Livestock QandA on DDT horn flies and egg production
The Farm Facts column reports that DDT treated horn flies on over two million cattle in 1946 boosted weight by about 60 pounds per head and saved at least ten million dollars in losses. It also notes that hen body weight does not reliably predict egg production, and that wheat germ oil does not improve bull fertility. Calves vaccinated for Rang’s disease do not spread it, eggs can be kept up to a week before incubation, and hatchability declines after ten days.
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Kansas State College
Kansas
Virginia
Ralston Purina Company
Cornell University
Texas turkey shooting memories at country stores
About three to four decades ago turkey shootings were common in Texas, with country stores as frequent venues. Community anecdotes describe the informal events and local participation in these rural gatherings.
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Texas
Sickness and relocations ripple through Soda Springs area
The community reports sickness from colds and several mumps cases. Families relocate within and from nearby Levelland and Board Church. Irene Vineyard, a 1944 Sidney High School graduate, wed Otis Day of Comanche. Both work at Texas Peanut Company in Comanche. Rev Whatley spoke at Sweetwater Baptist, where a butane system is being installed and repairs made.
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Vestal Day
Board Church
Phillip Gressett
Levelland
Clinton Gressett
Ivan
Irene Vineyard
Sidney High School
Otis Day
Comanche
Texas Peanut Company
Hubert Whatley
Brownwood
Sweetwater Baptist Church
Jim Sturdivant
Buckley’s Canadiol Mixture Promises Quick Cough Relief
A vintage advertisement promotes Buckley’s Canadiol Mixture as a triple acting cough remedy. It promises fast throat and bronchial relief, loosened phlegm, and soothing effect. The copy urges busy shoppers to spend 45 cents at any drug store for a bottle, noting it’s made in the U.S.A. and widely trusted in Canada.
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Buckley
Canada
U.S.A
For Sale 195 to 365 Acre Ranches in Erath County
Multiple listings describe 195 acres with 60 cultivation priced at 25 per acre and 865 acres with 70 cultivated at 25 per acre. Details include fences, grass, 4 room houses, mineral rights, and adjacent bus routes. Also mentions 140 acres with 60 cultivated and a modern 6 room house, plus 205, 300 fruit trees, Bermuda grass, and 116 acres black land with 4 room house. Listening info repeats for KBWD Brownwood broadcasts each morning.
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Erath
Kbwd Brownwood
Lamkin Endures Record Cold Spell and Local Visits
Lamkin faced its longest continuous cold spell on record with temperatures near 3 above and some readings below zero, recalling January 1899 freezes. Little Genady visited grandparents while her father recovered from mumps, and other local families, including the Hamiltons and Harrises, were seen visiting Lampasas and Fort Worth. Larry Hamilton of Lam pasas, age two, had a serious kerosene poisoning incident requiring hospital treatment. Walton Helm attends school in San Antonio.
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Lamkin
Little Genady
Bennett Lawson
Wayne Smith
Abilene
G. B. Lynch
Ruth Harris
Forrest D. Harris
Fort Worth
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Comanche County Livestock
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Hereford Association Sale
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Hood
Palo Pinto
Somervell
Roy Sargent
Merkel
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Earl Gartin
G. D. Everett
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