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Terracing Boosts Yields in Comanche County Farms
In Comanche County farmers led by J B Irwin Swan Hill W H Burton M T Shoemaker and others praise terracing as a soil and water saver. First adopters from 1917 18 report doubled production reduced wash and gullies and higher acre yields. County totals show about 12 000 acres terraced this year boosting land value by 200 000 and crops by 40 50 thousand dollars annually.
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J. A. Barton
Co. Agt
Comanche County
J. B .Irwin
Swan Hill
W. H. Burton
Newburg
M. T
W. R. Shoemaker
Harmony
J. H. Bragg
Mercer Gap
Ben Keith
Beattie
Os Jones
Sidney
W. R
M. T. Shoemaker
J. B. Irwin
J. K. Thompson
C. M. Caraway, Sr
Comyn
Frank Caraway
Energy
T. J. Holland
Gustine
J. I. Starkie
Proctor
D.S. West
DeLeon
B. T. Simmons
Newman Pounds
Duster
J. W. Robertson
Comanche
J. H. Mathis
Imola
Ed Rogers
H. G. Greenlee
Hasse
E. W. Short
Robinson Springs
D. H. Reed
Oliver Springs
Mack Hanson
Mountain View
Carl Jaynes
Fairview
D. E. Nabers
van Dyke
C. H. Simpson
Downing
Joe Ellis
D. P. Breedlove
White Point
Frank Askins
Lamkin
Charley Livingston
Livingston
Federal Land Bank At
Houston
Federal Land Bank