Guayule rubber could boost plains area
The article notes biogeographic luck in the Tri-State region with guayule, a drought hardy shrub from the Rio Grande Valley and border lands, as a potential domestic rubber source. It highlights federal plans to plant 40 000 farms, advances by Dr. William B. McCallum, and Intercontinental Rubber Producers Inc. in Salinas California, with a mature operation producing 12 000 pounds daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Arizona
California
Great Plains
New Mexico
Panhandle
Belgium
Guayule
America
Guayule Rubber Hopes Grow With 22 Cent Price Per Pound
Guayule rubber promises profits with 1,164 pounds per acre worth 200 dollars and prices around 22 cents a pound. A New York forecast warns world rubber stocks deplete within months and urges expanding guayule and tire salvage to create US independence from Orient sources. Four million extra acres could yield national rubber sovereignty and keep farmers and workers paid in a new industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guayule
Six More Panhandle Plains Counties Due Farm Purchase Loans
Six Panhandle counties in Texas and Oklahoma near Portales face farm loan boosts as dairying expands. The piece notes rising milk demand under lend lease and government targets, with improved pastures, seed stock, and processing capacity aiding output. Hawaii ферals observer Paul Gantt studies Plains feeding methods for Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle-Plains Counties
Panhandle Counties Added to Farm Tenant Purchase Plan
The Four-State Advisory Committee sent a recommendation to Washington to include Swisher Terry Deats Smith Hockley Howard and Briscoe counties plus Pueblo Colorado and Seward Kansas in the Farm Tenant Purchase Program. Loans start after July 1 1942 with preparatory work underway and training for county committees to broaden the program.
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Panhandle-Plains
Swisher
Terry
Deat Smith
Hockley
Howard
Briscoe
Washington
Tri-State
Pueblo
Colorado
Seward
Kansas
Collingsworth
Hall
Donley
Palmer
Hale
Lubbock
Region XII
Farm Security Administration
Texas Panhandle
Homer Robbins
FSA
Oklahoma
Beaver
Texas
New Mexico
Eddy
Chaves
Roosevelt
Colfax
Robbins
State Committee
Night watchman credits Hoyt's Compound for relief
An Amarillo night watchman aged 82 says Hoyt's Compound restored his strength after years of illness and leg weakness. He reports the medicine eliminated pain and he can walk freely again, urging others to try it. Cretney Drug Stores in Amarillo Borger and Pampa and local druggists sell Hoyt's Compound.
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Hoyt
Cretney Drug Stores
Sixth and Polk
Amarillo
Borger
Pampa
Hale Cow Delivers Triplets at Holbert Farm
Hale Center June 19. A cow on M. M. Holbert farm six miles west of Abernathy gave birth to triplets last week. All calves in normal condition and subject to registration.
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Hale
Hale Center
M. M. Holbert Farm
Abernathy
Roulette Wheel Table At Hale County Farm Home
Hale Center June 18 One of the area’s most unique living room tables wins compliments for the W H Kirby family whose farm home is 15 miles west of here Ex Ranger Kirby salvaged an expensive roulette wheel from a Galveston gambling den and attached legs and glass to serve as a focal point for visitors The piece sits beside a note on diet suggesting US consumption increases in milk eggs citrus fruit and some vegetables would rise dramatically.
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Hale Center
W. H. Kirby
Kirby
Galveston
United States
Hartley 4-H Sets New Enrollment Record
Hartley County reports 64 Four-H Club boys this year a new high mark County Agent John S Coleman says Twenty one are feeding out baby beeves all in a record. Most will be entered in the Amarillo Fat Stock Show next spring where Hartley County 4-H boys have won prizes. Ed Latham son of Clyde and Mrs Latham near Dalhart was a prize winner last year. Of the 64 boys 23 are at Boys Ranch the home for underprivileged boys along the Canadian River at Old Tascosa. The ranch aims for self support with 18 of 23 in gardening as 4-H projects. Last year the ranch canned hundreds of quarts of fruits and vegetables. Other projects include sheep swine poultry and row crops.
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Coleman
Boys Ranch
Old Tascosa
Collingsworth County Deer and Antelope Restocking Plan
A Texas Legislature bill establishes Collingsworth County as a protected game area for two years, safeguarding wild deer turkey and antelope. District Game Warden Pierce noted the region once held thousands but now has only a few individuals after declines and recent restocking efforts released about eighteen deer and antelope.
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Wellington
Texas
Collingsworth
Bill Pierce
Encephalitis Breakout Shocks Dalhart Horses
Three cases of encephalitis or blind staggers spread in the Dalhart area within 48 hours. Veterinarian Henry McClendon cites unusually wet weather and blood-sucking insects as possible carriers. Past outbreaks near here caused hundreds of horse losses. a vaccine has reduced but not eliminated risk.
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Dalhart
Henry McClendon
Here
McClendon
Telephone Pole Climbing Snake Disrupts Nest Near Dalhart
West Texas Utilities Co. workers in Dalhart removed a transformer from a 20 foot pole and knocked a bird nest to the ground. A 30 inch bullsnake crawled out as the nest broke apart, with a dead adult bird found inside.
Edith Gipson Heads Hale County 4 H Club Girls
Edith Gipson has been elected president of the Hale County 4 H Club Girls Council at Hale County. Other officers named include Patsy Ruth Rogers as vice president Marie Weil as secretary Melba Gene Young as assistant secretary Elouise Brewster as reporter and Ethel Lee Smith as recreational leader.
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Plainview
Edith Gipson
Hale County
4-H Club
Patsy Ruth Rogers
Liberty
Marie Weil
Hale Center
Melba Gene Young
Bellview
Elouise Brewster
Cotton Center
Ethel Lee Smith
Stansell
Hoppers Threat Dwindles as Panhandle Escapes Infestation
Dalhart reports a major grasshopper outbreak is unlikely for the first time since 1936. Only Texas County Oklahoma shows a sizeable issue around Hooker and Hardesty, while Northeastern New Mexico and Texas Panhandle remain largely safe. A free bait station operates in Guymon and agents lend materials to combat Army worms in Gray Carson and Armstrong counties.
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Dalhart
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Oklahoma Panhandle
Texas County
Okla
Hardesty
Guymon
John Coleman
Hartley
Channing
Gray
Carson
Armstrong
W. J. Spicer
Breaks Near Clarendon To Yield Best Wild Fruit Crop
Clarendon area reports a bumper wild fruit season with heavy crops of plums and grapes from Salt Fork to Bitter Creek. Vineyards and thickets show abundant fruit, the strongest yield since regional exploration. The note mentions extensive pine woods in South Georgia producing large resin and turpentine outputs.
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Clarendon
Salt Fork
Bitter Creek
South Georgia
Hopper Infestation Expected Minimal This Spring
Brief note forecasts little or no hopper infestation this spring or summer, suggesting low pest pressure for crops and pastures. Officials cited favorable weather conditions and natural predators as contributing factors to the expected decline in hopper populations.
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William B. McCallum
Intercontinental Rubber Producers, Inc
Salinas
Calif
New York
Orient
Pacific
Panama Canal
Singapore
Raymond Holbrook
Watson
Marvin Schumpert
Portales
Great Britain
Claude Wickard
Wickard
Hawaii
Plains
Texas Technological College
Paul Gantt
South Plains
W. L. Stangel
Gantt
Childress County
J. H. Garner
Joe Crenshaw
Childress
E. A. Gilbert
J. R. Webster
MR. J. R. Webster
Dallam County
Rata
Zephyr
U. S
Amarillo Fort Worth
Sweetwater
Wichita Falls
West Texas
Southern States Loan CO
Amarillo Chas
M. Holt
OI Munn Wut Ming
Chisholm
Graham-Hoeme
Graham
Fillmore
Hoeme Mfg. CO
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