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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1940
Page
9
Wool traders confront tight domestic stocks and falling futures as European conflict curbs imports. International figures cite 187,1990 pounds of grease wool on hand versus 195,000,000 last year, while manufacturers have met only about 60 percent of needs amid war-driven demand and processing lags.
Coleman County Land Use Planning Committee seeks a county Master Farmer by June 1. The definition favors a farmer who is above average, advocates soil conservation and crop diversification, keeps permanent records, and is judged in part by the home environment. Gillespie not yet involved.
R. R. Tippit a Medina High School vocational agriculture teacher for six years has been chosen as Kerr County agricultural agent effective June 1 He succeeds Luke L Ballard who will move to Temple to lead the Texas State Soil Conservation Board Tippit established Medina High School's vocational agriculture department in 1934 and has since directed it Under his leadership the department became outstanding in the state Two of his students were among 11 statewide to earn Lone Star Farmer degrees in 1938.
A farmer notes multiple small chores on the farm and recalls how green scum forms in a water tank. He recommends placing a cloth bag with copper sulfate in the tank and drawing it through the water every few days to prevent algae. Bluestone is available at drug stores.
Reports from Runnels and other West Texas counties describe an extensive invasion of jumbo grasshoppers threatening cotton and feed stalks. Government poison mixed with bran, cotton seed hulls, and syrup is distributed to farmers, with about 5,900 pounds of bait deployed in Coleman County across thousands of acres.
The Texas Beekeepers Assn plans its sixty third annual convention in New Braunfels on June 21 and 22. keynote honors the city’s role in beekeeping history with references to Wm Bruckish and Lindheimer. The State Historical Association assists with the program.
The Fredericksburg Publishing Company offers a full line of battle and crop mortgage forms blank notes and installment mortgage forms for legal financial documentation and record keeping.
Farmers should keep cows off weedy pastures three to five hours before milking and provide ample good feed. Preventing weed intake by pasture management and supplementing with hay grain silage or green feed reduces weed flavored milk. A combined approach of timing and nutrition yields the best results.
Norge Division of Borg-Warner Corp plans a large national newspaper advertising push for early release. Kolmeier & Klier will handle local Norge Appliance ads in 164 cities with full color pages and about 2900 small-town papers. The rollout targets the Norge Rollator electric refrigerator as the key product amid rising demand and production.
Vague fragment notes a Frederickburg publishing reference connected to ribbons and paper supplies. Context unclear due to OCR limits, but implies an advertisement or listing involving machine ribbons and paper products in Frederickburg.
Dr Potts outlines the progression of tuberculosis symptoms from fatigue and nervousness to poor appetite chest pains and weight loss. He stresses early diagnosis in a doctor's office rather than at home and urges public schools to teach recognition of the disease.
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