Texas farmers cash income rises as war effort grows
Texas farmers posted 545 million dollars in cash income for the first nine months of 1942 up from 541 million in 1941, the UT Bureau of Business Research reports. Grayson county women work long hours to cover labor shortages while war bonds rise. flax acreage surges in Refugio county. onion seed sales peak near Plainview. the government seeks prime turkeys for war needs. oil peanuts receive bagged-quota incentives. Evelyn Taylor aids war effort after brother’s disappearance. Robertson county 4-H member drives food canning and scrap drives.
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Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Evelyn Taylor
Roger
Corregidor
Bald Prairie 4-H Club
Robertson County
4-H boy Jack Booth grows 15 acres of truck crops for competition
Jack Booth age 15 in Harris county 4-H club grew 15 acres of truck crops and fed 25 hogs while working his crop. His record is submitted for the National 4-H club boys garden contest. Pleasant note from county agent C W Jackson and others on farm tasks and local 4-H achievements.
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Jack Booth
Harris County
Jack
Houston
C. W. Jackson
Fall farm tips and 4-H calf and lamb reports from Texas counties
Mrs. Elsie Gilkerson promotes sauerkraut as a vitamin C rich fall preserve and versatile to use with turnips lettuce or cabbage. Ollie Liner notes Hale county 4-H calves on feed and plans to buy more with 16 club members tallying 850 lambs in feed lots. Girls 4-H visit Clyde cafes to secure permission to post Texas Food Standard on menus. Bob Wright reports dehydrated sweet potatoes equal corn in feed value and preferred by stock over corn and alfalfa.
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Elsie Gilkerson
Nolan County
Hale County 4-H Club
Ollie F. Liner
Clyde
Callahan County
Bob Wright
Gilmer
Upshur County
Wright
Corn yield up to sixty percent with peas in oats land
H C Lueck of Oscar in Bell county notes a 25 to 60 percent corn yield increase when corn follows peas on oats stubble. J D Alexander a retired college coach near Clifton in Bosque county may have set a production record by Hampshire pigs, sows farrowed 17 in Oct, 18 more in April, 16 survived for a yearly total of 55.
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H. C. Lueck
Oscar
Bell County
Clifton
J. D. Alexander
Bosque County
Hampshire
Whitesboro
B. D. Shook
Grayson County
Agricultural shifts urged and local farming highlights
Secretary Wickard asks Rio Grande Valley growers to favor essential food crops over luxury vegetables. David Ramsey’s farm near San Marcos raises 500 Baby Beef turkeys, noted for their large white meat. North Texas pecan crop blamed on heavy spring rains. A Grayson county teen sacks 233 pounds in a day. Pampa high school agriculture class projects may total over six thousand dollars. International Harvester reports readiness to build a cotton picking machine after four decades of testing.
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Rio Grande Valley
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
David Ramsey
San Marcos
Hays County
Ramsey
North Texas
W. R. Yeary
Jack Harvey
J. H. Harvey
Grayson County
Berclair 4 H club garden aids Food for Victory program
Berclair 4 H club members plant a vegetable garden near the school and build a fence around each plot. Vegetables such as Chinese cabbage chew chews carrots lettuce and onions mature as girl club members prepare a salad demonstration at a community 4 H club day. Margaret L. Cole credits the sponsors for the club’s success.
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Berclair
Goliad County 4
Berclair Club
4-H fire safety plan drives neighbor checks in Denton County
Denton county 4-H boys learn fire prevention from County Agricultural Agent G. E. Warren. Each boy inspects his home and corrects hazards, then a neighbor verifies the work to ensure nothing is overlooked.
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Denton County
G. E. Warren
Washington County 4-H Girls Invest in War Bonds
Myrna Holman county home demonstration agent says the Washington County 4-H club girls have invested 3816.40 in war bonds and stamps. This amounts to an average of 39.75 per owner of the securities or 24.77 per club girl in the county.
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Washington County
Myrna Holman
Turkeys Raised Near Yantis Hit Large Flock Milestone
Mr and Mrs Finney Bevill of Yantis in Hopkins county report 1300 turkeys produced from 30 hens and three toms started last November. The Baby Beef strain, fed under a scientific program, yields birds at 3.5 months old weighing 13 1/2 to 14 1/4 pounds on average.
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Finney Bevill
Yantis
Hopkins County
Palestine Kiwanis Club Buys Duroc Pigs For 4-H Exchange
The Palestine Kiwanis Club bought five registered Duroc pigs and placed them with Anderson county 4-H boys on an exchange basis. A $25 premiums fund was set. plan details to be decided. Assistant County Agent Tom Stokes notes boys will return the best gift from the first litter with papers at nine weeks. If a pig dies, the boy must replace it or pay $10.
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Palestine Kiwanis Club
Anderson County
Tom Stokes
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A. & M. College Extension Service
Turkey
Refugio County
L. A. Weiss, Jr
D. D. Bowman
Plainview
Hale County
Bowman
B. F. Vance
Usda War Board
Myrtle Murray
Jaunice
Bounce West
Temple Spring
Jasper County
Walker County
Otis Robinson
San Jacinto
G. H. Richards
America
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Prince Pex
Prince Albert
Erynolde
Tobi
Sco UN
Winston-Salem, N.C
Morton
Morton Salt CO
Chicago, Illlinois
Mortons
Jender-Quick
Pra
Sausag
Hood Willis
Duroc
Jersey
Poland
China
Chester
South
International Harvester Company
Fowler McCormick
Daggett - Keen Com. CO
Chas. Daggett
Frank Lisle
Fort Worth, Texas
Bob Bramlett
Little Ronnie
Peterson
Ronnie
Watchaqs
Petersons
Leslie Haas
Lavaca County
G. C. King
Haas
King
Leslie
Mama
Cutter
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Coli
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