Texas farm news highlights varied 1940s crops and livestock
Southeast Texas eyes first tung nut crop at 500 tons with no local tung oil mill. Texas sheep lead livestock with 8,447,809 head while cattle total 6,281,537 including 1,146,766 cows. East Texas aims to boost food production for defense per census hints. odd finds include a pecan root tangled with an old baseball and an eyeless Rhode Island chick. Forest service warns winter burning harms pest control.
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Texas
Louisiana
Commissioner of Agriculture
J. Ed. McDonald
Pearsons Finds Vetch Use Boosts Cane Yield Over 35 Percent
J. E. Pearsons of Grand Saline Van Zandt County reports that planting vetch and turning it under increases crooked neck cane yield by more than thirty five percent, boosting farm productivity.
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J. E. Pearsons
Grand Saline
van Zandt County
First Registered Cattle Headed to Hopkins County
Tom Riley Lindley, a dairyman west of Sulphur Springs, recently purchased three head of registered Milking Shorthorn cattle. The herd includes two heifers and a young bull noted for both milk and beef.
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Hopkins County
Tom Riley Lindley
Sulphur Springs
Arsenic Taints Mink Farm Forces Move to New Mexico
H. L. Hughes reports 300 minks dead from arsenic poisoning spreading from nearby cotton fields. Lab tests confirm the poison as the cause. He plans to relocate his mink operation from near El Paso in El Paso County to mountain country in New Mexico.
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H. L. Hughes
Hughes
el Paso
New Mexico
New Smooth Lawn Barley Develops at Denton Station
A new smooth lawn barley variety named Texas de veloped at the Denton Substation of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station is being made available to farmers this year. It offers resistance to disease and higher yields in Central Texas, according to a report.
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Texas
Denton
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Lancaster man finds abnormal egg sack in chicken
Dr 8 N Parks of Lancaster Dallas county killed a White Leghorn hen for Sunday dinner and found a 26 inch egg sack holding seven fully developed eggs and six immature eggs ranging from walnut to one inch in diameter.
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8. N. Parks
Lancaster
Dallas County
Texas farmers receive $60 a ton for cottonseed
State Commissioner J. E. McDonald notes that cottonseed price has reached $60 per ton for the first time in over two decades. He cites fats and oils market position and supply demand factors as the basis for the price level.
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J. E. McDonald
Texas
Texas Farmers Increase Fertilizer Use 1940-41
Dr. G S S Fraps reports Texas farmers used about 8 000 tons more fertilizer in 1940 41 than 1939 40 rising total statewide to 115 850 tons. The state chemist heads fertilizer law administration.
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Texas
G. S.S. Fraps
Gladioli Boom Expands in Willacy County Field
Glenn Flinn operates a 45 acre gladioli field northwest of Raymondville in Willacy County. Each season 700000 cut gladioli are shipped to northern markets and 200000 bulbs sold to wholesale buyers. Fifteen acres of young bulbs and 10 acres of bulblets are grown annually.
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Willacy County
Raymondville
Glenn Flinn
Flinn
Jersey cow Ox fonde Mary Flavia wins silver medal
C. M. Andrews of Greenville Hunt County has a purebred Jersey cow Ox fonde Mary Flavia qualify for the American Jersey Cattle Club silver medal. In a recent official test she produced 4122.40 pounds of butterfat and 7356 pounds of milk over 505 days with two and three daily milkings.
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Jersey
Mary Flavia
C. M. Andrews
Greenville
Hunt County
American Jersey Cattle Club
Sage Farming Emerges On Dallas County Hillside
Fourteen acres of sandy hillside in Dallas County yield high grade Dalmatia sage under T L Allen who pioneered the crop in Texas. He earns about 1200 dollars per ton or over 400 dollars per acre and sees sage aiding cotton farmers. A Montague county rat poison program was postponed due to red squill powder shortage sourced from the Mediterranean with limited imports. County Agent Arvie Elliott notes possible cancellation of the program.
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Dallas County
T. L. Allen
Texas
Allen
Sage
Montague County
Mediterranean Sea
Hitler
Arvie Elliott
Largest cock's comb flower displayed near Victoria
Believed to be the largest cock's comb grown in Victoria county was shown by Mrs. F A Meissner. The imposing bloom weighed 51 pounds and measured 39 inches in circumference.
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Dawson County
Victoria
Victoria County
F. A. Meissner
Texas Receives Parity Payment Share in 1940
Washington announced 1940 parity payments totaling $205,834,629 nationwide with Texas accounting for $29,803,684 of the allotment. The release confirms state and national figures for the farm aid program.
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Texas
Washington
Seeded ribbon cane shows strong debut in Caldwell county
Judge M O Flowers introduces seeded ribbon cane from Cuba, harvesting 30 tons per acre on lowland in Caldwell. A bantam hen in Madisonville raises six quail, mothering them with great care. Texas turkey growers forecast over nine million dollars from a 1941 crop at about 20 cents a pound with ~3,190,000 birds. turkeys may average 15 pounds. Texas scientists suggest blue bugs could help transmit fowl paralysis.
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Caldwell County
M. O. Flowers
Cuba
Texas
U .S. Department of Agriculture
Texas College of Arts and Industries
Texas Passes Half Million Cotton Mattress Demonstration
Texas has delivered 508,693 cotton mattresses under the De cotton mattress demonstration by September, with Mildred Horton noting Texas leads all states. The program, run by the state home demonstration, shows strong adoption and manufacturing activity across the state.
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Texas
Department of Agriculture
Mildred Horton
Texas Peanut Growers Urged to Double Acreage in 1941
B. F. Vance, chairman of the Texas USDA Defense Board, announced farmers should plant about 100 percent more peanuts for oil in 1941 to meet Food-for-Freedom pledges and bolster national defense. He said fair prices are likely to continue next year, helping income rise for Texas growers.
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Texas
B. F. Vance
Texas Usda Defense Board
Texas Cotton Expert Warns Cotton Surplus Still Large
Dr A B Cox cotton expert at the University of Texas estimates Texas cotton surplus at 3 000 000 bales. He notes that urging Texas girls to wear cotton hose helps little to reduce the surplus even if every woman in the state wore cotton stockings, the gain would hardly dent the stockpile.
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A. B. Cox
University of Texas
Texas
Bee Gum Robbery Report From Brownwood Farm
Lester Harriis allegedly robbed a tree limb bee gum on a Brown County farm near Brownwood and took about two gallons of light colored honey. The honeycomb was nearly as large as the top of a barrel, about 24 inches long, located on the sunlit west side of the tree with bees exposed and no hive concealment.
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Lester Harriis
Brownwood
Brown County
Texas Faces Massive Erosion On Farmland
A Soil Conservation Service survey finds about 132 million acres in Texas suffering erosion, with some 11 million acres ruined for immediate crop production. The figures come from a U.S. Department of Agriculture agency plan assessing erosion impact across the state.
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Texas
Soil Conservation Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Forest trees credit offered to East Texas farmers
The Texas Forests Service announce a 15 dollar credit for East Texas farmers who plant forest trees on worn-out idle farm acres this winter under the 1942 State AAA program. The credit is an extra provision and not deducted from regular allotments.
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East Texas
Texas Forests Service
A. & M. College
Texas Seed Law Aims to Improve Seed Purity Disclosure
The 47th Legislature enacted a new Texas Seed Law to curb farm hazards by requiring that all seed offered for planting be tagged with complete information on purity and related data, as stated by the State Commissioner of Agriculture.
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Texas
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Doctor says molasses not preventive for loco-weed poisoning
Dr H Schmidt head of Texas A and M veterinary division states blackstrap molasses does not prevent or cure loco weed poisoning. He cites recent cooperative tests by Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and U S Department of Agriculture supporting the finding and addressing stock owner misconceptions.
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H. Schmidt
Division of Veterinary Science
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
A. & M. College
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dairyman Advocates Bulk in Grain Ration for Herd
Mrs. Mabel Kay leads the Tri County Dairy Herd Improvement Association and argues that feeding bulk in a grain ration, even with added costs from bulls, increases production through better feed utilization.
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Mabel Kay
Tri County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Kerr County Fur Harvest Expected To Match Last Season
Authorities predict strong fur income in Kerr County with ring tail fox and raccoon as major leads. Estimates show fur bearing animals at least equal to last year when over 4,000 skins were produced, while skunk and opossum values may climb slightly.
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Kerr County
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