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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1932
Page
4
In a heated political and athletic metaphor, Les Akers notes race conditions as candidates Hunt Putnam Stirling Wolfe and Stir Stirling prepare for the next five weeks. He hints at bold outfits and speed on track while weather and politics stay hot as voters decide who wins.
Edward A. O Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau, told Texas A and M short course attendees that farmers and land grant colleges hold the key to economic recovery. He urged farmer organization and close college contact to develop profitable agricultural work and stressed profits as essential to national prosperity.
More than 2,000 attend from across Texas as the 23rd annual Farmers Short Course opens with welcome remarks by President T O Walton. Programs serve men women boys and girls, with extension service aims to bring college and home demonstrations to rural families statewide.
A dispute between Governor Roosevelt and President Hoover over the St. Lawrence seaway bid procedure fails to become a major campaign issue. Roosevelt, New York’s governor, notes New York’s long stake in the project and questions the U S Canada treaty as not wholly satisfactory to Albany.
In a letter to the president Governor Roosevelt denounces federal handling as a usurpation of state rights and warns that New York’s voice is essential in treaty talks. He recalls offering cooperation from the New York State Power Authority as the treaty’s announcement follows a Hoover rejection of a conference. The dispute risks New York’s $150 million contribution and has drawn Quebec’s prime minister's denunciation. A federal role should represent the state, not negotiate as a separate power. Also notes cost-cutting ideas by pitting leaders in November elections.
Entomologist H. J. Reinhard of the Texas Experiment Station reports boll weevils ingest calcium arsenate dust by incidental contact during normal travel over dusted cotton plants. Study shows insects spend 5 percent of time feeding, travel 742 feet, and acquire poison mainly on stems and foliage, not fruit, impacting application methods for better control.
Dr. J. C. Anderson and Dr. J. R. Mahone told field workers at the Farmers Short Course in College Station that rat fleas spread typhus in Texas. They urged premises cleanup and rat control. L. C. Whitehead presided as state rodent control chief.
The Czecho-Slovakia Athletic Association of Bryan plans a Monday August 15 barbecue at Sue Haswell Memorial Park inviting state and county candidates. Former Governor James Ferguson is slated as chief speaker, with arrangements by Chas Sosolik Frank Zubik Frank Braczyk Joe Pasler and Rev Frank Urbanovsky.
Spring weather persisted with minor cool spell on Tuesday and rainfall midweek. July-like highs near 106 earlier week. Wednesday recorded 1.21 inches. Mrs. M. A. Barnett won a 4 H pantry trip to A and M College. Various locals and visitors from Brazos Valley and nearby towns attended events and church, with house fire on Wednesday affecting Edd Wymola.
Millican residents host and visit relatives including Millican to A and M College events. Cora McAlister arrives to live with J W Burrows. Local families—Monk, Sawyer, Arnold—footnote home updates and church activities. Methodist barbecue yields funds. Myrtle McFerrin avoids injury in car wreck. Paint bought for Baptist church as town canning season begins and residents cope with economic concerns.
Robert Davidson was bitten on the leg Tuesday while driving a mule for Bill Peck. The bite tore a large piece of flesh. he received fifteen stitches and is resting. Others noted include Claude Moore Jr and family leaving for Dallas, and various local visits, with a picnic at the school house and visitors from Bryan, Hearne, and Dallas.
Gonzales county farmers find the one variety cotton plan most profitable as J M Saunders discusses the Lone Star variety at Texas A and M College. Seed stock originated in community choice and seed costs stay low through self supplied foundation stock planted in a 4000 acre isolated block. The effort reflects five to six years of community interest and would switch only if a superior variety proved better.
Texas farmers face two key issues improving cotton quality and lowering production costs. Agronomist D T Killough notes foreign competition grows, urging seed quality and reliable breeding sources to produce uniform, high quality cotton and reduce costs.
An expert warns that reliance on uniformly ranked seed does not guarantee quality. Variation in fiber length and strength increases waste and lowers cloth grade. poor ginning can erase benefits, knocking market value one to two grades, or $2.50 to $5 per bale, due to damp processing, high saw speeds, and tight breast rolls causing neps and gin damage.
Extension Service leaders describe yardstick measuring progress through profitable demonstrations. Dr. Knapp’s five motives for demonstration are profit comfort culture influence and power. Last year 917 demonstrators and cooperators produced 71 371 turkeys worth 204 739 with a profit of 145 772 while 22 625 women and girls helped fill balanced farm pantries.
In the peak home canning season in Texas a nutritionist from Texas A and M College Extension Service advises selecting jar size by food type and family size. For five, use pint jars or No 2 cans. for six or more, quart jars or No 3 cans, with exceptions for bulky greens or corn. Plan three weekly servings of leafy greens, one of starchy vegetables, and one of other vegetables, plus tomatoes or citrus three times weekly and a daily raw fruit. A five person family should stock 120 leafy cans, 100 starchy cans, 80 other vegetables, 125 tomato cans, and 150 fruit cans. if funds limit fruits, tomatoes suffice for health. Roselle is den fruit noted as more common.
A parade of guests arrives in Bryan and surrounding towns from Jackson Miss Poplarville Miss Goose Creek Crockett and Tallulah La with long lists of hosts. Local families host travelers including Smiths Cloudses Mims and Ricks while others visit relatives attend events or travel on from Bryan to Fort Worth Houston and Beeville.
A note states a move this week to a new location situated between Eugene Edge and Ayres. It lists the precise timing and directions for patrons or visitors to reach the updated site.
An offhand advertisement markets Emerald QO as a quick at home remedy for varicose veins. It promises no need for operations or injections and suggests users can resume normal activities, claiming fast relief from leg sores swelling and pain. The copy implies pharmacists will not charge unless relief occurs.
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