Paper twine and branding paint improve wool sales
Progressive sheep raisers adopt paper wool twine and scouring friendly branding paint to avoid fiber contamination. USDA workers note that improper twine and paint reduce value, increase shrinkage, and raise hand labor costs. A large grower reports saving two cents per pound with proper prep. County agents and state colleges can provide more details.
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United States Department of Agriculture
State Agriculturalolleges
Crop rotation cuts insect damage in the Southwest
The Southwest gains understanding that crop rotation aids pest control. Extension service of Colorado notes rotation reduces annual crop losses from insects like Hessian fly chinch bug and moths. A planned rotation plus habitat cleanups weakens overwintering pests and saves money. Freed-Eisemann Radio Sets, none better.
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Southwest
Extension Service of
Colorado
Freed-Eisemann
Timely Safeguards to Prevent Hog Cholera
A USDA study finds farmer carelessness in hog cholera control. Isolate new stock for two weeks. prevent sick hogs from roaming. fence and maintain lots. burn or bury carcasses deeply. dogs can spread disease. do not hide infection. preventive serum helps but is not a cure. Implementing these steps could reduce losses, which last year exceeded $20,000,000.
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United States Department of Agriculture
A. G. Houck
Boy Breaks Jail As Fugitive Leader Evades Capture
Ray Lindsey a 17 year old alleged leader of four garage burglars escaped from the Comal county jail in New Braunfels and remained at large as authorities from Bexar and Comal counties hunted him in the hill country and along roadways tonight.
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San Antonio
Ray Lindsey
Bexar County
Comal County
New Braunfels
Bexar
Youth Dies Strangled While Making Swing in Tree
Crosbyton report says an 11 year old boy died after strangling with a rope used to build a swing. His collie led the farmer J F Waldron to the body as the boy hung from a tree limb, one foot caught on a branch.
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Crosbyton
J. F. Waldron
Waldron
Fewer Bales and More Dollars Says Venus Farmer
Cotton acreage must shrink in the South to avert financial disaster says F F Sandlin of Venus Texas on a Sears Roebuck Foundation program. He cites 1926 prospects and argues for diversification into feed crops while urging bankers and business leaders to backing. A Venus farmer adds that local growers are cutting cotton by 25 percent and shifting to hogs poultry and crops for feed.
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F. F. Sandlin
Venus
Johnson County
Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation
Dallas
WFAA
Main Street
South
Texas
Sundlin
India
China
America
Sandlin
W. E. Telleson
Omaha sniper Frank Carter sentenced to death
Frank Carter of Omaha was sentenced to electrocution on July 9 at the Nebraska state penitentiary for the murder of Dr. A. D. Searles. Judge Goss overruled a new trial motion. defense counsel’s request for deferred execution was denied. Carter remained calm, saying he looked forward to the Fourth of July. He was taken to Lincoln for execution under guard.
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Omaha
Neb
Frank Carter
Nebraska State Penitentiary
A. D. Searles
Goss
Carter
Baldwin
State Penitentiary
Lincoln
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