Revive Park Barre and Pork Barrel Plan Featured at Short Course
County agents Benson and Givens report at Brazos County Short Course urging revival of the pork barrel via loans from Fort Worth stockyards to raise 200 000 sows. French advocates home diet farming, warns farmers to adapt, and calls for fall winter garden prep as drought and low cotton prices press. Tom Sebesia of Keck Prairie leads in terracing as farm demonstrations draw interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Barre
C. C. French
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company
Tom Sebesia
Keck Prairie
Rural Correspondents Send News From Edge and Brazos Valley
Local letters recount visits to Bryan and Coleman households and reports from Edge. Travelers include C Cobb and daughters from Arkansas, Will Murray family visiting A J Murray, and many others visiting relatives. A wagon accident injured T Hensarling, a July surgery is noted, revival begins August 3, and a box supper at Edge auditorium supported the Edgy school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. ¥. Cobb
Celeste Mabel
Ola
Arkansas
Berry Risincer
Berry Jr
Jess Conlee
Bryan
Will Murray
Irontear College
A. J. Murray
Oliver Hicks O- Bryan
Robert Taylor
West Texas
T. A. Hensarling
Elmer Bullock
Steep Hollow
A. C. Thompson
Seiden and Hare
Thompson
H. Todd
Harvey
Jim Tobias
Aubrey Tobias
JL. H. Holligan
Temp Hospital
Brazos Valley
Jim McDonald
Earnest Coursey
Coleman
W. J. McDonald
McDonald
Rosa Cozart
Abilene
Edge
Nima Mae Moore
Dallas
Mills Lewis
Normangee
Monroe Gandy
Gandy
Tom Cless
Irene Barnett
Eaton
Edge Items from Local Briefs Highlight Ill Brother and Visits
Edge Tomlinson left Saturday morning for Oklahoma to be at his ill brother’s bedside as typhoid fever affects the family. Sam Sparks of Wenoxa Oklahoma visited friends and relatives of Edge. Several local households share visits and gatherings as Mrs Eunice Hill hosts relatives. A baby girl Merle, daughter of Baylor Collins, suffered a burn but is reported to be recovering nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armood Tomlinson
Oklahoma
Sam F. Sparks
Wenoxa
Okla
Edge
Pen
Claude Eunice Mae Hill
Merie
Bryan
Jim Leighman
Baylor Collins
Merle
W. (. Hill
H. P. Hill
Hearne
W. €. Hill
Emmett Holland
Miss All Payne
George Holland
W. BE. Cox
Gainesville
W. H. Buckles
Elie Jane Buckles
Denison
W. W. Solomon
First Baptist B Y P U Enjoys Sunset Supper
The Intermediate B Y P U of First Baptist Church Bryan held a sunset swim and supper Monday at 7 at the Braxes river bridge. About 50 youths attended with leaders and chaperones listed. The Brazos river site pleased the group with social singing stories and outdoor recreation. They voted for another similar social soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church of
Bryan
Braxes River
C. (. Vick
E. H. Gibbons
Geo. R. Branch
Will Locke
S. M. Hunt- Brazos
Onion Seed Prices Fall As Shipments Head To Laredo
About 20 000 pounds of yellow Bermuda onion seed and 10 000 pounds of White Crystal Wax Bermuda seed are en route from Teneriffe Canary Islands to Laredo. The yellow seed price drops from 4 to 3 per pound marking a 25 percent reduction from last year’s 6 per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Bermuda
Tenariffe
Canary Islands
Spain
Texas helium plant in Amarillo touted as world’s largest
A regional brief highlights Amarillo hosting the world’s largest helium gas processing facility. Officials emphasize capacity growth, job impact, and Texas leadership in gas production. Operations and expansion plans are outlined with local economic expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Amarillo
Farmer Prosperity Tied to Home Food Production in Texas
The article argues farm purchasing power mirrors national business and notes droughts of grain prices. It highlights diversified farming, dairy profitability, and local examples in Texas Brazos county showing farmers can live at home with steady income through dairy, chickens, and crops while consumer demand drives production choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Minnesota
Panhandle
West Texas
Louisiana
America
Brazos County
Paving of San Antonio Trail Proposed by Moody for Centennial
Governor Moody urged paving and marking the San Antonio Trail to celebrate Texas independence centennial in 1936. At a four county mass meeting near the Navasota River about 10 000 residents gathered for speeches and barbecue. The proposal aims to connect Texas history with its present and future through improved highway access and preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Moody
Texas
Lone Star State
Brazos
Leon
Madison
Robertson
San Antonio Trail
Beal Bennett
Normangee
W.S. Barron
Bryan
Evelyn Stanford
Texe
United States
Hk. M. West
Navasota
Meeker
Premium Needed Or Long Staple Is to Be Grown
COLLEGE STATION July 31 Cotton production and marketing should align with cooperative marketing plans says Lawrence Westbrook organization manager Texas Cotton Cooperative Association at the A and M College Short Course. He urges premiums or penalties to incentivize growers and notes foreign competition will shape production quality and quantity. Westbrook questions acreage reduction campaigns and calls for profitable use of land removed from cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Cooperative Marketing Association
Lawrence Westbrook
A. and J M. College of Texas
Texas Cotton Cooperative Association
Dallas
Mrs A K Short Returns to Dallas After Visit
Mrs. A K Short returns to Dallas today following visits with friends in Bryan and on the campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Short
Dallas
Bryan
Daily notes on locals and election reflections
Mr and Mrs Jack P McCullough of McKinney visit Mrs J H McCullough as he attends the Farmers Short Course at A and M College for the week. The piece also lists numerous Bryan residents traveling, visiting, and commenting on election sentiment with a call for civility and informed voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack P. McCullough
McKinney
J. H. McCullough
McCullough
Farmers
A. and
M. College
Texas Ranks Sixth in Cotton Staple Length
Texas is sixth among principal cotton states in staple length with an average under fifteen sixteenths inch. W B Lanham of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U S Department of Agriculture, provides the figures from the cotton area in College Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
W. B. Lanham
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Ag
Shorter staple crops blamed for contract issues in Texas
Mr Lanham told the Farmers Short Course at Texas A and M that over half of Texas crops in the last two years measured seven eighths inch or less, with one sixth of 1928 and one fourth of 1929 crops unfulfillable under contracts. Shorter staples concentrated in Hudspeth County and East Texas, with northern areas reporting the shortest staples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudspeth
Flatwoods
Black Belt
Coastal Plains
Bryan Hurler Sold to Washington Senators
Lynn Griffith known as Lefty, star pitcher for the Joplin Miners, has been sold to the Washington Senators of the American League and will report next fall. The Miners reportedly received about 5 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Lefty) Griffith
Joplin Miners
Washington Senators
Lefty
Bryan
Lefty Heberts
Springfield
Joplin
Brooklyn
White Sox
Yankees
Washington
Senators
Prizes Awarded To Texas Women In Room Contest
State winners in the improved living room contest of the better homes program by the Extension Service of the A and M College of Texas were announced at the Farmers Short Course. DeWitt H. McMurray presented prizes. first place went to Mrs Ace Fuller of Corrigan Polk county, with Mrs T P Read of Paradise Wise county second and Mrs A G Myer of League City Galveston listed among winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
College Station
Better Homes
Extension Service
A & M. College of Texas
Farm News
Dallas
DeWitt H. McMurray
Ace Fuller
Corrigan
Polk County
T. P. Read
Paradise
Wise County
A. G. Myer
League City
Galveston
Trends in Agricultural Production Highlight Farmers Short Course
Dr. O E Baker of the USDA discusses agricultural production trends at the 21st annual Farmers Short Course at A and M College Texas. Other speakers include Holm green and Reed. 257 girls from 54 counties enter dresser scarf awards and home product exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
O. E. Baker
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
A. and M. College of Texas
N. Holmgreen
A. and M. Extension Service
A. C. Reed
San Antonio
Poultry Producers Association of Texas
Mary Starr Taylor
College of Industrial Arts
Bernice Claytor
Virginia Smitherman
Gregg County
Estelline Box
Young County
Anna Gibbs
Fannin County
Cornell Andrews
Grayson County
Fay Brotton
Brown County
Gladys Byard
Tom Green County
Sharee Baker
Anna Bess Brooks
Tarrant County
Lorayne Johnson
Roberta Oliver
Letty Dunning
Sarah Wilson
Texas
Mamie Lee Hayden
Texas Home Demonstration Association
Hayden
A. W. Bulay
Livingston
Texas Beekeepers’ Association
Edward Burleson
Waxahachie
H. B. Parks
W. O. Victor Uvalde
W. T. Burleson, Waxahachie
Statewide Home Improvement Contest Winners Named
The Farm News awarded prizes in two classes for women from eighty-six counties. First place earned fifty dollars, second twenty five, third fifteen, with fourth receiving a year’s Farm News subscription. A total of 878 participants across districts selected state winners using the Extension Service score card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afton
Dickens County
B. F. Kemp
McCaulley
Fisher County
Doyle H. Fogle
W. R. Cannon
Jacksboro
Jack County
J. B. Rashberry
Crowell
Ford County
M. F. Orr
San Benito
Cameron County
Farm News
Extension Service
Miss Ena Greenwood Visits Bryan College Station
Miss Ena Greenwood of Montgomery arrives for a weekend visit, staying with friends in Bryan and at College Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ena Greenwood
Montgoemery
Bryan
College Station
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C. L. Benson
Lucy Givens
First Baptist B. Y. P. U
ST. Louis
Ownes Pworo Service
S. Louis
Lambert St. Louis Field
Dale Jackson
Forrest O'Brine
Hunter Brothers
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Lincoln
Associated Press
Nebraska State Prison
Helen Minkert
J. G. Minkert
Houston
Minkert
Ray Jones
Haswell Avenue
D. L .Hudson
Chas. W. Crawford
California
A. and M. College
Wilma S. Gober
Jacksonville
Building and Loan Association
F. R. Brandes
Ralph
Roland
Bob Wayne
Beaumont
John A. Boriskie
Monterey
Mexico
Ruby Powell
Early Risers Club
Associatedress
Marchionesa
Maria Cristina Marconi
Odescarchi Palace
Civita Vecchia
Italy
Bryan Hurler
Lefty” Griffith
Johnson's
Texas Beekeepers
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