Texas Farm News Highlights From Texas Farms
Texan farmers report varied yields and practices. Val and Wayne Hoey picked 571 tomatoes from a single backyard plant in San Antonio. Eastland county farmers feed lambs with surplus peanut hay. A Seymore head weighed about half a pound. A Low er Valley hen laid eggs shaped like gourds and sunflowers, with a Leghorn blue-eyed. Cotton farmers may quadruple mattress output from surplus cotton. 400000 mattresses last year from farm workshops. Italian rye grass praised as poultry fodder. Hog fat yields better lard than back fat. intestinal fat poorest for rendering. Cattlemen in Stephens County test a rotonone wash to combat back pests. Home rendered lard remains common, says Roy W. Snyder of A M Extension Service.
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Texas
R. T. Price
State Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Odd Calf Born On Cass County Farm
A freak calf born to Della Knight near Lanier in Cass County was half cow and half hog, with hoglike head and hindquarters while the weatheres resembled those of a cow.
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Della Knight
Lanier
Cass County
Rooster From Tyler Farms Displays Unique Head Markings
L. L. Scarborough of Smith County near Tyler reports a month-old White Leghorn rooster with ker stowing from both sides of its head. The bird is otherwise normal but lacks spurs on its lower limbs.
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L. L. Scarborough
Tyler
Smith County
Scarborough
Ant Attack Kills 12 Chicks In Houston Pen
L. B. Little of Houston reports 12 baby chicks killed by sandy colored ants in his poultry pen. He notes it is the first ant attack on his flock in his poultry-raising career.
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L. B. Little
Houston
Harris County
Mr. Little
Wild tobacco eyed as quick-growing landscaping plant on South Plains
Texas Tech plant industry department suggests wild tobacco as a fast growing background plant for landscaping on the South Plains. The whitish blue plant with yellow flower clusters grows tall and offers good vegetative growth compared with docastor beans. The report also notes abundant longleaf pine stumps in East Texas that could support a stump wood distillation industry yielding pine oil rosin turpentine cellulose lignin and other products. It warns that trees suffer when grazed and recommends fencing trees to protect long-term growth.
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South Plains
Texas Technological College
East
Texas
State Agencies Promote High Quality Wheat Varieties
Educational agencies urge growers across the state to plant adopted wheat varieties to sustain Texas reputation for baking quality. Kanred Tenmarge and Turkey are cited as models to maintain the high standard.
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Texas
Turkey
Texas bighorn sheep on brink without sanctuary
The Texas Game Commission warns the state’s bighorn sheep, now about 140 to 175 animals, face extinction within a decade unless a sanctuary is immediately set aside. Remaining sheep are concentrated in Culberson and Hudspeth counties.
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Texas Game Commission
Culberson
Hudspeth
Texas Produce Ships East to New York on Monthly Run
Texas fruits and vegetables head to New York by full shipload with the first voyage in November. The service will run monthly between the Valley and New York carrying produce east and potatoes and other staples back to Texas.
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Texas
New York
Valley
Oldest Living Mare Bearing Colts Records
S. R. Curtis reports a new chicken thief case near Detroit Red River county with poultry driven by a mule. H. E. Adams near Randolph Field Bexar county notes Molly the 40 year old Albino saddle horse mare has 19 foals, 17 fillies, and her grandsire Blanco. she bred first at 18 and remains in good condition.
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S. R. Curtis
Detroit
Red River County
Curtis
H. E. Adams
Randolph Field
Bexar County
Molly
Blanco
Plains
Adams
Spinach Shipments Highlight Maverick County Output
Spinach harvest drives Maverick county figures with 1770 shipped cars from 10 500 acres. Texas leads nationwide with 40000 acres valued at 1 500 000 annually and exports about 4 000 000 bushels out of state.
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Maverick
Texas
Texas Rural Life Notes From the State Fair and Horticulture
Texas reports the largest number of rural residents without libraries per the People’s Library Movement led by Tex H. W. Wilson of Sulphur Bluff Hopkins County. Okra stalks reach 14 feet with stout pods, while a McLennan County dairy herd shows a two gallon daily milk drop when switching from ground to unground millet. W. G. Henderson of Tornillo El Paso County builds silos for alfalfa hay silage, producing 40 tons last year and 300 tons this year with low labor costs. Fire hazards on farms rise with abundant pasture growth. C. B. Bender notes dry matter value of grass silage parallels corn hay, improving milk color and flavor. The Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth will offer 31,760 in livestock prizes for the 45th annual event March 7–16, with total cash prizes near 60,000 across departments, plus added prizes for horses and mules.
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W. G. Henderson
Tornillo
el Paso
Henderson
State Department of Agriculture
C. B. Bender
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Fort Worth
John B. Davis
New McCormick-Deering No 98 Tractor Disk Plow
The No 98 disk plow handles heavy duty jobs with strong build and balanced design. It features an improved hitch dustproof wheel bearings and simple depth adjustment for tough soil seasons. The 7 Harrow Plow for small tractors comes in 5 and 6 disk sizes. Visit your International Harvester dealer to see No 98 and other McCormick-Deering models including Little Genius plows and horse drawn equipment.
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McCormick-Deering
McCormick-Deering No
International Harvester Dealer
Bovine Birth Record Claim and Ranch Grazing Notes
Lady Ednar a Jersey cow owned by W L Bankston of Lopena Texas claims a birth record with two sets of twins over 14 months all calves healthy and living. Reynolds Brothers ranch near Fort Davis hosts wild and tame animals including deer buffalo and Guernsey cattle grazing together. J N Marshall goat rancher pilot uses airplane to locate lost goats over Palo Pinto County. Texas grazing prospects rise as winter weeds and grain fields boost feed in December per Agricultural Marketing Service. US agriculture committee forecasts 500000 more tractors on farms in 10 years replacing about 1500000 horses and mules. costs hinder replacement beyond that level in 1940.
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Ednar
W. L. Bankston
Lopena
McLennan County
Reynolds Brothers
Fort Davis
Jeff Davis County
J. N. Marshall
Marshall
Palo Pinto County
Texas
Agricultural Marketing Service
Northwest
Northwest Central
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Roy W. Snyder
A. & M. Extension Service
W. E. Webb
Texas Prairie States Forestry Project
Webb
Gray Head
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People’s Library Movement of
H. W. Wilson
Sulphur Bluff
McLennan County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Chicago
Evelyn Asay
Mount Carroll
Sydney G. McAllister
International Harvester Company
Evelyn
Frances Shimer
Donald Asay
Sargo
Amarillo
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Sweetwater
Oklahoma City
Deering
Pennrock Petroleum Works
Jones St
Fort Worth, Tex
Joe Steger
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