Short Course Program at A&M College Features Speakers
Farmers and ranchers attending the three day short course at A&M College July 13 to 15 will hear C W Warburton of Washington speak with H H Williamson presiding The LSU extension service truck will show pictures and music under Donald Lindee's supervision Harry Brown opens July 13 with welcome by President Walton Mrs Mattie Lloyd Wooten of Texas State College for Women speaks July 14 and M M Harris San Antonio Express editor and Congressman Richard Kleberg appear July 15 Local county officials will discuss soil conservation and terracing with county owned equipment Footage on cotton and livestock sections plus economic outlook for Texas agriculture will be presented by notable speakers The program promises ample meeting tours demonstrations and no attendance restrictions
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College Station
A. & M. College
C. W. Warburton
Washington
Extension Service
H. H. Williamson
Texas Extension Service
LSU Extension Service
Louisiana
Donald Lindee
University of Louisiana
Harry Brown
T. O. Walton
Walter Jenkins
Rotary International
Wooten
Mattie Lioyd Wooten
Texas State College For Women
General Assembly
Walton
M. M. Harris
San Antonio Express
People's Library
Richard Kleberg
Commissioners’ Court
M. R. Bentley
P. K. Norris
USDA
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Texas Agriculture
Dean F. J. Kyle
Texas A. & M. College
J. R. McCrary
Cooperative Council
C. E. Bowles
Jane Alden
Chicago
Mary Anna Grimes
Texas Experiment Station
Virginia Sharborough
University of Texas
Barbara van Heulen
Farm Credit Administration
Cotton Rates Increase Sparks Texas Rail Fight
Dallas June 28 The railroad tariff dispute over a roughly 250000 extra revenue aim for the coming cotton season faces organized opposition from shipping, compress and cooperative farm interests. The proposed raise would add 0.5 cents per pound on routes up to 75 miles, 0.2 cents on 75 to 110 miles, and 0.3 cents over 110 miles, offsetting prior raises since 1937.
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Dallas
Texas
Father of Amarilloan Dies at Portales
Funeral services for H. B. Keith pioneer cattleman of West Texas and Roosevelt County resident since 1925 were held in Portales with Rev. Joe F Grizzle officiating. Keith died at his Portales home June 25 after years of ill health starting with a 1928 stroke. Surviving children include Mrs H D Bell Hobbs, Mrs F T Shows Elida, H D Keith Lubbock, Bob Keith Amarillo, and two Jones boys of Portales. daughter Mrs Frank Foster Glen Dale Arizona unable to attend.
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Portales
H. B. Keith
West Texas
Roosevelt County
Wheeler-Johnson Chapel
Joe F. Grizzle
Keith
H. D. Bell
Hobbs
F. T. Shows
Elida
H. D. Keith
Lubbock
Bob Keith
Amarillo
Keiths
Howard Jones
Paul Jones
Frank Foster
Glendale
Arizona
Convicts Suspect Ship Theft Of Yacht Artemis In Galveston
Convicts who broke jail on June 12 may have stolen the 38 foot Artemis yacht and headed toward the Mexican coast. Harry Hawley Jr. reported the loss of his freshly provisioned vessel as coast guards joined the search in Galveston.
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Galveston
Harry Hawley, Jr
Floyd County farmer wins whole farm demonstration prize
Floydada June 27 Floyd County farmer Ben Quebe directed by County Agricultural Agent D F Bredthauer has been named winner of the best whole farm demonstration in Texas Extension Service District No 20. Quebe promoted diversified farming cotton wheat sorghums and alfalfa with an extensive beef feeding program including green wheat grazing and a cottonseed sorghum milo alfalfa ration. His farm features two irrigation wells contour farming water conservation and green manure practices aided by 4 H club work from Bennie Quebe.
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Floyd County
Floydada
Ben Quebe
D. F. Bredthauer
Texas Extension Service
South Plains
Quebe
Texas
Bredthauer
Campaign Expenditures Reported in Texas Gubernatorial Race
Campaign finance records filed in Austin show first accounting totals for gubernatorial candidates. Names and amounts include Crowley 7380.80 Hunter 3988.41 McCraw 4414 McCoy 170 Renfro 2457.41 Farmer 773 Ferguson 725.83, with second reports due for the first primary between July 11 and 15.
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Austin
Secretary of State
Tom F. Hunter
Karl A. Crowley
William McCraw
Marvin McCoy
P. D. Renfro
Clarence FE. Farmer
James A. Ferguson
Sea plants yield comparable to land from ocean water
A Scripps Institution study in California shows that one square meter of ocean water at 100 meters depth produces about five pounds of microscopic marine plants yearly, suggesting the wealth of sea plant life when uncaptured.
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LA Jolla
Calif
Pacific Ocean
California
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Ringling Brothers Circus Leaves Scranton After Setbacks
The Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus departed Scranton on its private train amid labor and financial problems, ending its nation-wide tour and leaving scattered debris and disappointed children in its wake.
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Scranton
Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Circus
Cromwell Named to New Jersey Tax Revision Panel
Governor Moore appoints James R. Cromwell husband of Doris Duke Cromwell to the New Jersey commission on tax revision. The move appears aimed at shaping state tax policy with a high profile outsider.
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Trenton
N. J
A. Harry Moore
James R. Cromwell
Doris Duke Cromwell
New Jersey Commission On Tax Revision
Boy Falls Into 40-Foot Well In Rusk
A two-year-old boy, son of Ben Poole, fell into a 40-foot well in Rusk Texas but escaped with minor injuries. His mother Mrs Poole lowered herself into the well with a rope to rescue him until help arrived.
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Rusk, Tex
Ben Poole
Donley County F F A and 4 H Beef Calf Show effort
Donley County F F A and 4 H members push calf feeding projects with early start and plans to add 15 more calves by September 1. Led by J R Gillham, the aim is a prize winning county lot at the Amarillo Fat Stock Show with several members feeding five calf groups from registered herds and many others tending single calves.
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Clarendon
Donley County
J. R. Gillham
Amarillo
Johnnie Leathers
Darrell Bailey
Lewis Brothers
J. D. Swift, Jr
Doyle Martin
Heiley
Burl Langdon
R. Peggram
Joe Williams
Carl Morris
Maurice Rislevy
Bobby Ward
Earl Porter
L. B. Hartzog
J. H. Green
Joe Heathington
Hershel Brinson
Calvin Salmon
Allan Hardin
Quail School Men To Visit Colleges
Wellington June 28 Special Members of the Quail School Board the adult evening schools Kenneth Allen president of the F F A Supt Carl Chaudoin and G S Dowell vocational agriculture teacher have been asked to appear before classes at two college conferences on agricultural education West Texas State College Canyon and Texas Tech College will be visited in the first week of July one day at each institution meeting with the agricultural and education departments and regular class schedules
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Wellington
Quail
Kenneth Allen
Carl Chaudoin
G. S. Dowell
West Texas State College
Canyon
Texas Technological College
Agricultural and Education
Farm Population Unchanged in Texas 1937 Survey
Texas farm population stayed nearly flat in 1937 per C Horace Hamilton of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. The total farm population on Jan 1 1938 rose to 2 291 000 from 2 290 000, while farms dropped from 498 000 to 478 000, with a small population gain offset by farm closures.
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College Station
Texas
C. Horace Hamilton
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Beet Seed Distribution for Amherst Experiment Receives 385 Pounds
The Santa Fe has delivered 385 pounds of beet seed for an Amherst experiment. Farmers will plant about 10 to 12 acres as part of the trial program.
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Amherst
Santa Fe
Half Interest in Stribling’s Advanxiety Sells for 7500
Hereford breeders in Hereford circles note the sale of half interest in the herd bull Advanxiety from John B. Stribling of Rotan to Doctor W. J. and J. L. Jinkins of Galveston for 7500 dollars. Advanxiety, selected from 4000 entries in an international contest, is sired by Advance Domino out of a Pretty Lady cow. The Jinkins brothers now co-own a growing purebred Hereford herd and have previously purchased top-priced cattle in recent Stribling auctions. The fever tick clearance has spurred strong demand for Herefords.
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Hereford
John B. Stribling
Rotan
W. J
J. L. Jinkins
Galveston
Stribling
States
Canada
Australia
Hawaii
Advance Domino
Mr. Stribling
Winston Bros
Snyder
Winstons
Advanxiety
Advanxiety, Jr
Texas
Panhandle Wheat Harvest Nears Full Stride
Wheat harvest in the Panhandle accelerates with some yields higher than expected after freezes and pests. Officials estimate the crop around 20 million bushels as first loads reach elevators in Clarendon Hooker Texhoma Groom Royston Lark Hale Center and other counties.
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Panhandle
Clarendon
T. C. Isom
Otis Caraway
Chamberlain
Clarendon Grain Company
Hooker
Texas County
Oklo
Ed Morson
Texhoma
Carl Craig
Texhoma Elevator Company
Craig
Groom
Andrew Dunn
Dunn
Royston
Lark Community
Henry Smith
Barnet Fields Grain Co
Hale Center
Hale County
Crosbyton
Lorenzo
Hall County Farmer Improves Farmstead In Hulver Area
Co L Sloan, stock farmer and ranchman near Hulver south of Red River, operates a new 28 gauge sheet metal barn with circular vented roof for grain and stock sheds. He reports 1 400 bales of alfalfa from 20 acres at 24 50 per acre with three more cuttings possible. Sloan stores 100 tons of maize for market and plans a spring paint job.
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Memphis
Co. L. Sloan
Hulver
Red River
Wheeler County farmers forecast good moisture and grasshopper control
Wheat and crops in Wheeler County show moisture and weather conditions better than in several years. Grasshoppers remain the only drawback, but farmers nationwide plan immediate poisoning efforts after planting. Shamrock area reports 1.54 inches of rain this month and 12.46 inches for the year, the highest in seven years except one.
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Shamrock
Wheeler County
Shamrock Trade
Estimated 1938 wheat crop for China Manchuria and Japan
Radio from Shanghai bureau of agricultural economics estimates the 1938 wheat crop at about 730 million bushels, roughly equal to the 1937 short crop. The figure compares with the 1932-36 average of 852 million bushels.
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China
Manchuria
Japan
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Shanghai
Cooperative Dairy Project Expands at Eastern New Mexico Junior College
In Portales New Mexico the cooperative dairy at Eastern New Mexico Junior College will be enlarged next year. Professor O M Williamson says the plan lets boys bring their cows to college and sell milk through a college market. Monthly proceeds help pay college expenses. Seven boys used the method last year and about fourteen will be assisted next term.
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Portales
N. M
Eastern New Mexico
O. M. Williamson
Vaccination May Cut Encephalome Litis Losses in Horses
In College Station on June 27 Roy W. Snyder of Texas A and M Extension Service said two dose vaccine lowers deaths from encephalome litis in horses and mules. The vaccine, from the U S Bureau of Animal Industry, requires two injections 7 to 14 days apart before peak July September disease activity. He warned that peddler remedies are ineffective.
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Snyder
Rites Held for New Mexico Pioneer
Frank Calkins 74 year old Clovis resident for 31 years died suddenly at home after a stroke Saturday night. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon by Rev. Charles J. Quante. He is survived by his widow two sons R C Calkins of Clovis and W N Calkins of Belen a sister Mrs Albert Means of Clovis and a brother George Calkins of St Louis.
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Clovis
Frank” Calkins
Charles J. Quante
R. C. Calkins
W. N. Calkins
Belen
Albert Means
George Calkins
St. Louis
Cow Sow and Hen Pay Hall Farmer
MEMPHIS June 27 Special Jess R Mitchell farms 480 acres east of Memphis and diversifies to earn weekly cash income. Ten Jersey cows yield milk and butter for his family and two others. sour cream sales bring 40 dollars monthly. Pigs and eggs add 128 and 300 dollars over four months. Soil conservation by CCC Camp Richard Masleberg in Wilson County covers 77 farms on 17,073 acres with 12,87: acres completed.
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Memphis
Jess R. Mitchell
CCC
Richard Masleberg
Wilson County
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promoted for Kidney Health
A druggist advertisement urges readers to buy Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules claiming they flush kidneys of waste, acids, and poisons. It lists symptoms of kidney weakness such as night waking, puffy eyes, leg cramps, backache, and moist palms, and markets the Haarlem origin and a 35 cent price.
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Haarlem
Holland
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H. H. Ball
Blackburn
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Bennie Quebe
Bennie
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Cromwell
Celanese
Donley Boys
Gayvlgore
Los Angeles
Gaylord
Smart Wilshire
Ambassador Gardens
Southern California
Wilshire Bivd
Flood
Bailey
Palmer, Briscoe
Castro
Deaf Smith Counties
East Sixth Street
Amarillo, Texas
Hall
Wheeler
Scholl
Scholls
Floyd V. Studer
Palm Beach
Blackburn Bros
New Mexico
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