Texas Soil Survey Finds 48 of 730 Soils Produce Most Cotton
A Texas soil survey shows about 90 percent of the state’s cotton crop comes from 48 of 730 soils. The report notes productive dark clays and loams respond well to erosion control and proper management, while lighter sandy soils are less inherently productive.
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Texas
Divi 1
Agri- Statal Experiment Station
Houston
Wilson
Ares
Bell
Catalpa
Blackland Prairies
Lake Charles
Coast Prairie
Victoria
Hidalgo
Goliad
Duval
Webb
Rio Grande Plain
Denton
San Saba
Crawford
Grand Prairie
Valera
Edwards Plateau
Windthurst
West Cross Timbers
Abilene
Miles
Vernon
Amarillo
Pullman
Dewitt
Bowie
Kire
Lufkin
Norfolk
Ruston
East Texas
Origin of Corn Found by A and M Scientists
Texas A and M researchers Dr. P C Mangelsdorf and Dr. R G Reeves at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station report hybridizing corn with Tripsacum gama grass. The cross aims to illuminate corn’s origin, a plant long thought related to wild grasses. The finding is scientifically interesting though not immediately economically important. Separately, New York state records show smokers sparked 918 of 1735 forest fires last year.
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Botanical World
P. C. Mangelsdorf
R. G. Reeves
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
A. B. Conner
United States
Texas
America
New York State
Dentists Dr York and Dr Lawrence Open New Greenwood Court Office
New office location for Dr York and Dr Lawrence at Greenwood Court opposite the courthouse. Specializing in pyorrhea treatment and orthodontia with emphasis on personalized dental care for Greenwood residents.
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Greenwood Court
Court House
Fourth District Clubwoman Reports on Texas Prison System
Mrs. Frank A. Farda, chairman of Correction for the Fourth District, details a May tour with Mrs. Lee J. Rountree and the Prison board. She praises the Live-at-Home plan, farm crops, and canning. notes reduced grocery costs, expanded inmate education, and rehabilitation efforts at Goree Farm and Huntsville Walls.
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Lee J. Rountree
Correction
Prison Board
Club Women of
Texas
Simmons
Sugarland
Goree
Huntsville
Mr. Simmons
Board of Parole
Frank A. Farda
Fourth District
Pecan Budding Notes and Texas Turkeys Highlight Bryan Dispatch
J M Cahill of Smetana treads Bryan today busy budding pecan trees with over a hundred to his credit. He recalls top budding a tree in 13 places and losing only one bud. The item also reports turkey production figures by state with Texas leading in the four states making up nearly half the national total and notes the era’s local social happenings and political mentions.
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J. M. Cahill
Smetana
Bryan
Mr. Cahill
United States
Texas
North Dakota
Minnesota
Califoria
California
Oklahoma
Horace Reed
Reed
Lon Baker
T. K. Tillis
Poulter Christian and Son
J. B. Jr
Chas. Todaro
East 25Th Street
Gus Gerson
Will Presnal
Taber
Sam Harrison
Jack Johnson
Bryan Area Social Notes Gypsy Various Visits and Travel
Mrs H P Black and two sons Ester and Norman head to Brownsboro for a ten day visit with relatives while Mr Black conducts a revival meeting in Fairfield. Several Bryan residents host guests from Port Arthur Moody and Galveston. births and local trips fill the week with plans from Wichita to Houston and New York travels for shopping and business.
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Ester
Norman
Brownsboro
Black
Fairfield
Robert Rhodes
C. 8. Jones
Haswell Drive
Rhodes
Washington Avenue
Ed Sebesta
West 30Th Street
Mr. Sebesta
James S. Francis, Jr
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
San Nicolas
Aruba
Dutch West Indies
Bryan
F. E. Wilson
Houston
Aubrey Cawley
Wilson
Eagle
H. E. Spitzenpfeil
Kurten
Kansas City
St.Louis
Gordon Graber
Spitzenpfeil
Lathrop Compton
St. Louis
Marion Drake
Drake
Brazos County
Longview
M. B. Easters
D. C. Jones
Jessie Griffin
Lelia Griffin
Jones
Griffin
W. T. Neblett
Anderson
J. W. Brosig
Navasota
Grimes County
Egan Dickenson
Pin Money Grocery
L. A. Layton
Tyler
M. A. Foster
Dallas
Cecil Jackson
West 26Th Street
Herbert Hertel
Schulenburg
Mary Warnken
W. L. James
San Antonio
Charles Edge
Edge
W. C. Vanderwerth
Lela Lee
Billie Ruth
Corsicana
W. D. Stallings
Alexander
Vanderwerth
Eagle Printing Company
Alice Ward
W. P. Ward
Ursuline Avenue
The
Errol Middleton
Urbana
Ill
Middleton
University of Illinois
Texas
Ed J. Harris
First Methodist Church
Ed Jr
Caddo Lake
Ex-AM Students Doing Good Work in Mexico City
Dr. W. B. Bizzell writes from Mexico City about prominent former A and M alumni. He notes C. A. Castillo a 1920 graduate with Huasteca Petroleum Co and Manuel Leon Ortega 1920 with Foster McClellan Co and Rotary Club, plus Ed Brewster 1926 in the American business colony.
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W. B. Bizzell
Texas A
M. College
E. E. McQuillen
Students Association
Mexico City
Mac
C. A. Castillo
Huasteca Petroleum Co
Mexico
Manuel Leon Ortega
Foster-McClellan Co
Rotary Club
Ortega
Ed Brewster
Bess Spence
School of Engineering
Caliche Feed Discovery Boosts Livestock Growth on South Plains
LUBBOCK August 11. A new use for caliche hills may transform feed rations as cattle fed on limestone show stronger bone and weight. Discovery by H. W. Stanton in Yellowhouse Canyon suggests caliche intake enhances growth, a potential shift for ranchers and farm feeding.
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Lubbock
South Plains
H. W. Stanton
Yellowhouse Canyon
Stanton Pens
Historic live oak uprooted by Gulf hurricane at Columbus
A hurricane inland from the Gulf of Mexico last Saturday toppled a live oak in Columbus, Texas, believed to be over 1,000 years old and damaged the historic oak once used for the Republic of Texas district court. A separate item notes W. R. Duckett of Franklin, Nebraska earning a history master’s at Columbia University, followed by his guide dog Scottie receiving a medal for assisting him. The medal was awarded by the Anti Vivisection Society for devotion and heroism.
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Gulf of Mexico
First District Court of the Republic of Texas
W. R. Duckett
Franklin, Neb
Columbia University
Duckett
Scottie
Kansas City
Anti- Vivisection Society
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