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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1955
Page
15
J A Ranne and his son Charles run a Brady area dairy northwest of Brady. They milk Paymaster fed Holsteins and Jerseys in a modern parlor, with 40 years of success noted. The family also farms and keeps sheep.
T T Perry manager of the Texas Tech poultry farm in Lubbock holds Queenie a year old white rock hen that laid the largest egg he has seen in 35 years of poultry business. The egg weighs 5 1 2 ounces and measures 9 1 4 inches long and 7 1 2 inches short. Queenie is one of 325 hens from second generation inbreeding producing two dozen double yolk eggs weekly. Perry thinks the strain could yield eggs as large as turkey eggs with continued inbreeding.
Texarkana Gazette notes Bowie County's Jim Lindsey sworn in as Texas House speaker overcoming long odds. The piece compares him to Sam Rayburn and Hardin Runnels, sketches his background on a farm, Baylor Law School honors, and predicts future service.
Midland residents Mr. and Mrs. Billy Hicks spent the weekend with their respective parents Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hicks and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Campbell.
Admitted to Brady Hospital Thursday were Mrs. Jud Bratton Mercury and Miss Wanda Morrow of Menard Mrs W W Treadwell of Menard who was released Sunday and Baby Charles Hilliard of Sohn released Saturday.
Terry Townsend, UT sophomore, elected president of Lambda Chi Alpha for the year. He has resigned his Fidelity State Bank job to become a Capitol Page under Rep Harold Kennedy of Marble Falls. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Aubrey Townsend of Brady.
Farmers face bollworm infestations via untreated cotton burrs blown from gins. Tests show a plate chopping fan can kill bollworms in gin trash, enabling safe return of burrs to farms. Many devices proved impractical, making single-fan systems a potential affordable solution.
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