Survey argues for efficiency over expanding farmland
A national survey concludes only 25 percent of farms make money and urges a shift to efficient production. It advocates higher yields via fertilization, better seed, modern machinery, and targeted marketing while reducing land under cultivation and avoiding surpluses. Strong emphasis on dairy poultry and sugar expansion in the South to boost income and stabilize agriculture.
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America
United States
South
Civic Force Targets Safer Farming Through Education
Civic Force focuses on reducing hazards in farming with education on tick eradi cation, dairy herd improvement, poultry raising, and diversified crops. The plan includes market and sale provisions to aid Brazos county farmers shifting from cotton and credit to cotton cows and cash.
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Brazos County
Profits Found In Sudan Grass In Grimes Co
NAVASOTA Sept. 5 Twenty acres of Sudan grass pasture paid dairy farmer J. J. Johnson of Lynn Grove community 4.30 a day this summer as his 40 cows increased milk flow by two gallons daily, rising to 25 more gallons per day in eight days. Milk at four percent and 50 cents per pound butterfat yields a strong pasture income. After eleven days grass stock was exhausted and cows were rotated. Johnson plans one acre of Sudan grass per cow next year.
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Navasota
Sudan
J. J. Johnson
Lynn Grove
Prospect cotton season and local notes in Prospect
Cotton gathering is in full swing with Merino yielding 41 bales last week. Local residents and visitors are noted at cafes in La Salle Bryan and Goose Creek while Miss Leola Morgan and Miss Verna Tullous secure work nearby.
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Merino
Corrobbo
Leola Morgan
Robertson County
Horace Tullous
LaSalle
Verna Tullous
Bryan
Tucker Cafe
Prospect
Buena Batten
Ed Beal
Herman Carroll
Goose Creek
Joe Beal
Mattie Redding
W. A. Rice
Mr. Rice
Earl Carroll
Waco
Icey May Jones
Fd Schriber
G. M. Terry
J. M. Sandel
Frances
D. J. McDonald
Ed Bear
Ross Murray
Raymond
Tom Smith
Johnny Cheatham
Robertson
Miss Turner
Tabor
Wright
J. R. Stewart
Sam
Verna
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Ne'erle-Wells
Grimes Co
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Rex Research Fellowship
Geo. A. Adams
W.S. Barron
C. L. Beason
MO. W. Black
Wilson Bradley
C. S. Beck
J. F. Casey
J. S. Caldwell
W. J. Coulter
W. F. Davis
R. J. Dunn
H. C. Fulgham
W.R. Fairman
F. E. Giesecke
V. P. Gayle
Kay Hassell
Tyler Haswell
T. H. Black
Hugh Looney
W. W .Daup
J. E. Stanford
Chas. F. Hillier
E. P. Humbert
W. H. Lawrence
O. B. Martin
A. S. McSwain
W.11. McCulloch
P. J. Palasota
D. H. Reid
Ek. B. Reynolds
HY T. Schovajsa
C. C. Todd
M. E. Wallace
D. L. Wilson
H. H. Williamson
J. E. Warren
A. M. Waldrop
Chas. E. Anderson
Ted Spreng
E. J. Kyle
Oak McKenzie
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