federal cases.
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Presidio
Shafter
Texas
Hob
Bell County
State Farmers’ Union
D. C. Reedy
State Department of Warehouses
Mar Ke
Mexar
County Commissioners Court
Board of Equalization
Joseph Burkett
Eighth District
Hobby
Jude Burkett
Bagtland County
Five Handlings Per Ear of Corn Harvesting System
An agricultural note discusses reducing corn handling steps by using hogs to harvest and process ears. It estimates five handlings per ear, analyzes labor costs, and suggests integrating hogs, cattle, sheep, and grass crops to improve efficiency, soil humus, and forage through beans, rape, soybeans, and pasture practices.
Memory Cultivation Emphasized For Mental Development
A fragment stresses memory cultivation as central to mental growth. It asserts memory develops a capable mind and notes necessity of proper cultivation to enhance recall and cognitive strength.
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Fon
System of Sheep Farming Evaluates Wool and Mutton
A prepared overview discusses an acsystem of sheep farming that yields either wool or mutton. It notes that in many cases both products deserve equal consideration while some contexts favor one, depending on capital, management, and market factors.
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Coudito
Road Building and Highways Drive Economic Growth
A speech advocates rapid road construction to rival rail efficiency, arguing better highways could surpass rail in speed and freight capacity. The speaker warns that current rail materials and terminal bottlenecks choke progress, urging a shift to highway investment to boost national prosperity with funds from federal and state programs.
Live Stock TRS NOTES Keep hogs in place of dogs
Notes emphasize livestock care and feeding practices with skim milk as ideal for growing pigs and silage as good feed for males in North Carolina. Warns that poor hogs are poor property and urges saving hogs with proper care and grazing crops.
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North Carolina
Fragmentary note on funding roads and bonds in cities
A fragment states that few communities can afford more highway systems and suggests bonds as the only other alternative. It mentions cities and the financial strain of expanding infrastructure.
Absorbent Cotton in Strainer Materials Report
The note describes materials for strainers including twill cloth and wire gauze as part of a collective. It mentions a Handy Saw for firewood and Avcays ware with a saw, noting firewood could be cut in several days by hand. It stresses need for money for roads to build good roads.
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Len
Avcay
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L. G. Combs
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Attorney General's Department
Ciizens
Torney General
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Mexico
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United States
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Newark
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de “Ua
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Meath
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