Rural Aid Bill Proposes Major Education Reforms
Proposed rural aid legislation outlines a biennial budget of about 17.9 million dollars based on teacher units with a cap of 1320 dollars for classroom salaries. It raises teacher loads to 35 students, adjusts transportation payments, and tightens attendance and free-distance rules. Russia abandons free schools and sets tuition by grade while Iowa pilots a telephone based instruction method for handicapped children in Waterloo.
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Russia
Soviet
Waterloo
Iowa
Many Trench Silos Built In Past Year
Texas dairy expert E R Eudaly of Texas A and M says sill silo construction shows a 1940 end tally of about 38 000 silos in Texas with 115 tons capacity each totaling 4 294 135 tons. The stockpile could feed roughly two million dairy cattle for 1438 days while beef cattle sheep horses and chickens also use the silage.
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College Station
Texas
Grand Canyon
E. R. Eudaly
Dairyman
Texas A. & M. College
Arizona
Comanche County 1940 Extension Plan Focused on Land Use and Conservation
The 1940 extension plan for Comanche county centered on land use planning and soil and water conservation. The County Land Use Planning Committee, with broad agency representation, studied problems and recommended solutions, including a cold storage locker idea and a Cotton Mattress Program. The program also pushed soil and water conservation districts, voluntary areas, and livestock and crop improvements through clubs, demonstrations, and farm tours, with extensive statistical reporting on activity and impact.
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Comanche County
Agricultural Adjustment Association
The
Farm Security Administration
Production Credit Association
Rural Electric Association
Soil Conservation Administration
National Farm Loan Association
Commissioners’ Court
Stephenville
Government Surplus Commodities Administration
Commissioners Court
State Board
Dublin Soil Conservation Service
Hasse
J. W. McIntire
J. C. Hardin
W. L. Warren
J. G. Stark
H. J. Cox
Brownwood Road
E. L
County
West Texas Cross
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Dudley
Tom
Eltos
Dale Howard
Sumner
Sumner’s
Ing
Downinging
John Cowan
W. L.an
J. H. Holmes
Wm. Hornsby
J. Boyd
Walker Boyd
Tex Coast
Uversity of Texas
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