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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1954
Page
4
G W Hale, a farmer in the Community Con area, uses irrigation and crop rotation on a 12 acre wheat plot expected to yield 40 bushels per acre. His 40 acres of barley are likely to produce about 75 bushels per acre, with alfalfa also pictured.
Hale of Community Center reports an $8 000 to $9 000 crop of alfalfa oats barley and wheat harvested late last week aided by irrigation installed in 1948 49 and soil conservation crop rotation. He estimates 40 bushels per acre for wheat and 65 bushels for oats with 75 bushels per acre barley.
Yang Win became China's Commissioner of Education and Associate Minister in Washington after earning a Yale BA in the Class of 1854, marking the first Chinese student to graduate from an American college or university a century ago.
A vintage recipe feature gives a potato pancake batter with grated potatoes eggs salt baking powder flour onion thyme then pan fried and served hot for six. Also lists breakfast and supper menus with grapefruit sections cereal ham toast preserves coffee and other sides. It includes potato buying tips and nutrition notes urging one potato daily.
County agent reports grasshoppers seen along field edges and ditches in the Loco area. Farmers are urged to spray or dust now using texaphone or chlordane per acre, as spraying is more effective than dusting to prevent spread.
Texas A&M poultry expert I D Parnell warns chickens reduce egg and meat output when water is scarce. He urges poultrymen to place water in reach and ensure ample supply as heat drives thirst and may require medicated drinking water when needed.
The U S Department of Agriculture approves a two fan system for processing cotton gin trash at gins. The paired fans, operated in series with six blades, let farmers return organic matter to soil at low cost. Other approved methods include incineration composting sterilization fumigation and hammer milling.
The annual Maple Syrup Festival in Vermontville Michigan invites visitors to enjoy free pancakes with unlimited maple syrup. The event highlights community celebration and local maple products.
Hosiery has a southern tilt with two thirds of women's items and 83 percent of men's and children's socks made in the region. The text highlights a notable regional concentration in manufacturing and implies ongoing reliance on southern mills for diverse hosiery products.
Regulars report a flurry of movement with relatives and friends visiting across Texas. Families such as Berrymans in Amarillo, Cliftons from Lubbock, and Whaleys from Fort Worth travel for weekends and extended visits. Local moves include the Eddleman family to Fort Worth for summer, and multiple residents relocating to Spearman, Canyon, and Amarillo while others attend summer schools and receive hospital care.
Mrs. A V Mote reports visitors from Childress and Groom. Jerry Sorea and Sherrie Snyder attended Bible school at Bible Baptist Church in Childress. Larry Davenport of Borger stays with grandparents J R Davenport. Multiple local families share visits and gatherings across Amarillo Dumas Wellington and Highpoint community.
Rev. R. L. Self announced the Estelline Baptist Vacation Bible School was a success with more than seventy children enrolled, reported at the program’s close.
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