Weekly Eagle Official Posting and Rates
The Daily Weekly Eagle details mailing, post office classification, and rights information. It lists subscription rates for Brazos County readers and advertising representatives in Dallas New York Chicago and Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Daily Press League
Mercantile Bank
Dallas
Exas
Madison Ave
New York
N. Y. Association
Chicago
Ginots
Brazos County
Agricultural needs push Texas research and tick eradication
East Texas Chamber of Commerce urges Texas lawmakers to fund and direct state agriculture research tailored to Texas soil and climate. Calls for dairy industry study at the Troup substation, tick eradication, fertilizer use, nursery inspection, rodent control, and cane and corn borer elimination. Also notes A M College extension courses and nonpartisan election oversight concerns.
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Texas
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
A. B. Conner
Agricultural Experiment Station
Troup
East Texas
Readings on government and figures stir debate in Congress
The report discusses the Hoo ver cabinet and opposition from progressives to a financier while praising a business like administration. It questions lawmakers' ability to handle university land leases and notes Dempsey’s possible ring comeback amid changes in leadership and state influence.
Governor Seeks Fair Deal From Proposed Probers
The Okshoma governor says he aims for a fair resolution with the legislative probe panel. He remains optimistic about reaching a constructive outcome amid the stalled inquiry.
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Okshoma
Colored farmer wins in Smith county uses prize money for home
Will Johnson, who won Dallas News 1927 1000 prize, is hailed as the best general colored farmer in Smith county. He used prize money to buy a home and farm 20 acres yielding 13 bales of cotton 1928 plus 285 bushels corn two tons pea hay 300 pounds butter 126 dozen eggs 50 gallons rib bon cane syrup and ample meat for home. Other Brazos county farmers urged to follow his example.
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Will Johnson
Dallas News
Smith County
Brazos County
J. W. Crenshaw
Reliance
Brazos Farmers Approve Project For Milk Plant
Brazos County farmers show strong interest in a local creamery with 108 cows reported in early questionnaires. Most responders intend to expand herds if the creamery is built, prompting local business leaders to consider a multi thousand dollar dairy development campaign and market facilities.
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C. I. Benson
Brazos County
Chickens Race Feature at Golden Rule Farm Exhibition
Report covers the Golden Rule farm chickens showing in a weigh in log and individual contests. It notes hens No 444 and No 475 near top positions with egg counts for November and December. College View farm also features hens contending for placements, while White Leghorn blends with other breeders in a tied effort for lead.
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Brazos
Texas
Onenar
Laon
Monts
Golden Rule Farm
Collage View Farm
College View Farm
Country stores fade as transportation reshapes rural trade
G B Poat of Cross Grimes County argues country stores are vanishing due to telephones good roads and modern transport. He runs a general merchandise store and has 22 30 years in the country store business. The interview occurred during a Saturday Bry in on.
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G. B. Poat
Cross
Grimes County
Post
Bry
State Wide Terracing Drive Gains National Attention
The Texas A and M Extension Service terracing program to curb soil erosion has drawn national notice as five other states adopt the plan. Spur substation experiments show heavy soil loss without terraces, with about 700 000 acres protected predicted for 1928.
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College Station
E Extension Service
A. and M. College of Texas
Texas
Agricultural Experiment Station
The
College
Spur
West Texas
Houses of Congress
Texas Extension Service
Federal Land Bank of Houston
M. R. Bentley
Extension Service
A .K Short
Bentley
Land Bank of Houston
O. B. Martin
Virginia
Alabama
Oklahoma
Kansas
Kentucky
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
A. B. Conner
R. E. Dickson
Farmers Wanted Near Bryan on Halves Contract
A call issued Thursday by Mrs Nell Mercer superintendent of the municipal employment bureau at Houston for 40 Mexican and Negro families to farm on halves near Bryan and Crockett Free transportation will be provided Twenty families are needed at each farm The owner will furnish all material including machinery live stock and seeds and give the tenant half the crop Wages of 1 50 per day when not busy with own crops
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M. College
Bryan and Crockett
Nell Mercer
Municipal Employment Bureau
Houston
Swindle by Truck Buyer Hits Farmers in Texas Counties
W S Shannon of North Zulch went to Bryan to market produce and investigate a scam in which a man named Smith claimed to represent the Brown Produce Company and bought eggs hens and butter with checks drawn on a Bryan bank promising to return. The scam cost Shannon and neighbors in Madison and Grimes counties and alerted local farmers to possible fraud and breach of confidence with trusted rural buyers.
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W. S. Shannon
North Zulch
Bryan
Smith
Brown Produce Company
Madison
Grimes
Prida
J. F. Whitley
Willis Bosell
Chas. McDuffey
Vinis Taylor
R. Taylor
Albert Taylor
Manuel Akins
Shannon
Texas
High School Boy Applies Farming Lessons At Bryan Course
Bryan high school students in the vocational agriculture program plan yearlong projects. Eugene Beard describes experiments with five acres each of cotton and corn, using oats and vetch as a winter cover crop, testing fertilizer effects, and outlining a three year crop rotation plus future forage plans with cowpeas and Sudan grass for hay and soil improvement.
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Bryan High School
Eugene Beard
Sudan
Farm Practice Notes On Poultry Management And Plans
A 150 Ancona hens flock owner describes culling 25 birds last fall and 45 more later through an agriculture class, noting egg production stayed strong. He marketed culls, bought feeds, and reports over $60 profit since Sept 29, 1928, plans 400 new pullets next year, and aims to market infertile eggs labeled with his name to build a quality egg trade.
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Ancona
I Want to Be Thoroughly Used Up If I Die
A famous quote expresses a desire to serve the community fully. The speaker values hard work as a measure of life and purpose, stating they wish to be thoroughly used up by the time of death.
Saloons in England Close at Ten P.M.
Quote from London Star cites a writer saying a woman's expenditure of speech exceeds her income of ideas as saloons in England close by ten in the evening.
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London
England
Land Pioneer Raises 65 Acres to Wealth in Early Day
C M Risinger of Steep community recalls buying 65 acres in 1888 and expanding holdings through cash purchases. He notes land costs rose, credit limits tightened, and that today his strategy centers on home farming and sustaining income with cotton, butter, eggs, chickens, and beef cattle.
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C. M. Risinger
Risinger
Risingers
Mr. Risinger
Spread of Intelligence or Intelligentsia Debate
A reflective note questions the growth of intelligence and the intelligentsia in society. It hints at concern over cultural influence and the role of educated classes in national progress.
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