Texas farm news highlights East Texas lead in soil districts
East Texas leads Texas in the number of soil conservation districts organized under state law per chamber of commerce figures. The report notes ongoing 4-H pig work by Harold Burns, a Jersey cow figures, and various farm innovations across counties, including canning progress, cement roofing idea, and 1940 pig crop declines.
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East Texas
Texas Soil Conservation Law
Texas
Agricultural Marketing Service
Agricultural and Forestry Department of
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Four-Legged Chick Showcased by San Antonio Grower
K L Midgett of San Antonio displayed a baby chick from his flock hatched with four legs. The extra legs sit ahead of the normal pair, and the creature remains healthy. A sample of Tenmary wheat grown by J D Wilbanks of Hansford County won first prize in the milling and baking contest at the International Grain and Hay Show in Chicago, per county agent J M Hatton.
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K. L. Midgett
San Antonio
Bexar County
J. D. Wilbanks
Hansford County
United States
Canada
Chicago
J. M. Hatton
Beavers Placed in Texas to Build Ponds
The Texas Game Department is distributing beavers to counties including Walker and Crockett to aid landowners in creating ponds. Beavers can fell trees up to six inches in diameter and float them to dam sites, constructing sturdy water reservoirs that provide watering spots and various benefits.
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Texas Game Department
Walker and Crockett
Hays 4 H Club Girls Make Dress Hamper from Box
Zelma Ruth Martin of the Hays 4 H Girls Club in Cooke County built a clothing hamper from a heavy corrugated box 20 by 30 inches. She covered it with wallpaper inside and out, added a pasteboard lid and a spool knob, and keeps it in her closet. Eight other girls in the club made similar hampers, improving clothing care and room appearance.
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Zelma Ruth Martin
Hays 4-H Girls’ Club
Cooke County
Hays Club
Blue vein cheese experiments start in SC cave
Dr P G Miller at Clemson College begins experimental blue vein cheese in an abandoned railroad tunnel in South Carolina as a curing cave. Four quadruplet kids are born to Pretty Girl a nanny goat owned by Fred Jensen of Taylor Williamson county. the quadruplets weigh about 20 pounds and are healthy.
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South Carolina
P. G. Miller
Clemson College
Fred Jensen
Taylor
Williamson County
Jensen
San Saba Trappers Paid Over Twelve Thousand This Season
Reports from two San Saba area fur buyers show 12,560 dollars paid for about 18,666 pelts this season. The haul includes 7,600 skunks, 3,450 possums, 2,060 ringtails, 2,060 raccoons, 1,680 fox, 150 bobcats, 4 badgers and 2 minks.
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San Saba
East Bernard 4-H Grower Posts $1,171.67 Net Return
John Alton Reed of the East Bernard 4-H Club in Wharton county reports a net return of 1171.67 over eight years. Three years’ receipts total 2746.42 with expenses 1574.75 as he fed beef calves grew 8.7 acres of rice and managed the home poultry flock.
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John Alton Reed
East Bernard
Wharton County
Contour Cotton Rows Show Moisture Boost in Oklahoma County
Farmers report from Cochran County and Dimmit County detail contour planting and brooding methods. Outside cotton rows yielded 492 pounds per acre versus 210 pounds for inside rows, while chuckker production rose with net-wire brooders and high protein feed. An exhibit by five LaMar County 4-H members placed third at the Chicago congress. Roy Daniel and D B Ivy note silage’s impact on lamb markets, selling lambs earlier for $10 per hundredweight versus $8.75 later with extra grain.
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Jack Kern
Cochran County
Oasis
Dallas County
Bill King
Carrizo Springs
Dimmit County
Lamar County
Chicago
Roy Daniel
Larbuddy
Palmer County
D. B. Ivy
Roy
D. B
Daniel
Mr. Ivy
Ivy
Dependable McCormick-Deering Planting Equipment
The advertisement touts McCormick-Deering cotton and corn planters with Sisters and Middlebusters and planting attachments as dependable, accurate tools for farmers. It urges visiting the International Harvester dealer to see the Tool-Bar attachments that convert planters into listers, bust ers, and other implements.
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McCormick-Deering
McCormick-Deering Planter
International Harvester Dealer
McCormick - Deering Cotton and Corn
Poultrymen Alarmed by Colds and Worms in Flocks
Lavaca County poultrymen report that illness in flocks often accompanies worm infestations. Keeping birds free from worms reduces cold risks, as worms lower body resistance. One tree can make a million matches phrase underscores broader cautions.
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Lavaca County
Fort Worth man recalls hen riding engine to Denton
Roy McCubbin of Fort Worth recounts a Valley View tale in Cooke County where a hen rode astride his car engine for 21 miles to Denton. The bird was found when he stopped for fuel and oil, with a large egg half cooked lodged near the carburetor.
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Roy McCubbin
Fort Worth
Valley View
Cooke County
Denton
McCubbin
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Smith County
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Lee Youngblood
Shawnee Prairie H. D. Club
Angelina County
Jersey
Jersey Bulletin
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Union
Lubbock County
Collin County Farm Club
4-H Club
Rae
J. W. Tredway and Sons
San Benito
Cameron County
Willie Hair
Dublin
Erath County
GMAR
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Albert
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R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
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