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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1920
Page
5
The article argues that farmers boost output and cut costs through labor-saving machinery and favorable crop prices. It links agricultural success to railroad expansion, noting railroads drive transport, lower unit costs, and attract further capital and growth for prosperity.
The boll weevil has spread to major cotton regions including the Carolinas and Texas where losses reach 80 to 90 percent. To combat this pest the article advises heavy early fertilization, especially on poor soils, with nitrate of soda 200 pounds per acre on rich land and 100–150 pounds on deep sands, plus 300–400 pounds of acid phosphate, and timely potash as needed. It emphasizes rich land, liberal fertilization, and soil-appropriate nutrient management as key to profitable cotton production despite the weevil.
A compact period piece contrasts Winter politics with cotton farming guidance. It notes Washington dinners at Jackson Day events, Republican and Democratic maneuvering, and the need for early, shallow cultivation and close spacing to boost cotton yields despite the weevil. The piece blends political commentary with farming advice.
The Progressive Farmer argues that while weed control or pest management alone may not guarantee profits, combined practices in a good year bring nearer profitable cotton than any single method, benefiting many Cotton Belt sections.
Secretary Baker testified before the House War Expenditures Committee that German interests controlled half of Chile’s nitrate capacity and that efforts by German agents in Chile threatened production. He described Muscle Shoals nitrate plant two and other plants at Toledo and Cincinnati, noting wartime shipping needs and plans to finish ammonium nitrate production in 1919 and 1920.
A reader asks whether Brunswick Tire was obtained at Felix Maier at cost price, noting a cost inquiry on a historical shopping entry. The brief questions pricing and sourcing for tires.
On Friday January 16 the sixth and seventh grade met and presented items including Song America Society Poem Highly Honored Harvey Striegler three Poems of the class Bernice Goodale a Story by Margret Maier Song Star Spangled Banner Society Poem Little Tennessee by Mr Klingelhoefer and poems by Julia Knopp, then adjourned.
First Attorney General W. A. Keeling led a large squad of Texas Rangers from Austin toward Wichita Falls to address the Texas Oklahoma boundary dispute risking Red River oil lands now held by Texas. Others head to Northwest Texas to curb gambling and bootlegging as Rangers receive marching orders at the adjutant general’s department.
Two airmen from Kelly Field bound for Douglas were forced to fight at Concan near Uvalde on account of fire. They crash into a tree but escaped injury to themselves.
News from London states a major battle last week on the north western frontier caused 325 casualties. Eight British officers were killed and 12 wounded or missing. The Mahsuds suffered about 130 killed and over 200 wounded. The clash occurred north of Ahm Bg vhai in Mahsud country.
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