Commercial Club Plans Wagon Yard Attract Bryan Trade
The Commercial Club met to discuss establishing a wagon yard in Bryan to draw merchants from Madison and Grimes counties. Boatwright and Smith reported farmer support if free wagon yard accommodations are provided. The secretary was tasked to study proposals and report next Tuesday. Present were McInnis, Boatwright, Edge, Martin, Webb, Smith, and Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speto
Commercial Club
Bryan
Madison
Grimes
Boatwright
J. Tom Smith
W. J. Coulter Company
L. L. McInnis
H. O. Boatwright
Case Edge
J. D. Martin
R. S. Webb Sr
M. E. Wallace
H. L. McKnight
Keep Down the Mud in the Barnyard
The Progressive Farmer urges farmers to prevent barnyard mud by improving drainage and increasing stall space and absorbent bedding. If drainage cannot be fixed, relocate the yard. A dry stall for each horse and cow is a sound business practice, with straw or sand as antidotes to unavoidable trampling.
Microbe of Progress Spurs Southern Farm Reforms
Southern farmers adopt two to four horsepower machinery, tractors, and gasoline engines. They sow legumes to fix nitrogen and replace old livestock with purebred sires. Farmers form cooperative marketing and insurance groups, improving homes and farms, as EF McIntyre lauds progress with a Walt Mason style lyric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
EF. F. McIntyre
Walt Mason
Modernizing the Family Farm Halves Old Ways
A Progressive Farmer excerpt depicts a rural home transformed by modern tech. Dad runs a scientific operation with acetylene lighting gasoline engines silos autos dynamos and a telephone. Milk and livestock quality are emphasized though prices fall as Dad blends farming with business acumen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Plymouth Rock
Dad
Pruning Basic Tips For High Quality Fruit Crops
The article gives practical pruning guidance for fruit trees. It stresses systematic pruning, proper tools, and planning before work. It notes the peach should be pruned to keep bearing wood near ground level with an open center, and it warns about fire blight affecting pears and apples, recommending moderate annual wood removal and tool disinfection using corrosive sublimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Hayden
Progressive Farmer
Rural teachers urged to order Elson reader manuals
A letter from Scott Foresman & Co informs Texas rural educators that Elson state adopted readers manuals are free and a combined manual for grades four through seven is available. Teachers may order direct or through the office, with transport prepaid, and a sample copy mailed under separate cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Texas
Elson
Scott, Foresman & CO
E. R. Williams
Bryan, Tex
Bryan Athletic Club Opens Rooms and Grows Membership
The Bryan Athletic Club is nearly organized with about fifty members and open rooms. Members frequent the facilities daily for athletic recreation. The club adds pool tables from the former Daly pool hall and plans hot and cold showers soon as membership increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Athletic Club
Daly
Notice of assessment on death of Mrs Ailice Judson
Notice to friends in need of a $1.05 assessment tied to the death of Mrs Ailice Judson. Payment must be made within ten days or the recipient will be suspended. Signed Joe B. Reed, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ailice
Judson
Joe B. Reed
A M College Teachers Debate Citizenship And Pedagogy
A Texas A and M College conference of the general teaching staff urged teachers to act as active citizens paying poll tax and supporting state welfare. Speakers urged plain titles, civic duty, and community service, with four future meetings planned to discuss curricula and teaching methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. and M. College
H. E. Hayden
Biology Department
Hayden
Texas
Pennsylvania
Bizzell
New Hampshire
M. L. Hayes
D. C. Miller
BE. Hayden
H. B. Gordon
Tick Eradication and Texas Fever Impacts
The article outlines widespread cattle ticks in the Southern States and their role in Texas fever spread. It notes enormous animal losses, up to 50 million dollars, due to fever and reduced flesh, plus high death rates among cattle imported as breeding stock. Trade restrictions and damaged hides lower leather quality and increase costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Animal Industry
Texas
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Marriage license sales dip after 1915 peak
The Eagle's Dec 1 1915 report compares 1914 and 1915 marriage licenses. White licenses fell by 28, colored by 25, totaling a 57 decrease from 1914 to 1915 after a brief 1915 boom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parison
The
Eagle
Farmer's plan to beat the Packers in meat curing
In 1915 at Brazos County Texas a farmer, H L McKnight of Bryan, proposes diversifying hog farming and cold storage to avoid paying Northern packers. He notes grazing hogs on bermuda, feeding melons and peanuts, then corn, to finish hogs averaging 200 pounds, enabling local curing and pork sales.
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Benchley
Tex
H. L. McKnight
Bryan
Brazos County
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Court House
Armours
Swifts
Sulzbergers
Morrises
Bermuda
Tom Watson
Farmers urged to shift from cotton to livestock
The letter from J B Dunn argues farmers should reduce cotton dependence and raise hogs fed with soybeans and peanuts to cut costs. Alabama experiment data show pork costs at $7.15 per cwt with corn vs $2.69 with soybeans. Dunn notes peanuts as a substitute for corn increasing profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunn
Rural teachers urged to list basketball teams for county meet
Notice to rural teachers asks all who have or expect to have basketball teams in the county spring contest to notify A B Ford Route 6 Bryan Texas. Specify boys or girls or both to arrange elimination schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B
Ford
Wise given four years for attempted murder in Sherman
B R Wise was sentenced to four years after pleading guilty to attempting to kill his wife in Sherman Texas. The wife will be permanently blind as a result of the attack. The item notes a Cotton price line and an ironic jab at swapping twelve cent cotton for a dollar corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sherman, Tex
B. R. Wise
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Ment
J. O. Morgan
Agronomy
Bolton
Electrical Engineering
T. J. Kibler
Mark Francis
U. and M. College of Texas
Ance
Kansas
J. B. Dunn
Star Brand
Bryan Cotton Oil
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