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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1925
Page
3
Reports show a Mercedes refunding bond election passing by a large margin and El Paso area projects including a 5.6 million interurban line proposal from Houston to Beaumont and Orange. Other items note street extensions near the Alamo, school funding figures, fire losses, high school plans in Alice, rail line closures, and widened water rates in Beaumont.
The market summary covers live stock and meats in Chicago with hogs up to 80 cents higher, beef steers mixed, cows and heifers higher, and calves and lambs also fluctuating. It also notes Eastern wholesale beef and veal movements, January 29 price levels for prime meats, fruit and vegetables prices in several regions, and dairy product trends with butter and cheese markets described as unsettled but firming late in the period. Stock shipments from major markets through January 23 total cattle and calves 45,710, hogs 6,476, sheep 20,885, with regional price shifts and stock levels detailed.
Washington Texas remains first in crop production value for 1924 per the USDA. The twenty two leading crops are valued at 763,667,000 dollars, down 122,000,000 from 1923. The hypothetical value of all Texas crops for 1924 is 920,81,000 dollars, down 147,449,000 from the prior year.
Under continued light receipts the cattle market showed great activity in Fort Worth. A Friday supply of 1,600 head sold quickly and 600 head of calves were disposed of readily. Prices remained steady for all types with two carloads of cows to a feeder buyer at 3.75, the highest stock cow prices in months.
Spinach and cabbage prices in Austin steady around 1.75 to 2.00 per Texas bushel. Truck movement totaled 31 cars with 28 from Texas signaling strong loading. St Louis clearance light at 12 cars with 4 to Jersey City and 2 to Chicago. Fifteen Texas cabbage cars rose to a total of 103. Houston cleared 10 cars, St Louis 6 with 4 to Chicago.
Authorities recover 6250 mostly in hundred dollar bills from a sack under cotton seed in a locked outhouse near Ed Lagastier's home. Lagastier, a Jones County farmer, was found dead near his residence with head injuries, spurring continued searches for additional hidden funds on the property.
The note describes in archaic language a method to provoke a hen into laying by striking twice with a hammer causing it to cry out and threaten retaliation, reflecting outdated farming manual notions. The text presents animal training ideas that are not appropriate by modern standards.
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