Texas, Russia, and politics spark a lively Texas week
The itemized notes cover Texas land policy favoring actual settlers over alien corporations, party infighting between Republicans and Democrats over Blaine Cleveland and Hill, and a Dallas Fort Worth Alliance rift. Also reported are a brutal Joshua Texas murder, oil and railway rate debates, and local encampment fund quorum woes in Austin. The roundup closes with a quip about knitting and board attendance.
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Blaine
Cleveland
Hill
Farm and Home Notes on Practical Farming Tips
Practical guidance for mixed farming and crop management. Emphasizes high prices for choice products, thrift in pigs, proper fencing, feeding patterns for turkeys, green manures with clover, salt in hay storage, shallow summer cultivation, dust-free hog feeding, clean floors, grass sod, continuous planting, and weed control.
Pecan Prosperity and Grass Trials Across Texas
Texas leads pecan production with large nuts and high value, much of the crop fed to hogs or left to rot, while foreign markets buy unpolished nuts. The Agriculture Department reports promising results with Bromus inermis as a hardy forage grass for arid western regions, with seed distribution planned to aid southern farms. A note on corn grading via crib measurements is included, plus a gunfire incident near Bastrop injuring two men and a claim that Luling ships more fruit to major Texas cities than any Sunset rail town.
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New Orleans
United States Department of Agriculture
Garden City
Kansas
Austria
Hungary
Europe
Agricultural Department
Legislative exam schedule for senatorial districts announced
The last legislature provided terms for district or neg in the ie serior i and or 6 a ten years, or good behavior. Examinations will be held in several senatorial districts on August 17 18 19 20 and 21 at the following places.
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Denton
Xoches
Whitesboro
Herrietta
Daingerfield
Fort Worth
Creburne
Tyler
Palestine
Bel Marble Falls
Houston
San Marcos
Giveston
Beeville
Columbus
Kvenham
San Angelo
Giddingsey
Dublin
Corsicana
Par.s. Hi
Farming as a Business Requires Careful Bookkeeping
The piece argues farmers must treat farming as a business, learning costs for inputs and outputs, keeping simple farm accounts, and studying markets. It urges debit and credit per acre, tracking purchases and sales, and cautions against relying on haphazard methods, noting winter food variety as a reason to save in summer.
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New England
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