Milam County Receives Report on Agricultural Station Experiments
Experimental results from the Texas A and M main station cover poultry dairy swine and field crops. Key findings include vitamin rich wheat shorts for chicks skim milk for laying hens and minimum oyster shell needs. Dairy notes urge balanced rations with ground limestone and salt and warn against feeding meal and hulls alone. Swine results compare ground vs whole grain efficiency and discuss pasture benefits and milo and kaffir feeds. Field crop notes cover fertilizer placement rotation corn varieties cotton and oats yields pest resistance and new sweet corn varieties.
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Texas A. & Mt. Main
Texas
Milam County
Sudan
Lufkin
Milam
Horton
Oklahoma
Ferguson
Startex
New Boykin
Watson
Sunshine
Laredo
B T U Encampment Opens At Wayside Inn
The B. T. U. opened its annual encampment for a week starting Sunday July 21 at Wayside Inn. Rev N D Timmerman of First Baptist Camer on led the opening with Rev T C Gardner of Dallas preaching. Daily sessions run 8 to 11 am with preaching, then recreational hours and 8 pm services nightly. Ray Duckworth directs music.
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Wayside Inn
N. D. Timmerman
First Baptist Church
Cameron
T. C. Gardner
Dallas
Ray Duckworth
Proposed Wisconsin bill would jail hunters for accidental harm
In Madison a bill aims to imprison one to two years anyone who wounds or kills by mistake during hunting. The piece notes popular social conduct and mentions mint produced products as a contrast to the era's social standards.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Pecans Grafted On Hickory Trees By County Students
Vocational Agriculture students led by Tom Hairston demonstrated first year bud and bark graft methods to produce Burkett pecans on native hickories. Buds and grafts set some pecans though mature fruit was not expected. Talmadge McGregor also grafted Persianimmons, yielding a cluster of Japanese persimmons.
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Tom Hairston
Talmadge McGregor
E. D. Parnell
Federal Aid Sought for Lateral Roads in Milam County
Milam County hires Homer Kimble to map a government aid program for rural roads. Judge Jeff T. Kemp says county cooperation, including supplying trucks, is needed. Hope for funding on some lateral roads. state highway commission actions do not affect existing Milam designations. The text notes a class tax query about pedestrian tolls for leather soles.
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Milam County
Homer Kimble
Jeff T. Kemp
Kimble
Bell County
Kemp
State Highway Commission
Rasberry Elected Thorndale Mayor in Special Vote
The Thorndale mayoral special election to fill the unexpired term of W. F. Norris ended with EB Rasberry winning 78 votes to 39 for the nearest opponent. The contest began slowly as candidates struggled to gain momentum in the unusual campaign.
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Thorndale
W. F. Norris
EB. L. Rasberry
Brown's Lotion Promises Instant Itch Relief
Itch and impetigo rages nationwide but Brown's Lotion claims instant relief without messy salves or bandages. The liquid is sold with a money back guarantee on the first bottle in 60¢ and $1.00 sizes at New Cameron Drug Company.
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New Cameron Drug Company
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