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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1903
Page
7
J H Connell urges strict standards for cows and feed in Texas dairying. State Association session approves dairy prices. concerns over 86 000 planned creamery plants. Advice covers weighing milk, feed costs, and proper land prep for alfalfa before fall planting.
A reader asks where to buy alfalfa seed and when to plant on Brazos bottom land. The reply: buy Kansas raised alfalfa seed from Texas seed dealers or Kansas growers advertising with Farm and Ranch. Alfalfa can be seeded in November in this latitude. if too dry plant in late February or early March after cotton harvest.
In a letter L. W. Liles asks if alfalfa can be grown on poor dry sandy land with porous soil using commercial fertilizer. He plans 75 acres but only 4–5 acres this fall, wants pasture for hogs, and compares costs of cottonseed meal versus fertilizer. He asks about application timing yearly needs and per acre quantities for good results.
The 10th Met says alfalfa can thrive on poor sandy land if dressed with barnyard manure, about fifteen to twenty loads per acre. Apply at least thirty days before planting, harrow to mix with surface soil, and time cotton land manure in January with alfalfa sowing on March first.
A Lavaca county farmer planted sixty acres in broom corn and sold the lot at seventy dollars per ton.
Some areas in Kansas have had no rainfall for half a year prompting distress among farmers and communities. The drought tightens water supplies affects crops and daily life as authorities monitor conditions.
An old advertisement touts Texas Wonder Hall’s Great Discovery as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder troubles in men and women. It claims to treat diabetes, gravel, seminal emissions, back pain, rheumatism, and irregularities, with mail order and local druggist options.
Giles C. Avriett, sheriff at Cameron, Texas, states he has been cured of kidney and bladder trouble by the Texas Wonder and recommends it to others suffering the same. Dated October 7, 1902.
The text notes that 140 Deaconesa Institutions were founded in the United States over the past fifteen years, with ninety operated under the control of the M. Ek. Church.
A historic notice outlines extensive programs at a Galveston based institution with 119 instructors and officers 262 summer students, admitting women to all departments with free tuition. Sessions begin Sept 23 with a $10 matriculation fee, library, gym, associations, and varied courses including engineering and law.
Milam County Abstract Company announces a new branch with an up-to-date Abstract and Loan Office. It provides prompt abstracts of burned and present Milam records and offers land title services. The firm also represents loan companies and private lenders for secured land loans. Henderson, Freeman & Morrison.
Jim Coleman, aged 35, praises good plow work offered at reasonable prices highlighting satisfaction with service and value.
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