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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1939
Page
8
County farmers will vote December 9 on making marketing quotas effective for the 1940 cotton crop. The sample ballot is shown. US cotton market runs about 12 million bales yearly. Past three years output and 1997 planting led to a near 19 million bale crop. Marketing quotas for 1937 1938 1939 crops sought to curb surpluses and protect U.S. share of the market.
Readers get a collage of 1920s items. A tie in the New York and San Francisco world fairs. Predictions of 200 million colds in the U.S. this winter. A man marries an interior decorator expert. A Siegfried Line rain flood headline. Military and traffic anecdotes pepper the page with wry humor.
The data shows farmers accounted for 89 percent of the domestic market in 1924 and 93 percent in 1938. A quoted dialogue follows with a humorous exchange about praise and self-worth.
Experience at the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Carlsbad in Tom Green County shows soil conservation boosts crops and pasture. Terraces, controlled grazing, and seasonal plans improved milk production and reduced feed costs for the dairy herd despite sparse rains. County agents and officials promote ongoing collaboration with farmers and ranchers.
Laura Oehler of Harper heads a thirteen girl Wakonda cooperative at the University of Texas, budgeting meals and bills for the home on 2502 Wichita. Laura coordinates duties, markets, and finances while earning homemaking honors in 4-H and Smith Hughes studies.
Fredericksburg Federal Savings and Loan Ass n helped 121 insured Texas associations loan $2,067,168 to 1,057 Texans last month. October construction loans reached $926,307, lifting year-to-date construction lending to $9,467,006 and repair and improvement loans to $1,049,156.
A quote-sized saying notes that worry acts as interest paid on borrowed trouble. It frames anxiety as a cost incurred for imagined or anticipated difficulties.
The National Cotton Council launches a Cotton Christmas drive to mobilize 850 Cotton Belt counties plus merchants and press. The plan encourages shoppers to buy one cotton gift more than usual, promising a multistate boost and renewed prosperity for cotton industry workers and producers.
Reminder to renew subscriptions to the Standard Wochenblatt and Standard while bargain rates remain in effect.
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