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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1941
Page
17
Ola Fae Holland reports on rambling visits as families from Bowie Denton Nocona Abilene Amarillo and Fort Worth gather at Sun to visit relatives. Listed are Wood Parrs Williams Hogans and Hutsons with multiple Sunday gatherings and hospital plans.
A Sunday report from Rock Hill notes a light rain, and mentions several local visits. Mr. and Mrs T A McGlasson moved away, Felix and Presley York visited Raymond Ford, Quinton Williamson and family visited their parents, Bonnie Fay Evans called on Jimmie Sills, H L York family attended Han cock church, and Edna Mae Evans stayed with her uncle Sam Evans in Bowie.
Mrs. L. R. Stalcup and Mrs. L. R. Ferguson hosted a Sunday school Christmas party with games gifts and refreshments. The Liberty Cemetery Association met with Mrs. Ola Mae Winters as secretary noted a Christmas tree and a donated gift to the winner.
The page notes several local residents and relatives visiting home for the Christmas holidays. Joe Frank Specht of Denton returns for the season, Mrs. J F White visits with her Philadelphia relatives, and Barney White plans time with family. Rev Dennis family and Mrs D J O’Brien with son Gerald are mentioned, along with L E Walker back from Washington for a few days.
The county agent reports farm prices 4 points lower than October 15 with fruit and cotton driving the drop while dairy and poultry stay high. Prices paid by farmers rise, especially for home needs, but feed costs level. Food clothing and furniture rise 19 points versus last year. Milk production may fall without green feed prompting Vitamin A rich diet for cows.
Notes on Vitamin A storage in cows during pasture season and the need for green feed or alfalfa hay to maintain milk flow. Highlights water intake, stating a cow producing five gallons daily may drink fifteen gallons of water, and calls for adjusting protein mixes in winter with emphasis on peanut and alfalfa hay.
A cattle feed note says milk flow will decline by the same amount as the protein shortfall. It mentions sorghum hay and sudan in most rations and notes Howard Brooks will spend Christmas with his mother in Dallas.
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