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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1914
Page
3
A crowded gathering in Clifton Munday area discussed community updates and plans. Reports mention Tyler Swanson and others attending, with notes on a Independent Telephone System initiative and a hospital visit for Ling's Daughters.
Land sale notes hold in Crawford area as A C Jordan and Fred Hicks buy 234 acres plus dwelling for 5000 dollars. May 11 auction draws small crowd amid rain, second Saturday Trades Day in Walnut Springs shows a larger turnout and community events including ox wagon parade and race tract spectacle. The piece also includes opinions on public mood and moral uplift.
Texas ranks in wheat production with yields per acre higher than national averages. The state hosts 734 flour mills employing about 2,000 workers and a flour milling capital investment of 1.219 million dollars. Wheat area totals 80,000 acres with 13,650,000 bushels produced in 1913 valued at over 12 million dollars. Population grew 27 percent in a decade while wheat output rose modestly. In 1919, Texas wheat yielded 17.5 bushels per acre at about 94 cents per bushel, netting growers around 1.6 dollars per acre. Texas yields about two bushels per capita annually.
A garbled May report from Texas markets mentions hay and forage values, a bank director nomination, and various agricultural notes. It includes references to The First National Bank of Galveston, Waverly Smith, and Frank Kell, plus unrelated medical ad content and local business mentions.
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