Irrigation by Pumping Proves Profitable in Plainview
Special to Daily News Plainview Tex Jan 1. J H Slaton cashier of the First National Bank and owner of the first well for irrigation in Plainview reports 1911 results. He shows five crops of alfalfa averaging a ton per acre with an average price of 15 a ton in Plainview. Watering costs about 1 per acre foot and he has refused offers up to 100 per acre. Other wells report similar success and the Plainview country joins the growing irrigation districts. Thirty one inches of precipitation soaked the soil to 5 to 6 feet and no winter irrigation will be needed for next year. 1912 is expected to start with a better season.
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Daily News
Plainview
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J. H. Slaton
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National Bank
Slaton
Manny
Bucklen's Arnica Salve marketed in Amarillo
Winter chill brings frost bite risks but Bucklen's Arnica Salve offers relief for burns, boils, cuts and sprains. The ad promotes the salve as a heater of various skin troubles and lists Amarillo Drug Store as the place to buy it for 25 cents.
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Bucklen
Arnica
Amarillo Drug Store
First Carload of Sugar Beets Grown Under Hereford Irrigation
A photo shows the first Texas sugar beets grown on a McDonald irrigation farm near Hereford Deaf Smith County. The beets averaged just over 15 percent sugar and high purity, shipped to Garden City Kansas for the United States Sugar and Land Company. The 55 acre trial expects a 25 ton per acre yield next year, with Mr. McDonald predicting strong agricultural profits from irrigation in the Panhandle.
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Texas
Hereford
Deaf Smith County
Texas Panhandle
United
States Sugar & Land Company
Garden City
Kansas
McDonald
Panhandle
Franklin cattle in fair shape amid Panhandle storm
In a talk with The Daily News, Franklin reports his herd of 1950 head remains in fair condition after recent severe weather. He notes daily feeding with fodder milo kaffir and millet hay and says cattle fed stand the weather, while lack of feed and overgrazed pastures cause losses. Cab ad appears at end.
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Iny Franklin
The
Daily News
Panhandle
Seth Ward College Enrollment Grows
Special to Daily News from Plainview Texas notes Seth Ward College sees enrollment exceed two hundred students from twenty six counties in Texas and beyond. The all graduate faculty promises thorough work and strong university preparation. The college touts a strong moral atmosphere and a flawless football record among college students with promising baseball prospects.
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Plainview
Tex
Texas
Seth Ward College
West Texas
Seth Ward
Big Poultry Show 5 Opens in Tulsa
Tulsa on January 1 opened the Third Annual Show of the Eastern Oklahoma Poultry Association with more than 3000 birds on display. Exhibitors from Oklahoma Missouri Texas Arkansas Kansas and other states join breeders from Tennessee Illinois Ohio Indiana and beyond. The six day event aims to boost attendance and farming interest with free admission tickets mailed to farmers and poultry raisers in the region.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Missouri
Texas
Arkansas
Kansas
Main Street
Tennessee
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Outlook Fine in Lurgorge County
Agricultural outlook reports heavy moisture from recent rain and snow, good wheat prospects, and strong livestock conditions. It urges dividing large tracts into smaller holdings to attract farmers, modernize improvements, and boost settlement and farm rents for future prosperity.
Farmers Institute Meeting Set In Courthouse
The Carson County Farmers Institute will meet in the courthouse on Saturday January 5 at 1 PM. Guest speaker Mr Painer the Santa Fe Demon strator will present another talk.
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Carson County Farmers’ Institute
Painer
Santa Fe Demonstrator
Panvundle Herald
More Praise for Russian Thistle
A Kansas testimony from a Hutchinson paper praises Russian thistle as cattle feed. Charles Norlin stacks 100 tons and feeds 120 cattle, while Gus Bjorkin says forty cattle fed last winter fared better than a herd fed on alfalfa. Experts urge cutting before spines grow and note meat quality improvements.
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Colorado
Hutchinson
Charles Norlin
Stanton County
Nolin
Kansas
Gove County
Gus Bjorkind
Wallac County
D. G. Whitney
Sharon Springs
Whitney
John Keimer
Finney County
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