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Successful German Farmers Till Soil By Light of MoanROWENA. Aug. 1. iVT;—A coupleor more centuries ago when adoption cf patronymics was agitating the minds of European peasants, two German brothers, apparentlyencountered difficulties in a landpartner hip and decided t divide their holdings equally. Thus, the name Halfmann dfalf-Mahiw earn*into existence.Faiming today i* the principal oc-jcupniion of de:cendanfs of Half-jmann and there are in Texas morethan 250 Hail maims direct from Bernhard Halfmunn. who came from Germany in 1814. and his | brother. Iien/y B Halfmann, who arrived two year.; later. IV y have changed from the traditional in *ans of family livelihood.At least 22 Hall man n families are scattered throughout the rich black land of the OIT-n district, six miles sou then? t of here.Ihcse farmers do n.,t plant by j almanac moon sign:; but rather by moonlight. The hour rarely grows too late wlvm there is a rush to get cd in the ground. Tractors were heard oft *n aft »r midnight this Spring as th ' Halfmann.s and ethers in this ser! on replanted after earlier carton hud been wu hodcr hailed out.‘yj August Halfmann, a son cf Eern-r’! hard, and hi.s sons. A. B, L. A. and idjA. T.. who own a farm of more jf than 1,000 acre... now have a third id planting cf cotton standing almost l- ; knee high, clean of weeds and*k j grass.is 'I he three original Halfmann ?rj families arrived in Olfen before o much of the land had been put into cultivation. Augu.t Halfmann raid only two farms had been put - | under plow between Rowena and ^ j his place five miles southeast when; he arrived in 100b.d iis
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Del Rio Evening News
Del Rio, Texas, US
Thu, Aug 01, 1935
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
George M.
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