Farm News From Tech Yields Rubber in West Texas
Texas as part of the Emergency Rubber project shows potential for natural rubber in West Texas with a one acre plot at Texas Technological College yielding 5.14 cents after two years. A second trial compares buffalo alfalfa with southwestern common, with ten year results uncertain. Texas cash farm income fell 41 percent in January 1946 from 1945, driven by a drop in cotton ginnings and cottonseed marketings, totaling about 58 million dollars versus 98 million.
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United States Bureau of Plant Industry
Texas Technological College
West
Texas
Young
Universit of Texas Bureau of Business Researc
Bureau
Texas Business Review
New Vegetable Varieties Improve Flavor and Garden Quality
Plant breeders have advanced vegetables in recent decades focusing on taste and texture. Nantes carrots offer blunt ends, Pencil Pod beans give golden flavor, and Chief tain Savoy cabbage showcases aroma-free traits. New peas like Little Marvel enhance sweetness, while Plentiful and Tender Green beans improve yield and form.
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Perry-Moree Seed Co
Grandpa
Nantes
Ferry
Savoy
Cotton Textiles and The Piedmont Industry Growth
The cotton textile industry in North Carolina grew from coarse yarns to medium and fine textures, centered in the Piedmont region. A $50 million business, its products are said to boost national wealth and support Savings Bonds purchases.
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Carolina
Piedmont
Personal notes from the Robert Lee area
L D Larkin injured his left hand while working with a bridge crew near Robert Lee. Mrs. Than Brown, a Red Cross home nursing instructor, reports her classes have begun but books are late. Jack Rogers and his friend Jake from Los Angeles visited the W T Greens recently.
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L. D. Larkin
Robert Lee
Jack Rogers
Jake
Los Angeles
The
W. T. Greens
Terrace system maintenance and cotton exports rise postwar
A terrace system requires upkeep to function as intended. U.S. cotton sales abroad, low during the war, have climbed steadily since late summer 1945.
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U.S
Steel powers national recovery in postwar drive
A Pennsylvania steel boom is described as a billion dollar industry that will flood the nation with funds and guarantee savings bonds. The text asserts U.S. steel output rivals any nation and that mills must produce ship and railroad materials for reconstruction, supporting vital industries nationwide.
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Pennsylvania
Marine recruiter visits Ballinger to recruit volunteers
Sgt. Willie P. Williams will visit Ballinger at the Post Office on Monday and Tuesday, March 25-26, to promote the Marine Corps G I Bill education and the drive to enlist 100000 volunteers for peacetime duty in 2 3 or 4 year terms.
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U. S. Marine Corps
Willie P. Williams
Ballinger
Army gases and flame throws used to fight pests
The Chemical Warfare Service of the U S Army uses gases and flame throwers to exterminate locusts boll weevil corn borer and potato pests amid timber and flood control efforts unseen by most observers.
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Chemical Warfare Service
U. S. Army
United States
Henry W. Seiger and Pennsylvania Glass Pioneers of Glass Industry
Henry W. Seiger, an ironmaster turned glass blower and designer, helped establish a leading Pennsylvania glassware industry. The text notes Albert Gallatin, former Treasury Secretary, founded the first Flint glass works in Pittsburgh in 1807, contributing to national glass wealth.
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Henry W. Seiger
Pennsylvania
Albert Gallatin
the Treasury
Pittsburgh
S. Treasury Department
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